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• State Department email probe slams Hillary Clinton
• Paul Ryan says he's still not ready to endorse Donald Trump
• 11 states sue over Obama's school transgender directive
• Chicago’s gun violence: Can an algorithm stop the bloodshed?
• Unconventional #18: Inside the new book that details how GOP delegates could wriggle out of nominating Trump (and more!)
• What to Know About the New Taliban Commander After US Drone Strike
• Oops! Trump campaign sends email seeking dirt to reporter instead of adviser
• Why higher interest rates could actually be good for the housing market
• Vietnamese rapper freestyles for a beatboxing Obama
• Police outnumber protesters outside Trump California rally

State Department email probe slams Hillary Clinton Posted: 25 May 2016 12:31 PM PDT A report by the State Department inspector general sharply criticizes Hillary Clinton's use of a private email system, concluding that the former secretary of state violated federal rules and ignored warnings from underlings that she was putting her communications at risk of foreign hacking. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the chairman of the committee investigating the 2012 attack on American diplomats in Benghazi, immediately issued a statement saying the findings vindicate his panel's efforts.

Paul Ryan says he's still not ready to endorse Donald Trump Posted: House Speaker Paul Ryan will be endorsing presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, senior-level Trump campaign sources told ABC News today.

11 states sue over Obama's school transgender directive Posted: 25 May 2016 02:47 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.

Chicago’s gun violence: Can an algorithm stop the bloodshed? Posted: 25 May 2016 12:04 PM PDT Chicago police are using an algorithm to detect the likelihood that someone will become the perpetrator or victim of the stubbornly high gun violence that has plagued the city.

Unconventional #18: Inside the new book that details how GOP delegates could wriggle out of nominating Trump (and more!) Posted: 25 May 2016 11:44 AM PDT In his new book, a Republican National Committee official claims that his fellow delegates don't have to nominate Trump in Cleveland. Curly Haugland is on a mission: He wants every one of the 2,472 delegates heading to this summer's Republican convention to know that the press, the party leaders and even the chairman of the GOP are wrong. According to the longtime RNC committeeman and pool-supply magnate from Bismarck, N.D., Republican delegates are not obligated by the outcome of their state's primary or caucuses to vote for a certain candidate on the first ballot in Cleveland — despite what almost everyone else seems to believe.

What to Know About the New Taliban Commander After US Drone Strike Posted: 25 May 2016 02:17 PM PDT Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, previously the deputy to Mansur, will take command of the extremist group, according to a Taliban spokesperson. The group released a photo of Akhundzada with the announcement. Just hours after Akhundzada's leadership was announced, the Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing of a minivan in Kabul, which killed at least 10 people.

Oops! Trump campaign sends email seeking dirt to reporter instead of adviser Posted: 25 May 2016 01:20 PM PDT Politico obtained an email from Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo to the Republican National Committee asking a researcher to provide information on the Whitewater real estate scandal, and the email came to light when Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks responded instead to Politico reporter Marc Caputo — no relation.

Why higher interest rates could actually be good for the housing market Posted: 25 May 2016 09:07 AM PDT During Toll Brothers' second-quarter conference call on Tuesday afternoon, Chairman Robert Toll said that rate increases could actually spur demand.

Vietnamese rapper freestyles for a beatboxing Obama Posted: 25 May 2016 07:10 AM PDT President Obama capped his historic three-day visit to Vietnam with a town hall in Ho Chi Minh City, where he was unexpectedly serenaded by a young female rapper. Suboi, a local known as Vietnam's "Queen of Hip-Hop," was called on to ask a question at the event, but the president interrupted her to request she do a freestyle for him. "Do you need a little beat?" Obama asked, briefly beatboxing a sample bass line.

Police outnumber protesters outside Trump California rally Posted: 25 May 2016 02:37 PM PDT By Emily Stephenson, Steve Gorman and Ginger Gibson ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) - Protesters at a rally in Southern California held by Donald Trump on Wednesday carried signs saying "Stop Nazi Trump" and "Make America Hate Again," as a large police presence stood by a day after a Trump event in New Mexico erupted into chaos. Police outnumbered the 100 demonstrators outside the convention center where Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee in the Nov. 8 presidential election, was speaking. Many were unhappy about Trump's views on Hispanic immigrants and ripped apart a piñata resembling Trump and placed the paper mache head on top of a flagpole with a large Mexican flag.

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