UN special adviser leaves Sanders advisory role after months of attacks on Hillary Clinton
World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs, who plays a high-powered role as special adviser to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and director of a number of U.N.-sponsored enterprises, abruptly resigned last week from one of his other part-time jobs: foreign policy adviser for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
Cruz, Kasich defend already-troubled alliance; Trump eyes Tuesday sweep
Ted Cruz and John Kasich sought to defend their stop-Trump alliance in the face of searing criticism from the Republican front-runner himself – and despite stumbles for their tag-team out of the gate – as Donald Trump eyed a primary sweep across the Northeast in Tuesday’s contests, all but certain to dramatically extend his delegate lead.
Cruz, Kasich campaign apps under scrutiny over security issues
As the Republican presidential contenders battle over who can best protect America, at least two candidates’ are having trouble protecting potential voters’ personal information on their campaign apps.
Trump might have the edge, but Cruz crushes ground game in Pennsylvania
As Donald Trump was celebrating his epic New York victory last Tuesday night—once again in the glow of the media spotlight—Sen. Ted Cruz was toiling away in Philadelphia, meeting in a private room with potential delegates for about an hour after delivering a little-noticed speech on unity.
Missouri senator reads 50 Cent book in sales tax filibuster
The Missouri Senate has tabled a sales tax proposal after a senator filibustered it by reading a book about 50 Cent.
Senate probe into Valeant includes top Wall Street investor
Senate lawmakers investigating price hikes by the embattled drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals will also question one of the company’s leading investors, hedge fund manager William Ackman.
Trump, Clinton aim to sweep five Northeastern primaries
Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are aiming for a sweep of all five Northeastern states holding presidential primaries Tuesday, including the big prize of Pennsylvania.
Kasich tells Indiana voters to support him, despite pledge not to campaign
Ohio Gov. John Kasich appeared Monday to undercut his campaign’s extradordinary agreement to stand aside in the key state of Indiana by urging voters in the Hoosier State to support him anyway.
Why Cruz’s deal with Kasich could fizzle-and fuels Trump’s anti-party argument
With Donald Trump heading for a five-state sweep today, his two top rivals have cut a deal that carries a whiff of desperation.
Lawsuit claims Hastert owes accuser $1.8M in hush money
A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and later promised $3.5 million to stay quiet filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit Monday, saying he’s owed more than half the money Hastert promised.
Krauthammer on the Kasich-Cruz alliance: ‘A last attempt to try to stop the momentum’
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said Monday that while Republican presidential hopefuls John Kasich and Ted Cruz have teamed up in an attempt to deny frontrunner Donald Trump the delegates necessary to claim the party’s nomination, the attempt comes at the eleventh hour.
Federal judge upholds controversial North Carolina voter ID law
Lawsuits challenging changes to North Carolina’s election law failed to show it hampered the ability of minority voters to exercise political power, a federal judge ruled Monday in dismissing the cases.
Trump calls Kasich, Cruz alliance ‘collusion’ as Texas senator looks beyond Tuesday’s primaries
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump once again took aim at Ted Cruz and John Kasich for joining forces to try and stop him from winning the party’s nomination as the Texas senator said he’s looking beyond the primaries on Tuesday.
Cruz and Kasich join forces against Trump — but will it work?
John Kasich and Ted Cruz made the extraordinary announcement late Monday of their intentions to coordinate campaigns in order to deny frontrunner Donald Trump a sweep of important primaries in three states — but it remains far from clear whether the ambitious strategy will pay off.
Trump punches back at campaign to take him out of GOP running
Republican front-runner Donald Trump was out on the campaign trail Monday with a two-word response to rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich move to try to stop his march to the GOP presidential nomination: “dead” and “desperate.”
Two big questions for Cruz, Kasich pact
Cruz, Kasich make a pact to defeat Trump but questions remain.
Trump, Clinton employ similar strategies for Tuesday primary: target loyalists
While Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s rivals plot to keep them from winning their respective Republican and Democratic presidential nominations, the two front-runners are making sure they win — and win big — in Tuesday’s five Northeast primaries with rallies in targeted pockets of each state and other micro campaign strategies.
‘Disgusting’: Trump takes aim at Kasich’s eating habits, alliance with Cruz
Donald Trump unleashed blistering personal attacks Monday against Ted Cruz and John Kasich, in response to what he called their “collusion” in joining forces to try and stop him winning the Republican nomination – even targeting Kasich’s “disgusting” eating habits.
Feds spend $82K trying to create stuttering mice
The National Institutes of Health has invested more than $80,000 into studying whether mice stutter.
Armed Services chief lays out risky strategy for budget hike
The Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is proposing a boost in the defense budget by billions of dollars to halt what the GOP says is a severe problem in the military’s combat readiness.
