Trump protesters block streets in Fountain Hills  —  Trump protesters were blocking vehicles leading into Fountain Hills in advance of Donald Trump's campaign stop Saturday morning.  —  The protesters parked their cars in the middle of the road, unfurling banners reading “Dump Trump” and …

An open letter to Donald Trump.  —  Donald,  —  I read your string of really sad and sick tweets against Megyn Kelly.  First let me say this:  —  Leave Megyn Kelly ALONE.  —  She is brilliant, honest and brave.  —  I can only imagine the amount of security this mother of three now needs …

Do Republicans really think Donald Trump will make a good Supreme Court choice?  —  The Republican Party's incoherent response to the Supreme Court vacancy is a partisan reflex in search of a justifying principle.  The multiplicity of Republican rationalizations for their refusal …

David Brooks Should Sit the Next Few Plays Out  —  Take a breather, my guy.  —  Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, was worried.  Master couldn't get off the floor.  He had laid down on a small throw-rug in the club room …

What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace?  —  Joel Pavelski, 27, isn't the first person who has lied to his boss to scam some time off work.  —  But inventing a friend's funeral, when in fact he was building a treehouse — then blogging and tweeting about it to be sure everyone at the office noticed?

The Head of Jeb's Super PAC Is Tired of the Endless Conservative Con  —  Mike Murphy is a longtime Jeb Bush friend and loyalist, and he's also the guy who ran Right to Rise, the Super PAC that blew through $100 million in an epically futile effort to sell Bush to the masses.

Students freak out after teacher shows video of ISIS beheading  —  The city unsuccessfully tried to fire Bronx middle-school teacher Alexiss Nazario (left) after she scared students with a video of an ISIS execution (like this one of journalist James Foley).  Photo: Tomas E. Gaston (2)

Sharron Angle running for U.S. Senate again in Nevada  —  Nevada's candidates in the 2016 elections will give Silver State voters a show like no other.  —  There are plenty of interesting races: A legal brothel owner who wants to combat sex trafficking, among other goals, is running for state Senate in Northern Nevada.

Trump: David Brooks ‘one of the dumbest’ pundits  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump  —  is firing back after conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks called for the GOP to reject Trump.  —  “While I have never met @nytdavidbrooks of the NY Times …

Will Trump Be Dumped?  —  WASHINGTON — MOST people would be upset to be at the center of an agitated national debate about whether they were more like Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin, George Wallace or a Marvel villain.  —  Not Donald Trump.  —  He doesn't like invidious comparisons but he's cool with being called an authoritarian.

Republican Leaders Map a Strategy to Derail Donald Trump  —  Republican leaders adamantly opposed to Donald J. Trump's candidacy are preparing a 100-day campaign to deny him the presidential nomination, starting with an aggressive battle in Wisconsin's April 5 primary and extending into the summer …

State of the 2016 race  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Donald Trump made an aggressive overture to the Mormon community here in Utah Friday evening, praising members of the church while also off-handedly mocking the authenticity of 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's faith.

Border Patrol union: ‘Trump is the only candidate’ to support agents  —  The largest U.S. Border Patrol union local is praising Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for being the “only candidate” to support their tough mission, an almost endorsement that is the latest boost for the front runner's campaign.

What Donald Trump Doesn't Understand About ‘the Deal’  —  Donald Trump loves the word “deal.”  The book he released with a co-writer in 1987 to summarize his views of the world was called, of course, “The Art of the Deal.”  His view of trade with China is summarized in this quotation …