GOP reaches ‘new level of panic’ over Trump's candidacy  —  The Republican Party was in turmoil again Wednesday as party leaders, strategists and donors voiced increasing alarm about the flailing state of Donald Trump's candidacy and fears that the presidential nominee was damaging the party …

Senior GOP Officials Exploring Options if Trump Drops Out  —  Republican officials are exploring how to handle a scenario that would be unthinkable in a normal election year: What would happen if the party's presidential nominee dropped out?  —  ABC News has learned that senior party officials …

If Trump Drops Out, The Result Will Be A Horrible Legal Quagmire  —  Republican leaders have entered the denial phase of grief again.  —  After months of overt racism, religious bigotry, mockery of veterans and people with disabilities, and otherwise erratic behavior, Republican presidential candidate Donald …

Ally of Trump staffer Paul Manafort: The staff is ‘suicidal,’ he's mailing it in  —  Donald Trump's behavior in recent days, from criticizing the parents of a fallen American soldier to declining to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, has strained the nerves of his campaign staff as he falls behind in the polls.

GOP Reels After Unprecedented 24 Hours From Trump  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  GOP, Trump go from ‘unraveling’ to ‘break glass’ mode

Gingrich blasts Trump's ‘very self-destructive’ behavior  —  Donald Trump's behavior over the past week has been “very self-destructive” to his campaign, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday, comparing the Republican nominee to a Hall of Fame quarterback who is in the midst of an interception-throwing slump.

Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’  —  Vin Weber, a key early lieutenant in the Newt Gingrich revolution that transformed the U.S. House of Representatives and the GOP, rejected the candidacy of Donald Trump on Wednesday as “a mistake of historic proportions” for his party.

Walker, Johnson, Ryan skipping Trump event  —  Madison - Wisconsin's top three Republicans are skipping Donald Trump's visit to Green Bay.  —  The billionaire GOP presidential nominee's trip to the Badger State is coming just days after he declined to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and praised Ryan's primary opponent, Paul Nehlen.

President Obama Commutes the Sentences of 214 Additional People  —  Today began like any other for 214 federal inmates across the country, but ultimately became a day I am confident they will never forget.  This morning, these individuals received a message from the President: your application for clemency has been granted.