Reid calls on Rubio to resign  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid tore into Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday, calling on the Florida Republican and 2016 presidential contender to resign his Senate seat as he racks up no-shows on his voting record while campaigning for the White House.

Ted Cruz's best moment of the debate was also completely wrong  —  “The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media,” Ted Cruz said with considerable disgust.  “This is not a cage match.”  —  Cruz ticked off the insults …

Gov. Christie, Time to Go Home  —  It's that time in the ever-long presidential campaign when candidates lacking money and mojo are starting to go back to their plows.  Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey should join them.  —  Mr. Christie has been called a lot of things …

Details and Analysis of Senator Ted Cruz's Tax Plan  —  Key Findings:  — Senator Cruz's (R-TX) tax plan would enact a 10 percent flat tax on individual income and replace the corporate income tax and all payroll taxes with a 16 percent “Business Transfer Tax,” or subtraction method value-added tax.

A D.C. cop tried to break up a group of teens.  It ended in this impressive dance-off.  —  On Monday afternoon, D.C. police officers broke up two groups of fighting teenagers.  A few minutes later, a female officer approached the lingering crowd and told the teens to disperse.

Paul Ryan elected Speaker  —  Lawmakers on Thursday elected Rep. Paul Ryan as the 54th Speaker of the House, putting an end to weeks of uncertainty over who would lead the raucous 247-member GOP conference after John Boehner's (R-Ohio) surprise resignation.  —  On a day filled with pomp …

Landing in Tel Aviv, Iberia pilot says ‘Welcome to Palestine’  —  'He didn't mention Israel once,' passengers say; Spanish carrier apologizes, says pilot taken off Israel route pending probe  —  Israeli passengers on an Israel-bound Iberia flight were astonished late Wednesday …

At a Success Academy Charter School, Singling Out Pupils Who Have ‘Got to Go’  —  From the time Folake Ogundiran's daughter started kindergarten at a Success Academy charter school in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the girl struggled to adjust to its strict rules.  —  She racked up demerits …

In lawsuit, lesbian couple alleges they were arrested in Pupukea for kissing  —  In March, Courtney Wilson and her girlfriend Taylor Guerrero came to the islands from Los Angeles for what was supposed to be a restful vacation.  —  Instead, the trip turned into a nightmare when the pair was arrested after kissing in Foodland Pupukea.

2016: The Nostalgia Trap  —  How Republicans can avoid the mistakes Democrats are making now.  —  As Jeb Bush's campaign continues to struggle, the former Florida governor's team has taken to attacking Marco Rubio as a “GOP Obama” by outlining the two men's “strikingly similar profiles …

Elite Prep School Grad Gets Jail Time In Sexual Assault Case  —  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school has been sentenced to a year in county jail for sexually assaulting an underage classmate as part of a game of sexual conquest on the campus.

That high-school brat had it coming  —  Exclusive: Ted Nugent defends cop who took down ‘tragically trained troublemaker’  —  Ted Nugent is an American rock ‘n’ roll, sporting and political activist icon.  He is the author of “Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto” and “God, Guns & Rock ‘N’ Roll” (Regnery Publishing).

Russian aircraft approach USS Ronald Reagan, prompting US fighter jet scramble  —  YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The USS Ronald Reagan scrambled its fighter jets earlier this week after two Russian naval reconnaissance aircraft flew within one nautical mile of the U.S. aircraft carrier …

Lawyer for Curtis Reeves to invoke ‘stand your ground’ law  —  The lawyer for Curtis Reeves, the retired Tampa police captain accused of shooting and killing a man in a Wesley Chapel movie theater last year, said Wednesday that he plans to use Florida's “stand your ground” …