WASHINGTON (AP) – A generation gap among black voters could be critical for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday. Older black voters, a reliable primary voting bloc, are coalescing around Clinton. Millennial black voters appear torn between the former secretary of state and her opponent, Bernie Sanders. For Sanders to have any hope…
NEW YORK (AP) – As Bernie Sanders headed toward victory in New Hampshire, pundits noted the barrier he was about to break. With a win, Sanders would become the first Jewish candidate to win a major party presidential primary. He did win the Feb. 9 primary, but the response from American Jews has been muted.…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he’s split between backing Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and Republican candidate Donald Trump. It may seem like an odd choice between candidates at opposite ends of the political spectrum. But Ventura told The Associated Press on Monday that he sees echoes of his own underdog…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump is stepping back from comments he made over the weekend when he claimed to know nothing about former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. Today, Trump tells NBC’s “Today” that he couldn’t clearly hear the questions posed by CNN host Jake Tapper because he was given a “very bad earpiece.”…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Oscar night belonged to host Chris Rock, who launched immediately into the uproar over the lack of diversity in this year’s nominees, and he didn’t let up. Rock called the Oscars, “The White People’s Choice Awards.” In his much anticipated opening monologue, he asked “Is Hollywood racist? He said “Hollywood is…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina, with the overwhelming support of black voters powering the former secretary of state to a commanding victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Lindsey Graham is so disgusted with the GOP’s embrace of Donald Trump, he says: “My party has gone batshit crazy.” In no-holds-barred remarks Thursday night, the South Carolina senator and unsuccessful presidential candidate said the GOP has lost all semblance of sanity. He predicted irrevocable losses in November if Republicans back…
Associated Press – Fifteen employees of a Kansas factory were shot, three of them killed, by a co-worker whom police say had also shot three other people in nearby communities. The shooting at Excel Industries in Hesston, Kansas, was at least the fourth workplace shooting in the United States in the past 12 months alone. Some…
Hesston, KS, (AP) Four people are dead and several are injured following a series of shootings in south-central Kansas. A gunman armed with an “assault-style” weapon drove through a south-central Kansas town Thursday, taking shots at people, before storming the factory where he worked. Authorities said he killed three people and wounded 14 before being shot…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Conservative Arizona Rep. Matt Salmon says he will not seek re-election this November. The 58-year-old Republican says he wants to spend more time with his family. Salmon has been a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the rebellious group of conservative lawmakers who frequently defied GOP leaders and helped push former Speaker…