MS NOW April 2016 Articles

Trump leads Cruz by 15 points in crucial Indiana race

Ted Cruz responds to Caitlyn Jenner’s bathroom break

Analysis: Congress must weigh in on sending troops to Syria

Kasich: Gay people ‘probably’ born that way

Baghdad in state of emergency after supporters of al-Sadr storm Green Zone

This Week in God, 4.30.16

That time when Barack Obama and Seth Meyers roasted Donald Trump

How can Zika kill you? Your questions answered

Snapchat wages legal battle over right to ‘ballot selfies’

Apple agrees to examine iPhone of Florida teens lost at sea: lawyer

Friday’s Mini-Report, 4.29.16

Poll: Majority of women in US have experienced gender-based discrimination

Kristol’s 2016 dream ends, Mattis rules out bid

Protesters and police clash outside Trump rally in California

This News Quiz names you as running mate

Are smart guns the answer to America’s gun problem?

US reports first Zika virus death in Puerto Rico

GOP elites are reaching the ‘acceptance phase’ for Donald Trump

Supreme Court declines to block Texas voter ID law

The Monica Lewinsky jokes are back

A Do-Nothing Senate gives itself another week off

Trump’s California campaign shows how he could doom the GOP

Amy Schumer targets gun laws in comedy sketch

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.29.16

Pentagon to punish 16 for airstrike that hit Afghan hospital

Pentagon pushes back against Benghazi panel’s demands

Fairy tales happen: Remembering the royal wedding, five years later

‘Bathroom’ protests will likely leave Target unscathed, experts say

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence endorses Cruz while commending Trump

Donald Trump gives voice to the GOP’s Vladimir Putin wing

Will Ferrell walks away from controversial Reagan project

Accidental Republican candor about voter-ID laws

This is Bernie Sanders’ plan B

Debate over women, selective service takes an unexpected turn

First Read: What Boehner vs. Cruz reveals about Trump’s success

Clinton gives Trump a presidential ‘filter’

Haley shows how not to make the case against Guantanamo transfers

Republican Party’s popularity drops to 24-year low

20 arrested as crowd turns violent outside Trump rally in California

Obama: US can meet goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees

Baltimore TV station evacuated after bomb threat from man in panda suit

NCAA goes soft on North Carolina after House Bill 2

Reet Jurvetson, killed in 1969, could be a Manson family murder victim

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.28.16

Teen birth rates plummet among blacks, Hispanics: CDC

Automatic voter registration expands its reach

Trump: ‘If we win in Indiana, it’s over’

Is Indiana the last hope for #NeverTrump?

Economic growth cools in first quarter of 2016

All the times trolls have redirected domains this election season

Suit claims racial discrimination by Alabama on minimum wage

3 Connected to San Bernardino shooter arrested

Trump wants to take ‘the woman card’ off the table

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.28.16

The fine art of picking a good running mate

Do celebrity endorsements help or hurt?

Paul Ryan has a message for those with pre-existing conditions

Tennessee enacts ‘religious freedom’ measure

Boehner calls GOP candidate ‘Lucifer in the flesh’

Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Iraq for surprise visit

Obama: Sanders’ critique is ‘correct’ that big banks have not been dismantled

First Read: Cruz and allies have five days to stop Trump

Tom Cotton, White House spar over sparkling water

Caitlyn Jenner takes Trump up on his bathroom offer

Former Speaker Boehner calls Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh’

If this was Trump at his ‘presidential’ best, he’s in big trouble

As race enters new phase, Sanders lays off staffers

Airstrike on Aleppo, Syria hospital kills 14 doctors and patients

Donald Trump on Cruz-Fiorina ticket: ‘What’s he doing picking vice presidents?’

Fundraiser for John McCain campaign arrested in drug bust

Tulsa reserve deputy convicted of manslaughter in death of Eric Harris

Tapping Fiorina early, Cruz echoes Reagan’s famous gamble

Hillary Clinton’s five-step plan to beat Trump’s personal attacks

Sanders to lay off staff after Tuesday primary losses

GOP governors keep trying to block Syrian refugees

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.27.16

Looking past their many losses, Cruz taps Fiorina for ticket

Trump deals the gender card, highlighting politics of resentment

In Pennsylvania, Cruz campaign recommended delegates for Trump

Donald Trump’s big foreign policy speech was a mess

What Carly Fiorina brings to the Cruz ticket

Ted Cruz names Carly Fiorina as running mate

Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam charged with terrorist murders, lawyer says

Trump tests general election message in foreign policy speech

After admitting sex crimes, former House Speaker headed to prison

Sasha Avona Bell, Flint woman who sued over water crisis, fatally shot

Melania Trump talks politics, parenting, and her first lady aspirations

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.27.16

Five charts that explain Tuesday’s primaries

#WomanCard trends after Trump jabs Clinton during his New York victory speech

Congressional Republicans at odds over Zika response

Obama to travel to Flint, Michigan amid city’s water crisis

Florida’s Rick Scott picks a curious fight with California

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison

Pennsylvania Dem is the exception that proves the rule

Trump: ‘I haven’t quite recovered’ from Clinton’s ‘shouting’

NC Republican: ‘We must fight to keep our state straight’

First Read: A Clinton-Trump general election comes into focus

Abortion in Europe: How one American exports ‘war’ strategy

Following Clinton’s victories, Sanders targets new goals

Could the Johnny Manziel mess have been avoided?

