Cruz names Fiorina as VP running mate  —  Ted Cruz announced Wednesday that Carly Fiorina will be his vice presidential nominee if he's the Republican Party's pick for president.  —  If nominated, “I will run on a ticket with my vice-presidential nominee, Carly Fiorina,” …

Bernie Sanders to Cut Hundreds of Staff Members and Turn to California  —  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Senator Bernie Sanders is planning to lay off “hundreds” of campaign staffers across the country and focus much of his remaining effort on winning California, he said in an interview Wednesday.

DONALD J. TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH  —  Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation.  —  I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign policy direction for our country …

Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prison  —  CHICAGO — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Wednesday after a dramatic hearing in which a judge deemed him a “serial child molester” and victims tearfully testified that he forever altered their lives.

Will Ferrell to Play Former President Ronald Reagan in New Movie (EXCLUSIVE) … Having already famously portrayed former President George W. Bush in various comedy sketches, Will Ferrell is now setting his sights on another former commander in chief.  —  Sources tell Variety Ferrell …

Justices Lean Toward Bob McDonnell, Ex-Virginia Governor, in Corruption Case  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed ready to side with Bob McDonnell, the former governor of Virginia who was convicted of public corruption and faces two years in prison.

‘Thank you, you idiots’: Watch Maine Gov. Paul LePage melt down after students mock him during speech  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Maine's Republican governor threw a temper tantrum after he was confronted by protesters during an event at a university.

Girl, 12, runs half-marathon by mistake  —  New York girl realised halfway through she was on wrong course but decided to finish anyway  —  A 12-year-old girl in New York has mistakenly run a half-marathon after she confused the start of the race with a five kilometre course she was supposed to be running.

Melania Trump on Her Rise, Her Family Secrets, and Her True Political Views: “Nobody Will Ever Know”  —  How does a shy ex-model make her way from Slovenia to, just maybe, the White House?  To Melania Trump—and to the people who know her back home—her journey to marrying The Donald is like a fairy tale …

Asked and Answered: President Obama Responds to an Eight-Year-Old Girl from Flint  —  At eight years old, Mari Copeny—known around town as “Little Miss Flint”—wrote to President Obama last month from her home in Flint, Michigan to share how she is working to bring attention to the public health crisis in her community.

Donald Trump Beat Expectations Everywhere, Suggesting a Broad Shift  —  After just about every primary night this year, we've written something like “Donald Trump stayed on a narrow but clear path to the Republican nomination.”  —  After Tuesday night, Mr. Trump has never had a wider path to a majority of pledged delegates.

Top Twenty Sexual Crimes Committed at Target Stores  —  The Target department store chain has made itself infamous for announcing that it will allow transgender people to choose whatever bathroom they want to use at any given time, even though the chain already has many problems with sexual assaults in its stores.

Foley Plane Crash Caught on Camera  —  FOLEY, AL-  —  Surveillance video from a Foley business captured incredible images of a plane crash near the city's airport.  —  The crash happened south of the airport off Hickory Street Tuesday afternoon.  A Cessna 421 Twin Engine clipped a few trees over business

Trump Supporters Already Pre-Spinning November Trump Loss  —  For all the bravado of Donald Trump's online supporters, now that his sweep of the Northeast has put him in a potentially strong position to take the nomination, they are mostly spending the day...preparing to blame other people for Trump's inevitable loss in November.

13-year-old with ‘replica’ weapon shot by police in East Baltimore  —  Police investigate the shooting aroun the McKim Community Center.  —  A 13-year-old boy was shot by Baltimore Police officers in East Baltimore who said he was carrying a “replica” weapon, Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Wednesday evening.