How We Fooled Donald Trump Into Retweeting Benito Mussolini  —  Is Donald Trump a fascist?  Experts, historians, and pundits have debated the question for months.  One thing has been certain for a while now: He tweets like one.  That's why, last year, Gawker's Ashley Feinberg created …

Christie Campaign's Finance Co-Chair Calls on Donors to Reject Trump  —  Meg Whitman, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard who had an official role with Gov. Chris Christie's now-suspended presidential campaign, called his endorsement of Trump, “an astonishing display of political opportunism.”

Trump won't disavow support from KKK, David Duke  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump wouldn't disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke's support for his presidential bid, saying Sunday that he knows nothing about the white supremacist leader.  —  “Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?”

From Obama to Trump  —  THE spectacle of the Republican Party's Trumpian meltdown has inspired a mix of glee and fear among liberals — glee over their rivals' self-immolation, and fear that what arises from the destruction will be worse.  —  What it hasn't inspired is much in the way of self-examination …

‘Cockamamie’: Kasich campaign rejects talk of brokered convention  —  John Kasich's campaign rejected suggestions Sunday that it's pursuing a strategy to knock out Donald Trump at a brokered Republican National Convention in July.  —  During a conference call with reporters …

Melissa Harris-Perry is out at MSNBC  —  Melissa Harris-Perry will not be back on MSNBC.  —  On Sunday morning, two days after the host's private fight with management went public, an MSNBC spokesman confirmed that the channel is “parting ways” with her.  —  Earlier in the morning …

With All Eyes On Trump, Clinton Is Winning The Democratic Nomination  —  UPDATE (Feb. 27, 9:12 p.m.): We've updated the numbers below to reflect the latest exit poll data and precinct returns.  —  In South Carolina today, Hillary Clinton scored her biggest victory yet in the Democratic presidential primary.

Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator's Fall … By the time Mahmoud Jibril cleared customs at Le Bourget airport and sped into Paris, the American secretary of state had been waiting for hours.  But this was not a meeting Hillary Clinton could cancel.  Their encounter could decide whether America was again going to war.

Hobby Lobby founder endorses Rubio  —  The prominent conservative founder of Hobby Lobby on Sunday endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio  —  (R-Fla.) for president while ripping apart GOP front-runner Donald Trump  —  David Green, founder and CEO of the arts-and-crafts chain store …

Iran election: Reformists win all 30 Tehran seats  —  Allies of Iran's reformist President Hassan Rouhani have won a landslide victory in Tehran, in the first parliamentary vote since Iran signed a nuclear deal with world powers.  —  With 90% of the votes counted, the pro-Rouhani List of Hope …

Top DNC official leaves post to back Sanders  —  A leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Sunday that she is stepping down from her post to support the presidential candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  (I-Vt.).  —  (D-Hawaii), who serves as a vice chairwoman of the DNC …

Donald Trump's Business Record Demands More Scrutiny  —  On July 10th of last year, six days before Donald Trump confirmed rumors that he was entering the 2016 Presidential race, David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, published a piece at The National Memo that was headlined “21 Questions For Donald Trump.”