Joe: Trump’s sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites

Supreme Court to hear former Virginia governor’s bribery appeal

FBI not likely to tell Apple about iPhone vulnerability

Donald Trump turns the conventional wisdom on its head

For victim’s sister, Hastert’s sentencing will be ‘what we were hoping for’

Trump declares himself ‘presumptive nominee’ as rivals look to convention fight

Clinton victories spell beginning of the end for Sanders

Congress struggles to get a deal to pay for Zika virus defense

The Ballad of Johnny Football: How Manziel’s career cratered

Trump University lawsuit will go to trial, NY judge rules

Kasich looks to Oregon’s mid-May primary

The ten most revealing moments from MSNBC’s town hall with Bernie Sanders

A 50/50 cabinet? The rest of the world yawns

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.26.16

White House briefly placed on lockdown over fence jumper nearby

Apple ends 13 years of continuous quarterly growth

Clinton points to 2008 model as a 2016 template

North Carolina voting law, upheld by court, could cause chaos this fall

Trump’s core supporters long for a bygone era

Sanders outspends Clinton in April 26 primary states

Why Ted Cruz could have a very bad election night

Six AmeriCorps volunteers illegally helped women seeking abortions: report

Supreme Court broadens First Amendment protections for public employees

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.26.16

‘Establishment America’ doesn’t recognize itself in the mirror

Trump expected to win big in Tuesday’s northeast primary

Afghan actor in US ‘not scared’ of threats from back home

Leading GOP Senate candidate faces disqualification

First Read: A make-or-break week in the GOP race

Why the Pennsylvania primary stands out as unique

The Democratic divide isn’t quite what it appears to be

A day later, the Cruz-Kasich alliance starts to unravel

Sanders braces for a rough night in Pennsylvania, four other states

Audio from Prince’s plane: ‘An unresponsive passenger’

Supreme Court asked to hear two cases that could sack Washington ‘Redskins’ name

Clinton and Sanders each say party unity is the others’ job

Bernie Sanders admits he’s unlikely to flip superdelegates

Clinton: ‘I did not put down conditions’ before supporting Obama in 2008

Trump adopts Cruz playbook in delegate hunt

‘Weak,’ ‘Pathetic,’ ‘Crooked’: How Trump is taking on the Kasich/Cruz alliance

Monday’s Mini-Report, 4.25.16

Poll: Trump reaches 50 percent support nationally for the first time

Women in Politics: College Edition — Wesleyan University

Two very different kinds of Republican convention fears

Carly Fiorina is on Ted Cruz shortlist for VP pick

Poll: Clinton builds on lead over Sanders nationally

Dennis Hastert’s accuser sues him for $1.8 million

One year after Freddie Gray’s death, nothing has changed

In Kentucky, anti-Trump forces again dominate delegate selection

Stop Trump groups strategize after Cruz-Kasich alliance

Analysis: The cost of a black boy’s life? $6 million.

Democratic candidates differ on Philadelphia’s soda tax

Could Virginia’s restoration of felon voting rights tip election?

North Carolina lawmakers file bill to repeal ‘bathroom law’

Trump belittles a Cruz-Kasich alliance that is already showing cracks

Tom Brady’s ‘Deflate-gate’ suspension is reinstated, football fans facepalm

Prince’s sudden death leaves many unanswered questions

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.25.16

Appeals court rules Tom Brady must serve ‘Deflategate’ suspension

Paul Ryan’s curious case against expertise

Piketon Massacre: Motive undetermined, despite discovery of marijuana ‘grow operations’

Abortion in Europe: Northern Ireland conviction inflames debate

Trump abandons one of his more outlandish promises

City of Cleveland settles Tamir Rice lawsuit for $6 million

Lieberman mistakenly believes he has it all figured out

Why the Kasich-Cruz alliance could backfire

Cruz and Kasich hatch scheme as latest polls bolster Trump

How Tuesday’s Senate races are a political minefield for Dems

Beyoncé doesn’t shy away from controversy with ‘Lemonade’

Hastert’s allies plead for leniency for former House Speaker

Sanders reflects on Dem race, says poor people ‘don’t vote’

Ted Cruz and John Kasich team up to stop Donald Trump

In Maine, Ted Cruz outmaneuvers Donald Trump again on delegates

Piketon massacre: Marijuana ‘grow operations’ found at scenes of family executions

Antigo shooting: Gunman dies after opening fire outside of Wisconsin high-school prom

Obama doesn’t take North Korea’s promise to halt nuke program seriously

Bernie Sanders acknowledges ‘narrow path’ to nomination

Bernie Sanders: ‘Poor people don’t vote…that’s just a fact’

For Trump, Tubman on $20 bill illustrates broader American problem

Charles Koch: ‘Possible’ that Clinton would be better president than GOP rivals

Trump and Clinton hold strong leads in Pennsylvania, new poll shows

Prince’s remains cremated, private ‘beautiful’ ceremony held

PA Delegates Challenged Out of Primary Races

Trump imitates ‘presidential’: That was ‘easy’

Clinton vows not to respond to Trump insults

President Obama calls out Black Lives Matter activists for ‘yelling’

Ted Cruz meets a different Trump family in Pennsylvania

Five killed in two related shootings in Georgia; suspect found dead: Officials

Meet the delegate candidates who could decide the GOP nominee

Family, ex-politicians write letters supporting Dennis Hastert

This Week in God, 4.23.16

Opinion: Religious employers snatch football away again on contraceptive coverage

Prince found dead with no signs of trauma, no indications of suicide: police

Friday’s Mini-Report, 4.22.16

Conservative group calls for Target boycott over transgender bathroom policy

Virginia governor makes bold, historic move on voting rights

President Obama calls anti-LGBT laws ‘wrong’

Eight dead in ‘execution-style’ killings: Ohio officials

Virginia governor enables 200,000 felons to vote in November

The ‘evolution’ of Donald Trump

Trump’s latest position on transgender bathroom rights doesn’t make sense

In Baltimore, ex-felons cherish newfound right to vote

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.22.16

Virginia school board to appeal transgender bathroom ruling

Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ gets political for Earth Day

Ted Cruz’s awkward pitch: Second is the new first

Suicide rates have soared in the U.S.

