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PA’s Toomey latest GOP senator to agree to meet Garland

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Pat Toomey on Wednesday became the latest Republican senator to say he’ll meet with President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, but…

Obama nominates Garland to high court, challenging GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging Republicans to drop their adamant refusal…

Obama says GOP leaders to blame for party ‘crackup’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Years of Republican hardline politics and divisive rhetoric have spawned Donald Trump and the “crackup” of the GOP, President Barack Obama said…

Racial feud erupts as Republicans fight ‘unstoppable’ Trump

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — The final-days sprint to Super Tuesday sparked a scramble among Republican candidates Monday looking to stop billionaire businessman Donald Trump from…

Former Klan leader at center of latest GOP campaign joust

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is drawing criticism for refusing to denounce an implicit endorsement from former Ku Klux Klan leader…

Obama to nominate Scalia successor ‘in due time’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Saturday night he would seek to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice…

Clinton camp urged ex-State Dept. employee to testify

WASHINGTON (AP) — Aides to presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton urged a former State Department employee who helped set up her private email server to…

Loretta Lynch wins confirmation as attorney general; first Black female to hold post

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch won confirmation to serve as attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced her to wait more than…

Black DA to decide charges against White Wisconsin officer

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The story has played out the same way in Ferguson, Missouri, New York City and Milwaukee. A White police officer kills…

Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul Wednesday…

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