Don't buy into the hype that Joe Biden is necessarily the most electable Democrat

38 minutes ago | Business Insider

In recent weeks, former Vice President Joe Biden 's team has doubled down and explicitly appealed to electability and framing Biden as the sole candidate who can feasibly beat...
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A Small Number of Fact-Checkers Now Define Our Reality

1 hour ago | Real Clear Politics

Social media platforms have come to define the modern digital world - and the real world it's meant to represent. We turn to these platforms for news, to interact with elected...
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Romanian PM Dancila gets party nod to run for president

1 hour ago | National Post

BUCHAREST - Romania's ruling Social Democrats on Saturday confirmed Prime Minister Viorica Dancila as the party's candidate in a Nov. 10 presidential election that polls show...
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Democratic presidential candidates don't want to sound too happy about the prospect of a Trump recession - even though it could be their ticket to victory in 2020

4 hours ago | Business Insider

Democrats face a dilemma in how to respond to the looming prospect of an economic downturn, which would likely dent President Donald Trump's chances of re-election in...
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Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for casting vote in 2016 election while on supervised release

10 hours ago | NBC News

In our new ongoing series “Justice For All,” Lester Holt speaks with a Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison after voting in the 2016 election while she was on...
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Federal election leaders' debate will feature five moderators - four of them from Ontario

11 hours ago | National Post

EDMONTON - When the five main party leaders take to the stage for one of the major televised leaders' debates during the election, they'll stand before five moderators, all of...
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Democratic Party leaders catch grief from moderates and liberals as they look to 2020 election

13 hours ago | The Washington Post

Meeting in San Francisco, party leaders were criticized for debate rules by moderates and for failing to agree to a climate-change debate by liberals.
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'You remain a frickin' coward': Trump taunting a 2020 Democratic candidate and retired Marine isn't a laughing matter for some veterans

13 hours ago | Business Insider

Democratic presidential candidates, lawmakers, and veterans scrutinized President Donald Trump's lack of military service, following his jeers against Democratic Rep. Seth...
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NC Board of Elections OKs bar code ballots

14 hours ago | WRAL

Citizen push to require hand-marked ballots falls short, but it's up to counties whether to buy newly certified equipment.
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David Koch Is Gone, but His Pipelines Are Here to Stay

15 hours ago | The New Republic

David Koch, the marginally less-vile of the vile duo known as the Koch Brothers, is dead. Setting aside the fact that Charles was always the more powerful and, as a result, the...
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Former police officer accused of lying to get warrant faces murder charges...

A former Houston police officer who authorities said lied to obtain a search warrant for a raid in which two people died and five officers were injured has been charged with... Read more ...

Florida man convicted in parking lot shooting of black man

Michael Drejka could get 30 years Read more ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for malignant tumor on pancreas

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone radiation treatment for a malignant tumor that was discovered on her pancreas, the Supreme Court said. The 86-year-old on Friday... Read more ...

Iran announces successful test of ‘new missile' amid rising Gulf tensions

Tehran successfully test-fired a new missile, according to the leader of the elite Revolutionary Guards. The launch comes as Tehran seeks to deter military escalation with the... Read more ...

Gregorius helps Yankees pound Dodgers 10-2

LOS ANGELES - Didi Gregorius hit a grand slam off Hyun-Jin Ryu and added a solo shot to help the Yankees set a club record for homers in a month, and New York routed the Los... Read more ...

Trade War Heats Up Again As China Sets Tariffs On $75 Billion In U.S. Goods...

China says it will slap tariffs on autos and thousands of other U.S. goods. It's an escalation of a trade war that has rippled through the world economy and raised U.S... Read more ...

Burglars caught on camera stealing money from 4-year-old boy's piggy bank

The little boy was saving money for a trip to Dave and Buster's, according to his family. Read more ...

Gregorius slam off Ryu, Yankees hit 5 HRs, rout Dodgers 10-2

LOS ANGELES - Scratching for runs while losing three straight in Oakland left the New York Yankees in a mood heading south to Los Angeles. Read more ...

Flaherty, Ozuna help Cards past Rockies, back into 1st place

ST. LOUIS - Jack Flaherty pitched six scoreless innings, Marcell Ozuna homered and drove in three runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 8-3 on Friday night. Read more ...

Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Carrying Humanoid Robot Aborts Docking at Space Station

An uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft was forced to abort an attempted docking at the International Space Station early Saturday . Read more ...