Focus on Chief Justice as Supreme Court Hears Immigration Challenge  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. twice voted to save President Obama's health care law, infuriating his usual allies on the right.  Now, conservatives are nervous that the chief justice will disappoint …

Sanders on New York: So what if I lose?  —  Bernie Sanders' path to the nomination has narrowed to a sliver, and Tuesday's primary in New York looks like it will squeeze it further.  But the Vermont senator was defiant as he made the TV rounds on the eve of the crucial contest.  His message: So what if I lose?

The Hollywood Hit-Job on Justice Clarence Thomas  —  I covered the confirmation hearings in 1991.  HBO's movie heavily edits history to favor Anita Hill.  —  By  —  The current battle over President Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland is child's play compared with the lurid brawl …

45% of Americans pay no federal income tax  —  Many Americans don't have to worry about giving Uncle Sam part of their hard-earned cash for their income taxes this year.  —  An estimated 45.3% of American households — roughly 77.5 million — will pay no federal individual income tax …

There Is No Bernie Sanders Movement  —  Almost every modern Democratic primary has had a progressive insurgency.  Bernie's isn't anything new.  But it can be.  —  He'd just been declared the winner in the Wisconsin Democratic primary, and now Bernie Sanders, speaking from a stage in Laramie …

Dictatorship Of The Dimwits  —  Below, an extraordinary short video making the rounds.  A 5'9″ white guy goes onto the University of Washington campus and asks students to explain why he isn't a 6'5″ Chinese female child in first grade.  They can't do it.

Robber Baron Recessions  —  When Verizon workers went on strike last week, they were mainly protesting efforts to outsource work to low-wage, non-union contractors.  But they were also angry about the company's unwillingness to invest in its own business.  In particular, Verizon has shown …

Both Parties' Presidential Front-Runners Increasingly Unpopular  —  Hillary Clinton shows steep decline in past month; Donald Trump is candidate in either party viewed most negatively  —  Both parties' presidential front-runners are growing increasingly unpopular, a new Wall Street Journal …

GOP group promises ObamaCare replacement plan — soon  —  A group of senior House Republicans is promising to deliver proof that the party is making headway in its six-year struggle to replace ObamaCare.  —  “Give us a little time, another month or so,” House Energy and Commerce Committee …

George Clooney: Bulk of the money collected at Clinton fundraiser will go to down-ballot Democrats  —  You had to pay — or collect — as much as $353,000 per couple to attend last week's fundraisers for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, including one hosted at the home of actor George Clooney.

Immigrants, the Poor and Minorities Gain Sharply Under Health Act  —  LOS ANGELES — The first full year of the Affordable Care Act brought historic increases in coverage for low-wage workers and others who have long been left out of the health care system, a New York Times analysis has found.

Bernie Sanders keeps saying his average donation is $27, but his own numbers contradict that … By the time Larry David appeared on “Saturday Night Live” to spoof Bernie Sanders in early February, his talking point about his campaign's average donation being $27 was already well known enough to be a punchline.

Pataki on GOP nominee: 'I don't care if they ran for president or not'  —  Former GOP presidential hopeful George Pataki said Monday that Republicans could nominate someone at their convention this summer who didn't run in the 2016 primary.  —  “I don't think it has to be someone who was a candidate …

College Student Is Removed From Flight After Speaking Arabic on Plane  —  A college student who came to the United States as an Iraqi refugee was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight in California earlier this month after another passenger became alarmed when she heard him speaking Arabic.

Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic  —  The business of online news has never been forgiving.  But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers has turned into borderline panic.  —  This month, Mashable, a site that had just raised $15 million, laid off 30 people.