Politics

Since Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential race, it has been difficult to determine if life is imitating art or if art is imitating life. In either case, the Republican presidential front-runner's foreign policy plan, which was released over the Easter holiday, is a dead ringer for something that could have been released by his transgressive political double on Netflix: Frank Underwood, the fictitious president on House Of Cards, who is played by actor Kevin Spacey.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed victories in Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, scooping up key delegates in the primary race against front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Turns out "professional political activists" and their well-printed signs are all the confirmation Hatch needed to go forth in good faith obstructing Garland’s nomination to the highest court in the land.

Most Democrats (80 percent) back Garland, while 45 percent of the overall public have a positive outlook about his nomination.

The sisters may have taken it a bit too far this time. Diamond and Silk appeared on a radio show with White nationalist John Friend, who, the news site points out, is a "Holocaust denier" who has said the only "real Americans" are White people and who often uses his blog, The Realist Report, to spew "racist and anti-Semitic views."

Through civic engagement, Congressman Bishop believes we will be able to "wake up" leaders in our community and get them involved in the challenges we're facing and "the urgency of meeting these challenges."

Here are just some examples of the horrifying things the two candidates have said in the wake of the attack that prove they are using the tragedy as political gain...or as a continuation of their xenophobic rhetoric.

Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have upped the ante in what could serve as a reality television show instead a race for the most esteemed office in the world: President of the United States. The virtual sparring erupted Tuesday after Trump accused Cruz of using a G.Q. magazine picture of his wife, Melania, a former model, in an ad.

Early primary voters head to the polls Tuesday in Arizona, Utah and Idaho.

As President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama allow us to see more of their daughters, Malia and Sasha, we like what we see! Last week, we oohed and aahed over their poise and grace at the White House Canadian State Dinner. Now, social media is abuzz over a photo of Malia, 17, serving as a translator for her father.

Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday acknowledged increasing chances that the party will be facing an "open convention," noting the ongoing opposition posed against Trump by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Without a clear cut nominee, the party will have to resort to a floor fight to pick a nominee.

As Hillary Clinton inches closer to gaining the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States, the nation's current leader made a weighty appeal on the former first lady's behalf. At a dinner last Friday, President Barack Obama appealed to donors at the private to rally around Clinton, The New York Times reports.