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Ben Rhodes addresses 9/11 Commission report's classified 28 pages and Trump: If I win, I might oust RNC chairman
A top aide to President Barack Obama who also worked on the 9/11 Commission report, said the the Saudi government did not overtly support al Qaeda leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks, but that individuals in the country did. Ben Rhodes would...
Sanders makes taxes public, Japan rumbles in new quake, Kwame Jackson speaks out about Donald Trump
Rescue crews scrambled through rubble Saturday morning in a desperate search for survivors of a magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck Japan's Kyushu Island, the same region rattled by a 6.2 quake two days earlier. The death toll in the Kyushu earthquake..
CNN's key Clinton-Sanders debate in New York, Clinton-Sanders campaigns join DNC suit, Russia defends close encounter with U.S. Navy missile destroyer
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will face off in CNN's Democratic presidential debate in Brooklyn Thursday night as they spar ahead of a critical contest in New York -- a state where both candidates have deep roots. The April 19 primary here will...
Cruz and family town hall
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday accused Donald Trump supporters of "acting like union boss thugs" in pursuit of the Republican Party nomination, saying during CNN's town hall that they are intimidating potential Republican National Convention delegates.
Trump: Rules "Unfair", Reince Priebus refutes "fairness" complaint, Bernie and Occupy
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus sought Wednesday to rebuff complaints about the GOP nominating process levied by front-runner Donald Trump. "It's clearly not (rigged)," he told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room." "Look,...
'Count me out,' says Paul Ryan, Trump rages, Zika virus 'scarier than initially thought'
Paul Ryan: 'Count me out'. House speaker tries to end talk he'll enter presidential race. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday tried to end speculation that he may be a late entrant into the Republican presidential race. "Let me be clear: I do...
'Man in the hat' talking Brussels, Trump claims Cruz dirty, Kasich to voters: 'Let it go'
A resounding win in Colorado's GOP contest this weekend provided fresh evidence that Donald Trump's campaign is still scrambling to catch up in the state-by-state delegate hunt. But the Trump campaign's threat that they might challenge the Colorado...
Mohamed Abrini arrested in Belgium, Bruce Springsteen cancels North Carolina concert, ISIS releases hundreds of Syrian cement factory workers
About 300 workers and contractors have been released days after ISIS-linked militants took over a cement factory in Syria, the ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency reported Friday. The report has not been officially corroborated. The militants had...
Bill Clinton spars with Black Lives Matter protesters, Sanders taking the low road?, Bill de Blasio hits Sanders for comment
Bill Clinton traded verbal shots in a feisty 15-minute exchange with Black Lives Matter protesters in Philadelphia on Thursday, as he defended his wife's presidential bid. The protesters shouted that "black youth are not super predators," taking...
Convention cage match?, Bernie rolls into Brooklyn, North Korean nuclear rockets?
The long and winding road to the Republican nomination. Following his loss in the Wisconsin primary, Donald Trump is entering the final stretch of the 2016 Republican primary contest facing an uphill battle to capture the 1,237 delegates required...