Trump, Cruz are the butt of Obama's fundraising speech

"It gives you a sense of what's at stake in this election — what's at stake is how our democracy functions."

04/08/16 01:43 AM

Jane Sanders is sick of Clinton's 'innuendos'

Hillary Clinton did not say Sanders is "not qualified," but it was their "intent," said Sanders' wife.

04/07/16 11:31 PM

The tricky line to walk in Trump's America

Trump campaigns on preserving Social Security, defending veterans, and sticking up for cops.

04/07/16 03:53 PM

How Ted Cruz could capture the presidency

Of all the Republicans, Cruz is currently in the best position to unite his own party.

04/07/16 04:38 PM

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03/07/16 08:00 AM

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03/07/16 08:00 AM

Carson: Don't let Trump be Trump

Calls on the GOP front-runner to "up his ground game."

04/07/16 11:16 PM

Clinton team blasts reporters with noise

Journalists were unable to listen in on the candidate's remarks.

04/07/16 10:00 PM

Obama builds a corporate tax prison

Rules are Obama's attempt to stop the exodus of corporations fleeing his economic mismangement.

04/08/16 12:02 AM

How Paul Ryan and Congress will make America safe again

"We overcompensated on some of our laws … ending up hurting their lives and hurting their communities."

04/08/16 12:02 AM

News

Fox's O'Reilly: Trump 'mad at me'

The anchor said the billionaire candidate is denying interviews.

04/07/16 08:51 PM

Johnson closes the gap in Wisconsin Senate race

Johnson benefited from his hardline stances on terrorism and President Obama's Supreme Court nomination.

04/08/16 12:01 AM

Watch Michele Bachmann groove to 'Shut Up and Dance'

Former congresswoman showed college students how to bust a move.

04/07/16 11:47 PM

Obama admits civilians killed in U.S. drone strikes

Obama says drone strikes are necessary in the absence of Iron Man.

04/07/16 06:54 PM

USPS could be $2 billion poorer come Sunday

The price of first-class stamps would drop 2 pennies to 47 cents.

04/07/16 07:55 PM

Bill Clinton clashes with Black Lives Matter

Protestors repeatedly interrupted a Bill Clinton campaign rally in Philadelphia.

04/07/16 04:12 PM

3 former defense secretaries slam White House 'micromanagement'

Gates told meddling staffers to 'go to hell'

04/07/16 10:54 AM

Hillary Clinton takes at least four tries to enter NYC subway

Clinton is campaigning in New York ahead of the April 19 primary.

04/07/16 10:34 AM

WATCH: Pentagon briefing interrupted by alarms in Baghdad

Alarm bells signaling an emergency test suddenly went off while the soldier was mid-sentence on Thursday.

04/07/16 01:57 PM

In defense of a contested convention

04/08/16 12:02 AM

Obama: 'Inconceivable' that Dems will work with GOP on Supreme Court

People would lose confidence in the ability of the courts to fairly adjudicate cases, Obama said.

04/07/16 04:46 PM

State rejects Putin's claim that U.S. plotted Panama leaks

Spokesman says his agency is not involved in the documents leak.

04/07/16 04:31 PM

White House to Sanders: Clinton is qualified

WH spokesman Eric Schultz said Clinton "comes to the race with more experience that any non-vice president."

04/07/16 02:48 PM

Poll: Trump popularity plummets

According to the latest AP-GfK poll, seven in 10 U.S. voters currently hold an unfavorable view of Trump.

04/07/16 05:30 PM

New Kasich N.Y. ad goes after Cruz, ignores Trump

"You have only one choice, one choice that will stop the Clinton political machine: John Kasich."

04/07/16 10:43 PM

CNN analyst: Cruz's 'New York values' line is anti-Semitic

"He said New York values are about money and they're about the media. ... Money and media is Jews."

04/07/16 10:38 PM

Sen. Cotton: 'Consequences' if Obama eases Iran sanctions

"We should call this for what it is: concession creep," Cotton said.

04/07/16 03:17 PM

Senate kills Dem plan to regulate size of airline seats

Schumer's amendment would have frozen seats at current sizes and required the FAA to set minimum standards.

04/07/16 02:14 PM

McConnell: Obama's Chicago speech will be 'fairy tale'

McConnell said he wants the next president to choose someone to replace Scalia.

04/07/16 11:38 AM

EPA walking the edge on methane regs

Canada, which is working on joint regulations with the U.S., appears to be wavering.

04/07/16 07:41 PM

Manchin fears EPA could close shale wells over earthquake risk

W. Va. Democrat says he has begun talking with the Energy Dept. about ensuring against seismic risks.

04/07/16 02:50 PM

State rejects Putin's claim that U.S. plotted Panama leaks

Spokesman says his agency is not involved in the documents leak.

04/07/16 04:31 PM

McCarthy says House will take up own opioid bills

Plan is to focus on collection of bills instead of legislation that Senate overwhelmingly passed.

04/07/16 11:54 AM

Study: Almost a third of Iraqis say U.S. backs the Islamic State

Polling also says close to 50 percent of Iraqis now oppose the Western effort against the Islamic State.

04/07/16 05:33 PM

Watchdog: Troops 'may have died' due to reconstruction oversight problems

SIGAR finds pile of instances where U.S. taxpayer dollars went to waste over the past 15 years.

