Today’s biggest stories:
- A black Minnesota man was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in an incident whose horrific aftermath was caught on video. The man’s girlfriend says police subsequently handcuffed her and took her to jail.
- FBI director James Comey testified on Capitol Hill; Rep. Trey Gowdy used the occasion to more or less film an anti-Hillary campaign ad in real time.
- Missouri Democrat Lacy Clay wryly asked Comey if he was worried about the phenomenon of presidential candidates retweeting white supremacists.
- Roger Ailes might be toast at Fox News.
- Serena Williams is on the verge of winning her 22nd major, which would tie Steffi Graf’s open-era record.
- Donald Trump gave a speech last night that was strange and rambling even by his own standards. It involved Saddam Hussein again.
- He also got in some salty back-and-forths with Republican senators at a closed-door meeting today.
- And he won’t rule out quitting right after hypothetically winning the election.
