The Dirty Way Texas Could Win Its Supreme Court Challenge To Obama's Immigration Policies  —  WASHINGTON, DC — One of the biggest uncertainties in United States v. Texas, a challenge to Obama administration programs that could enable over 4 million undocumented immigrants to temporarily remain …

NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton's National Lead Down to Two Points  —  Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders nationally by just two points in the Democratic presidential race, according to results from a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  Clinton gets support from 50 percent of Democratic primary voters …

Trump orders new campaign hierarchy, spending plan  —  In a shakeup that's roiling Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the GOP front-runner told senior staffers at a Saturday meeting that he wants his recent hires Paul Manafort and Rick Wiley to take the reins in upcoming states …

Doris Roberts Dead at 90  —  DEAD AT 90  —  EXCLUSIVE

McConnell ‘Increasingly Optimistic’ That GOP Will Have Contested Convention  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell turned down an opportunity to comment on his personal beef with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to implicitly criticize Donald Trump and said he is “increasingly optimistic” …

Muslim Brotherhood Day on Capitol Hill  —  On Monday, April 18, legislators' offices will be visited by individuals associated with a group unknown to most lawmakers: The United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO).  In the interest of helping members of the U.S. Congress understand precisely …

Virgin Islands GOP Meeting Ends With Shoving, Shouting and Cops  —  Things are really spinning out of control for the Virgin Islands Republican Party.  —  The Republican Territorial Committee held a joint meeting Saturday at a gun range in St. Croix, but the meeting erupted into chaos …

4 dead as historic, 20-inch rain swamps Houston area  —  Flooding in Houston forced families to flee their homes by ANY means necessary.  —  Drenching rain, which brought flash floods to much of eastern and southern Texas on Sunday and Monday, deluged Houston, killing four and leading to scores of water rescues.

Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S.  —  Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the blood-testing company misled investors about the state of its technology and operations  —  Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into whether Theranos Inc. misled investors …

Sandy Hook Truther Gets Two Years Probation For Harassing Victim's Family  —  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A New York City man accused of harassing relatives of a teacher killed in the Newtown school massacre has been sentenced to two years of probation as part of a plea deal.

Teenager Is Accused of Live-Streaming a Friend's Rape on Periscope  —  When an Ohio teenager witnessed her 17-year-old friend being raped, according to officials, she not only failed to help the victim, she pointed her phone and streamed a live video of it on the Periscope app.

David Furnish, Elton John sex scandal: British media forbidden from covering couple  —  The alleged story goes something like this: Elton John's partner and now-husband of 23 years, Canadian David Furnish, has been having a longtime affair with British businessman Daniel Laurence.  —  Story continues below

Transgender bathroom bill sponsor pulls proposal until next year  —  The House sponsor of a controversial bill that would require students in public school grades K-12 and higher education institutions to use the restroom that corresponds with their sex at birth is delaying action on the bill until next year.

Gillibrand's tearful plea to Bernie: Give up your guns  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Bernie Sanders is known for sticking to his guns — literally — and that might be his undoing in big, bullet-strafed states like New York.  —  Sanders, a paragon of political consistency who has almost never flip-flopped …

Sanders's Practically Unprecedented Success  —  NEW YORK—By steadily increasing his support in national polls to the point where it now essentially equals Hillary Clinton's, Bernie Sanders has crossed a threshold that few other challengers to a heavily favored front-runner have ever reached.

UC Berkeley Forced to Cut 500 Jobs After $15 Minimum Wage Hike  —  The $15 minimum wage hike in California has sent financially troubled UC Berkeley into decision making mode, and “the people who clean buildings, who work in food services or health clinics,” says Todd Stenhouse, will be the ones without a job.

Police: Jerusalem public bus explosion caused by bomb … 21 people wounded in Talpiot industrial area, 1 in critical condition; Police launch investigation with Shin Bet, do not confirm terrorism as of Monday night.  —  In an unnerving reminder of the terrorist attacks on buses during …

Obama phones Putin but doesn't bring up jets buzzing US ship  —  President Obama spoke by phone on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a series of thorny international issues.  —  But Obama did not raise the issue of Russian military jets buzzing a U.S. Navy ship last week in the Baltic Sea.