04/07/16 04:00 PM

Yellen: U.S. 'not a bubble economy'

"This is an economy on a solid course," Fed chairwoman says at an event in New York.

04/07/16 06:15 PM

Lew says feds will prevail in MetLife case

Treasury chief says ruling leaves insurer "subject to even less oversight than before the financial crisis."

04/07/16 02:09 PM

Congress turns to Seinfeld gifs to explain new Obama rule

A House panel attempted to explain the Labor Dept.'s new fiduciary rule by writing a Buzzfeed-like blog.

04/07/16 06:48 PM

Jobless claims fall to 267,000

Private sector economists had expected jobless claims to drift down to 272,000, according to a survey.

04/07/16 08:31 AM

FBI promises to keep Apple iPhone hack secret

Although the agency might end up sharing it with Apple.

04/07/16 09:28 AM

Border Patrol: Drugs flying into the U.S. on drones

U.S. officials report a new chapter in its years-long war on contraband.

04/06/16 05:00 PM

Boston Globe columnist sick of waiting for FBI on Clinton indictment

"Getting the answer sooner rather than later seems only fair," Joan Vennochi writes.

04/07/16 01:54 PM

Snowden takes aim at British PM over Panama Papers

David Cameron acknowledged that he earned just over $42,000 from an offshore investment.

04/07/16 03:37 PM

New Zealand PM: Panama Papers show need for relaxed banking laws

"I think there's a role for New Zealand to play in providing financial services," the prime minister said.

04/07/16 08:56 AM

State ducks questions on Clinton lawsuit

State lawyers asked a federal judge to limit the extent to which Clinton and her aides can be questioned.

04/06/16 03:27 PM

Clinton server may have been breached in 2009

Clinton in 2009 asked the NSA to create a secure Blackberry for her to use while traveling.

04/05/16 08:18 AM

Should we care less about inequality?

Poll shows three percent of Americans say the "gap between rich and poor" is the most important problem.

04/07/16 03:05 PM

Private financier sees Export-Import Bank as competitor

Ex-Im financing is preferable, the price is better because the u.S. taxpayer backs the financing.

04/07/16 03:23 PM

Sanders opens line of attack for Republicans

At a rally Wednesday night, Sanders went on an extended rant questioning Clinton's qualifications.

04/07/16 11:49 AM

Students petition to stop federal overreach on sexual assault

The students take issue with the damage being done to free speech and due process rights on college campuses.

04/07/16 12:57 PM

Megyn Kelly wonders if reporters were 'cowed' by her Trump feud

Kelly said reporters should have done a better job standing "shoulder to shoulder" against Trump.

04/07/16 09:56 AM

Press plays along with Clinton's subway photo-op

"Hillary Clinton is just your average person," one news outlet reported.

04/07/16 08:34 PM

New Yorker editor: Evict Trump

"Donald Trump, for decades, occupied a kind of comic space in the New York ego-scape."

04/06/16 03:49 PM

WaPo: Sanders remarks, based on WaPo story, fail fact check

Unlike what Sanders quoted Clinton as saying, she did not say he is "not qualified" to be president.

04/07/16 03:00 PM
Byron York

Cruz plans next move after trouncing Trump in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE — The Marquette Law School poll, released last Wednesday, shook up perceptions of the...
04/06/16 07:17 AM

Game on: Is Cruz about to upend the race in Wisconsin?

Cruz ended his Wisconsin primary campaign where he is strongest, and Trump ended his where he is...
04/05/16 02:12 AM
Michael Barone
columinists

Wisconsin Republicans bid 'No Trump'

One reason is that Trump speaks conservatism as a second language he hasn't bothered to master.
04/06/16 06:53 PM

Wisconsin Republicans reject Trump (and Kasich too)

Ted Cruz has won a very big victory over Donald Trump in Wisconsin.
04/06/16 08:12 AM
Paul Bedard

FLASHBACK: Clintons attacked Obama's qualifications

Bill and Hillary Clinton revert to standard operating procedure: Bash them as inexperienced.
04/07/16 12:10 PM

Poll: Hillary and Bernie beat Paul Ryan for president

Ryan isn't the savior some establishment Republicans are hoping for to get the nomination in a...
04/07/16 11:40 AM
Timothy P. Carney

What we thought was Religious Right included populist vote

Then there will be Santorum-Cruz country, such as Sheboygan County. This is the Religious Right...
04/06/16 09:32 AM

The mechanic with calluses on his hands: Cruz wins Wisconsin's blue-collar vote

Exit polls show Cruz winning whites with no college degree 45% to 41%.
04/05/16 11:02 PM
Philip Klein

John Kasich is a fringe candidate

The Midwest was supposed to be a stronghold for Kasich, yet Tuesday he came in third place in...
04/06/16 12:17 AM

GOP's problem: Can't rebuild, can't win now

The Republican Party is like one of those perennially mediocre teams that experience the worst of...
04/01/16 01:57 AM
Contributors

A pox on everyone's house

As the establishment parcels out blame for the sorry state of affairs, it should look to its own...
04/06/16 12:02 AM

The 37 percent solution

37% of voters in the GOP contests so far voted for Trump, which means that 62-63 percent voted...
04/05/16 12:02 AM