(ABC News) -- President Barack Obama has nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Garland, a judicial moderate, currently serves as chief judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The announcement comes…
(ABC News) -- After Bernie Sanders was projected to lose the first three of the five Mini Super Tuesday states to Hillary Clinton, he turned the focus to his own campaign in an hour-long speech to supporters in Phoenix, Arizona,…
President Obama will announce his pick to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia last month.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican and Democratic presidential front runners are one step closer to clinching their parties' nominations after Tuesday's primaries. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's lead in the race for delegates is growing, with confirmed primary wins in…
(ABC News) -- President Obama used an annual St. Patrick's Day lunch on Capitol Hill…
In the biggest day of voting since Super Tuesday, Americans in five states and one territory head to the polls today to cast their ballots for the presidential nomination.
(ABC News) -- The Republican Party filed a flurry of new lawsuits this week seeking reams of government documents related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. The Republican National Committee filed four complaints on Monday…
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump today said that despite some of the recent violence at his rallies, he has no plans to change the script.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP)-- Today voters head to the polls in five states for their presidential primaries. And Republicans Marco Rubio and John Kasich are fighting for their political futures. They're desperate for wins in their home states of Florida and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department says the agency never recommended that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cancel his campaign rally in the city. CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tells The Associated Press that the department never…
ABC News-- Donald Trump's Chicago rally Friday night was postponed as large crowds of supporters and protesters gathered outside. "Mr. Trump just arrived in Chicago and after meeting with law enforcement has determined that for the safety of all the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham is expressing his concerns about a possible Supreme Court nominee. Graham says the nominee that Hillary Clinton might choose could be a more liberal candidate than the one President Obama might nominate. Here's…
(ABC News) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson formally endorsed Donald Trump today at the Mar-A-Largo club in Palm Beach, Florida, calling the GOP front-runner "a very intelligent man who cares deeply about America." Trump introduced Carson as a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Straight off a debate match up in Miami the GOP candidates are back on the campaign trail. Last night though, the debate was over the issues and did not focus as much on the mudslinging, say experts.…
Time-lapse footage of the CNN debate stage being built ahead of Thursday's Republican debate in Miami, Florida.
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