MS NOW January 2016 Articles

Steele: Has the time come to accept Trump as the likely GOP nominee?

Billionaire gives $6 million to super PAC backing Hillary Clinton

End to California execution moratorium raises controversial death penalty case

Iowa Republicans prepare to caucus amid tight race for first

Exclusive: At church with Ben Carson, prayers before the caucus

Don’t count Ted Cruz out in Iowa

Rubio downplaying expectations ahead of Iowa

The most raucous Iowa caucus moments of all time

Democratic Primary – Iowa Caucus open thread

Republican Primary – Iowa Caucus open thread

Bush hits Rubio on the air, Trump on the ground in Iowa runup

MSNBC to host New Hampshire Democratic debate

Clinton, Sanders address electability concerns

Iowa caucuses: What to watch for in entrance poll

Striving for viability, one brewpub at a time

Ahead of caucuses, Iowans brace for blizzard

Trump criticizes Supreme Court for same-sex marriage decision

Charles Koch: We are not ‘some secret cabal’

Cruz: Trump win in Iowa would propel him in N.H.

Bernie Sanders: ‘Hillary Clinton will be the problem’

‘MHP’ Syllabus: 01.31.16

Trump regains lead over Cruz in Iowa, Clinton barely leads Sanders: Poll

Rubio rising: Enter the goldilocks candidate

One killed in shootings, stabbing at Denver Coliseum, police say

President Obama to visit mosque, hold talks with Muslim leaders

Caucus math: An NBC News primer

Wealthy conservatives gather at Koch retreat

New York Times editorial board picks Hillary Clinton for Democratic nomination

U.S. House panel to hold Flint hearing without Gov. Snyder

Republicans attack Clinton over ‘secret’ email information

Cruz retunes Iowa messaging in final push

Citations for the January 29, 2016 TRMS

‘MHP’ Syllabus: 01.30.16

Gay veteran honorably discharged 60 years after he was kicked out

How much do you know about the Iowa caucuses?

Ahead of Iowa, Clinton says she ‘can actually produce results’

This Week in God, 1.30.16

Contemplating oblivion with Santorum, 2016’s saddest candidate

Seeing opportunity, Sanders intensifies jabs at Clinton

There are too many Flints

Friday’s Mini-Report, 1.29.16

State Department declares Hillary Clinton emails top secret

A lot like Reagan? Not one GOP candidate replied to this survey

Cruz turns his crosshairs on Rubio in final hours

Ben Carson’s campaign makes a last stand in Iowa

Taliban control of Afghanistan highest since US invasion

Don’t skip this news quiz

Five films that may explain why Democrats love Denzel Washington

As 2016 race heats up, Obama’s support climbs

Report: Secret Service should upgrade radios

Trump went ‘birther’ on Cruz because it works

Fact-checking the seventh Republican debate

What it’s like to live in Iowa during a presidential election

Trump calls Cruz ‘an anchor baby in Canada’

Obama announces rules for closing gender pay gap

Eric Garner’s daughter endorses Bernie Sanders

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.29.16

Paul Allen’s firm working with Caymans amid reports yacht damaged reef

Rubio recycles Romney’s risible rubbish

Reveling in newfound relevance, Kasich faces fire

Why Amber Rose is winning, with or without the Kanye Twitter feud

Jeb Bush adopts new posture, boasts, ‘Mission accomplished’

By taking on Donald Trump, Ted Cruz places risky wager

New materials put Flint scandal in a new, alarming light

First Read: Why Donald Trump won the debate without showing up

The economy is still growing, but just barely

How Donald Trump dominated social media during no-show debate

How to win a debate by not showing up

The most memorable, head-scratching moments from the 7th GOP debate

Did his rivals make a mistake by not attacking Trump in debate?

Three takeaways from the Iowa GOP debate without you-know-who

Candidates thread the needle on ‘religious freedom’

GOP hopefuls face toughest grilling on immigration yet

Trump’s quick-and-dirty variety hour raises cash, avoids debate

Trump: I skipped Fox debate out of respect for myself’

Donald Trump, the ‘elephant not in the room’ at GOP debate

Cruz won’t back down on carpet bombing ISIS

Obama in final address to Dem caucus: ‘We will win In November’

Prison teacher arrested in connection with inmates’ escape

Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s easy to swim with the tide’

FBI releases video of shooting of Oregon occupier

Trump foundation has given little to vets groups

Exclusive: Iran’s supreme leader personally set conditions for nuclear deal: Negotiator

Flint’s next issue: What to do with empty water bottles?

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 1.28.16

Tales from the trail: It’s throwback Thursday for Clinton supporters

Holy War: GOP field faces off on faith in Iowa

Sanders campaign just crossed Nevada’s most powerful union

The strength Of Donald Trump faces first test

Republicans play the Endorsement Game clumsily

ACLU report: Racial disparity in Florida seat belt violations

Will Detroit be the next Flint?

Doctor: Bernie Sanders in ‘overall very good health’

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.28.16

What Hillary Clinton is missing about Latino voters

GOP won’t drop crusade against Planned Parenthood

GOP candidates set to take the stage(s)

The debate over the debates takes a turn

Donald Trump’s history with veterans gets renewed scrutiny

5 things to know about the Zika virus

Ethan Couch, ‘affluenza’ teen, is back in the United States

Reagan is Cruz’s favorite non-Reagan influence

Ted Cruz super PACs offer $1.5 million for Trump debate

Marco Rubio reduces ad buy in New Hampshire, South Carolina

First Read: All about turnout in Iowa

Snyder’s standing weakens in the midst of Flint crisis

Gabby Giffords to campaign with Hillary Clinton

Cam Newton: I’m an African-American QB that may scare people

Bristol Palin on Tina Fey’s ‘SNL’ skit: ‘Like nails on a chalkboard’

Obama weighs in on #OscarsSoWhite: Everybody deserves ‘a fair shot’

At this key stage, latest polls raise Republican eyebrows

Why casting Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson is off the wall

Zika virus outbreak: WHO chief convenes emergency committee meeting

Amanda Knox’s ex-lover Raffaele Sollecito seeks $545,000 compensation

Militants’ standoff in Oregon starts to unravel

Ammon Bundy asks supporters to abandon Oregon occupation

Ferguson reaches tentative deal with Justice Department

Twitter reacts to #FlintTownHall

Maddow examines the catastrophic toll of the Flint water crisis

Cruz talks Trump, Trump, and more Trump in Iowa

Trump strong in three early states as Clinton and Sanders battle: Poll

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 1.27.16

Meet Jim Gilmore, the GOP candidate you’ve never heard of

The Faces of Flint: We want to hear from you

Sanders camp suspicious of Microsoft’s influence in Iowa Caucus

Tales from the trail: rotten tomatoes in Iowa

Appeals court wrestles with where trans student can go to the bathroom

GOP rivals prepare for a Trump-less debate

Sanders says Obama has been ‘even-handed’ in primary battle

Where Sanders and Clinton are dominating

Let freedom ring: An ongoing journey of reconciliation and redemption

A convoluted anti-Trump plan takes shape

‘Hello’ from caucus night: Huckabee parodies Adele in new video

Flint water crisis: a timeline

Clinton calls on Sanders to join Democratic debate

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Twitter feud with B.o.B escalates into rap battle

Carson: Trump ‘was very dishonest,’ ‘acts like a politician’

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.27.16

‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch drops appeal, returning to U.S.