Prince’s mysterious final flight stopped for ‘unresponsive male’: Source

Analysis: Every day is Earth Day for farmers, the stewards of the land

4 reasons why the Stop Trump movement is struggling

GOP wants to ‘help’ the Library of Congress with word choice

Kasich makes a mistake by accidentally telling the truth

Obama admin warns states on Planned Parenthood policy

Republican race turns its attention to … bathrooms?

LePage’s callousness takes an ugly turn, even by LePage standards

Earth Day: Where the presidential candidates stand on climate change

Citations for the April 21, 2016 TRMS

Trump says Clinton ‘not qualified’ because Sanders says so

Manafort tells RNC Trump has a different private persona

Bernie Sanders eases off, then tees off on Clinton

RNC rules roadblock may no longer be a hurdle for Kasich

What the Trump, Cruz bathroom split says about the GOP and the country

‘Elvis & Nixon’ film explores bizarre White House meeting

Sanders allies plot meeting to discuss future of the movement

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.21.16

Donald Trump’s path to 1,237 delegates

British officials warn travelers about anti-LGBT laws in the US

This Senate race could make history

Donald Trump’s tax cuts for top 1% set up general election fight

How Ted Cruz hunts for delegates

Analysis: Will Obama’s efforts in Gulf talks prove fruitful?

FBI director: Democratic Convention not a deadline in Clinton email investigation

‘This can’t be real’: Fans, celebrities mourn Prince’s death

Prince was a king in the world of music

Prince, iconic ‘Purple Rain’ musician, dead at 57: publicist

Tom Cotton needlessly blocks key counter-terrorism nominee

Cruz attacks Trump for transgender bathroom comments

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.21.16

ACA critics shouldn’t cheer the UnitedHealth news too much

Opinion: What we are celebrating this Earth Day

Paul Ryan’s halo starts to lose its luster

Trump’s most popular position isn’t close to being true

Republican blockade failing to persuade American mainstream

First Read: Why Pennsylvania’s delegate system matters

Team Sanders’ delegate strategy under the microscope

Harriet Tubman on the $20 is just the beginning

Donald Trump answers questions at ‘TODAY’ town hall

All the presidential candidates made it on TIME 100, except Kasich

‘Taxi Driver’ still taking audiences for a shocking ride 40 years later

GOP’s anti-Planned Parenthood panel descends into ‘farce’

Cruz, Kasich pitch GOP leaders as contested convention looms

Citations for the April 20, 2016 TRMS

Where does Sanders go from here?

Curt Schilling fired from ESPN for sharing anti-transgender post

Trump’s unpopularity could put GOP House control In danger

Anthony, Mott, Truth, Stanton and Paul: Meet the women on the new $10 Bill

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder hasn’t been grilled over Flint

Immigration reform by 2017? Top Democrats seem slightly optimistic

Jackson got no love from Broadway or the Feds

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.20.16

New York probing primary election problems

Canada plans marijuana legalization by spring 2017: Minister

Kasich taunts Cruz for losing path to 1,237 delegates

On tax deductions, Sanders is no hypocrite

Five charts that explain the New York primary results

Ted Cruz: ‘We’re headed to a contested convention’

The significance of Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

House committee holds testy hearing on Planned Parenthood tapes

Harriet Tubman to replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill

Court ruling backing transgender teen jolts larger debate

Trump’s new delegate strategy takes root in Pennsylvania

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.20.16

3 officials charged over Flint water crisis

Kansas governor faces ‘open revolt’ from Republican allies

Target’s trans stance is its latest progressive business move

What’s in the missing 28 pages from the 9/11 inquiry?

Utah labels pornography a ‘public health crisis’

Team Trump takes a big risk with staff shakeup

Stephen Colbert presses Paul Ryan on GOP nomination prospect

First Read: Stopping Trump and Clinton just got harder

BYU student says school is punishing her for reporting rape

John McCain bows out of Republican convention

Obama in Saudi Arabia: Chilly reception likely as old allies face new pressures

Spanish-language film uses Trump’s ‘rapists’ remark for trailer

Team Sanders still has a plan to win the Democratic nomination

Trump, Clinton in a New York state of mind

New York exit poll results: Victories in the Empire State put front-runners back on track

Trump campaign at crossroads after big New York win

The Empire State strikes back, giving Clinton crucial win

New York exit poll: Democrats value Clinton’s experience and electability

New York exit poll results: Trump wins with broad coalition that crosses ideological, class divides

Flint Water Crisis: Three to face criminal charges — sources

Baltimore mending: One year after Freddie Gray’s death

‘Reasonable resolution’: Judge approves deal between U.S. and Ferguson, Missouri

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.19.16

Trump campaign undergoes major reorganization amid delegate fight

The right’s campaign to privatize VA care reaches a new level

Appeals court rules in favor of transgender teen

Which recipes are associated with the five 2016 candidates?

