Inside Rubio's collapse: A fateful decision that helped unravel his campaign … MIAMI — Marco Rubio had suffered three electoral thumpings in a row when the Florida senator and his image-makers abruptly shifted strategy.  The aspirational candidate, whose presidential campaign was built …

In Her Own Words  —  On Tuesday night, I went to cover Donald Trump's press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida.  I was looking to cover the event like I have covered many live political events for Breitbart News, including an uneventful Trump press conference in Palm Beach the week before.

Scarborough: GOP performs on a ‘fifth-grade level’  —  The Republican Party has “shattered its brand,” Joe Scarborough said Thursday.  —  A day after Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders respectfully contrasted their records and policy differences …

The Obama Doctrine  —  Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America's reign as the world's sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and stepped back from the consuming void …

With Bernie's Michigan Win, It's a Different Democratic Race Now  —  Sanders walloped Clinton in Michigan among independents and voters under 40, winning his first important state.  What does it portend?  —  OK, Sanders people, want me to eat crow?  Trust me, I already have.

Donald Trump: ‘I think Islam hates us’  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks “Islam hates us,” drawing little distinction between the religion and radical Islamic terrorism.  —  “I think Islam hates us,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper, deploring the “tremendous hatred” …

Trump pivots to general election, in his own unorthodox way  —  MIAMI (AP) — In his own unorthodox way, Donald Trump is unmistakably evolving into a general election candidate.  —  The over-the-top billionaire is talking about flexibility in his hardline immigration policies.

‘Hot Felon’ Jeremy Meeks released from federal prison and gets job offers  —  Jeremy Meeks, right, known as the “hot felon,” was released from prison Tuesday.  —  A convicted felon whose handsome booking photo went viral was released from federal prison this week, and he is now entertaining job offers.

Senate GOP polling shows upside to SCOTUS blockade  —  Senate GOP leaders are making the case to their members this week that their decision to ignore President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee is not just a principled stance, but a politically beneficial one, too.

BREAKING: 5 dead, 3 hurt in Wilkinsburg mass shooting  —  WILKINSBURG, Pa. —  Five people are dead and three people are hurt after a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night, Allegheny County police said.  —  Emergency dispatchers confirmed that police and seven ambulances were called to Franklin Avenue just before 11 p.m.

Complaint over loud ‘boom box’ music leads to 5-woman brawl on Spirit Airlines flight  —  Five women fought aboard a Spirit Arlines flight that later landed in Los Angeles.  —  The two intoxicated women blasted music from a “boom box” on board the Spirit Airlines flight Wednesday morning from Baltimore to Los Angeles.

Arrested During Sexual Assault Raid  —  Chumlee from “Pawn Stars” has been arrested for guns and drugs after police raided his home while investigating an alleged sexual assault ... TMZ has learned.  —  Las Vegas Metro PD says officers showed up at his home Wednesday afternoon with a search warrant …

Dustin Hoffman Breaks Down on Finding Your Roots After Learning Painful Family History: ‘They All Survived for Me to Be Here’  —  As a boy, Dustin Hoffman's father hid his painful family history from his son.  —  But now, thanks to Finding Your Roots, the Oscar-winning actor at long …

Trump protester sucker-punched at North Carolina rally, videos show  —  Multiple videos show a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina being sucker-punched by a Trump supporter.  —  The videos, which appeared on social media early Thursday and are shot from different perspectives …

IS Registration Forms Identify 22,000 Jihadis  —  Tens of thousands of documents, containing 22,000 names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of Islamic State jihadis, have been obtained by Sky News.  —  Nationals from at least 51 countries, including the UK …

Man attempts taxi robbery with police car behind him  —  READING, Pa. — Taxi surveillance cameras recorded a masked man robbing a terrified taxi driver at gunpoint - but the robber forgot to look behind him.  —  Waiting behind the cab was Berks County Deputy Sheriff Terry Ely …