Kentucky governor flubs test of fiscal conservatism

Donald Trump’s big debate gamble

Bush’s Pentagon chief sees GOP candidates as childish, misguided

‘The Birth of a Nation’: Can this film break #OscarsSoWhite curse?

Poll: Trump not widely viewed as religious — even by his own party

House Dem introduces the ‘Flamethrowers? Really? Act’ of 2016

Terri Schiavo’s husband calls Jeb Bush ad ‘disgusting’

A Senate run by only women? That (sort of) happened this week

Debate drama roils 2016 race in unexpected ways

From President Obama to Supreme Court Justice Obama?

More countries report Zika virus — as some airlines offer refunds

Trump campaign manager: ‘Megyn Kelly is totally obsessed with Mr. Trump’

Shots fired, arrests made in standoff with militants in Oregon

Citations for the January 26, 2015 TRMs

Ted Cruz challenges Donald Trump to ‘mano-a-mano’ debate

Oregon occupation leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy arrested, one dead

Empty seats highlight Carson’s lost momentum

Trump and Arpaio, villains in Spanish media, face 2016 challenge

Obama and Sanders to hold private meeting Wednesday

How Obama is building the groundwork of his legacy on criminal justice reform

Trump says he ‘most likely’ will skip Thursday FOX News Debate

Obama for Supreme Court? Clinton is open to the idea

Trump Twitter bot reveals everyone he retweets

Rubio courts Christian vote, but Trump proves surprisingly strong

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 1.26.16

Unwrapping Falwell’s Trump endorsement

North Carolina’s voter ID law on trial

The guillotine finds a modern-day U.S. proponent

Tales From the Trail: In N.H., Kasich can’t stop knocking the Patriots

New Hampshire newspaper to host Democratic debate

What emergency? Lead pipes not being removed in Flint

Pro-life leaders plea to Iowans: ‘Anyone but Donald Trump’

Why are Sanders and Clinton leaving Iowa?

Abe Vigoda, beloved character actor, dead at 94

The Rachel Maddow Show is coming to Flint!

Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Trump endorsement a blow to Ted Cruz

Jerry Falwell Jr. bucks religious right, backs Trump

And the total amount spent on campaign ads in Iowa is…

Why the Iowa caucuses are horribly undemocratic UPDATED

‘Nothing’ found after reports of shots at Naval Medical Center San Diego

Jerry Falwell Jr. endorses Donald Trump

Appeals court hears trans student’s challenge to school’s bathroom policy

Colbert’s clash with Rumsfeld reveals strength, weakness of host

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.26.16

Glenn Beck’s search for ‘the next George Washington’

First Read: Donald Trump is in clear command of the GOP race

GOP’s Cotton leads effort to derail criminal justice reform

Cruz, NRA take a keen interest in Australian gun control

George Pataki backs Marco Rubio’s 2016 bid

Anti-Sanders attack ad isn’t quite what it seems to be

Donald Trump on Ted Cruz: ‘He looks like a jerk’

Maty Mauk, University of Missouri quarterback, suspended over video

East struggles to dig out from storm as 600 flights are canceled

Watergate becomes the latest national scandal recreated for TV

Cruz warns pastors Trump could be ‘unstoppable’ if he wins Iowa

Latest polls raise eyebrows throughout the political world

In Planned Parenthood case, the accusers become the accused

GOP super PAC ad accuses Sanders of being ‘too liberal for Iowa’

Citations for the January 25, 2015 TRMS

Hillary Clinton praises Sanders, plans to work with Republicans

Bernie Sanders: ‘We will raise taxes, yes we will’

Obama to end solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons

New Cruz ad derides Trump’s ‘New York values’

The Rachel Maddow Show is coming to Flint!

Global migrant crisis

El Faro owner settles with families of sunken ship’s crew members

Iowans bristle at Bloomberg rumors

Texas grand jury indicts two in probe of anti-abortion videos

Obama really likes Clinton. Will Democratic voters care?

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump maintain national leads

No endorsement, but Iowa’s Ernst stumps for ‘good friend’ Rubio

Grand jury indicts anti-abortion activists behind Planned Parenthood videos

Monday’s Mini-Report, 1.25.16

“Morning Joe” is back in Des Moines, Iowa! #MJinIowa

North Dakota’s abortion ban fails in the courts

Halls to the rescue for Clinton in Iowa

Anti-Trump Republicans debate strategy as polling lead grows

The differences between Obama and Sanders matter

Ben & Jerry’s co-founder unveils Bernie Sanders-themed ice cream

Juveniles sentenced to life in prison given a second chance

A tale of two rallies: How Trump and Clinton campaign

Mizzou media professor charged with siccing ‘muscle’ on reporter

The fight for the ‘disaster governor’ label

Zika’s likely to spread across Americas, World Health Organization says

New Bansky artwork in London hits a nerve — and is boarded up

Manhunt expands for ‘dangerous’ trio after daring jailbreak

Jameis Winston accuser receives $950,000 settlement from FSU

J.K. Rowling likens Trump spox to a Death Eater

Walter Scott lawyer switches support to Bernie Sanders

Latest polling sets the stage for Republicans’ key stretch

Water bills in poisoned Flint an ‘outrage,’ attorney general says

Supreme Court rules juveniles can challenge life sentences

Chris Rock will have a second chance to take Oscars to task

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.25.16

Mississippi gun-store owner and son die in shootout with customers

Phoenix students photographed spelling racial slur with t-shirts

Donald Trump hammers home anti-establishment message

US Supreme Court rejects plea to revive North Dakota abortion ban

10 things to know about Michael Bloomberg

Rick Perry endorses Ted Cruz for GOP nomination

Obama doesn’t see Clinton vs. Sanders as a repeat of 2008

Heart vs. head in Iowa’s Democratic faceoff

New York’s Bloomberg eyes presidential race (again)

