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.

A Small Group of Superdelegates Could Close the Deal for Hillary—But Won't  —  In the interest of unity and fairness, a small group of crucial voters are staying on the sideline until more votes are cast.  —  stevenyaccino  —  Jason Rae learned about the pressures of being a superdelegate in 2008.

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 …

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. …

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.

U.S. judge strikes down D.C. concealed-carry gun law as likely unconstitutional  —  For the second time in as many years, a federal judge in Washington ordered the city to halt enforcement of its new, concealed-carry law that requires applicants to state “good reason” to carry a weapon in order to obtain a permit from police.

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 …

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.

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  …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Senate OKs bill allowing 9/11 suits vs. Saudi Arabia  —  “The Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday that would allow families of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to hold the government of Saudi Arabia legally accountable — setting up a showdown with the White House, which has opposed the bill.

Teacher issues apology for emails about special-needs student  —  A Wyoming Area School District teacher issued a written apology Monday for comments about accommodations to help a special-needs student.  —  In emails from October 2014, Tenth Street Elementary School teacher Amy Kosco compared making …

Why Hasn't the U.S. Killed Bin Laden's Wingman Ayman al-Zawahiri?  —  Five years after he succeeded Osama Bin Laden as leader of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri is still not dead.  Experts who can't agree whether he's a has-been or a mastermind can agree on one thing: he's very good at hiding.