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First LookIn speech admonishing media, Obama hands reporters a challengeThe president emphasized the importance of holding presidential candidates 鈥� and journalists 鈥� to a higher standard.
Can Trump win Wisconsin without conservative talk radio hosts?The Republican front-runner tried to garner support in interviews Monday with three of the state's leading conservative talk show hosts. It didn't go well.听
Trump begins the fight for already committed GOP delegatesDonald Trump is the front-runner, but his political organization must play catch up 鈥� especially in the chase for delegates previously bound to other candidates.
Politics' newest $40 word harks back to the 1840sWilliam Safire once lauded Bill Clinton for using 'contradistinction' correctly. Now, it appears to be making a comeback.听
Why Ohio political candidates can now lie while campaigningA recent appellate court decision overturned Ohio laws prohibiting the use of lies in campaign ads, citing First Amendment protections of candidates' speech.
Democrats hammer GOP over Supreme Court, but there's a flawDemocratic activists and Hillary Clinton want to turn Republicans' refusal to fill the open Supreme Court seat against them. But that will be a tough task.
The next big battle for Republican votes: WisconsinWisconsin voters are deeply divided over Donald Trump, giving #NeverTrumps a chance in the southern counties that helped nominate John McCain and Mitt Romney.听
First LookCalifornia moves closer to $15 minimum wage: Why that mattersIf legislators approve the tentative agreement, California would, by 2022, have the highest minimum wage in the nation by far.
First LookWill N.C. override of LGBT anti-discrimination laws hold up to federal scrutiny?Civil rights organizations聽will announce on Monday in Raleigh that they have filed federal litigation to challenge a North Carolina law revoking local legislation aimed at protecting LGBT rights.
Sanders wins reveal how this election is changing American politicsBernie Sanders's blowout wins this weekend show how the rules are changing for this election and perhaps beyond.听
BYO handgun? GOP convention could be the next gun rights battlegroundJuly's Republican National Convention will be held in Ohio, an open carry state, in an arena that forbids 'weapons of any kind.'聽
LGBT backlash: N.C. law latest example of states overruling citiesRepublican lawmakers in North Carolina convened a special session Wednesday to overrule a local anti-discrimination ordinance passed by Charlotte 鈥� the latest example of states preempting or overruling local governance.
First LookIndiana abortion law: Gov. Pence approves new restrictionsThe new law, prohibits abortions based on sex, race, ancestry, and prenatal disability diagnoses. Planned Parenthood is expected to challenge the law in court.
Is Trump turning the GOP into the 'Man Party'?As Donald Trump edges closer to a possible Republican nomination for president, polls show him doing poorly among women 鈥� even Republican women.
First LookN.C.'s 'bathroom law' also prevents cities from boosting minimum wagesNorth Carolina's controversial law revoking local anti-discrimination ordinances included another measure aimed at reigning in local communities abilities to enact their own laws: prohibition of local minimum wage legislation.
First LookMarsha Blackburn to subpoena names of fetal tissue researchersAbortion advocates say compiling such a list could put researchers and academics lives' at risk.
How Trump could win over skeptical votersDonald Trump needs to do one simple thing to solidify the Republican nomination and become a stronger general-election candidate: modify his behavior.
Kasich should drop out now! (Except maybe he shouldn't.)Some Republican leaders press John Kasich to exit the presidential race, to allow a two-man contest between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. But is it a good idea?聽- First LookNorth Carolina Democrats walk out of special session revoking LGBT lawThe North Carolina legislature passed a law to rein in a city's anti-discrimination ordinances and restrict restroom use to biological gender, another move in a contentious national debate between LGBT advocates and religious conservatives.
Why Republicans now want GOP to unite behind TrumpA majority of Republican voters say their party should get behind Donald Trump, even if he doesn't get enough delegates for the nomination. Why are Republicans getting behind Mr. Trump?
