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Cruz accuses Trump of threatening delegates, as Trump rails
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 3:55 amROME, New York (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz blasted rival Donald Trump in a radio interview Tuesday, accusing the Republican front-runner of being a… -
U2’s Bono urges lawmakers to view aid as national security
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 3:47 amWASHINGTON (AP) — U2 front man Bono brought his star power to Capitol Hill Tuesday as he called on members of Congress to take swift… -
Sanders tours Roosevelt site, says nation can learn from FDR
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 1:22 amHYDE PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Tuesday the nation can learn from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s courageous stance against powerful… -
With New York on their minds, Democrats trade fresh attacks
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 12:35 amNEW YORK (AP) — Tensions frayed in both parties Monday as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tried to stave off the prospect of a lengthy… -
Obama plans to attend his final White House Science Fair
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 12:29 amSome of America's brightest children will visit the White House as President Barack Obama holds his final science fair to highlight work that excelled in… -
Public wants Senate action on court, but interest is modest
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 12:20 amNearly 2 in 3 Americans back Democrats' demands that the Republican-run Senate hold hearings and a vote on President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme… -
The Latest: Clinton pokes fun at her subway swipe
Associated Press | April 13, 2016 12:04 amWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign, with the focus Saturday on the delegate hunt for Republicans in Colorado and Democrats in Wyoming,… -
The Latest: Sanders takes in Broadway smash ‘Hamilton’
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 11:45 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times local): 9:31 p.m. Bernie Sanders is taking a break from campaigning to enjoy… -
Neutral in presidential race, Obama digs in for other Dems
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 10:26 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — In a rural stretch of Kentucky, voters picked up the phone in March to hear President Barack Obama on the line, urging… -
GOP attempt to change Nebraska’s electoral vote system fails
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 10:21 pmLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s Republican lawmakers were thwarted Tuesday in their attempts to reinstate a winner-take-all system for presidential electors, a move that would… -
Melania Trump says husband knows the perils of Twitter
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 10:01 pmNEW YORK (AP) — Melania Trump controls what her 10-year-old son can do on social media — but her husband, Donald, is another matter. The… -
Finance officials facing a chronically weak global economy
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 10:01 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — World finance officials who meet in Washington this week confront a bleak picture: Eight years after the financial crisis erupted, the global… -
Kasich criticizes campaigns that demean, weaken America
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 5:49 pmCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — John Kasich criticized his opponents’ visions for America in a lengthy speech Tuesday in New York where he is campaigning a… -
House GOP releases legislation to reverse Puerto Rico’s debt
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 5:33 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to reverse Puerto Rico’s spiraling economy, House Republicans on Tuesday released compromise legislation to create a tough new financial control board… -
Supreme Court to swear in large group of deaf lawyers
Associated Press | April 12, 2016 4:20 pmWASHINGTON (AP) — Mobile phones ordinarily are strictly forbidden in the marble courtroom of the nation’s highest court, but the justices are making an exception…