Cruz sees himself as an ‘Obamacare’ victim

Even Iowa’s Grassley wants to ‘make America great again’

Senate Republican blocks war-time Army Secretary nominee

Iowa’s largest newspaper weighs in on 2016 candidates

Rubio celebrates political effects of deadly winter storm

Why geography favors Hillary Clinton in Iowa

‘Disaster governor’: Chris Christie trumpets own performance

East Coast begins digging out from mammoth record-breaking snowstorm

What to watch on the GOP side with Iowa caucus a week away

Top five Trump moments of the week

Magnitude-7.1 earthquake jolts Alaska

Trump: ‘I would love to see Michael Bloomberg run’

Bernie Sanders: ‘We would beat Donald Trump badly’

Hillary Clinton: A Bloomberg presidential run will be unnecessary

East Coast begins digging out from record-breaking snowstorm

Snowstorm strands students on bus for over 20 hours on Pennsylvania highway

Week in Geek: Theoretical planet edition

Rubio jokes about Trump’s ‘shoot somebody’ boast

Rubio nabs endorsement of Iowa’s largest paper

Sanders seeks Obama mantle in Iowa

Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio get Des Moines Register endorsement

Glenn Beck officially endorses Ted Cruz

Monster snowstorm leaves at least 19 dead, paralyzes East Coast

Trump says he could ‘shoot somebody’ and still maintain support

Blizzard watch: Storm brings major coastal flooding to East Coast

Michael Bloomberg mulls 2016 White House bid

Cold weather, hot beats: Web jams to Paul Ryan’s livestream of snowy Capitol

Monster blizzard leaves at least 10 dead as it pummels East Coast

Good Samaritan shot to death helping stranded driver in North Carolina

Citations for the January 22, 2015 TRMS

Cost of Storm Set to Clobber the East Coast Could Hit $850 Million

Clinton jabs Sanders on “establishment” comment

This Week in God, 1.23.16

Four dead in shooting at school in Canada: Prime minister

Clinton campaign: Sanders isn’t like Obama in 2008

Friday’s Mini-Report, 1.22.16

Bernie Sanders commits to repealing Hyde Amendment

Tales From the Trail: Jeb Bush for class president?

Jeb Bush’s mother tries to lend a hand

Late night embraces return of original ‘Material Girl’: Sarah Palin

Trump and Cruz fight escalates as Iowa voting nears

Christie: ‘Sorry, NH but I gotta go home — we got snow coming’

Michigan’s Snyder criticizes ‘culture in government’

Former top Carson aide collaborating with Trump

Hollywood stars sign up to #StopHateDumpTrump

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.22.16

Donald Trump tweets apparent neo-Nazi supporter

Willie Robertson endorses Trump one week after his dad endorsed Cruz

Even Trump skeptics start to take a second look

Rubio scrambles to adapt to a changing race

Here’s how to prepare for the monster snowstorm that’s coming

Barbara Bush to appear in ad for Jeb in New Hampshire

Neighboring candidates find support in New Hampshire

Would Bernie Sanders be a ‘nightmare’ for red state Democrats?

The GOP race’s circular firing squad

Is the congressional GOP finally ready to act on ISIS?

A major snag in Sanders’ single-payer plan — health care for immigrants

Amanda Knox was at scene of murder: Convicted killer Rudy Guede

Sanders backpedals following ‘establishment’ flap

National Review slams GOP front-runner in new issue titled ‘against Trump’

Latest polls in Iowa point to striking scenario

#OscarsSoWhite boycott earns support on Capitol Hill

The Black History Month debate is back

Why it’s so hard to measure public opinion on abortion

Citations for the January 21, 2015

Bernie Sanders is feeling the heat — can he handle the burn?

Sanders walks back Planned Parenthood, Clinton ‘establishment’ comments

‘Absolute mess’: Mid-Atlantic blizzard could make ‘legitimate’ history

EPA administrator quits amid Flint water crisis

Marco Rubio, the consensus front-runner with no consensus

Rubio falters in ‘Tonight Show’ hot seat

Appeals court: Clean Power Plan can proceed pending review

Tales from the trail: the amazing race we just can’t win

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 1.21.16

Detroit and Flint, sister cities in misery

Enough with the ‘establishment’ slams

Obama protects Clean Water Act from GOP effort

Iowan on Fiorina: ‘She ambushed my son’s field trip’

Marco Rubio is finally briefed on Flint water crisis

Police officer convicted of serial sexual assault gets 263 years

Make history with this news quiz

TSA says it seized more guns than ever at airports last year

Clinton campaign on Sanders’ foreign policy: He ‘hasn’t thought it through’

Oregon’s Portland Community College to mark ‘Whiteness History Month’

Bob Dole answers the GOP’s ‘Trump or Cruz?’ question

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.21.16

Influential Obama supporter Will.I.Am backs Hillary in 2016

Mississippi lawmakers resolve election tie in controversial move

Storm watch: When it’s coming and where it will be worst

Illegal immigration continues to decline, reaches 13-year low

New evidence creates new challenges for climate deniers

The GOP establishment’s risky bet on Trump

Will Smith backs wife’s Oscar boycott

Newly released emails cast Flint scandal in a new light

New Sanders ad uses Simon & Garfunkel classic ‘America’

Juanes, John Legend perform outside immigration detention center

Latest polls offer more good news for GOP frontrunner

Full-time female NFL coach latest gain for diversity in sports

Bills announce appointment of Kathryn Smith to assistant coaching role

Vets balk after Palin connects PTSD, Obama

Idris Elba makes pitch for diversity, amid #OscarsSoWhite uproar

Vladimir Putin likely approved murder of Alexander Litvinenko: Inquiry

Flint fix price tag and other headlines

Citations for the January 20, 2015 TRMS

Report raises questions about Tamir Rice grand jury

Ted Cruz: Washington establishment is ‘unifying’ behind Trump

Vets: Don’t blame Obama for Track Palin’s behavior

Obama: ‘I would be beside myself’ if my kids lived in Flint

Washington, D.C., will be in the crosshairs of ‘historic’ snowstorm

Wal-Mart to give raises, new benefits to 1.2 million hourly workers

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 1.20.16

Ben Carson to resume campaign after volunteer’s death

A new ninth planet may have been detected, scientists say

GOP’s anti-refugee bill fails in Senate

Stocks regain ground from oil-induced selloff; Dow sheds 230 points

Opinion: TPP provisions would undermine environmental efforts

Palin says son’s arrest linked to PTSD, Obama’s stance on vets

McCain’s loyalty to Palin goes unrewarded

GOP donor class has ‘recently changed its tune’

