Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides  —  WASHINGTON — After years of holding back, former President George Bush has finally broken his public silence about some of the key figures in his son's administration, issuing scathing critiques of Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.

Ben Carson: Egyptian Pyramids Built For Grain Storage, Not By Aliens Or As Tombs  —  “...you know, it doesn't require an alien being when God is with you.”  —  View Video ›  —  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told graduates during a commencement address in the late '90s …

A tale of two Carsons  — At the core of Ben Carson's narrative of spiritual redemption are his acts of violence as an angry young man  — But nine friends, classmates and neighbors who grew up with Carson told CNN they have no memory of the anger or violence the candidate has described

Tonight, going through all of your questions, I wanted to touch on a few issues that seem to be asked by many people.  —  I would like to deal with one question tonight in some detail.  The issue is experience.  Several people ask what they should tell their friends when people say “I like Carson but he has no political experience”.

In Houston, Hate Trumped Fairness  —  Sometime in the near future, a transgender teenager in Texas will attempt suicide — and maybe succeed — because vilifying people for their gender identity remains politically acceptable in America.  —  The hateful rhetoric of leaders like Gov. Greg Abbott …

Latino group offers $5K for calling Trump a racist on ‘SNL’  —  A Hispanic advocacy group is offering $5,000 to any audience member who calls GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump a “racist” on-air when he hosts the upcoming episode of “Saturday Night Live.”

U.S. Detects Flurry of Iranian Hacking  —  American officials say they believe cyberattacks tied to arrest in Tehran of Iranian-American businessman  —  Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard military force hacked email and social-media accounts of Obama administration officials in recent weeks …

Bernie Sanders Takes Gloves Off Against Hillary Clinton in Interview  —  Democratic presidential candidate draws sharper distinctions with front-runner, casting her policy reversals as a character issue  —  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is drawing sharper distinctions …

How Richard Nixon Created Hillary Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton's Benghazi testimony, in all its layered meaning, overpowers cogent analysis and even neutral description.  It was unsettling, strange, riveting—and without any true precedent: A front-runner for her party's presidential nomination …

U.S. intelligence: Bomb likely brought down plane  —  The latest U.S. intelligence suggests that the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268 was most likely caused by a bomb on the plane planted by ISIS or an ISIS affiliate, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.

Right-wing media aims at Rubio  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has a conservative media problem.  —  Rubio's past support for immigration reform infuriated some of the big-name conservative media personalities who backed his upstart Tea Party bid in 2010, and they're taking retribution now that he's rising in the presidential polls.

Reid suggests Dems will block defense spending bill  —  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned on Wednesday that Democrats will block a defense spending bill this week for a third time.  —  Reid said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was “wasting the Senate's time” …

Nancy Pelosi's power play  —  PHOENIX — A week ago Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi marshaled the votes to pass a sweeping budget deal that was overwhelmingly opposed by the party actually running the House.  Fresh off that win, she hopscotched across the country to rake …

Analysis: Bevin Win in Kentucky Underscores Decimated Democratic Party Under Obama  —  Last night's off-year elections produced a number of noteworthy outcomes, none larger than Republican Matt Bevin's upset victory in Kentucky's gubernatorial race.  Bevin ran as a hard-charging outsider conservative, warts and all.