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Associated PressSeptember 23, 2015

Donald Trump says he’s done appearing on Fox News shows for the “foreseeable future” because he doesn’t like the network’s coverage of his presidential campaign. The billionaire businessman and leading Republican candidate tweets that Fox News has been treating him “very unfairly” and that he’s stop appearing on its shows. Trump has been feuding with […]

Associated PressSeptember 23, 2015

An independent audit commissioned by the Florida Department of Corrections has concluded that Florida’s prisons are so “chronically understaffed” that an emergency should be declared to keep corrections officers and inmates safe. The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times Tallahassee bureau reported Tuesday that the National Institute of Corrections report says the lack of prison staff costs the […]

Associated PressSeptember 23, 2015

In a moment weaving strands of politics, religion and emotion, Pope Francis and President Barack Obama are set to meet in the grandeur of the Oval Office to advance causes dear to them both. Eagerly watching will be a nation that cannot get enough of Francis, a humble man rejuvenating American Catholicism while giving heartburn […]

Associated PressSeptember 22, 2015

Scott Walker and Rick Perry entered the 2016 presidential race with a combined 18 years of experience as governors. They exited the Republican primary – the first candidates to do so – with negligible support and dwindling bank accounts. Although Walker and Perry were both flawed candidates, their swift demise is a warning to others […]

Associated PressSeptember 22, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says “P.C. culture” is to blame for the fallout over his statement against electing a Muslim president. Carson tells reporters in Ohio on Tuesday that his view is that anyone wanting to be president must embrace the Constitution and American principles. He says anyone who does can be president. Carson […]

Associated PressSeptember 22, 2015

For Scott Walker, it wasn’t one thing that led to the demise of his presidential campaign. It was just about everything. Financial troubles. A bloated staff. Repeated stumbles and flip flops. A candidate that professed to be a fighter, but too often, didn’t show all that much fight. The Wisconsin governor, who dropped out of […]

Associated PressSeptember 21, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina impressed many with her strong performance in the second presidential debate, as she railed passionately against Planned Parenthood and outlined her hardline views on foreign policy. But she showed off a lighter side during a taping of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” set to air Monday night. Fiorina, the […]

Associated PressSeptember 21, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush pushed back against more than a dozen protesters who repeatedly heckled him Monday with chants of “No hope without our vote” as he tried to address a national Hispanic business group. The former Florida governor was forced to halt his speech before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Houston […]

Associated PressSeptember 21, 2015

No handshakes, selfies or fist bumps when Pope Francis enters the House chamber for his historic speech to Congress. That’s the message from House and Senate leaders, who in a letter asked lawmakers to refrain “from handshakes and conversations along and down the center aisle during the announced arrivals of the Senate, dean of the […]

Associated PressSeptember 21, 2015

Bernie Sanders doesn’t kiss babies. He promises them a revolution. “This is for you,” the upstart Democratic presidential candidate told 3-month-old Lily Landretti after an event in southeastern Iowa. He meant his insurgent campaign. Lily just kept gurgling. In an age of carefully planned campaigns, the Vermont senator is different. A self-identified grump, Sanders gets […]

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Off the air: Donald Trump boycotts Fox News over campaign coverage

Audit details “dangerous” understaffing at Florida prisons

Pope, president to seek common ground in Oval Office visit

Ranks thinning, traditional GOP candidates try to adapt

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson blames “PC culture”

Analysis: For Scott Walker, a cascade of troubles ends campaign

GOP’s Carly Fiorina shows off a lighter side on ‘The Tonight Show’

Hispanic protesters heckle Jeb Bush in Houston

No handshakes, fist bumps for pope’s speech to Congress

Bernie Sanders gets grumpy, but voters like him that way