McCaskill: ‘Absolutely impossible’ for Sanders to win key swing states

It’s panic mode for the Democratic establishment

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.20.16

The key to Iowa: Evangelical voters

George Clooney reacts to #OscarsSoWhite: ‘We’re moving in the wrong direction’

Pressure pushes Christie into self-deportation camp

After Trump camp plugs ‘special guest,’ Palin a no-show in Iowa

New Harvard report proposes major changes to college admissions

Latest ACA legal challenge comes up far short

John McCain not ‘taking sides’ after Sarah Palin backs Trump

Another GOP pundit eyes third-party movement

Super Bowl star Antwaan Randle El regrets ever playing football

Bernie Sanders takes a risky shot at the ‘establishment’

Sanders dismisses major women’s group as ‘establishment’

Trump: Biden would run if Clinton indicted

Jamie Foxx saves motorist from vehicle inferno

Senate Dems block restrictions to Syrian, Iraqi refugee resettlement

Call off the search for the center-right ‘silent majority’

Donald Trump: Sarah Palin could ‘play a position’ in my administration

New York Daily News on Palin endorsement: ‘I’m with stupid’

Iowa’s GOP governor gives Cruz an anti-endorsement

Immigration actions are just a stop gap. But without them, everything’s a mess.

Gunmen storm Pakistan University, shoot at least 80: official

Imagining a Trump presidency and other headlines

Citations for the January 19, 2015 TRMS

Hillary Clinton emails held info beyond top secret: IG

Sarah Palin’s son Track arrested on domestic violence charges on eve of Trump endorsement

Michigan Gov. Snyder apologizes for Flint water crisis, says ‘I will fix it’

Why Clinton is making a big deal about the Flint water crisis

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 1.19.16

Trump picks up endorsement from Sarah Palin

Palin, the original anti-establishment candidate, crowns Trump

Sarah Palin backs Donald Trump in Republican primary

15 quotes from Dolly Parton that teach us everything about life

Republicans delay ACA alternative (again)

Why John Wayne remains an icon of the right

Carson campaign volunteer dies after car crash in Iowa

Bad decisions, broken promises: A timeline of the Flint water crisis

2016 Republicans (so far) mum on Flint water crisis

GOP super PACs give Bernie Sanders a pass

Iowa Gov.: A Ted Cruz win would be ‘damaging’

Bristol Palin: I hope my mom endorses Donald Trump

David Oyelowo slams Oscars: ‘It doesn’t reflect me’

Supreme Court sets the stage for historic immigration showdown

Caitlyn Jenner to publish memoir in 2017

GOP field targets Ted Cruz’s conservative credentials as Iowa looms

The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis make poignant Clinton endorsements

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.19.16

Steve Harvey and Miss Universe contestants open up about pageant flub

Prediction markets shift from Rubio to Trump

Ted Cruz aims directly at Donald Trump for the first time

First Read: For Hillary Clinton, it all comes down to Iowa

Cher, Diddy and other stars unite to fight Flint water crisis

GOP activism does little to boost Benghazi movie

Hillary Clinton earns big endorsement from LGBT group

It’s not just Reagan: Republicans flunk JFK history, too

Republicans offer unsolicited support to Bernie Sanders

Rand Paul unleashes cartoon to take down Ted Cruz

Supreme Court takes up major immigration case

GOP candidates manage to miss national spotlight on Flint

British lawmakers consider what to do about Trump

#OscarsSoWhite: Academy head vows ‘big change’ coming after backlash

Trump, Clinton ahead in tracking poll and other headlines

Citations for the January 18, 2015 TRMS

‘Natural born’ issue for Ted Cruz is not settled and not going away

Does Bernie Sanders actually want to be president?

Steele: GOP should back Americans by supporting Employee Rights Act

Weekly tracking poll: Trump, Clinton still way ahead

Glenn Frey of The Eagles has died, band says

Monday’s Mini-Report, 1.18.16

How Ted Cruz gets ‘nasty’ without being nasty

Cruz says Trump ‘dismayed’ by his rise in polls

Poll: Contentious primary hurting GOP’s image

More National Guard troops move into Flint as water crisis widens

Flashback! Gas goes for 47-cents a gallon in Michigan

In three Deep Southern states, it’s not just Dr. King Day

British lawmakers condemn Trump, debate banning him

Trump tests evangelical message at Liberty University

Ted Cruz is not giving up on New Hampshire

Scholastic pulls children’s book criticized for depiction of happy slaves

Meet Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s Echo

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.18.16

On Iran, Reagan is the wrong example to follow

University of Cincinnati agrees to pay Samuel DuBose’s family $4.8M

Key House Republican faces Wall Street revolt

Cold snap, wicked wind chills affect more than 50 million Americans

Rubio sees ISIS as a convenient partisan tool

Donald Trump deploys daughter Ivanka in new radio ad

Clinton, Sanders offer Dems a choice: evolution or revolution?

#OscarsSoWhite backlash continues: Black stars call out Hollywood

Flint gets emergency declaration, Snyder gets defensive

Americans freed by Iran are met with joy, long-awaited reunions

El Chapo and I knew the risk of meeting, Sean Penn says

Ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day around the country

A triumph for diplomacy, Obama’s foreign policy

Federal emergency declared in Flint and other headlines

Sanders wrestles with Clinton on foreign policy

The most asked questions on Google during the Democratic debate

Michigan governor under pressure amid Flint water crisis

Sanders surges in debate that gets at core of Democratic divide

Democratic debate: Candidates focus on race, criminal justice

Sanders calls Bill Clinton’s behavior ‘deplorable’

Clinton raises women’s rights in Democratic debate

Sanders: DOJ should investigate every police-involved death

Republican candidates troll the Democratic debate

Candidates mum on foreign policy in first 100 days goals

Sanders and Clinton clash on health care at Dem debate

‘This is a good day’: Obama touts Iran nuclear deal, prisoner release

The issues dividing the Democrats

Three Americans reportedly kidnapped in Baghdad

South Carolina is first big test for Sanders among black voters

For the 2016 race, Charleston proves it’s ‘a tale of two cities’

