Official Statement by Dr. Ben Carson  —  I have decided not to attend the Fox News GOP Presidential Debate tomorrow night in Detroit.  Even though I will not be in my hometown of Detroit on Thursday, I remain deeply committed to my home nation, America.  I do not see a political path forward …

Establishment Republicans Are Furious With John Kasich  —  WASHINGTON — On Tuesday night as return after return came in and Marco Rubio failed to break through, many establishment Republicans grew angrier that John Kasich was still in the race.  —  One of them was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …

Travis County GOP Apoplectic Over New Chairman … The newly elected chair of the Republican Party in the county that includes the Texas Capitol spent most of election night tweeting about former Gov. Rick Perry's sexual orientation and former President Bill Clinton's penis …

GOP strategist Castellanos: Time to rally around Trump, ‘too late to ask mommy to step in and rewrite rules’  —  Even as major Republican donors coalesced Wednesday around a last-ditch effort to halt Donald Trump's march toward the GOP presidential nomination, resignation was setting in among some onetime Trump critics.

Political Cesspool Host James Edwards Reports From Inside Donald Trump's Press Pen  —  I attended a Donald Trump rally in Memphis on Saturday night as a fully credentialed member of the media and enjoyed the unique experience of being able to air a live broadcast of The Political Cesspool Radio Program …

KING: As violence erupts at Super Tuesday Trump rally, it's only a matter of time before someone gets killed at future events  —  On Monday, 30 black students attending a Donald Trump rally at Valdosta State University in rural Georgia were forcefully ejected — simply for being black.

Police: Former CEO of Chesapeake Aubrey McClendon killed in car wreck  —  OKLAHOMA CITY - Police officers confirm that a man killed in a car wreck early Wednesday morning is the former CEO of Chesapeake Aubrey McClendon  —  On Wednesday, firefighters were called to a car wreck on Midwest Blvd., between Memorial and 122nd St.

Family mourns transgender woman who died after eating seeds from ‘suicide tree’  —  CALUMET CITY, Ill. — A mother of a 22-year-old transgender woman is warning other parents to beware of a deadly seed from an Asian plant called the “suicide tree.”  —  Two weeks ago, Natosha Anderson found …

Chris Christie's wordless screaming  —  Is Chris Christie okay?  —  I believe that Donald Trump was talking, tonight, and that he, in fact, held an entire press conference.  But it was impossible to hear him over Chris Christie's eyes.  —  Chris Christie spent the entire speech screaming wordlessly.

Supreme Court Appears Sharply Divided as It Hears Texas Abortion Case  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sharply and perhaps evenly divided in its first major abortion case in almost a decade, one that has the potential to revise constitutional standards and to affect millions of women.

Charlie Baker won't vote for Donald Trump in November  —  NORTH ANDOVER — Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker, under pressure from Democrats and the news media to take a position on whether he would publicly support Donald J. Trump, should he be the GOP presidential nominee …

Tavis Smiley: Black America could get on Trump train  —  Hillary might look like a shoo-in with African-American voters, but don't be too sure.  —  With Hillary Clinton racking up more overwhelming victories in Super Tuesday primaries thanks to the overwhelming support of African-American voters …

From high seas to high tech: Pirates hack shipping company  —  File photo - A cargo ship is seen crossing through the New Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt, July 25, 2015.  (REUTERS/Stringer)  —  Cunning tech-savvy pirates hacked a shipping company's systems, enabling them to carefully target cargo on the firm's vessels.

Democrats to Clinton: Don't laugh off Trump threat  —  It's time to stop pointing and laughing at the Republican primary.  For all the GOP front-runner's flaws, many veteran Democrats are beginning to conclude, Donald Trump is a canny operator who just might end up in the White House if they're not careful.