Hillary Clinton headed to Philly after Bill Clinton protester flap

Why Republicans are eager to intervene in the Democratic race

Sunday Primetime Political Doc Block

Transgender bathroom bill fails in Tennessee legislature

Utah Governor Gary Herbert to declare porn a public health hazard

Briefing GOP lawmakers, Priebus again rejects ‘rigged’ delegate charges

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.19.16

Cruz sees the minimum wage as ‘bad policy’

Ben & Jerry co-founders among notable figures arrested in DC protests

Culture wars cost red states in more ways than one

Louisiana ready to make big gains through Medicaid expansion

‘Closed’ primaries have a major impact on 2016 race

Rainbow-colored nooses removed from tree on Tennessee campus

First read: Front-runners poised for big wins in the Big Apple

Ahead of Saudi trip, Obama wedged in debate over 9/11 report secrecy

Why Donald Trump is always ready for some football

Bernie Sanders needs a New York miracle

House Republican on health care plan: ‘Give us a little time’

Sanders accuses DNC, Clinton campaign of illegal scheme

NBC poll: Majority wants vote on SCOTUS nominee this year

How immigration could become Hillary Clinton’s defining issue

Citations for the April 18, 2016 TRMS

Michigan Governor Snyder: I will drink Flint tap water for 30 Days

Protests and gaffes at Trump rally in Upstate New York

Mitch McConnell is ‘optimistic’ about second ballot at Republican Convention

Sanders looks for a big swing from small towns

Ted Cruz looking beyond New York

Trump ‘diversity coalition’ holds hectic first meeting

US Ambassador Samantha Power’s convoy strikes, kills boy in Cameroon

Opinion: Wading through the debate over Common Core and ‘opt-out’

Bernie Sanders rallies with striking Verizon workers

Monday’s Mini-Report, 4.18.16

Trump eager to end Cruz’s winning streak in New York GOP race

Rumsfeld seems confused about the purpose of the IRS

Poll: Trump hits 40 percent support, but Cruz runs close behind

Unpopularity contest: Poll shows grim outlook for 2016 winner

Family waits for word of missing American after Ecuador earthquake

Late on paperwork, Ben Carson remains on the ballot in New York

Poll: Trump leads but Kasich gains ground

‘Obamacare’ delivers a big boost to those who need it most

Poll: Clinton holds national lead, performs well among key groups in New York

What a divided Supreme Court would mean for the future of immigration

Which states best represent Democratic politics?

How New Yorkers really feel about the candidates

The ISIS files: What leaked documents reveal about terror recruits

Attention, Beyoncé fans: Hillary Clinton has hot sauce in her bag, too

The true New York test? How 2016 candidates eat pizza

Republican economic plan gets the wrong kind of endorsement

NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton’s national lead down to 2 points

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.18.16

Bob Gates’ criticism of Obama sounds a bit like praise

U.S. to send 200 more troops to beat ISIS in Iraq, Ashton Carter says

Ecuador earthquake death toll rises to 413, one American dead

Monica Lewinsky in new, revealing interview: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’

Why the latest Guantanamo transfers are so important

Cruz vows not to ban sexual devices if elected

First Read: How New York could change the delegate math

Scarlett Johansson casting controversy revives ‘whitewashing’ debate

House Republican complains about ‘politicization’ of Navy ships

Bernie Sanders stumbles on Senate’s Saudi bill

Bernie Sanders’ (mini) secret weapon in New York

Spike Lee helms star-studded ‘Wake Up’ ad for Bernie Sanders

Generation’s biggest immigration case gets its day in court

2016 throws a wrench into blockbuster Supreme Court case on immigration

On Staten Island, Donald Trump finally gets his NYC homecoming

Supreme Court seems divided on Obama immigration showdown

Gov. McCrory stands behind parts of North Carolina’s ‘bathroom law’

John Kasich clarifies stance on women attending parties with alcohol

Tar Heel tatters: LGBT law strips the state of business, investment

Third time’s the charm? Minor parties hope for 2016 wins

Ecuador earthquake: State of emergency declared after at least 246 killed

Poll: The popular 2016 candidates aren’t the ones leading the pack

Corey Lewandowski says he won’t apologize to Michelle Fields

Poll: 62% say Republican with most votes should be nominee

Week in Geek – Hiding in the light edition

George Clooney on fundraisers: The money in politics is ‘ridiculous’

Ecuador earthquake: State of emergency declared after at least 77 killed

Secret 28 pages of 9/11 report under new scrutiny

Sanders supporters shower Clinton motorcade with $1 bills

Ted Cruz wins all 14 Wyoming delegates at state convention

Nine Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon

An inside look at the system that cut crime in New York by 75 percent

Earthquakes kill 35 near Kumamoto in southwestern Japan

Donald Trump threatens ‘rough July’ if RNC doesn’t ‘straighten out’ delegate system

RNC chair ‘more comfortable’ running against Hillary Clinton than Bernie Sanders

Hillary Clinton faces a liberal war against the 1990s

Bernie Sanders meets Pope Francis during visit to Vatican City

Pope Francis takes 12 Syrian refugees back from Greek island

Citations for the April 15, 2016 TRMS

Bernie Sanders releases 2014 tax return

Sanders’ Wall Street revolution lands in New York City

This Week in God, 4.16.16

Kasich defends advice to female student to avoid ‘parties where there’s a lot of alcohol’

Bono to senators: Send Amy Schumer, Chris Rock to fight ISIS

Army approves 22 female officer candidates for possible combat units

Friday’s Mini-Report, 4.15.16

Poll: Trump dominates GOP field in New York, Kasich second

Kasich is sometimes his own worst enemy

Bruce Springsteen warns fans he could boycott Michigan if ‘bathroom law’ is passed

Bill Clinton jabs at Bernie Sanders, cracks joke at Wall Street’s expense

Analysis: Anti-immigrant political discourse paves the way for backlash

Governor signs controversial ‘Church Protection Act’

‘Apprentice’ cast members come out against Donald Trump

Take a shot at this news quiz

Powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Japan

When it comes to running mates, ‘things could be a little nuts’

Donald Trump attacks ‘voter-nullification scheme’

Sarah Palin isn’t above inviting herself to the GOP convention

Why does New York make it so hard to vote?

