The crisis in the Republican Party is even worse than it looks  —  Donald Trump is going to be the Republican nominee for president, and this alarms ideological conservatives for several reasons:  —  1. They think he will lose badly to Hillary Clinton, perhaps so badly that Republicans lose control of both houses of Congress.

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 …

Bernie Sanders declares war on reality  —  Instead of coming to grips with the overwhelming evidence that Democratic primary voters prefer Hillary Clinton be the party's 2016 presidential nominee, Bernie Sanders continues to create his own political reality — devising new and creative excuses …

Mesa, AZ student arrested for indecent exposure in yearbook picture  —  A student at Red Mountain High School in Mesa is facing dozens of criminal charges for indecent exposure after a prank got published in the yearbook, according to the Mesa Police Department.

In N.Y., White House poised to create first monument to gay rights struggle  —  Live updates … President Obama is poised to declare the first-ever national monument recognizing the struggle for gay rights, singling out a sliver of green space and part of the surrounding Greenwich Village neighborhood …

‘He thought he could help’: Concealed carry gun-wielder intervenes in domestic dispute and is shot dead  —  The concealed carry permit holder was trying to intervene in a domestic dispute, trying to disarm the fleeing shooter, trying to do the job ordinarily reserved for police.  —  Instead, he was killed.

The Mythology Of Trump's ‘Working Class’ Support  —  It's been extremely common for news accounts to portray Donald Trump's candidacy as a “working-class” rebellion against Republican elites.  There are elements of truth in this perspective: Republican voters, especially Trump supporters, are unhappy about the direction of the economy.

Researchers: Medical errors now third leading cause of death in United States  —  Nightmare stories of nurses giving potent drugs meant for one patient to another and surgeons removing the wrong body parts have dominated recent headlines about medical care.

I lied to myself for years about who my allies were.  No more.  —  Donald Trump is my fault as much as anyone else's.  —  It started way back in 2009-2010 when the Tea Party erupted on the scene.  At the core of the tea party was a principle that I agreed with so much that I became a conservative activist during that time period.

The GOP Gets What It Deserves  —  ‘America First’ is the inevitable outcome of the Republican descent into populism.  —  A joke in Milan Kundera's novel “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” goes like this: “In Wenceslaus Square, in Prague, a guy is throwing up.

CNN Destroys Fox News in April Prime Time Ratings  —  While you weren't looking, CNN has been busy demolishing the once-invincible ratings gap between themselves and Fox News.  CNN beat Fox News decisively for their prime time lineup in April, and especially in the coveted age gap of 25-54.

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.

‘Kill!  Kill!’  China Turns to Rap for Army Recruitment  —  BEIJING — China is hoping that rap and rhymes will help recruit more young men to the world's largest standing army.  —  A hip-hop beat backs lyrics like “Kill!  Kill!  Kill” in an action-packed video released by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA).

New York Times Co. Reports Loss as Its Digital Subscriber Base Grows  —  The New York Times Company reported a $14 million net loss for the first quarter of 2016 as it continued to grapple with how to offset falling revenue in print advertising.  Digital subscriptions remained a bright spot for the company, showing robust growth.