Remarks prepared for delivery at press briefing.  —  Good morning.  I'm here to give you an update on the FBI's investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a personal e-mail system during her time as Secretary of State.  —  After a tremendous amount of work over the last year …

Trump Campaign Blames Anti-Semitic Tweet on “Microsoft's Shapes”  —  Just when you think the saga of Donald Trump's not-so-subtle, likely accidental white supremacist dog whistle can't get any more exciting, Trump's Director of Social Media Dan Scavino proves us wrong.  Dan—take it away.

EXCLUSIVE: This Is Trump's Foreign Policy, A Conversation With Top Trump Adviser Dr. Walid Phares  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “will not ask Japan or South Korea to invest in building nuclear weapons but he will speak with their leaders about how to create a safer …

Nate Silver is happy to be wrong  —  Nate Silver is giving Donald Trump a 19 percent chance of becoming president - and that makes him a little nervous, as well it should.  —  No, it's not because he failed to predict Trump's albino-swan victory in the Republican primaries …

Trump supporter: ‘Mexican restaurant refused to serve me’  —  An Orange County woman claims she was tossed from a Mexican restaurant Sunday, not for too much tequila — but for too much Trump.  —  Esther Levy, 61, of Warwick, said an employee at the popular Cancun Inn eatery in Sugar Loaf chucked …

The Theology of Donald Trump  —  SINCE Donald Trump assures us that the Bible is his favorite book, it's worth asking: Just what is his theology?  —  After Mr. Trump met with hundreds of evangelical Christians a couple of weeks ago, James Dobson, who is among the most influential leaders …

Flag burning leads to Urbana man's arrest  —  What's your opinion?  Submit a Letter to the Editor here  —  URBANA — Within hours of a Fourth of July Facebook post showing him burning an American flag, a 22-year-old Urbana man found himself under arrest and under fire — from all corners of the Internet.

Gov. Scott Walker will speak at Republican National Convention  —  PLATTEVILLE (WKOW) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has accepted a highly-coveted invitation to speak at the upcoming Republican National Convention later this month.  —  Walker confirmed news of the speaking engagement …

A home that looks perfect, until bigotry rears its ugly head  —  Over a long weekend of fireworks, face paint and flags, Fernando Herboso couldn't stop thinking about the new America he encountered last week.  —  Herboso, 58, and his brother Carlos have their own real estate agency …

Political Snipers … Anybody doubting the political clout of the National Rifle Association should speak to the members of Congress-and the now former members-who supported President Clinton's ban on assault weapons as part of the 1994 crime bill.  In the campaign cycle surrounding that close vote …

Washington's Hollow Men  —  The government/media power elite are spectacularly ignorant of the American people. … — T. S. Eliot  —  In Merced or Dayton, if an insurance agent, eager to help his wife facing indictment, barged into a restaurant where the local DA is known to lunch …

Comcast will let customers get Netflix on its set-top box (which is a very big deal)  —  The move means the once contentious pair are now pals.  —  Cable giant Comcast will allow popular web video streaming service Netflix onto its X1 platform, the companies confirmed after being asked by Recode about talks to do so.