Hillary Clinton: Nuclear deal ‘lowered the threat’ posed by Iran

Cher donates thousands of bottles of water to aid Flint crisis

Family of Robert Levinson, American missing in Iran, reacts to prisoner swap

Sanders: Clinton ‘getting defensive’ as polls tighten

Four things to watch at the final Democratic debate before Iowa

Rubio: Cruz decries NY ‘values’ but raises money there

Poll: Clinton holds 25-point national lead over Sanders

Poll: Sanders outperforms Clinton in matchup against Trump

Jason Rezaian, Amir Hekmati, Saeed Abedini leave Iran after prisoner swap

Clinton campaign rebukes top ally

Sanders reverses course on gun immunity vote

Flint, Michigan, water crisis: Obama signs emergency declaration

A tale of two cities in Charleston, backdrop for Dem debate

Sanctions lifted against Iran after nuclear watchdog verifies compliance

High stakes for Clinton and Sanders going into Sunday’s debate

Meet the Americans freed from Iranian prison

Trump hits Cruz over loans: “Great hypocrite”

How 2016 is not like 2008 for Hillary Clinton: It’s worse

Carson teams up with Christian star power

Four Iranian-Americans freed under prisoner swap deal, Iran media reports

Week in Geek: Giant reptile edition

Citations for the January 15, 2016 TRMS

‘MHP’ Syllabus: 01.16.16

Oregon police arrest man over federal vehicles stolen from refuge

How to watch the NBC News-YouTube Democratic debate

This Week in God, 1.16.16

The Democratic race: How we got here

Watch Live: NBC News – YouTube Democratic Debate

Clinton’s emails give glimpse into a candidate often under pressure

Where the presidential candidates stand according to social media

Friday’s Mini-Report, 1.15.16

Obama picks Kendrick over Drake in YouTube interview

New York Republican John Catsimatidis: Cruz ‘should be ashamed’

Ted Cruz gets hit with ‘birther’ lawsuit

The dystopian nightmare that only Republicans can see

Religious freedom arguments used to weaponize the First Amendment

Supreme Court to hear corruption appeal from former Virginia governor

Dems split between dreamers and doers in Clinton v. Sanders race

Did Ted Cruz blow it with his ‘New York values’ jab?

Opinion: The new US dietary guidelines miss a huge, crucial issue

GOP leader ‘offended’ by establishment label

How Obama plans to change how most of the country is powered

From ‘panic’ to ‘acceptance’ on Trump?

How did #OscarsSoWhite happen anyway?

Why Christie said he didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor when he actually did

Supreme Court considers Obama appeal on immigration actions

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.15.16

Chipotle to close all stores on Feb. 8 for food safety meeting

Latest polling shows a GOP frontrunner gaining steam

Christie is in a mendacious league of his own

Benghazi film ’13 Hours’ is already polarizing critics, audiences

Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ sells out after week on German bookshelves

Wal-Mart to close 269 stores as it retools fleet

Lindsey Graham throwing his support to Jeb Bush

Donald Trump and the stages of grief

Rubio tries his hand at mind-reading

Two US Marine helicopters collide mid-air off the coast of Hawaii

Fiorina defends attacks on Clinton marriage: ‘I think it’s all fair game’

Powerball winners?! Tennessee couple claims they won the jackpot on TODAY Show

President Obama is no ‘petulant child’

Lindsey Graham endorses Jeb Bush

Republican debate starts to separate wheat from chaff

New York Daily News takes aim at Ted Cruz for ‘New York values’ insult

Three big takeaways from the raucous Republican debate in South Carolina

The Rubio-Cruz immigration war heats up

Trump claims even some Muslims support his ban

2016 GOPers claim Obama and Clinton want to take all guns away

Cruz brings the fight to Trump on presidential eligibility

Rubio hits Christie on Planned Parenthood and Sotomayor

Republican candidates waste no time bringing up Iran crisis

Hillary Clinton: Trump is ‘more obsessed with me than I am with him’

Overall, majority of Americans approve of Obama’s State of the Union address

Dancing girls at Trump event turn wartime song into campaign ditty

Clinton: Sanders would ‘end all the kinds of health care we know’

Anglican Communion suspends US Episcopal Church over same-sex marriage

Would Cruz select Trump as veep?

Former DNC chair backs Bernie Sanders

Newly released video shows Chicago police shooting of teen

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 1.14.16

Trump more than doubles national lead in NBC/WSJ Poll

Fiorina: Unlike Clinton, I ‘enjoy spending time with my husband’

GOP leader: Americans ‘probably’ better off in Obama era

Alejandro González Iñárritu: Trump ‘a poor man whose only possession is money’

Phil Robertson: ‘Ted Cruz is my man’

Planned Parenthood sues anti-abortion group behind secret videos

Opinion: A quiet milestone for criminal justice reform

Rubio downplays previous flirtation with reasonableness

New Sanders ad takes aim at Clinton’s Wall Street donors

Carson campaign loses another major figure

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys arrested in Key West, Florida

‘One of the greatest actors’: Daniel Radcliffe pens moving post about Alan Rickman

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.14.16

A counter-terrorism record the GOP prefers not to see

31 down, 19 to go on Medicaid expansion

Echoes of ‘Making a Murderer’: The man released after 10 years on death row

How Nikki Haley evolved into her new role as GOP stateswoman

Obama shrinks Guantanamo population below threshold

So much for the ‘Obamacare hurts job creation’ argument

Alan Rickman, British actor known for ‘Harry Potter’ role, has died

#OscarsSoWhite again and 5 other snap judgments on Oscar nominations

Oscar nominations: ‘The Revenant,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ lead the race

SC’s Haley has forgettable first day in the national spotlight

Donald Trump responds to Nikki Haley, says ‘I’m very angry’

Mitt Romney says GOP is ‘nuts’ on one specific issue

Terrorists attack Jakarta, Indonesia; at least seven dead

Powerball jackpot: Winning tickets in $1.5 billion lottery sold in Calif., Fla., Tenn.

Citations for the January 13, 2015 TRMS

Kate del Castillo on El Chapo: Don’t believe everything said about me

Cruz dismisses report on undisclosed loan as a ‘filing error’

An environmental fight that’s poised to transcend partisan politics

Making sense of the Democratic fight over health care

‘Duck Dynasty’ star endorsement to air during NFL playoffs

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 1.13.16

The Republican debate is going to get nasty

Stocks fall sharply again on energy concerns; Dow off 364 points

Why was Nancy Pelosi checking her Apple Watch at the SOTU?

