Hillary Fest: The Democratic National Convention gets under way today in Philadelphia amidst sweltering heat, some of it coming from Donald Trump, but most of it from the Democrats’ own kitchen. After the release of 20,000 internal emails to Wikileaks, …

Nation: After three years of budget confrontations, the Republican-controlled House voted to raise the national debt ceiling with no fight. Only 28 Republicans voted in favor, Speaker John Boehner among them. Boehner’s decision to let the debt limit pass set …