Sanders gaining on Clinton in California poll  —  Clinton leads Sanders 47 percent to 41 percent Sanders capitalizing on support of young voters, independents  —  Clinton leads among women, older voters and registered Democrats  —  Rallying a crush of young people and independent voters to his campaign …

Bernie Sanders plans short hiatus from New York campaign trail to speak at the Vatican … NEW YORK — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, an enthusiastic fan of Pope Francis's work, plans to step off the campaign trail next week to speak at a conference hosted by the Vatican on social, economic and environmental issues.

Bill Clinton Gets Into Heated Exchange With Black Lives Matter Protester … In a prolonged exchange Thursday afternoon, former President Bill Clinton forcefully defended his 1994 crime bill to Black Lives Matter protesters in the crowd at a Hillary Clinton campaign event.

Bill Clinton clashes with protesters over his crime bill  —  repeatedly defended himself from criticism about his support of his controversial crime bill from a series of protestors during a rally for his wife's presidential campaign.  —  The protestors interrupted the president's stump speech …

How the Republicans painted themselves into this corner  —  SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM recently appeared on “The Daily Show” to endorse Ted Cruz for president.  During the interview, host Trevor Noah ran an earlier clip in which Graham said that the choice between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz was like picking between getting shot or poisoned.

Obama on Criticism of Lack of Diversity in SCOTUS Pick: I Didn't Say I Needed a ‘Black Lesbian from Skokie’  —  Thursday at the University of Chicago Law School during a town hall meeting, President Barack Obama mocked the criticism that his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, did not add diversity to the bench.