Al Jazeera America shutting down, network says

Why Obama’s refugee plan is unlikely to diffuse tensions with Democrats

’13 Hours’: Benghazi film faces uncertain box office, conservative praise

Paul Ryan struggles to explain Obama-era economy

Texts purportedly reveal El Chapo’s eagerness to meet actress Kate del Castillo

Obama administration to expand refugee plan

What Iran’s ‘fast’ release of US sailors tells us

National Guard deployed in Flint water crisis

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.13.16

As Sanders’ support grows, Dems face an unexpected 2016 scenario

Paul Ryan: I will support Donald Trump if he wins Republican nomination

‘We are so much better than this’: Reese Witherspoon reflects on sexism in Hollywood

Michigan’s Snyder activates National Guard for Flint

Trump hits back at Nikki Haley: ‘Very weak on illegal immigration’

2016 GOPers seize on SOTU as fresh meat

Latest polling points to tight Republican race

New Iowa poll shows Cruz, Trump battling for top spot

Iran releases U.S. sailors, situation resolved ‘peacefully and efficiently’

Ted Cruz slams New Yorkers, but doesn’t he want their votes?

Nikki Haley causes a stir in SOTU response

Hillary Clinton: ‘I’m not nervous at all’ about Sanders closing gap in polls

Nikki Haley: Donald Trump has contributed to ‘irresponsible talk’

President Obama makes his case for hope over fear

Joe Biden on cancer initiative: ‘This is personal for me’

Haley faces conservative backlash after GOP response to Obama

President Obama sets up contrast with Trump — and so does the GOP response

Iran frees U.S. sailors and other headlines

Haley warns against following ‘angriest voices’ in GOP response

Why there was an empty seat at Obama’s final State of the Union

Obama avoids ‘culture wars’ in final State of the Union

Obama rebukes anti-refugee politicians

Obama acknowledges challenges, seeks to reassure Americans on terror

‘The Snake’: Trump poetry slams Syrian refugees with allegorical song

Full text of President Obama’s final State of the Union address

Obama goes big on climate change

Cruz says Trump ’embodies New York values’

PULSE: Do you agree with what the president is saying?

Early excerpts: Obama to chide GOP, say ‘we must fix our politics’

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 1.12.16

Despite polling, uncertainty is the only thing certain in Democratic race

Pentagon: 2 US Navy boats with 10 American sailors held by Iran military

High hopes for criminal justice reform in State of the Union

Sanders, Clinton make the same pitch on electability

This could dramatically reshape debate over the death penalty

The GOP’s face tonight? Not Trump

Powerball jackpot hits staggering $1.5 billion

What the GOP’s State of the Union guests say about the party

Nearly 70% of ad dollars in 2016 race come from outside groups

Florida’s death penalty struck down by Supreme Court

The many immigration positions of Marco Rubio

Chelsea Clinton takes aim at Sanders over health

If immigration ‘consistency’ is key, Rubio has a problem

The Economy or terrorism: Which issue is most important to voters?

Say ‘hello’ to the carpooler of your dreams: Adele

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.12.16

A Declaration of Independents?

Kim Davis to attend State of the Union, attorney says

Supreme Court strikes down Florida death penalty law

Rand Paul ready for ‘war’ over 2016 debates

Fiorina: Clinton would ‘wipe the floor’ with Trump in general

The problem Jeb Bush doesn’t know how to solve

‘Plastic Soul’: David Bowie’s legacy and impact on black artists

Obama’s first campaign speech of 2016

Poll: Obama approval depends on voter characteristics

#OscarsSoWhite: Will the Academy Award nominations lack diversity again?

O’Malley takes No Labels to task

Biden: Obama offered financial help during Beau Biden’s illness

Rupert Murdoch announces engagement to Jerry Hall in The Times

GOP’s Dynamic Duo appears strong in latest polls

Gov. Scott Walker says no pardon for ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Steven Avery

Two Southern states point in two different directions

Quiz: Do you remember Obama’s previous State of the Union addresses?

President Obama on Donald Trump: ‘Talk to me if he wins’

Biden on Bernie and other headlines

Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district hit by blast; at least 10 dead, 15 wounded

Democrat presidential hopefuls face off at ‘Black and Brown Forum’

Five US citizens trapped in starving Syrian town of Madaya

Rand Paul says he’ll boycott debate after missing main stage

The most memorable memes from Obama’s SOTU addresses

Donald Trump on Hillary Clinton: ‘I haven’t even started on her yet’

Millions of ISIS cash destroyed in US airstrike

Cosby asks for dismissal of Pennsylvania sex assault charges

Hello from the other side: When 2016 reporters swapped beats

NBC online poll: Trump, Clinton retain double-digit national leads

Monday’s Mini-Report, 1.11.16

Labor unions face tough challenge at the Supreme Court

Stagnant wages linked to GOP outrage in 2016 race

On gun issue, Clinton on the offensive against Sanders

Why it’s a big deal 2016 Democrats are participating in a ‘Black and Brown Forum’

Baghdad mall attack leaves at least 10 civilians dead: Iraqi police

White House joins Snapchat

Shrugging off dismal polls and ‘sham’ process, Huckabee soldiers on

Five justices seem ready to strike down union rule

The most radical and dangerous idea in Rubio’s platform

Peach is the new iPhone app people are obsessed with

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.11.16

Carson’s loss is Cruz’s gain

The big Golden Globes winners of the night: Photos

Three weeks to go, three margin-of-error races

‘Morning Joe’ LIVE in Des Moines this Friday!

Playboy Mansion for sale, but Hugh Hefner wants to stay put

The GOP’s Obamacare alternative? Don’t hold your breath

Mexico formally begins extraditing ‘El Chapo’ to US

Trump says Democrats would attack Cruz on citizenship

From ‘Where are the jobs?’ to ‘Where are Republicans on jobs?’

Having an Ambassador to Mexico sure would be helpful right now

Latest polls send shudders through Republican establishment

Michigan’s Snyder facing nation’s most serious scandal

New 2016 polls and other headlines

Rock visionary David Bowie dies at 69

2016 Golden Globes full of awkward moments, genuine surprises

Planned Parenthood backs Hillary Clinton in primary race

Maine Democrats to press for impeachment of Gov. LePage

Pres. Obama won’t make Dem primary endorsement

US flies B-52 over S. Korea after North’s H-bomb claim

Clinton: Attacks on family’s past are ‘dead end’ for Trump

‘MHP’ Syllabus: 1.10.16

No Powerball jackpot winner, pot to grow to $1.3 billion

‘El Chapo’ gave interview to Sean Penn before arrest

Poll: Neck-and-neck 2016 races in Iowa, New Hampshire

Christie stands by backer LePage after “white girls” comment

Ted Cruz’s foreign policy adviser talks Syria, democracy, and art

Mexico aims to fulfill U.S. extradition request for ‘El Chapo’

Nigeria plans to resettle 2.2M people despite Boko Haram threat

Armed group refusing to leave Oregon wildlife refuge: sheriff

Bummer: Winning the lottery isn’t always a ticket to happiness

‘MHP’ Syllabus: 1.9.16

Cruz suggests voters give Clinton ‘spanking’

This Week in God, 1.9.16

Hillary Clinton slams Bernie Sanders on guns

How to help Flint, Michigan

Clinton calls on Dunham, Wambach, for star-powered boost in N.H.

