Democrats Evenly Split Over Clinton, Sanders in Bloomberg Poll  —  Sanders trusted on defending middle class, reining in Wall St.  —  Clinton stronger on foreign policy, security experience  —  More than halfway through a nomination race that she entered as the clear favorite …

‘Stop Trump’ forces see an opportunity in Scott Walker's Wisconsin … PEWAUKEE, Wis. — Tonight, when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) kicks off his campaign for Wisconsin's April 5 presidential primary, he will head to conservative Waukesha County and talk with a conservative radio host.  There's a reason for that.

North Carolina governor signs controversial transgender bill  —  Washington (CNN)North Carolina's governor on Wednesday signed a controversial bill blocking cities from allowing transgender individuals to use public bathrooms for the sex they identify as — as well as restricting cities from passing nondiscrimination laws more broadly.

Obama's tango ripped on ‘Morning Joe’  —  On Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama danced the tango at a state dinner in Argentina.  By the next morning, a bipartisan chorus of disapproval of the optics was bursting out on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”

Shadow campaign to deny Trump his delegates begins  —  When South Dakota's Republican activists convened in Pierre to pick their delegates to the Republican national convention, they got an unexpected visitor.  —  Merle Madrid, senior aide to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, had flown in from Columbus …

This is why Trump's winning, and why I won't vote for Hillary  —  GOP needs to wake up and realize Trump is its fault.  But the Trump/Clinton death match is a national nightmare  —  This week's horrific terrorist attacks on the Brussels airport and metro raised the pressure in the already tight U.S. presidential campaign.

Trumpism After Trump  —  There is now no possibility that the Republican Party will survive its rendezvous with Donald Trump unbroken.  —  If Trump is the party's nominee, the best-case scenario — the best case! — for G.O.P. unity probably involves a host of Republican officials withholding …

Religious freedom deserves deference: Our view  —  Obamacare didn't have to end up at the Supreme Court because of birth control.  —  If the Obama administration had thought long and hard about the meaning of religious freedom, one of the nation's most fundamental rights …

Moulton compares Trump's rise to election of Hitler in 1930s  —  Congressman Seth Moulton on Wednesday compared the rise of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald J. Trump to the election of Adolf Hitler and said constituents should warn “that crazy uncle” against voting for the businessman if he wins the GOP nomination.

IS TRAINS 400 FIGHTERS TO ATTACK EUROPE IN WAVE OF BLOODSHED  —  PARIS (AP) — The Islamic State group has trained at least 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with orders to choose the time …

The late grow!  TV legend David Letterman shows off new retirement look as he goes for a walk in St Barts  —  His face is known to everyone in America due to his 33-year run as host of The Late Show.  —  But TV legend David Letterman was virtually unrecognisable as he showed off …

Revealed: Newt Gingrich's Secret Campaign for Donald Trump  —  The former House speaker has not endorsed in 2016.  But behind the scenes he has been lobbying GOP insiders hard to Make America Great Again.  —  In public, Newt Gingrich won't say he's endorsing Donald Trump.

Cross-border drug tunnel linked restaurant to home  —  CALEXICO, Calif. - For the first time in a decade, federal agents uncovered a completed drug tunnel in Calexico, a border city about 100 miles east of San Diego.  —  The opening of a drug tunnel was found in a fairly new home in Calexico …

Concord man arrested for not returning VHS rental 14 years later  —  CONCORD, N.C. —  A Concord man was arrested for failing to return a 2002 VHS rental movie, “Freddy Got Fingered.”  —  James Meyers showed Channel 9 the arrest warrant Wednesday.  It shows Meyers is charged with failure to return rental property, a misdemeanor.

There Were 5-Hour Lines to Vote in Arizona Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act  —  Reducing the number of polling places in Phoenix had catastrophic consequences in the March 22 primary.  —  By ,  —  Aracely Calderon, a naturalized citizen from Guatemala …

GOP Sen.: ‘Not Fair’ Of GOPers To Block Any SCOTUS Nominee  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Wednesday said that she doesn't believe it is fair of Republican senators to block any Supreme Court nominee from President Obama.  —  “I think it's simply not fair and not right to say that no matter …

The Trump-Cruz Police State Exists.  It's Called France.  —  Imagine if Ted Cruz or Donald Trump proposed a policy to monitor thousands of Muslim citizens even if they had no specific ties to terrorist groups.  Then, for good measure, they called for a new law to allow the police to search …