HBO’s ‘Confirmation’ sparks conservative backlash even before its debut

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.15.16

‘Plumbing new depths in the confirmation wars’

Citadel considering uniform exception for Muslim student

The details debt doomsayers don’t understand

Tennessee governor vetoes Bible bill

The ‘Personhood’ problem Ted Cruz doesn’t know how to solve

Latest polls push back against conventional wisdom

Leslie Van Houten, Manson family cult member, tentatively OK’d for parole

First Read: Familiar shots fired between Sanders and Clinton

Jill Biden: ‘America missed an opportunity’ when Joe didn’t run for president

Voting lines in Arizona spur Democratic lawsuit

Sandy Hook lawsuit roils Democratic presidential race

Exclusive: Tough new Sanders ad takes aim at Clinton

Citations for the April 14, 2016 TRMS

New York Republicans ignore Ted Cruz at GOP gala

Sparks fly between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at heated Brooklyn debate

Sanders to release tax returns, Clinton won’t commit to releasing paid speeches

George Pataki endorses John Kasich ahead of New York primary

Poll: Clinton’s lead in New York grows

US sending commandos, combat aircraft to Philippines

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.14.16

Bernie Sanders finds ‘the right candidates’

Canada’s new assisted suicide bill doesn’t allow visitors

Lawsuit can proceed versus maker of gun used in Conn. school shooting

Ted Cruz defends anti-LGBT North Carolina law

John Kasich supports ‘moving on’ from gay marriage debate

4 things to watch for in tonight’s Democratic debate

John Kasich: ‘It ain’t over till it’s over’

6 major moments from the Ted Cruz town hall

Cruz refuses to answer on personhood during MSNBC town hall

Authorities drop battery charges against Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski

Ted Cruz: I’m a deadbeat, you’re a deadbeat

Paul Ryan falling far short of his own goals

There’s no real plan B if Obama’s immigration actions fail

Obama to give commencement speeches at Howard, Rutgers, USAF

Ted Cruz on McConnell accusation: ‘Every word I said is true’

The Golden State Warriors’ secret weapon

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.14.16

Photos: President Obama hosts final White House Science Fair

Benghazi panel to issue election-year report

Analysis: The complex history of the controversial 1994 crime bill

Dem debate puts Brooklyn on the political map

Missouri Republicans advance a fetal-tissue ban

Report: Children of color ‘terrified’ of Trump presidency

Secret Harvard club warns against women members

Sanders says Southern primaries ‘distort reality’

First Read: Clinton, Sanders to clash after contentious week

Whoopi Goldberg: Government needs to give up on gateway drug ‘lie’

Trump earns second most unfavorable rating in poll’s history

White House: Congress is ‘passing out umbrellas in a hurricane’

Kobe Bryant’s historic night

Sanders under fire for supporter’s ‘whores’ remarks

Elections have consequences in Louisiana

Joe: The increasing vapidity of the U.S.’s foreign policy debate

Citations for the April 13, 2016 TRMS

With or without Ryan, a convention savior unlikely for GOP

Decision on charge against Trump campaign manager coming Thursday

Lapsed Rubio delegates up for grabs on convention’s first ballot

Obama visits CIA HQ and talks next steps in ISIS fight

It’s official: Zika virus causes birth defects

Louisiana governor bars discrimination against LGBT residents

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.13.16

RNC relies on ugly, deceptive scheme to fill its campaign coffers

Louisiana governor signs executive order protecting LGBT employees

The Bernie Sanders proxy war in Florida

White House hosts final Science Fair of the Obama era

John Kasich’s campaign frustrated with stop-Trump movement

Birth control dispute at the Supreme Court drags on

Clinton gets endorsement from diverse coalition of immigrant groups

Trump’s feud with the RNC reaches a striking new level

Anti-gay Harlem pastor could lose church to LGBT homeless youth shelter

How an army of pro-Donald Trump trolls are taking over Reddit

Court ruling could soften Wisconsin voter ID law

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.13.16

Dems’ convention creates opportunity for major reforms

Coloring books get a 2016-themed twist

The party still hasn’t gotten around to deciding

Robert De Niro debates autism’s link to vaccines on TODAY Show

Senate Republicans ready to block next Supreme Court pick, too

Sanders shows support as 40,000 Verizon workers go on strike

Joe: Don’t cry for us, we aren’t Argentina

For Team Sanders, superdelegates aren’t the principal problem

New ‘Whiteness Project’ shows millennials struggling with identity

Why Clinton is the biggest winner from Paul Ryan’s no-go

Why bipartisan compromises remain so elusive

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to Trump: ‘Give us all a break’

NC’s McCrory struggles to undo damage from anti-LGBT law

Citations for the April 12, 2016 TRMS

Georgia executes man who killed teen neighbor girl during 1996 burglary

Trump mistakenly claims support from top Cruz backer, slams RNC at rally

Donald Trump’s son-in-law’s newspaper makes an endorsement

Cruz rejects Trump’s claims of ‘rigged’ delegate system

NC Gov. McCrory attempts to walk back parts of controversial anti-LGBT rights law

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.12.16

The line between wooing delegates and bribing them

Democrats focus on rival’s immigration failures ahead of NY primary

Report: Abortion providers faced rising violence, threats in 2015

Donald Trump to headline fundraiser near site of anti-immigrant hate crime

Opinion: Akai Gurley’s family deserves justice

Grassley tells Garland the Republican blockade won’t yield

Can the Republican nomination be bought?