Bernie Sanders on Lewinsky affair: ‘I’m not running against Bill Clinton’

Will SCOTUS gut public sector unions?

Quiz: This news quiz is inescapable

Cruz blames birther talk on ‘Washington cartel,’ not Trump

Friday’s Mini-Report, 1.8.16

Christie: Americans have a president ‘who we don’t know’

Bernie Sanders under fire after Obama’s warning shot on guns

The Great 2015 Sunday Show Race

El Chapo: Mexican president tweets notorious drug kingpin captured

New photos show the suffering in western Syrian city

Clinton talks selfies, Kim Kardashian with Ellen DeGeneres

President Obama vetoes health care repeal bill

Maine Gov. Paul LePage has history of controversial remarks

Bumps in the road for states trying to block Syrian refugees

Reaching the point at which even tears are politicized

North Dakota man arrested after saying he planned to abduct Obama dog Bo

‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch’s mother Tonya arraigned in Texas

Powerball jackpot hits $800M, largest US lottery prize ever

Sanders: If LBJ followed Clinton ‘we would not have Medicare’

Maine Gov. Paul LePage apologizes for ‘white girl’ remark

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.8.16

Wal-Mart sued over sale of bullets used in Pennsylvania murders

The election and the Supreme Court’s ‘make-or-break moment’

Poll: US mainstream sides with Obama on guns

These boots are made for mocking, and that’s just what they’ll do

Adele and Bill Cosby star in 2016’s harshest attack ads so far

Donald Trump, captain chaos

Even the right can’t deny job market’s hot streak

Job market wraps up 2015 on a very strong note

US created 292,000 jobs in December, beating estimates

Six reasons to watch the Golden Globes this year

GOP governor under fire following racially charged comments

White House weighs in on ‘Making a Murderer’ petition

Citations for the January 7, 2015 TRMS

Obama takes on gun reform in cable news town hall

Despite screening, protesters disrupt Trump’s Vermont rally

Maine Gov: Out-of-state drug dealers often ‘impregnate a young white girl’

Sheriff has first meeting with armed Oregon land occupiers

Congressman to introduce bill to revoke Cosby’s Medal of Freedom

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 1.7.16

GOP rep: censure Obama over gun policy

Obama administration may have fumbled deportation raids in a big way

Despite order from chief justice, same-sex marriage in Alabama lives on

Bill Clinton in Iowa: ‘You’ll never have a chance to vote for a better candidate’

In a first, Planned Parenthood endorses Hillary Clinton in primary

Marco Rubio says he’ll ‘reexamine’ benefits for Cuban immigrants

Florida executes serial killer Oscar Ray Bolin

Dow, Nasdaq close down triple digits, in correction on China worries

Donald Trump starts linking Bill Cosby to the Clintons

Op-Ed: Obama Unveils Executive Action on Guns

Paul Ryan captures what’s wrong with the gun debate

Who’s mad about the new dietary guidelines? Cancer experts, for one

Why rumored Beyoncé biopic of Saartjie Baartman riled some critics

Christie on Rubio: Hillary Clinton would ‘cut his heart out’

Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.7.16

Explaining the Trump-Cruz bromance

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ becomes highest grossing domestic movie of all time

Why McCain’s shot across Cruz’s bow matters

Adele’s album more popular than soccer in UK

Latest incident adds to long list of terror in Paris

Rubio takes a turn, follows Trump’s lead on 2016 tone

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ becomes highest grossing domestic movie of all time

Florida Atlantic University fires professor who questioned Sandy Hook massacre

Carson pushes ‘surreptitious’ monitoring of US education

Vermont officials warn of safety concerns for overbooked Trump event

Tamir Rice’s mother ‘sad’ LeBron James hasn’t spoken out on son’s death

John Yoo wants to talk about federal ‘overreactions’

No jackpot winning Powerball tickets sold in $500 million drawing

O’Malley: Ted Cruz is more ‘outrageous, unqualified,’ than Donald Trump

Alabama’s Roy Moore tries to block marriage equality

Paris attacker killed by cops had paper with ISIS flag on it: official

Meet Candy, the woman behind Dr. Carson

Citations for the January 6, 2015 TRMS

Chinese stock market tanks, trading halted

Joe Biden on forgoing presidential bid: ‘I regret it every day’

Ted Cruz is leading in Iowa. Can it last through February?

Bill Cosby escapes criminal charges on two rape cases

Cruz: Better to ‘inflict’ a transgender student on teachers than teens

Grand jury indicts trooper in Sandra Bland traffic stop for perjury

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 1.6.16

White House has reason to celebrate auto-industry data

After a campaign shake up, Ben Carson sees signs of enthusiasm in Iowa

Latest polling shows surprisingly tight race in first GOP primary

Bernie Sanders confronts his electability vulnerability

Alabama chief justice orders halt to same-sex marriage

Libertarian Gary Johnson announces 2016 White House run

Oregon occupiers to face charges when siege ends: sheriff

Has Donald Trump met his match with Samuel L. Jackson?

