Trump Does It His Way  —  WASHINGTON — YOU could hear how hard it was for Donald Trump to say the words.  —  “Yeah, it was a mistake,” he said, sounding a bit chastened.  “If I had to do it again, I wouldn't have sent it.”  —  I was telling him he lost my sister's vote when he retweeted …

Trump campaign shrinks Lewandowski's role  —  In public, Donald Trump is standing behind embattled campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as he faces battery charges for grabbing a reporter.  But behind the scenes, Lewandowski's role in the campaign is shrinking.

The Republicans' Gay Freakout  —  OUR infrastructure is inexcusable, much of our public education is miserable and one of our leading presidential candidates is a know-nothing, say-anything egomaniac who yanks harder every day at the tattered fabric of civil discourse and fundamental decency in this country.

In a revealing interview, Trump predicts a ‘massive recession’ but intends to eliminate the national debt in 8 years  —  Here's what's at stake in the Wisconsin GOP primary … Donald Trump said in an interview that economic conditions are so perilous that the country is headed for a …

A Deranged Anti-Semite Accuses Me of Libel  —  I wrote earlier this week about a 9/11 Truther named Kevin Barrett.  Barrett once taught at the University of Wisconsin, where his belief that the United States government, in conjunction with Israel, carried out the September 11 attacks made him controversial.

Former Defense secretary: Obama ‘double-crossed’ me  —  Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he felt President Obama “double-crossed” him during his tenure over budget cuts to the Pentagon.  —  In a Fox News report Friday that explored the president's approach to the military …

Air France stewardesses mutiny over order to wear headscarves  —  Air France stewardesses, furious at being ordered to wear headscarves in Tehran, say they will refuse to fly to the Iranian capital when the airline resumes the service later this month.  —  Female members of flight crews …

How Hillary Clinton Bought the Loyalty of 33 State Democratic Parties … Collusion between the Clinton campaign and the DNC allowed Hillary Clinton to buy the loyalty of 33 state Democratic parties last summer.  Montana was one of those states.  It sold itself for $64,100.

Wikileaks Reveals IMF Plan To “Cause A Credit Event In Greece And Destabilize Europe”  —  One of the recurring concerns involving Europe's seemingly perpetual economic, financial and social crises, is that these have been largely predetermined, “scripted” and deliberate acts.

Homophobia, drugs and mental illness may have led to gay man's killing and father's arrest  —  Next door neighbor Maria Gomez holds her phone displaying the photo a man allegedly killed by his father.  The shooting occurred on Tuesday at the family's North Hills home.

Family upset after teacher allegedly calls student ‘a terrorist’ … FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas - A family is Fort Bend County is demanding that a First Colony Middle School teacher be fired after they say she called a 7th grade student a terrorist.  —  12-year-old Waleed Abushaaban …

Hillary Clinton wears leather, talks trash and blows a stop light  —  Hillary Clinton showed her wild side at an LGBT event at SoHo's Capitale, where the presidential wannabe sported a leather jacket, boasted about her Democratic-leading campaign and ran a red light on her way out.

Electoral Map Is a Reality Check to Donald Trump's Bid  —  Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy has stunned the Republican Party.  But if he survives a late revolt by his rivals and other leaders to become the party's standard-bearer in the general election, the electoral map now coming into view is positively forbidding.

Video provided of Jefferson County Election Commission gun incident  —  Here's video of a confrontation at a Jefferson County Election Commission meeting last week at which Republican Commissioner Stu Soffer pulled a derringer from his pocket because he felt threatened by former Democratic commissioner Ted Davis.

Obama Gets Scant Credit in Indiana Region Where Recovery Was Robust  —  ELKHART, Ind. — Seven years ago President Obama came to this northern Indiana city, where unemployment was heading past 20 percent, for his first trip as president.  Ed Neufeldt, the jobless man picked to introduce him …

Democrats Increasing Their Edge in U.S. Party Affiliation  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Forty-six percent of Americans now identify politically as Democrats or say they lean Democratic, while 40% identify as Republican or lean Republican.  As recently as October, the parties had equal levels of support.