Orlando Nightclub: A shooting at an Orlando, Fla. nightclub this morning turned into a hostage situation and a police gun battle that resulted in “mass casualties,” according to investigators. The gunman is reported to be dead, as well as roughly …

The Greatest: Mourners in Louisville yesterday threw flowers on the hearse that carried the body of Muhammad Ali through the city where he grew up. Ali was buried in the town where he fought his first fights both as a boxer …

Gloves Off: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren broke her leash last night as the attack dog for Hillary Clinton and the Democrats, calling Donald Trump “a thin-skinned racist bully.” Attacking where he’s proudest, Warren said, “Trump tells everyone who will listen …

Berned Out: Under heavy pressure to quit the presidential race, Bernie Sanders is scheduled to meet today with President Obama, who will lean on Sanders to throw his support to Hillary Clinton and allow the president to endorse her as …

The First Woman: Ninety-four years after women won the right to vote in the United States, Hillary Clinton last night won enough delegates to become the first woman to be a major party’s nominee. Reaching to mark a moment in …

2,383: As voters go the polls in California and five other states this morning, Hillary Clinton is just a handful of elected delegates from the number that assures her the Democratic nomination for president. But the Associated Press reports that …

Fire Line: A 500-acre wildfire has forced the evacuation of as many as 5,000 people in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas west of the city. The fire started when a pickup truck hit a power pole, knocking it down …

The Greatest: Muhammed Ali, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion who bragged that he could “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee,” has died in Arizona at age 74. Ali, nicknamed “The Greatest,” was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in …

Foreign to Policy: As emotions heat up, Anti-Trump protesters clashed with the candidate’s supporters in San Jose last night. Punches were thrown and a little blood spilled. Police broke up several big fights. Earlier in the day in California, in …

University Politics: Forget policy. The presidential race is now about character. Hillary Clinton has weaponized the information released from the Trump University lawsuit. Clinton said of the court documents that, “This is just more evidence that Donald Trump himself is …