Paul Ryan: ‘Count me out’ of 2016 presidential run

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.12.16

Latest polls show 2016 frontrunners ahead in New York

‘Everyday Sexism’ book arrives as gender takes center stage in 2016 campaign

The colorful company Ted Cruz keeps

Laying out ‘two paths,’ Kasich issues stark warning to GOP

Sarah Palin and Bill Nye featured in anti-climate change film

Bernie Sanders’ New York mission: Improve among minority voters

Paul Ryan’s suspect ‘intentions’

Rachel Dolezal 1 year later: ‘I don’t have any regrets about how I identify’

Religious right leader faces coup following Trump endorsement

Texas Attorney General faces new fraud allegations

Leading by 2.3 million votes, Clinton still faces long primary battle

Trump says he could name former GOP rivals to his cabinet

Bill de Blasio’s ‘colored people’s time’ joke comes at a bad time

With friends like Ben Carson, who needs enemies?

Citations for the April 11, 2016 TRMS

Hillary Clinton’s website joins in subway swipe joke with ‘404’ message

Men brawl at NY Trump rally as candidate complains of ‘crooked’ nominating process

Hundreds arrested at Capitol protest on voting and campaign finance

Joe Biden: ‘I would like to see a woman elected’

How Donald Trump could shut down an open convention

NBC Poll: Trump, Clinton hold sizable leads in New York

U.S. Soccer star Carli Lloyd on pay gap: ‘We are done with it’

Monday’s Mini-Report, 4.11.16

Waiting for a Clinton indictment? Don’t hold your breath

Op-ed: Black Lives Matter represents a changing of the guard

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder: Brief from staff said there wasn’t a problem in Flint

Poll: Voters split between Clinton and Trump in hypothetical Nov. matchup

Ahmad al-Abboud, Syrian refugee who resettled in Kansas City, speaks out

Unexpected issue takes center stage in Democratic race

How do superdelegates work? Here’s what you need to know

Top Democrat on Benghazi committee endorses Hillary Clinton

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.11.16

Law professor challenges Cruz on citizenship, candidacy

Rick Scott’s PAC targets Florida constituent

Two of Trump’s kids missed NY registration deadline, can’t vote for dad

The relevance of the South in the Democratic presidential race

A tale of two very different campaigns

Is Bill Clinton becoming a liability with black voters?

Delegate system gives Trump a 22 percent bonus, despite complaint

Prosecutors add crushing details to Hastert allegations

Trump’s amateurishness starts to catch up with him

Trump blasts Boston Globe for satirical cover

Sanders wins another caucus, defeating Clinton in Wyoming

Court strikes down Walker’s ‘right-to-work’ law in Wisconsin

New York’s closed primary could be Bernie Sanders’ Achilles’ heel

Director Brennan: CIA won’t waterboard again — even if ordered by future president

Clinton pokes fun at subway swipe fail as Mayor de Blasio raps

Sanders on Clinton: ‘In terms of her judgment, something is clearly lacking’

Boston Globe envisions Donald Trump presidency with satirical front page

Trump’s new right-hand man accuses Cruz campaign of ‘gestapo tactics’

Obama says politics won’t dictate review of Clinton e-mails

Week in Geek: Explosions in the sky edition

Obama: No politics in Clinton FBI investigation

Brussels attackers initially planned to hit France: Prosecutor

Cruz sweeps Colorado as Trump campaign issues error-filled ballots

Bernie Sanders will win Wyoming Democratic caucuses, NBC News projects

Donald Trump’s Colorado supporters ‘feeling demoralized’ as he battles Ted Cruz

Suspect admits to being Brussels airport attacker known as ‘man in hat,’ prosecutors say

Bernie Sanders scores with tickets to Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’

Wyoming caucuses: Sanders hopes to cut Clinton’s delegate lead

Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s PAC releases attack ad on woman who heckled him

What the Dennis Hastert documents reveal in the sexual abuse allegations

Brussels bomb: Police arrest another suspect amid raid in Etterbeek

SpaceX landing an amazing feat of rocketry

Citations for the April 8, 2016 TRMS

North Korea claims successful test of ICBM engine

Former House Speaker Hastert abused 4 boys: Prosecutors

Ted Cruz dominates again in Colorado delegate push

Petition calls for Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star to be removed

Suit challenging Cruz eligibility reaches Supreme Court

This Week in God, 4.9.16

The art of closing the deal

Out of ‘religious freedom’ push, a clear pattern emerges

Border Patrol’s use-of-force stats say nothing about immigrant deaths

Bruce Springsteen cancels NC show over law seen as anti-LGBT

Friday’s Mini-Report, 4.8.16

Ironically, GOP is ‘bewildered’ by Trump’s vague healthcare plan

Stop-Trump effort ramping up in California

Michele Bachmann trolls Hillary Clinton’s struggle to enter subway station

Why Trump’s appeal is wider than you might think

Bill Clinton: Hillary held to ‘different standard’ due to gender

Can you recall this week’s top news stories?

