Trump accuses Cruz's father of helping JFK's assassin  —  Donald Trump on Tuesday alleged that Ted Cruz's father was with John F. Kennedy's assassin shortly before he murdered the president, parroting a National Enquirer story claiming that Rafael Cruz was pictured with Lee Harvey Oswald handing …

There Is A Hole In Bernie Sanders' Strategy For Winning The Nomination  —  Just how democratic should the Democratic primary be?  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders' revamped plan for winning the Democratic presidential nomination suffers from an inconsistency that could complicate the case he makes to party insiders and allied groups.

Cruz's slip of the tongue will doom him in Indiana  —  There are times when a politician firmly and unmistakably puts a foot in his mouth and pays for it dearly.  —  Last week in Indiana, Sen. Ted Cruz  —  (R-Texas) won the prize for a verbal infraction that was so huge, it will be cited for years to come.

Defense Secretary Carter: American killed in combat in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday that an American serviceman has been killed in Iraq, describing it as a “combat death.”  —  The defense secretary, who spoke to reporters in Stuttgart, Germany …

Loyal dogs refuse to leave side of dying baby girl at hospital  —  A family's loyal basset hounds have refused to leave the side of a dying baby girl who suffered a major stroke.  —  Nora Hall's parents have taken the heartbreaking decision to turn off their five-month-old daughter's life support …

President Obama Says Donald Trump Is Not Equipped to Be President  —  President Obama says that Republican front-runner Donald Trump is not equipped to deal with the challenges of being president.  —  “I think that he is not somebody who even within the Republican Party can be considered …

Hillary Clinton Hears Wrath of Coal Supporters in West Virginia  —  WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Hillary Clinton came to campaign in coal country — and she had her feet held to the fire.  —  As Mrs. Clinton stepped onto the sidewalk on Monday to tour a health and wellness center here …

Hollywood man accused of plot to blow up Aventura synagogue  —  James Gonzalo Medina appeared in federal court Monday afternoon in Miami.  He is accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to blow up a synagogue in Aventura.  —  South Florida Sun-Sentinel … Privacy Policy

NEWT GINGRICH: ALL 50 STATES IN PLAY If Trump Runs General Like Primary (VIDEO)  —  NEWT GINGRICH: ALL 50 STATES IN PLAY If Trump Runs General Like Primary-  —  Newt Gingrich took time out today to discuss the Indiana primary election on Tuesday.  —  Newt says Indiana will be Senator Cruz's last stand:

DNC chairwoman: If up to me, I'd exclude independents from Dem primaries  —  Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said if it was her decision, she would scrap open primaries and only allow voters registered as Democrats to participate in primaries.

How Bernie changed Hillary  —  No candidate ever wants a tough primary challenge, and Hillary Clinton has found the mass appeal of a self-described socialist particularly irksome.  But as she shifts her gaze toward the general election and Donald Trump, Clinton may have actually learned some lessons from Bernie Sanders.

Republicans are digging themselves into a deeper hole with Latinos (again)  —  Barely three years after the 2012 election led Republicans to vow to fix their problems with Latino voters, they are on the verge of nominating someone who (at best!) rules out legalization for the 11 million forever …

Chris Christie Vetoes Equal Pay Bill, Calling It ‘Business Unfriendly’  —  New Jersey's lawmakers want to require employers to pay women the same as men for essentially the same work.  But Gov. Chris Christie (R) thinks they went too far.  —  The bill that passed both chambers …

‘Active shooter’ at Target was just ‘disturbance’ about transgender restrooms: Cops  —  A call about an “active shooter” at a Target in Bradley, Illinois, May 2, 2016, turned out to be a “disturbance” at the store caused by a man protesting the company's new transgender bathroom policy.  (CBS Chicago)

Survey says: 34 percent of Bay Area residents are ready to leave  —  Residents of the California's Bay Area are eyeing the exits.  —  Some 34 percent of San Francisco-area residents are considering leaving because of high housing costs and traffic, according to a survey by the Bay Area Council.

Jimmy Kimmel invites scientists to swear at America's climate change deniers  —  These 10 states will decide whether Trump is the GOP nominee … One normally associates late-night, expletive-laced segments focused on left-leaning politics with your John Olivers or Samantha Bees.

‘Make America Mexico Again’: Why Americans are fed up with illegals  —  There is something a bit unsettling about watching violent, foul-mouthed protesters waving the Mexican flag on American soil.  —  Over the weekend, Hispanic children lined the streets in Fort Wayne, Indiana - hurling filthy insults at Donald Trump supporters.