US to states: Make it easier for ex-prisoners to obtain IDs
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is urging the nation’s governors to make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification after they get out of prison, part of a broader plan being announced Monday to help smooth the path for state and federal inmates who are preparing to re-enter society.
A Washington ritual: Pentagon, Congress at odds over bases
The Pentagon thinks it has a winning argument for why Congress should allow a new round of military base closings. The case goes like this: The Army and Air Force have vastly more space for training and basing troops than they need, and trimming the surplus would save money better used to strengthen the military.
Obama announces deployment of up to 250 US troops to Syria
President Obama announced Monday that he had approved the deployment of an additional 250 U.S. troops to Syria to fight the ISIS terror group.
US cyber command opening up new front against ISIS
The U.S. is supplementing its ground and aerial assaults on ISIS with a cyber-attack campaign, opening up a new, high-tech front in the war against the Internet-savvy so-called caliphate.
Ex-Senator announces he’s marrying man, 20 years after his wife’s death
Former U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford has announced he will be marrying a man 50 years his junior next weekend — 20 years after his wife’s death.
Obama reportedly poised to declassify secret pages of 9/11 report
The Obama administration reportedly is ready to release at least part of a 28-page chapter from a congressional report into the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that has been kept secret since publication.
Trump ‘playing’ a new role: A moderate on social and economic issues
Television anchors and pundits aren’t exactly the same in private life as when they’re sounding off in front of the cameras. They are quieter, calmer, even more restrained. Well, most of them.
Trump: Rivals ‘limping’ their way to GOP convention, concern only about winning on first ballot
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Sunday that his rivals for the party’s nomination are “limping” their way to the convention in Cleveland and dismissed talk about multiple rounds of balloting at the convention.
Kasich, Cruz argue in Fox News town hall: Trump can’t beat Clinton
Republican presidential rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich — one waging a no-holds-barred stop-Trump campaign, the other battling to remain relevant into the GOP convention — tried to make the case Sunday night during a Fox News town hall that despite Donald Trump’s impressive primary wins that have him at the doorstop of the Republican nomination, he still can’t beat Hillary Clinton.
Cruz, Kasich campaign announce collaboration to deny Trump delegates
The presidential campaigns of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced late Sunday that they were coordinating their efforts in three upcoming primary states in an effort to prevent Republican front-runner Donald Trump from clinching the GOP nomination before this summer’s convention.
Sunday is day Americans work long enough in 2016 to cover total US tax debt
Americans on Sunday will have collectively worked long enough in 2016 to pay for the county’s total tax bill for the year.
Up to 250 US military personnel headed to Syria, Obama administration officials say
President Barack Obama will send an additional 250 military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting the Islamic State group, increasing to 300 the number of U.S. forces battling extremists in the war-torn country, administration officials confirmed Sunday.
RNC’s Priebus dismisses kingmaker Koch’s slam of GOP White House field
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday dismissing conservative kingmaker and billionaire industrialist Charles Koch’s criticism of the GOP presidential field.
Obama calls to ‘keep moving forward’ on trade deal during Germany visit
President Obama on Sunday began a two-day visit to Germany, where he will focus on trying to make progress on trade talks between the United States and Europe.
Cruz stays in the Republican presidential fight by quietly scoring delegates
While Donald Trump is winning big delegate states and trumpeting his presumptive-nominee status, GOP presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz and his campaign are quietly fighting — and winning — delegate support, the latest coming Saturday night in Maine.
Bernie Sanders: I’m behind because ‘poor people don’t vote’
Bernie Sanders is trailing Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary “because poor people don’t vote.”
Maine governor: Workers from India hard to understand
Maine’s governor said it’s hard to understand workers “from Bulgaria” and workers from India are “the worst ones.”
Maryland congressional primary features largest self-funder ever
A candidate in a Maryland congressional primary has broken the record for the amount of money a self-funded House candidate has put into a single campaign, as wine superstore owner David Trone has uncorked more the $12 million of his fortune in a crowded Democratic primary that includes former local television anchor Kathleen Matthews, who is married to MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews.
Trump adviser Manafort says ‘changing the setting, not the candidate’
Donald Trump adviser Paul Manafort is defending against accusations that the campaign has acknowledge that Trump and his often outsized campaign is really an act that will soon end, saying Sunday that “we’re changing the setting, not the candidate.”
In front, Trump shows no signs of ‘toning it down’ on campaign trail
Donald Trump showed no signs Saturday of “toning it down” on the campaign trail, attacking the Republican establishment and presidential rivals — after attempts to be “more presidential” and assurance from a top adviser a day earlier that the GOP front-runner would show more restraint.
After Confederate flag controversy, GOP House replaces US flag display with state coins
This is a story about flags, coins, congressional spending bills and a tunnel. But sometimes there’s more than meets the eye behind what appears to be a rather innocuous series of seemingly non-related events.
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