A debate over Clinton’s qualifications might be over (maybe)

Missouri GOP escalates Planned Parenthood fight to new level

Kevin Patrick Dawes, American missing in Syria since 2012, has been freed: Reports

Bill Clinton: ‘I almost want to apologize’ for exchange with BLM

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.8.16

Paul Ryan stokes presidential chatter with campaign-style video

Sam the dog is missing after being sent to the edge of space

GOP’s Benghazi Committee just keeps going (and going)

Two reported dead in shooting at Texas military base

‘Confirmation’: Film on Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas arrives amid ’90s nostalgia, new SCOTUS drama

House GOP, Senate GOP feud over drug policy

First Read: Trump gets outhustled in delegate fight

Sanders: ‘Of course’ Clinton is qualified to be president

Pope Francis softens communion ban for divorcees, shifts tone on family

Anti-marriage-equality push fails in Puerto Rico

Sanders to attend Vatican City meeting on economic, social issues

World watches Trump’s rise with fear, trepidation

Colorado loss reveals chaotic, overwhelmed Trump campaign

Amid ‘New York values,’ Ted Cruz hunts for delegates

UK Prime Minister David Cameron admits he profited on shares of trust mentioned in Panama Papers

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley: I won’t bend to pressure on Supreme Court pick

Bill Clinton tangles with Black Lives Matter activists in Philadelphia

Trump’s campaign manager once fought Obama’s $5K security cost

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.7.16

Poll: Latino Voters Near Evenly Divided Over Clinton, Sanders

George Mason professors oppose naming law school after Scalia

Wisconsin’s voter-ID scheme comes into sharper focus

Lindsey Graham: Foreign leaders ‘dumbfounded’ by Trump policies

Rudy Giuliani says he’s voting for Donald Trump

FBI’s iPhone hack works on ‘narrow slice of phones’

The US is way behind its goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees

Obama returns to law school, presses case for SCOTUS nominee

A ‘different kind of campaign’ takes a turn

Sanders digs in, Clinton calls for unity in spat over qualifications

Ex-staffer: Wisconsin GOP intended ID law to disenfranchise Dems

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.7.16

Inside Hillary Clinton’s big money cavalry

The 10 most scathing NYC tabloid covers this election season

Progressive group calls for probe of federal voting official

Republicans see ‘Obamacare’ everywhere, on everything

Why Indiana’s Mike Pence is receiving some unwelcome alerts

Watch the teaser trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’

An ‘enormous drop-off’ hurt down-ballot Dems in Wisconsin

Elizabeth Warren headlines comic book about female empowerment

Brussels bombing: New video released showing ‘man in white’

First Read: The Democratic race takes a nastier turn

White House challenges Congress to step up on Zika threat

Obama admin scores another win by putting ‘customers first’

#HillarySoQualified erupts on Twitter after Sanders’ criticism

Gun debate reclaims center stage in Democratic race

Charles Barkley takes stand against ‘anti-discrimination’ bill in North Carolina

Citations for the April 6, 2016 TRMS

What I saw at Trump’s homecoming rally

Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton not ‘qualified’ to be president

Trump returns to roots with ‘New York values’ on full display

Ivanka Trump-brand scarves recalled because of ‘burn risk’

Cruz positioning loyalists in Arizona for big convention swing

How Kasich’s 2016 run got on the offensive

North Carolina starts to see economic damage from ‘anti-bias’ law

Trump’s weak delegate operation could derail his nomination

Opinion: Our democracy needs a wake-up call

Information wants to be free: Famous leaks through the ages

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.6.16

White House increasingly pushes back against Trump’s statements

Former coal mine executive sentenced to prison

Tennessee the latest red state poised to approve ‘religious freedom’ bill

Grassley takes aim at Supreme Court’s chief justice

Sidney Poitier legacy still looms large in post-#OscarsSoWhite era

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.6.16

David Daleiden, anti-Planned Parenthood activist, claims home was raided

Six charts to explain the Wisconsin primary results

Cruz makes his case against an abortion rape exception

Lawsuit alleges Ohio illegally purging voter rolls

McConnell boasts of an ‘incredibly productive’ session

GOP congressman: Voter ID will help Republicans win Wisconsin

House Republican accidentally tells the truth about voter ID

Pfizer pulls $160B merger after Treasury introduces new tax rules

Photos: UConn women’s basketball team continues record winning streak

Impeachment effort takes a step forward in Alabama

First Read: Map and math about to get tougher for Cruz, Sanders

George Mason renames law school due to awkward Scalia acronym

Rough interview raises awkward questions for Sanders campaign

Sanders’ and Cruz’s Wisconsin wins jolt presidential race

Infighting, frustration rile Trump’s team: Sources

Wisconsin highlights Donald Trump’s loose grip on the nomination

Sanders defeats Clinton in Wisconsin, but barely dents her delegate lead

Spike Lee talks black voters, Brooklyn with Bernie Sanders

Wisconsin Exit Poll: Sanders beats Clinton with strong support from younger voters and men

Why are Americans not included in the Panama Papers?

‘Jackie’ of Rolling Stone UVA article ordered to be deposed in suit

New trading card set highlights future political stars

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.5.16

How Donald Trump plans to pay for his border wall: Threats and dog whistles

Construction worker hangs Mexican flag atop Vancouver Trump Tower

Tim Robbins becomes the latest Sanders surrogate to veer off message

After petition, Olympic diver Greg Louganis gets Wheaties box

SCOTUS denies request from DC Madam’s attorney to release info

Stop-Trump group found Trump’s weakness and is using it

Warren and Wasserman Schultz clash over payday lenders

Alabama lawmakers move forward with plan to impeach Gov. Robert Bentley

Mississippi takes a step backward with new anti-LGBT law

Sen. Bernie Sanders joins MJ LIVE on FRIDAY!

Mississippi enacts ‘religious freedom’ bill

New anti-LGBT law starts undermining North Carolina’s economy

Panama Papers: Iceland’s Prime Minister David Gunlaugsson resigns

Who is winning the Democratic fundraising race?

