Clinton, Sanders close in CT/PA/RI; Trump Headed for Big Wins  —  New Public Policy Polling surveys in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island conducted on behalf of VoteVets.Org Action Fund find the Democratic race for President in those states competitive, while on the Republican side Donald Trump …

Cruz Campaign Vetting Carly for VP  —  Ted Cruz's presidential campaign is vetting Carly Fiorina as a potential running mate, THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned.  —  According to a spokeswoman for Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and one-time presidential candidate is being vetted by Cruz's campaign.

Americans Overwhelmingly Engaged in 2016 Election but Tone of Race Is Affecting Voters, New GW Battleground Poll Shows  —  Obama's Approval Rating Turns Positive for First Time in Three Years  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631  —  John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199

Kansas Governor Justifies Kicking 15,000 People Off Food Stamps  —  For over five years now, Kansas has served as an economic policy experiment for anti-tax, small-government conservatives.  Their lab work is costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars, crippling public service budgets …

Rape Trees, Dead Migrants and the Consequences of an Open Border  —  Many of the most caring people in the U.S. think they are helping the poor from Latin America by leaving our Southwest border wide open between ports-of-entry, but they are not.  Several of the transnational criminal organizations …

Clinton knocks Trump's lavish lifestyle  —  Wilmington, Delaware (CNN)Hillary Clinton cast Donald Trump as out of touch with the United States while campaigning Monday in Delaware, arguing that the Republican front-runner flies into states, gives speeches and then returns to the lap of luxury without listening to voters' problems.

We can celebrate Harriet Tubman without disparaging Andrew Jackson  —  Jim Webb, a Democratic U.S. senator from Virginia from 2007 to 2013, is the author of “Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America.”  —  One would think we could celebrate the recognition that Harriet Tubman …

9/11 Memorial guards order kids to stop singing National Anthem  —  Two tone-deaf security guards at the 9/11 Memorial got tough with some wide-eyed middle-school kids visiting the city for the first time from their small town in North Carolina — because they sang “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Trump: 'Don't think you're ever going to see me again' if I lose  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  said if he loses the Republican nomination, people shouldn't expect him to stick around in the public eye.  —  “They fight like hell for six months …

Jay-Z's not the only one who needs to be nervous about Beyonce, the born-again-black woman with a political mission  —  I never like it when entertainers go all political.  —  The cynic in me believes it's rarely done for genuine reasons but for strictly commercial ones.

Women's Safety Spurs India to Require Mobile-Phone Panic Button  —  Emergency button and satellite-based navigation made mandatory  —  Telecom minister says technology can help with women's safety  —  India said mobile phones must include a panic-button feature from the start of next year …

Texas father murdered 2-year-old daughter because she interrupted his computer games  —  A North Texas man beat and killed his 2-year-old daughter because she distracted him from his computer games, police said.  —  Anthony Michael Sanders, 31, was charged Friday with capital murder …

Yes, China has won big from U.S. trade  —  America's middle class is deeply concerned about jobs, pay and their future, and many of them are blaming China.  —  In the U.S., 43% of voters believe trade with other countries is a bad thing, according to the Pew Research Center.  It's not that hard to understand why.

Resetting red and blue in the Rust Belt  —  The voters of the Rust Belt have shaken up the 2016 presidential campaign: Hoping to jolt a political system they see as ineffective and out of touch, they have repeatedly revolted by supporting unlikely, anti-establishment candidates.

Encryption hindering efforts to stop Islamic State, intelligence director says  —  WASHINGTON — The Edward Snowden leaks have accelerated the sophistication of encryption technologies by “about seven years,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told reporters this morning.

Obama's 107-Year-Old Dance Partner Unable To Obtain Photo ID  —  A video of Virginia McLaurin dancing with the Obamas went viral in February, but the 107-year-old DC resident has been unable to travel for a flood of interview requests, as she has been unable to replace a photo ID she lost years ago …