Trump poised to step on the GOP accelerator  —  GOP delegate selection process favors front-runners  —  Nevada caucus up next; Trump favored He leads in 8 of the next states  —  CHARLESTON, S.C.  —  Things sure look good for Donald Trump.  —  The Republican presidential race expanded across …

Sanders has the resources and a plan to go the distance.  Will it matter?  —  Bernie Sanders, his momentum slowed by a loss to Hillary Clinton in Nevada, faces two tests in the weeks ahead: parceling out his formidable resources to the states that offer his best targets …

Now Trump ‘Not Sure’ If Rubio's Eligible to Be President (UPDATED)  —  Donald Trump slyly raised questions this morning about Marco Rubio's eligibility to be president.  —  Yesterday, Trump retweeted something a supporter sent to him that seemed to gin up questions about Rubio's eligibility to be president in addition to Ted Cruz's:

Police: Kzoo shooting suspect was Uber driver  —  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The man suspected of shooting eight people in the Kalamazoo area, killing six, was an Uber driver who was apparently taking fares in between opening fire at various locations, police tell 24 Hour News 8.

The New Shape of the Republican Race  —  After his solid, broadly based victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Donald Trump now holds a commanding position in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.  —  But Trump still faces two “known unknowns,” to borrow the memorable phrase …

Looking Back  —  Antonin Scalia, who died this month, after nearly three decades on the Supreme Court, devoted his professional life to making the United States a less fair, less tolerant, and less admirable democracy.  Fortunately, he mostly failed.  Belligerent with his colleagues …

Crowd CHEERS as Germany migrant hostel is burned out - and even try to stop firefighters battling the blaze  —  The blaze in the town of Bautzen early this morning caused serious damage to the former hotel which was being converted  —  A crowd is reported to have cheered as a building designated …

16 Years After Bush v. Gore, Still Wrestling With Ballot-Box Rules  —  Reflecting on baseball attendance, the philosopher Yogi Berra observed that “if people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”  He could have said much the same thing about the American electorate.

Trump win confounds critics who thought gaffes would do him in  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. — For months, Donald Trump's antagonists in rival campaigns, in the GOP establishment and in the punditocracy have believed the time would come, someday, when Trump would say something so outrageous …