1. Paul Ryan: ‘This is a big-tent party’
The reservations that Ryan had about Donald Trump appear to be dissipating: ahead of his meeting with the presumptive nominee, the House speaker called on Republicans to seek real solidarity.
Summary
What we’re trying to do is be as constructive as possible but have a real unification. After coming through a very bruising primary … to pretend that we’re unified without actually unifying, then we’re going into the fall at half strength.
– Paul Ryan, on meeting Trump halfway
2. Trump: taxes? You don’t need no stinkin’ taxes
Ignoring pressure, Trump told the Associated Press that he has no plans to release his tax returns. “There’s nothing to learn from them,” he shrugged, saying voters weren’t interested.
3. Bernie Sanders soldiers on
Victorious in West Virginia, Sanders heads into the final stretch of the primaries determined to prove he is winning the argument, even if he can’t win the race.
Summary
We are good at arithmetic. We will fully acknowledge … that we have an uphill climb ahead of us, but we are used to fighting uphill climbs.
– Bernie Sanders
4. Joe Biden: ‘I would’ve been the best president’
The vice-president told ABC News that he was planning to run until his son’s death – and that he would have cleaned the clocks of any person running for the Oval Office.
Summary
It’s an awful thing to say – I think I would have been the best president. No one should ever seek the presidency unless they’re able to devote their whole heart and soul and passion into just doing that.
– Joe Biden
5. Elizabeth Warren goes on a tweet rampage
The senior senator from Massachusetts reignited her one-woman crusade against Trump after he mocked her as “goofy” this morning.
Summary
Your policies are dangerous. Your words are reckless. Your record is embarrassing. And your free ride is over.
– Elizabeth Warren, to Donald Trump
6. Sanders’ California chief says sayonara
The Vermont senator’s state director in California has peaced out – less than a month before the primary that Sanders has repeatedly called “crucial” to his potential nomination.
Summary
In every state that we have won ... we have had to take on the entire Democratic establishment. We’ve had to take on senators and governors and mayors and members of Congress. That’s what we have taken on, so please, do not moan to me about Hillary Clinton’s problems.
– Bernie Sanders, about Clinton fighting a war on two fronts
7. Megyn Kelly ‘just wanted it to stop’
The Fox News anchor told People that she called a truce with Trump so the presumptive Republican nominee would stop publicly insulting her.
Summary
I just wanted to stop. You’d get past an incident and then it would start again. It was really shocking.
– Megyn Kelly, on Trump’s attacks
... and another thing:
Barack Obama has no plans to open up government files on the subject of unidentified flying objects – no matter what Hillary Clinton has pledged to do regarding little green men.
