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Sen. Bernie Sanders visits Puerto Rico amid debt crisis

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned Monday of a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, calling on the U.S. government to support a debt restructure in the territory.

May 16, 2016

By AP

(Eric Rojas/El Vocero via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT - PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO

Ben Carson spilled the beans on Donald Trump's possible vice-presidential picks

May 16, 2016

By Business Insider

Democrats: Benghazi chairman ignores statement by GOP lawyer

May 16, 2016

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May 16, 2016

Carson says Christie, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Palin are on Trump’s shortlist for VP

Ben Carson says Donald Trump’s list of possible running mates includes some awfully familiar names for anyone who’s followed the 2016 presidential race: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

May 16, 2016

Ben Carson and Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., in March 2016. (Photo: Lynne Sladky/AP)

May 13, 2016

Bids in George Zimmerman gun auction top $65M

Zimmerman told the Orlando Sentinel that GunBroker.com was not "prepared for the traffic and publicity surrounding the auction of my firearm. It has now been placed with another auction house."

May 13, 2016

May 12, 2016

Gun George Zimmerman Used to Kill Trayvon Pulled f-rom Auction Site

The gun that George Zimmerman used to kill black teen Trayvon Martin seems to have been pulled f-rom the auction site whe-re he listed it today, shortly after the shooter

May 12, 2016

May 11, 2016

Governor Calls For Investigation After Police Beat Pursuit Suspect On Live TV

A high-speed chase that started in Massachusetts ended in New Hampshire with officers punching a suspect while he appeared to surrender. The N.H. governor called for a full investigation.

May 11, 2016

.. Police Arrest Driver After High-Speed Chase Stretching F-rom Holden To Nashua, N.H.. Cbslocal

May 11, 2016

Missouri to execute man who killed three, including deputy

The execution, set to take place between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Thursday at the state prison in Bonne Terre

May 11, 2016

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May 11, 2016

Heidi Cruz compares her husband’s failed presidential campaign to the fight against slavery

May 11, 2016

Ted Cruz announces the suspension of his campaign as wife Heidi Cruz looks on in Indianapolis on May 3. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

May 11, 2016

Massachusetts stabbings: two dead in attack at shopping mall and home

Police say Arthur DaRosa was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy after fatally stabbing a woman at a house, a man at a shopping mall and wounding others

May 11, 2016

Authorities say an off-duty law enforcement officer shot and killed the suspect. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61

May 10, 2016

Obama to visit Hiroshima but White House offers no sign of A-bomb apology

Barack Obama will later this month become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, the site of America’s devastating nuclear attack which killed 140,000 people.

May 10, 2016

This general view of the city of Hiroshima showing damage wrought by the atomic bomb was taken March 1946, six months after the bomb was d-ropped August 6, 1945. © Reuters

May 09, 2016

Republicans are losing the argument over Merrick Garland. And it’s only going to get worse.

Nevertheless, Republican unity hasn’t cracked — to date only two GOP senators, Susan Collins and Mark Kirk, have said they support granting Garland a hearing.

May 09, 2016

Merrick Garland will submit a questionnaire detailing his background, even though the Senate Judiciary Committee didn't ask for the filing. | AP Photo

May 09, 2016

Obama Administration Sues North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Bathroom Bill

The Justice Department says the law “stigmatizes and singles out” transgender people.

May 09, 2016

May 08, 2016

Decision time for FBI on Clinton

The FBI investigation swirling around Hillary Clinton’s presidential run appears to have entered its final stages.

May 08, 2016

May 06, 2016

Sanders poised for May win streak

Here’s one reason Bernie Sanders is reluctant to give up the fight: May is shaping up to be a pretty good month for him.

May 06, 2016

Bernie Sanders speaks to his campaign volunteers at the local headquarters on May 4, 2016, in Bowling Green, Ky. | AP Photo

May 06, 2016

US Justice Department: North Carolina's 'bathroom law' violates the Civil Rights Act

Officials f-rom the US Justice Department notified North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory that his state's so-called bathroom law violates the US Civil Rights Act, according to The C-harlotte Observer.

May 06, 2016

(Mike Theiler/Reuters) North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.

May 04, 2016

Exclusive: What Donald Trump Said The Moment He Learned John Kasich D-ropped Out

Within 24 hours, both Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will have d-ropped out of the race, leaving Donald Trump the undisputed presumptive nominee for the Republican Party.

May 04, 2016

A historic Supreme Court fight takes a curious turn

It’s been nearly three months since Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, and nearly two months since President Obama named Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee to fill the Supreme Court’s vacancy.

May 04, 2016

John Kasich to d-rop out (CNBC Reports)

The only remaining GOP candidate not named Donald Trump plans to announce his departure f-rom the race Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Check back here as this story develops.

May 04, 2016

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Republican U.S. presidential candidate John Kasich eats a pickle at PJ Bernstein's Deli Restaurant in New York City, April 16, 2016.

May 04, 2016

Want To Know Trump’s General Election Strategy? Check Out Who He’s Having Lunch With.

As Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump traveled through Indiana on Monday, one day before the state’s crucial primary election, he stopped to have lunch with a notable human being: Edward Klein.

May 04, 2016