Sunday's Headlines: Democrats grapple with party divisions two days before convention opens

Clinton's challenge: Balance hopeful tone with a case for change; Clinton: ‘Kaine is everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not’; Kaine sought to boost his 'brand' after being passed over for VP in '08; Castro disappointed but says Clinton will get Hispanic vote; 'How's Amanda?': Truth, lies and an American addiction; The next war against Hezbollah will be 'ferocious,' Israel warns ;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories John Taggart / Bloomberg Democrats grapple with party divisions two days before convention opens Anger over the nominating process, the Clinton-Kaine ticket and hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee spilled into the party's final meetings before the convention begins. By David Weigel  •  Read more » Clinton's challenge: Balance hopeful tone with a case for change At their convention, Democrats will aim to project an optimistic vision in contrast to the gloomier GOP message, while trying to avoid coming across as cheerleaders for the status quo. By Dan Balz and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   Clinton: ‘Kaine is everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not’ As the Democratic ticket debuted, the presumptive vice-presidential nominee thrilled a crowd in Miami by using Spanish throughout his remarks. By Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   Kaine sought to boost his 'brand' after being passed over for VP in '08 Emails show Clinton's running mate was irritated by a perception that he had not achieved enough. By Rosalind S. Helderman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Castro disappointed but says Clinton will get Hispanic vote Housing Secretary Julián Castro was long touted as a possible running mate for Hillary Clinton, but when the call came Friday informing him that the presumptive Democratic nominee had picked someone else, he wasn't surprised. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   'How's Amanda?': Truth, lies and an American addiction There are many ways to take measure of the pain, longing and despair that are said to be driving a historic opiate epidemic. But the fact that matters most for a chronic user is what it takes for just one addict to get clean. By Eli Saslow  •  Read more »   The next war against Hezbollah will be 'ferocious,' Israel warns Ten years after Israel and Hezbollah fought an inconclusive war that left more than 1,000 dead, the Lebanese Shiite militant group has transformed: It now fights like a regional military power and poses a far greater threat. By William Booth  •  Read more »   Opinions   To understand Hillary Clinton, read her memoirs By Carlos Lozada  •  Read more »   Which Barack Obama speech is the one for the history books? By Greg Jaffe  •  Read more »   Five myths about political speechwriting By Jeff Shesol  •  Read more »   Your air conditioner is making the heat wave worse By Stan Cox  •  Read more »   My brother thought his disability meant he couldn't vote By Wendy Button  •  Read more »   White people think racism is getting worse. Against white people. By Samuel Sommers and Michael Norton  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   IOC leaders meet to consider banning Russia from 2016 Games The nation's track-and-field athletes have already been banned from Rio, but all its athletes could be prohibited from competing because of state-sponsored doping. By Associated Press  •  Read more » India's biggest action-movie star isn't just an actor. 'He is god.' Rajinikanth is 65 and balding, but his fans bathe his cutouts in milk and throw coins at him onscreen. By Rama Lakshmi  •  Read more » Munich officials: Gunman acted like 'a deranged person' but had no ties to terror groups Most of the nine killed by the 18-year-old during his rampage were teenagers. And most were born to parents with migrant backgrounds. By Souad Mekhennet, Griff Witte and William Booth  •  Read more » Fred Ward — photographer of presidents, pop stars, gemstones — dies at 81 The versatile longtime Washington photographer never went anywhere without a camera, his wife said. By Matt Schudel  •  Read more » He was her middle-school speech teacher. And he's the father of her unborn child, police say. For months, the Texas pair carried on a secret relationship that began over the phone, using the popular messenger app Kik. By Peter Holley  •  Read more » He thought the couple were having sex outside a bar. Then he realized she was unconscious. Police credit a University of Florida football player's intervention for stopping a sex assault. By Peter Holley  •  Read more » Chris Sale cut up all of the White Sox's throwback jerseys because he didn't like them The All-Star pitcher was scratched from his start after taking exception to his team's 1976 throwback uniforms via a knife. By Nick Eilerson  •  Read more » The evolution of Hillary Clinton, politician Her startling decision to run for the highest office in America set Clinton — who had already been first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state — on a path no woman has ever walked. By Karen Tumulty  •  Read more » Prepare for the Barack, Hillary, Bill and Bernie show in Philadelphia A political party that is becoming ever more diverse will be on display in Philadelphia. By David Maraniss  •  Read more » We spent decades dreaming up the perfect female president. She doesn't exist. The nation is still trying figure out what the first female American president should look like and symbolize. By Monica Hesse  •  Read more » In Charm City, all about the Babe The Sultan of Swat was a southpaw from St. Mary's orphanage. By Richard Selden  •  Read more » Adorable ads about disgusting things What's the secret to advertising things that people find gross? A British accent doesn't hurt. By Libby Copeland  •  Read more » Affordable art at your fingertips Need artwork to spruce up your place? Try these websites. By Megan McDonough  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. 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