Obamacare repeal dead-enders refuse to move on

GOP establishment race gets ugly

Congress sends Obamacare repeal to president for first time

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.6.16

GOP’s Benghazi Committee passes ignominious milestone

Chipotle says it faces criminal investigation in food illness case

Melania Trump says she leaves the politics to Donald

Finding room to Trump’s right on immigration

Republicans pounce on purported North Korean hydrogen bomb test

The wrong gun complaints from senators who know better

North Korea’s hydrogen bomb proclamation: 5 things to know

The GOP establishment lane is crowded — and flawed

After North Korea boast, Rubio blames U.S. leaders

Is Ted Cruz a natural born citizen? Ask the founders

Powerball: What you need to know about the $500 million jackpot

The missing piece from the GOP’s anti-Obama pitch on guns

Whoopi Goldberg resurrects ‘African-American’ vs. ‘American’ debate

A new kind of Birtherism for the 2016 campaign

H-bomb claim and other headlines

Citations for the January 5, 2015 TRMS

North Korea ‘quake’ may have been H-bomb test

Trump revives concerns over nominating Canadian-born Cruz

Judge delays deposition of Bill Cosby’s wife in defamation suit

Candidates get personal, emotional while discussing drug addiction

US Attorney probes Flint’s lead-tainted drinking water as governor declares emergency

‘I need to get home’: Oregon occupiers hint at exit plan

Tragedy of young lives lost pushes Obama to take executive action

FBI seeks help tracking San Bernardino killers’ post-attack movements

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 1.5.16

Franklin Graham explains his ‘campaign for God’

Bernie Sanders makes the case for banking at post offices

Sticking to ‘New Year’s resolution,’ Clinton sidesteps Trump attacks

South Carolina’s Nikki Haley to deliver State of the Union response

Oregon standoff: Ammon Bundy makes radical pledge as FBI mulls next move

US West Point academy swears in first woman commandant of cadets

Obama makes an emotional push on guns

UK Parliament will debate barring Trump from country

Wendy Davis and others tell SCOTUS their abortion stories

GOP may try to block Obama’s new executive actions. It’s worked for them before.

Obama announcement puts gun control at center of 2016 campaign

What are voters looking for in 2016 presidential candidates?

Cruz and Rubio fight for control of the GOP’s foreign policy

Is Hollywood no longer mad at Mel Gibson?

Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.5.16

Obama: ‘We are here to prevent the next mass shooting’

Obama reverses long-term trend on wealthy, taxes

NARAL endorses Hillary Clinton, making up for 2008 snub

US Special Operations Forces attacked in Afghanistan near Marjah, officials say

State lawmakers prep impeachment order against GOP governor

Chris Christie suddenly worthy of rivals’ attacks

First Read: Chris Christie becomes top target for rivals in New Hampshire

GOP governor blinks in Medicaid fight

‘Making a Murderer’ filmmakers: Juror believes Steven Avery was ‘framed’

Rams, Raiders join Chargers in filing for relocation to Los Angeles

Rubio inadvertently slams his own allies on national security

Obama goes around GOP, takes new steps to prevent gun deaths

Fiorina calls Trump the ‘Kim Kardashian of politics’

Sheriff to occupiers: ‘go home’ and other headlines

Hillary Clinton’s closing argument of the primary

Citations for the January 4, 2016 TRMS

Bill Clinton helps Hillary’s campaign where he’s needed most

Trump takes a different tack as protesters punctuate event

Gov. Nathan Deal withdraws order stopping Syrian refugee resettlement

President Obama pushes to increase gun buyer background checks

Poll: Trump leads, but when it comes to second choice, Cruz is on top

Michael Slager, SC cop who killed unarmed motorist Walter Scott, granted $500,000 bond

Monday’s Mini-Report, 1.4.16

Cruz: Attacks against me show that other campaigns are ‘panicking’

GOP candidates weigh in on Oregon standoff

Poll: Clinton maintains lead over Sanders heading into primaries

Poll: Trump still leads the GOP field

Trump ad fact checked for Mexican border footage, campaign says ‘no sh–‘

Win a Ted Cruz shotgun

Hillary Clinton slams GOP vote to repeal Obamacare

Deportation crackdown rounds up 121 immigrant adults and children

Oregon standoff: Armed protesters, political reaction and #YallQaeda

How Republicans and Democrats feel about their opponents

Meet Ammon and Ryan Bundy, the activists leading the Oregon standoff

Trump takes his racially charged message to the airwaves

Ted Cruz calls for Oregon armed protesters to ‘stand down’

Amid campaign chaos, Carson rolls out flat tax plan

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 1.4.16

Billboard: Adele’s ’25’ is officially the top-selling album of 2015

Rubio slams ‘isolationist candidates’ in foreign policy speech

Long-awaited NYC Chick-fil-A still closed

The sign that anti-abortion clinics say tramples their religious liberty

China worries send US stocks tumbling; Dow down 1.58 percent

Charlie Hebdo releases cover year after attack

‘Making a Murderer’ inspires petitions calling for presidential pardon

Bill Clinton’s 2016 debut shadowed by Donald Trump

UK government responds to petition calling for Donald Trump ban

The sprint to Iowa and New Hampshire starts now

North Carolina pastor disarms vet during New Year’s service

Does ISIS murderer ‘Jihadi John’ have a successor?

Could Huckabee and Santorum backers derail Cruz in Iowa?

FBI seeks ‘peaceful’ end to armed standoff at Oregon federal building

Jeb Bush blames Trump’s rise on Obama

NSA, Israel revelations lead to fresh ‘impeachment’ talk

Another controversy poses new threat to Rubio campaign

Terror group uses Trump for recruiting video

Ted Cruz takes shots from social conservative candidates

Carson picks new team following behind-the-scenes chaos

Militia members occupy Oregon refuge, vow to stay for ‘years’

Donald Trump releases first TV ad of 2016 primary season

‘Star Wars’ box office surpasses ‘Titanic,’ ‘Jurassic World’

Rubio: Trump is ‘not the cause of radical jihadists’

Mark your calendar: Must-know political dates for 2016

Chris Brown investigated by Las Vegas PD for alleged battery, theft

Militia members occupy Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon

Kasich knocks Rubio’s experience, warns GOP of Obama ‘amnesia’

Poll: Whites and Republicans rank as angriest Americans

‘MHP’ Syllabus: 01.03.16

Suspect who fled after killing 2 in Tel Aviv identified

Mississippi flood surge rushes south as St Louis cleans up

Arab Spring cleric Nimr al-Nimr among 47 executed by Saudi Arabia

‘MHP’ Syllabus: 01.02.16

Al Shabaab terror group uses Trump clip in propaganda film: analysts

This Week in God, 1.2.16

Ex-rep Mike Oxley dies; helped create post-Enron law

New York sues to get DraftKings, FanDuel to return money

Clinton campaign says it raises $37M in fourth quarter

Natalie Cole, American singer, songwriter, dies at 65

Ben Carson campaign loses two more staffers

‘Affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch and mom had gun with them: Report

Two killed, seven hurt in shooting at Tel Aviv cafe-bar

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake hits north of Oklahoma City

Pope: Now’s the time to end indifference, ‘false neutrality’

State Dept. releases more Clinton emails, misses 2015 quota

Towns south of St. Louis brace for Mississippi River floods

Obama to discuss executive action on guns with Attorney General Lynch

Throngs usher in 2016 at bash in New York’s Times Square

New Year’s Day: Hundreds of new laws across the country go into effect