For the Record’s week in review: The dream debate that will never be

As a general election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump looks more and more likely, the former secretary of State has taken to dismissing Bernie Sanders’ candidacy as a thorn in her side. So Sanders decided he wanted to remind everyone he's still most definitely in the race (he does better in general election poll matchups with Trump than Clinton, thank you very much). How do you do that? Challenge Donald Trump to the strangest debate in history.

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Trump and Bernie to battle it out?

Clinton may think she has the nomination all wrapped up, but Sanders has other plans. The Vermont senator has said he’s taking his campaign all the way to the convention.

Sanders also challenged her to debate him before California’s June 7 primary, to which Clinton said no thanks. So Sanders said okie doke, let’s find a new partner: Donald Trump, wanna battle?

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First, Trump said you betcha, but only if the networks give us a lot of money — like at least $10 million — for women’s health charities. Late Thursday, Sanders said they were working on setting this up and the networks had reached out to them.

But then Trump quashed the plans for this epic showdown on Friday afternoon, releasing a statement saying, "it seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher."

"As much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders — and it would be an easy payday — I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be," he added.

So, sorry folks: Looks like you'll have to wait until Sept. 26 — the first scheduled general election face-off — for the next debate.

Trump’s New Mexico rally leads to fight with the state’s governor

If you wanted to improve your numbers with Hispanics and women, it would probably be advised to avoid attacking one of your party’s most popular Hispanic women — and someone whose endorsement you’re still waiting for. But Trump doesn’t always play by the rules.

Trump had a rally on Tuesday in Albuquerque, N.M., (there were a ton of protesters outside, too) but Trump made news when he took on the state’s governor — who is a Republican — for not showing up. He even jokingly threatened to run to replace her. Gov. Susana Martinez responded by saying: I won’t “be bullied” into supporting Trump and, oh yeah, the reports from his campaign that I denied a meeting with him are a big, fat FALSE. They never asked.

Meanwhile, one of Trump’s top aides said in an interview there was no reason to expect Trump would pick a woman or someone from a minority group as his vice president because that would be “pandering.”

Clinton’s email server doesn’t go over so well

The State Department’s inspector general came out with a long-awaited report Wednesday that found Clinton’s email server was not kosher. The lengthy report (78 pages!) says: Yes, State did a bad job keeping records and others had poorly managed systems, but regardless, Clinton should have asked to have her private server. And if she would have asked, she would have been told no. The report is pretty scathing, and the Clinton campaign has been trying to spin it: Clinton did multiple phone interviews on Thursday.

OnPolitics has a handy-dandy top six excerpts from the report here.

ICYMI: News from the trail

• Move over, Scott Walker, there’s a new biker in town (USA TODAY)
• Oops: Sen. Hatch releases an op-ed that mentions a meeting with Judge Garland that hadn't happened (USA TODAY)
• Critics of recent polls that show Clinton-Trump close? Pollsters (USA TODAY)
• Newt Gingrich is back in play (USA TODAY)

Paint your nails Trump’s 'earthy shade of burnt orange’

Haven’t been bombarded enough by Trump coverage? Do you wish when you looked at your own nails you could think of the presumptive Republican nominee? Well, Bootie Babe Nail Lacquer is now selling nail polish in “a pale and earthy shade of burnt orange” that they believe matches Trump’s tan. The polish is called Donald Rump and the bottle is shaped exactly like it sounds.

While the nail polish is intended to be funny, the company really is selling it (for less than half the price of their other polishes!). CEO Mark O’Hara wouldn’t release sales numbers. But he told USA TODAY: “I will say that Donald Rump is one of our most popular colors this month and our 2016 Collection is doing very well.”