What Barack Obama and George W Bush Showed Tuesday
Donald Trump's The Apprentice Vice President edition will be holding its series finale this weeklikely on Friday, according to Republicans familiar with the campaign's plans. Trump held a joint rally with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Tuesday, in which Pence was clearly auditioning for the job by restating his support for Trump and gleefully attacking Hillary Clinton. Other finalists are former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Pence seems to be the clear favorite of Trump's team, and Pence confidants haven't been shy about saying he wants the job, but the mercurial billionaire hasn't let any sign of his thinking slip. Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has lost the New York Times and the Washington Post, whose editorial boards each criticized her comments critical of Donald Trump. Taking aim against a presumptive party nominee in such political terms is unprecedented in the modern era, and has drawn across-the-spectrum critics who fear it will only increase the politicization of the Supreme Court. The Republican Party platform confirmed its conservative shift Tuesday, as it rejected every positive reference to LGBT issues, including specific mention of last month's Pulse nightclub shooting and ISIS violence against gays in the Middle East. But the convention floor may see some last-minute drama on the LGBT front as backers of removing anti-same-sex-marriage provisions of the platform signed onto a minority report that would completely replace the platform for a shortened version that doesn't have any language about marriage. But the conservative sponsors of that alternate platform are balking at their efforts being hijacked. Either way, Democrats are set to turn the issue into a wedge to win over younger voters come the fall. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus praises Trump's evolving campaign. Trump will skip the NAACP convention. And Republicans want another Clinton email investigation. Here are your must-reads, Must Reads, GOP Wrestles With Change on LGBT Positions Before Convention And Democrats are itching to draw comparisons TIME, RNC Chairman Doesn't Know Donald Trump's Running Mate Praises Trump's transformation into more presidential candidate TIME, Obama Tells Mourning Dallas, We Are Not as Divided as We Seem' Bush and Obama try to heal city New York Times, Justice Ginsburg doesn't let up on Trump, who fires back An unusual and unprecedented war of words Washington Post, Donald Trump Wants an Attack Dog as His Running Mate The candidate calls Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie his top picks Wall Street Journal, Trump paints apocalyptic picture of racial tensions in U.S. Rather than uniting, Trump sees divisions as an opening CBS, Sound Off, "Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions, and this has strained our bonds of understanding and common purpose."  Former President George W. Bush at the memorial for the slain Dallas Police officers, "I've been saying even against me the system is rigged. When I ran for President, I could see what was going on with the system and the system is rigged. I can relate it really very much to myself."  Donald Trump to Bill O'Reilly on whether American society is rigged against people who are black, Bits and Bites, G.O.P. Seeks Criminal Inquiry of Hillary Clinton's Testimony to Congress New York Times, Trump declines invite to NAACP convention CNN, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg calls Trump a faker,' he says she should resign CNN, James Stavridis, Retired Admiral, Is Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton's Running Mate New York Times, Trump calls Black Lives Matter divisive', criticizes police shootings Fox, Historians on Donald Trump Facebook, Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton for President TIME, Trump seeks to block release of Trump University testimony Associated Press