Top Rubio adviser preparing donors for dismal Super Tuesday  —  Marco Rubio's top campaign adviser huddled with roughly 40 bundlers and K Streeters Tuesday morning to prepare them for a difficult primary election night—as well as to brief them on the campaign's plan for what to do next.

Carson camp: 'We clearly don't know' our path to nomination  —  Ben Carson is staying in the race for the Republican nomination even though his campaign admits that it's not clear at all that Carson has a viable path to victory, and they don't have a plan to win.  —  “Well, we clearly don't know.

Republicans rebuff Obama in meeting on SCOTUS nomination  —  There were no signs of a breakthrough as President Obama met Tuesday with Senate Republican leaders pledging to block anyone he nominates to the Supreme Court.  —  Senate Majority Leader (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley

Trump swaggers through Super Tuesday rally  —  took an early victory lap during a Super Tuesday rally in Columbus, Ohio, boasting about his popularity and dismissing GOP presidential primary rivals Marco Rubio  —  “I'm like 20 points up in Florida over a senator who never shows up,” …

How Donald Trump Made Republicans Half-Aware of Racism  —  How could this happen to the movement founded by segregationist William F. Buckley?  —  Donald Trump represents a threat to conservatism in two ways.  He is extremely likely to lose if nominated, and even if elected …

Clinton to voter: 'Why don't you go run for something?'  —  was involved in brief confrontation with a young woman during a campaign stop in Minnesota Tuesday afternoon as voters headed to the polls to cast their ballot in the state's primary.  —  The Democratic presidential front-runner …

Seven N.J. newspapers call on Christie to resign  —  48 Shares  —  Seven New Jersey newspapers issued a joint editorial Tuesday calling on Gov. Chris Christie to resign in the wake of his failed presidential campaign and his subsequent endorsement of rival Donald Trump.

Bin Laden's Bookshelf  —  In the weeks following the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan by United States forces, U.S. Intelligence Community analysts sifted through the recovered digital and hard copy materials in search of clues that would reveal ongoing al-Qa'ida plots …

Deputy's dash cam captures video of drunk passenger falling head first into creek  —  LINCOLN COUNTY, Tenn. - The next time you're having a bad day, think about the two guys a Lincoln County Deputy encountered while on patrol.  —  The driver stops the truck in the middle of a road.

DNC Chair Joins GOP Attack On Elizabeth Warren's Agency  —  Payday lenders get a new ally.  —  Senior Political Economy Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON — Payday lenders have been gunning for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since the day President Barack Obama tapped Elizabeth Warren to set up the new agency.

Mike Huckabee Hearts Donald Trump  —  Mike Huckabee was one missed flight away from endorsing Donald Trump.  —  It was the day after February's Iowa caucuses, and Huckabee had just dropped out of the race.  He planned to make a quick stop in Little Rock, Arkansas, to drop off his daughter …

Gov. Daugaard Vetoes HB 1008  —  Office of Gov. Dennis Daugaard  —  500 E. Capitol Ave. Pierre, S.D. 57501  —  605-773-3212  —  CONTACT: Tony Venhuizen or Kelsey Pritchard at 605-773-3212  —  PIERRE, S.D. - Gov. Dennis Daugaard has vetoed the following bill:

Scientists discover 8000-year-old tiny hand prints in ancient cave were NOT made by humans  —  Experts probing the discovery of 13 hand prints in the eerie Egyptian Cave of Beasts say the 8000-year-old stencils did not belong to humans  —  Anthropologists probing the discovery …

How Breitbart Unleashes Hate Mobs to Threaten, Dox, and Troll Trump Critics  —  Seventeen million readers revel in Breitbart News's Trump-supporting slipstream of angry populism, featuring an anti-immigration, anti-Muslim message.  Is it stoking up dangerous hatred?

Can Google's Driverless Car Project Survive a Fatal Accident?  —  Everybody knew this day would come.  —  After several years and more than 1.4 million miles of test driving, Google's perfect streak came to an end.  In all that time, the tech giant's self-driving cars had been in fewer …

Police: Teen shoots family in East Nashville  —  An argument over getting out of bed for school Tuesday morning led a teenage boy to open fire on three family members, including his grandmother and two young children, inside an East Nashville home, Metro police said.

Federal Agency Sues Companies, Alleging Anti-Gay Bias Is Banned By Existing Laws  —  WASHINGTON — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed two lawsuits in federal court on Tuesday, alleging that two companies engaged in anti-gay discrimination in violation of existing civil rights laws.

Food Stamp Users Near Record High Despite Low Unemployment Rate  —  Despite the unemployment rate being at an eight-year low (4.9 percent as of January 2016), the number of people on food stamps remains near an all-time high which was 47,636,000 in 2013.  —  Why the disparity in the numbers?