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 Facts about the Nevada Democratic State Convention on Saturday  —  These are the facts about what happened at Saturday's Democratic Convention.  It's important that everyone understand what happened and why it happened so we can come together and move forward.  —  It all comes down to simple math:

Jeb Bush Has Some Thoughts On Trump's Cinco De Mayo Tweet  —  He also thinks the Republican Party may no longer be relevant.  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush hasn't been coy about the scars he bears from the Republican primary.  He won't be voting for his bete noire, Donald Trump …

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.

Second Amendment Protects Right to Buy and Sell Guns, Court Rules  —  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sides with business partners who were denied zoning permit to open gun store  —  The Second Amendment protects the right to buy and sell firearms, as well as the right to keep and bear them, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

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.

INTERVIEW Pope Francis … Le pape François a accordé à « La Croix » un entretien de plus d'une heure qui s'est tenu au Vatican, à la résidence Sainte-Marthe, le lundi 9 mai.  —  De nombreux thèmes ont été abordés  …

The Crippled Supreme Court  —  Every day that passes without a ninth justice undermines the Supreme Court's ability to function, and leaves millions of Americans waiting for justice or clarity as major legal questions are unresolved.  —  On Monday, the eight-member court avoided issuing …

Newlywed husband divorces his wife hours after the ceremony because she was too busy texting her friends to have sex on their wedding night  —  A husband divorced his wife hours after their wedding because she was too busy texting her friends to consummate the marriage.

Why Pennsylvania Could Decide The 2016 Election  —  When most people think of battleground America, they think of Florida and Ohio, two of only three states (along with Nevada) that have voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1996.  They tend not to think of Pennsylvania as a classic …

North Carolina governor's ignorance of trans identity  —  North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has doubled down on his support for H.B. 2, the discriminatory bill requiring public school students to use restrooms for the gender they were assigned at birth.  Recently, he filed a lawsuit …

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 …

NOLAND, MARY ANNE  —  NOLAND, Mary Anne Alfriend.  Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the age of 68.  Born in Danville, Va. …

22 Percent of Resettled Refugees in Minnesota Test Positive for Tuberculosis  —  One of every five refugees resettled in Minnesota by the federal government tested positive for latent tuberculosis in 2014, according to the state's Department of Health.  —  Only 4 percent of the general population …

The Never Trump Movement Is Anti-American And Hypocritical  —  Far too many of my ultra-conservative colleagues are acting exactly like the party elitists they purport to despise.  They didn't get their way, so they throw a temper tantrum.  Let the whining and crying begin.  I don't have time for it.

HUFFPOLLSTER: Trump Supporters Are More Likely Than Other Republicans To Dislike Minorities  —  “For these voters, Trump's blend of casual racism and muscular nativism is the core of his appeal.”  —  Senior Polling Editor, The Huffington Post  —  Ariel Edwards-Levy

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.

Noam Chomsky: Today's GOP is ‘the most dangerous’ threat to the species ‘in human history’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Acclaimed political theorist Noam Chomsky warned this week that today's Republican Party could literally be “the most dangerous organization in human history.”

For the poor in the Ivy League, a full ride isn't always what they imagined  —  NEW YORK — To reach the Ivy League after growing up poor seems like hitting the jackpot.  Students get a world-class education from schools that promise to meet full financial needs without making them take out loans.

IN 2006, DONALD TRUMP  —  made plans to purchase the Menie Estate, near Aberdeen, Scotland, aiming to convert the dunes and grassland into a luxury golf resort.  He and the estate's owner, Tom Griffin, sat down to discuss the transaction at the Cock & Bull restaurant.