Obama: Offshore tax schemes, havens are ‘gaming the system’

Some Senate Republicans hesitant to jump on the anti-immigrant bandwagon

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.5.16

Another prediction failure for ‘Obamacare’ critics

Tennessee legislature passes bill to make Bible official state book

Clinton, Sanders differ on down-ballot Democrats

Actor Matt McGorry may be perfect sidekick for Joe Biden

First Read: Catch-up day in Wisconsin

Trump tries to explain his signature idea: building ‘the wall’

Obama admin shrinks Guantanamo prison population even further

As minimum wage makes gains, the opposition splinters

Villanova wins NCAA championship with buzzer-beater

Trump seeks to seize fund transfers to Mexico to force wall effort

Citations for the April 4, 2016

The only thing that matters in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary

Melania stumps for Donald Trump: ‘He will punch back 10 times harder’

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders agree to Brooklyn debate ahead of NY primary

White nationalist blitzes Wisconsin with pro-Trump robocalls

Watergate to real estate: The tangled web of the Panama Papers

Wisconsin GOP primary could send mixed signals

Monday’s Mini-Report, 4.4.16

White House declines to comment on petition for Trump’s arrest

Paul Ryan is absent as Wisconsin votes

HUD seeks to end housing discrimination against ex-offenders

Why Bernie Sanders is a different candidate than he was before

Analysis: Obama counters Trump criticism on NATO

Trump’s national lead dips slightly after a rough week

California, New York minimum wage hikes a major win for rising populist movement

Poll: Clinton leads nationally, but Sanders does well with key groups important in Wisconsin

Judge approves $20 billion settlement in BP oil spill

Women in Politics: College Edition — UNC Chapel Hill

Megyn Kelly on threats: ‘I do worry someone’s going to try to hurt me’

‘Desperate times for democracy’ in Wisconsin

California enacts highest statewide minimum wage in US

‘One person, one vote’ prevails at Supreme Court

Sanders calls for shutting down NY nuke plant

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.4.16

Election 2016: Who could the GOP recruit to run at the convention?

What do the ‘Panama papers’ mean for Vladimir Putin?

SCOTUS unanimously rejects challenge to ‘one person, one vote’

Some Republicans aren’t ready to give up on Paul Ryan dream

Alaska Air buys Virgin for $2 billion, creates America’s fifth-largest airline

The most memorable Palin-isms from her speech for Trump in Wisconsin

What the Wisconsin primary will (and won’t) tell us

Panama papers: Offshore assets of world leaders revealed by leak

Carson: Trump’s foreign policy knowledge is comparable to rivals

Trump’s debt-elimination plan is simply bonkers

Obama may not get credit, but Elkhart’s success matters

In Court fight, GOP senators buckle under pressure from the right

Paul LePage’s latest tantrum is a doozy, even for him

One big issue, five different positions, three short days

Trump, Cruz work to block Kasich from ballot at open convention

Trump says RNC shouldn’t allow Kasich to keep running

After heated vote, North Dakota selects 25 unaligned delegates

GOP’s Priebus: ‘I don’t know’ if Trump is strongest GOP candidate

Joe: Trump leaves the conservative establishment arrogant and unmoored

Amtrak train derailment near Philadelphia leaves 2 dead, 35 injured

Donald Trump’s unusual plan to eliminate the national debt

Hillary Clinton says she hasn’t been contacted by the FBI

Trump campaign alleges ‘theft’ as Tenn. GOP picks delegates

Donald Trump admits ‘mistake’ in retweet of attack on Cruz’s wife

Ted Cruz: Trump nomination hands Clinton the White House with ‘a big silver bow’

Inside Trump’s backroom delegate hunt

Hillary Clinton’s campaign says Bernie Sanders ‘rejected’ debate dates

Congresswoman: Trump can still win over women voters

Donald Trump reportedly lessening role of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski

Obama nixed CIA plan that could have stopped ISIS: Officials

An office of her own: Female lawmakers defy hurdles in quest to govern

Belgium charges third suspect in foiled terror plot; Brussels airport to reopen

Cruz, Walker embrace as Wisconsin crowd goes silent for Palin

Citations for the April 1, 2016 TRMS

Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton owes me an apology over ‘lies’ claim

Trump makes new comments on abortion: ‘The laws are set’

Whoopi Goldberg’s weed products are proof of the ‘branding of the bud’

This Week in God, 4.2.16

Obama: Trump doesn’t know much about nuclear weapons, or the world

Huma Abedin: Hillary Clinton has been vocal on unpopular issues

Dolores vs. Rosario and the fight for young Latino votes

Friday’s Mini-Report, 4.1.16

Amid backlash to anti-gay bills, abortion rights falter

Opinion: Why Trump’s foreign policy won’t make America great again

House committee chairman advising Trump on national security

Don’t let this news quiz fool you

Fossil fuel donations set Democratic primary on fire

Missouri lawmaker: Stop mixing up ‘physical’ and ‘fiscal’

Why the Obama admin is touting Tesla Motors’ success

Life After Water: The drought from one farmer’s perspective

George Mason University to rename law school for Antonin Scalia

Money from Big Oil isn’t always what it appears to be

What does the obsession with OJ Simpson say about America?

Obama: Deadly consequences if ‘madmen’ terrorists get nuclear material

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.1.16

Ex-wife of NFL player who had CTE: ‘Nobody said death was an option’

Todd Palin home from hospital after snowmobile accident

Latest polls bring Wisconsin primary into focus

More mudslinging and barbs in ads as nomination races heat up

Maybe it’s time for the ‘Grassley Rule’

Harper Lee’s letter ripping Donald Trump’s casino sells at auction

North Carolina GOP struggles with election-year challenges

First Read: Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

Detaining immigrant kids hasn’t worked. US wants to try something new

Attendance attacks come back to bite Republicans

Thinking about leaving the country? Company jokes about election insurance

Hot streak continues for American job market

U.S. gains 215,000 jobs in March, unemployment rises to 5 percent

Trump, RNC hope to keep their party from unraveling

Citations for the March 31, 2016 TRMS