Q poll: Trump numbers soar, Hillary continues slide  —  A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Donald Trump widening his lead over other Republican presidential challengers and Vice President Joseph Biden running slightly better than Hillary Clinton against leading GOP contenders

After on-air killings, de Blasio calls for stronger gun laws, mental health services  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio, commenting publicly for the first time on Wednesday's on-air murders of two television journalists in Virginia, said Thursday that unless action is taken to strengthen …

John Boehner Calls Ted Cruz A ‘Jackass’ At Fundraiser  —  Speaker of the House John Boehner stunned audience members Wednesday evening at a Colorado fundraiser by referring to Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz as a “jackass,” two people in attendance tell The Daily Caller.

Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds  —  WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that “manipulation” …

Driver Breaks Into Dance Following Downtown L.A. Pursuit  —  Cameras captured a driver breaking into dance following a pursuit in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night.  —  Police attempted to stop the woman for driving erratically near Seventh Street and Towne Avenue around 10:10 p.m …

St. Mary's reverses policy on gay employment after backlash over rescinded hire  —  Update: This post has been updated with the latest information about reconciliation between the school and Lauren Brown.  —  The St. Mary's Academy board voted Wednesday night to change the school's policy …

Donna Brazile praises Bush's Katrina response on flight with Obama  —  Donna Brazile, a prominent Democratic political operative, praised President George W. Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina on Thursday, just hours before President Obama's speech in New Orleans marking the storm's 10th anniversary.

Stop blaming me for Hurricane Katrina  —  Ten years later, the name ‘Brownie’ is still identified with the government's failures.  Here's what really happened.  —  Getty.  —  SHARES  —  Had I left the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the spring of 2005, my life would be very different today.

It's time for Latinos to unite against Donald Trump  —  The fact that a person like Donald Trump, a candidate for the U.S. presidency for the Republican Party, has the gall to continue to freely harass the Latino community day after day makes my blood boil.  —  Why would he assume …

White House pushes for Iran filibuster  —  The administration seeks to tamp down expectations, but the numbers of supportive Senate Democrats are adding up.  —  President Barack Obama's almost certain to get the Iran nuclear deal through Congress — but whether he gets there by filibuster …

Leaked emails show new Trump aide used to scorn him  —  Leaked emails show that the Iowan who is Donald Trump's new national co-chairman was throwing bombs at him as recently as last month, expressing grave misgivings about the authenticity of Trump's religious faith and his conservatism.

Gay couple turned away 3rd time by Rowan clerk  —  MOREHEAD, Ky. James Yates and William Smith Jr. left the Rowan County Courthouse on Thursday, frustrated that clerks have now refused them a marriage license for third time.  —  The couple said they felt that Rowan Clerk Kim Davis was obligated …

Disabled man told subsidized housing is for Muslims only  —  City subsidizes 10 affordable housing buildings that only take residents from a certain ethnic, religious or cultural group.  —  Austin Lewis, 21, on Merton Street where he currently lives.  Lewis has been rejected for subsidized housing at a unit because he is not Muslim.