Blame it on Rio: Just seven weeks from the opening of the summer Olympics, the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro is broke and the governor has declared a state of emergency. Public employees aren’t getting paid. Crime is rising …

Мошенники: In an unprecedented punishment, the international governing body of the sport has banned the entire Russian track and field team from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this summer. Sebastian Coe, the former middle distance runner who heads the international …

The Numbers Game: Bernie Sanders won the Oregon primary and Hillary Clinton barely eked out a win in Kentucky by half a percent, about 1900 votes. Clinton and Sanders basically split Kentucky’s delegates, making little difference in Clinton’s overall lead, …

The Circus: Donald Trump is defending himself against stories that he acted as his own PR agent under false names and that he has a long history of demeaning women. Saturday Night Live began with a skit of Trump making …

News from the Bathroom: The Obama administration is entering the national bathroom debate today, issuing all public school systems a letter saying all students must be allowed to use the bathroom for the gender with which they identify. It’s an …

War in Paris: The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the six coordinated attacks in Paris last night that left at least 128 people dead. An ISIS statement called the attacks “the first of a storm.” France closed its borders …

Juiced: In possibly the biggest athletic doping scheme since the fall of the East German athletic empire, the World Anti-Doping Agency in a 323-page report accuses Russia of running a state-sponsored athletic doping operation that involves athletes, coaches, trainers, and …