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Trump: As president, I would prosecute Clinton

Donald Trump said Monday night that he believes Hillary Clinton will likely get away with her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.  Read more

Biden: President Should 'Not Name A Nominee Until After The November Election'

On Monday, C-SPAN tweeted a clip of then-senator Joe Biden saying President George H.W. Bush should wait until after the November election to name a nominee.  Read more

Confirmed: Ted Cruz won younger voters in South Carolina

There was little suspense during Saturday’s S.C. GOP primary.  Read more

For third state in a row, Hillary loses youth vote by massive margins

But, there is one group Hillary has managed to lose every time: young people.  Read more

Bill would reduce reach of liberal court

A pair of Republican senators has resurrected an old idea: splitting the Ninth Circuit, the largest and most liberal court of appeals in the country, into two courts.  Read more

What Scalia's death means for the biggest Supreme Court cases

A devout Catholic, Justice Antonin Scalia once wrote that "for the believing Christian, death is no big deal."  Read more

After South Carolina

There seem to me to be two dominant scenarios for what happens next in the Republican presidential race.  Read more

Trump to Pope: “When the Vatican is attacked by ISIS”… Read more at

A war of words erupted between presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Pope Francis after the Pope suggested that Trump was “not a Christian."  Read more

Trump continues to align with left on foreign policy

Donald Trump appears poised to roll to victory in South Carolina pushing an foreign policy agenda that's largely indistinguishable from President Obama's.  Read more

In South Carolina, Bush family, friends gather as end nears

So it wasn't surprising that there was a big media turnout at Bush's townhall here in Columbia Thursday.  Read more

The Justice as Writer

Scalia's writing could swing in an instant from steely argument to wild lampoon and then combine the two and never lose its ease and gracefulness.  Read more

Canadian Island welcomes American immigrants ‘if Trump wins’

Liberals are starting to get worried if he wins the presidency.  Read more

Rubio surging with young voters in South Carolina: Upset brewing?

If the South Carolina Republican primary plays out as polls have been predicting, Donald Trump will win and there will be a battle between Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz for second place.  Read more

Obama defends planned Cuba trip

The White House announced Thursday morning that President Obama will travel to Havana March 21-22 and meet with Cuban dictator Raul Castro.  Read more

Senate GOP likely to hold line on Supreme Court pick

Republican insiders predicted Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wouldn't back down from his pledge to block President Obama's expected pick to succeed the late conservative justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.  Read more

Like Socialism: College aid favors wealthy and poor, leaves middle class behind

The development of American higher education has meant a changing role and responsibility in society, but it’s squeezed the middle class in ways that the poorest and wealthiest students haven’t experienced.  Read more

Cruz's military plan would add $155B to Pentagon budget

If Sen. Ted Cruz's defense plan was put into effect in fiscal 2017, he would be spending about $738 billion, or about $155 billion more than the Obama administration's ask for next year.  Read more

How Scalia's death will reshape 2016

The battle for control of the Supreme Court is putting an urgent premium on presidential electability, political strategists on both sides of the aisle told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.  Read more