Donald Trump is Not Expanding the GOP  —  Donald Trump likes to say he has created a political movement that has drawn “millions and millions” of new voters into the Republican Party.  “It's the biggest thing happening in politics,” Trump has said.  “All over the world, they're talking about it,” he's bragged.

The sour grapes revolution that rocked the Paris Hotel  —  On the eve of the Nevada Democratic Convention in Las Vegas, Friday the 13th as the calendar would have it, Bernie Sanders issued a news release asking for good fortune on that traditionally unlucky day.

Hundreds stranded, passengers sleeping in COTS: TSA security lines of up to THREE HOURS cause chaos at Chicago O'Hare as national staff shortage at airports makes thousands miss flights  — Dozens of passengers had to spend the night at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Sunday night due to long security lines

Hillary's unlikely ally: The media  —  has an unlikely ally in her bid to defeat Donald Trump  —  this fall: the media.  —  The Democratic presidential front-runner has had a long, contentious relationship with the press, most notably in her 2008 run for the White House.  But 2016 figures to be much different.

Five people who are never going to be Donald Trump's vice president  —  We don't know all that much about who Donald Trump is going to pick — or even consider — as his vice presidential running mate.  In fact, the most insight we have on Trump's VP thinking is who he's not going to pick.

Close Your Porn Tabs Before Posting Screenshots to Your Congressional Campaign Page  —  Mike Webb is running for U.S. Congress in Virginia's 8th district, and he would really appreciate your vote.  He would also appreciate, judging from a screenshot uploaded to his Facebook page earlier today …

Rift Between Labor and Environmentalists Threatens Democratic Turnout Plan  —  WASHINGTON — A rift between environmentalists and labor, two pillars of the Democratic coalition, broke open acrimoniously on Monday, when a group of big unions threatened to boycott an ambitious …

BREAKING: Burlington College Closes Due To “Crushing Weight of Debt” Acquired By Jane Sanders  —  Burlington College announced today that it will close on May 27 after it found itself unable to recover from “the crushing weight of the debt” incurred under Jane O'Meara Sanders, the college's former president and wife of Bernie Sanders.

Personal Thoughts on the LBD/Sweater Moment that Went Viral  —  After receiving a number of requests for interviews regarding my LBD/Sweater moment on the KTLA Morning News this weekend, I thought I would share a few personal thoughts.  —  For those who missed what happened Saturday …

Trump on tone: I'm ‘fighting for survival’  —  , in an excerpt from an interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly, referred to himself as a “messenger” in characterizing his campaign rhetoric.  —  When Kelly commented, in a preview of the interview set to air Tuesday, on Trump being …

Some conservatives are still plotting to stop Trump at the GOP convention  —  The top ranks of the Republican Party may be coalescing around Donald Trump, but grass-roots conservative activists are still trying to find a way to stop him at the party's convention in July.

Whole Foods accuser drops lawsuit over cake … AUSTIN - The man who said an employee at Whole Foods, Inc. wrote a homophobic slur on a cake has withdrawn his lawsuit and now says the company “did nothing wrong.”  —  Jordan Brown made the initial allegations more than three weeks ago.

Scalia's Death Just Saved Thousands Of Women's Access To Birth Control  —  Zubik v. Burwell was supposed to be an epic showdown over the power of religious objectors to limit the rights of others.  A sequel to the Court's 2014 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Zubik involved regulations …

Mediaite Exclusive: CNN Cancelled Wilmore Appearance in Retaliation for WHC Dinner Jokes  —  Anyone who watched Larry Wilmore's White Correspondents Dinner speech last month can understand why CNN might not have been thrilled with it.  There were jokes questioning why Wolf Blitzer is still on the air …

Missing, Possibly ‘Suicidal’  —  Sinead O'Connor has gone missing, and police have reason to believe she's at risk of suicide.  —  The singer went out on a bicycle ride Sunday around 1 PM in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, and has not been seen since.  Someone called cops to report …

Can the Christian Left Be a Real Political Force?  —  Trump's rise has thrown the religious right into turmoil.  How Democrats could become the party of God.  —  In late November of 1973, about 50 evangelical leaders convened at a shabby YMCA hotel in Chicago for what they hoped would be a generation-defining gathering.