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Md. House race no easy comeback for ex-lieutenant governor
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 5:35 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Eighteen months after he lost a bid for the state’s highest office, Maryland’s former lieutenant governor is finding that a safely Democratic… -
Home in NY, Trump aims for a rout but faces questions
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 5:28 amNEW YORK (AP) — After several difficult weeks that have called into question his front-runner standing, Donald Trump has arrived in friendlier territory: his home… -
House Speaker Ryan rules out presidential bid
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 5:07 amWASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday definitively ruled out a bid for president this year, insisting that the party’s choice should emerge… -
Senate GOP to subpoena EPA chief in Colorado mine
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 2:50 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans vowed Tuesday to issue a subpoena to force the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to appear at a field… -
Kasich campaign traces a tricky path to GOP prize
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 2:48 amCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — John Kasich won’t come close to securing enough delegates for the Republican nomination before this summer’s convention. He won’t control the… -
Sanders says comments by campaign surrogate ‘inappropriate’
Associated Press | April 14, 2016 1:44 amNEW YORK (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday disavowed remarks made by a campaign surrogate who said during a large New York… -
Sanders defends decision to speak at Vatican amid NY contest
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 2:35 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he would regret refusing an invitation to attend a Vatican conference this week that takes him off… -
Trump amassing delegates who might not be loyal to him
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 11:50 amDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Already behind the curve in organizing for the Republican convention, Donald Trump has missed crucial deadlines in a number of… -
New York offers delegate haul _ if one candidate dominates
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 8:36 amNew York Republicans have 95 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary — a big haul if one candidate dominates. But to dominate, he will have… -
With new monument, Obama and Dems seize on Equal Pay Day
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 6:23 amWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and other Democrats on Tuesday seized on Equal Pay Day — a symbolic event dramatizing how much longer it… -
Obama’s comments on Clinton email raises concerns of bias
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 6:21 amWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he believes his former secretary of state did not intentionally endanger national security in her handling of classified… -
Comey: FBI, Apple court clash created unproductive ’emotion’
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 6:07 amWASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday he was glad a court fight in California over access to a locked iPhone had ended… -
Police ID suspect in fatal stabbing at DC subway station
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 5:15 amWASHINGTON (AP) — An 18-year-old man has been charged in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in what marks the second homicide at the… -
Flawed poll on Trump cited in Clinton presidential papers
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 5:06 amWASHINGTON (AP) — A rigged public opinion poll on Donald Trump and how President Bill Clinton planned to answer questions 17 years ago about the… -
Texas Republicans stay silent as GOP officials face troubles
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 4:53 amAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas attorney general has been indicted for allegedly duping investors in a tech startup, and the agriculture commissioner reportedly used…