Last Slide  —  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders discussed their stances on the auto industry bailout during Flint's Democratic presidential debate.  Here's the nub of the fight over Clinton's support and Sanders' opposition to the auto bailout.  —  The $82 billion that helped finance …

How Donald Trump scrambles the general election map  —  If Donald Trump's coalition carries him to the GOP nomination, it could produce a crazy-quilt general election that scrambles the conventional wisdom about the battleground state map.  —  The Electoral College landscape has been fairly stable …

Showing strength in Michigan, Trump feeds on hostility to GOP, Romney  —  WARREN, Mich. — Donald Trump holds a solid lead in two new polls of Michigan Republicans on the eve of a primary that has often played a key role in GOP presidential races.  In one survey, by CBS News, Trump is at 39 percent …

Which Media Outlet's Republican Delegate Tracker Do You Believe?  —  Major media outlets cannot agree on any of the delegate counts for the top three GOP candidates, nor the allotment from 11 states that have voted thus far  —  With 20 Republican contests in the books …

Decades Later, ‘Spy’ Magazine Founders Continue To Torment Trump  —  Listen to the Story  —  Soon after its launch in 1986, the satirical magazine Spy picked Donald Trump as the brash embodiment of a crass age.  Founded by Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen, the magazine chronicled …

Some supporters of Rubio say bad strategy, poorly run campaign killing his chances … Sensing an opportunity for an upset victory, Marco Rubio spent most of Friday in Kansas, where he picked up a series of high-profile endorsements that he hoped could help thrust him into contention.

Trent Lott would consider Obama's Supreme Court nomination  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.  The author works at the institute.  —  (CNN)Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott …

Trump Tower Funded by Rich Chinese Who Invest Cash for Visas  —  New Jersey building partly funded via controversial visa plan  —  Video to sell it to investors is subtitled in Chinese  —  Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attacked China and warned about the dangers of deficient immigrant screening.

When Fallacies Collide  —  The formal debates among the Republicans who would be president have exceeded all expectations.  Even the most hardened cynics couldn't have imagined that the candidates would sink so low, and stay so focused on personal insults.  Yet last week, offstage …

The End of American Idealism  —  Sometimes it's hard to shake the uneasy feeling that we are witnessing the dissolution of an idea that was once America.  —  The country is still a military superpower and an economic and innovation powerhouse, but so many of our institutions are proving …

SIKHS AND MUSLIMS Hold Rally in DC in Support of DONALD J. TRUMP  —  Sikhs and Muslims gathered in a suburb of Washington DC this weekend.  —  They group supports Donald J. Trump for President. … Muslims and Sikhs join the Trump Train-  —  The group had “Muslims for Trump” and Sikhs for Trump" signs made for the event.

Heavy turnout, long delays reported at Maine's Democratic caucuses  —  Thousands wait in line for hours in Portland, and Senate Minority Leader Justin Alfond says he will submit a bill to establish presidential primaries in the state.  —  Thousands of people waited hours in line Sunday …

Cruz: Media is sitting on bombshells about Donald Trump  —  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz  —  (Texas) said on Sunday that the media is sitting on explosive negative information about front-runner Donald Trump  —  with plans to run it later in the year to tear the candidate apart.