If the Republican presidential nomination was a card game, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seems confident the establishment’s ace in the sleeve can keep frontrunner Donald Trump from winning. McConnell says he is “increasingly optimistic” that voting at the Republican National Convention in July will go to a second ballot,… Read More
Trump picks up a famous ally in Buffalo
Donald Trump will be receiving a Rex Ryan-styled welcome to Buffalo. The Buffalo Bills coach said he will introduce Trump at the Republican presidential candidate’s rally at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center on Monday night. Ryan stopped short of endorsing Trump. Instead, Ryan said he was 100 percent behind New Jersey… Read More
Justices split over Obama’s immigration policies
The Supreme Court appeared divided between its liberal and conservative justices Monday over President Barack Obama’s immigration programs that could affect millions of people who are in the country illegally. The administration’s best hope for a favorable ruling after 90 minutes of arguments at the high court appeared to rest… Read More
Cash for votes? Trump says Cruz bribed delegates
Despite trailing in national polls, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was handed all 14 delegates up for grabs at the Republican Party convention in Wyoming this weekend. And billionaire Donald Trump is claiming it was the result of payoffs, plain and simple. Wyoming delegates are awarded through a convention process featuring… Read More
Obama’s immigrant plan heads to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is taking up an important dispute over immigration that could affect millions of people who are living in the country illegally. The Obama administration is asking the justices in arguments Monday to allow it to put in place two programs that could shield roughly 4 million people… Read More
Clinton set to lose in California?
If Bernie Sanders can pull off an upset in California over former sercretary of State Hillary Clinton, it will be a story that got its start on Hollywood Boulevard. In a building that saw the likes of film stars and movie moguls and later was damaged in the 1994 Northridge… Read More
Court tosses Cruz citizenship suit
The debate over whether Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is eligible to be president has moved from the campaign trail to the courtroom. Cruz is facing scrutiny over a loosely defined portion of the U.S. Constitution that requires the president be a natural born citizen — but doesn’t define what natural… Read More
3 big Clinton lies from Dem debate
Thursday night’s democratic debate less than a week before New York’s primary was a heated one. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders squared off, with Clinton getting caught in 3 major lies. Her intent was to mar the voting record of her rival. But Hillary Clinton also cast aspersions on… Read More
House leader warns against changing convention rules
A conservative leader in the House warned Republican Party officials on Thursday not to change the rules to allow someone other than Donald Trump or Sen. Ted Cruz to grab the presidential nomination at the GOP convention. “That would be just a huge mistake,” said Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio,… Read More
Obama set to pardon Clinton
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been under investigation by the FBI for months over her allegedly illegal use of classified government secrets in her non-government approved private email server set-up. With Clinton’s potential federal indictment looming during a crucial presidential election year, is President Barack Obama so desperate… Read More