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Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., who broke ranks earlier this month and announced he would not support Donald Trump as his own party’s nominee, became the first GOP incumbent to run an anti-Trump ad Friday. Kirk, who is considered one the most endangered Republican incumbents, dropped a 30-second ad titled “Even More,” which declares Trump “is

Many Americans are curious why Bernie Sanders is still in the Democratic primary race despite no realistic shot at the nomination. Add comedian Stephen Colbert to that list. Sanders stopped by CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Thursday — the senator has made the late night show a semi-regular campaign stop over the past

Bernie Sanders said on Friday morning that he will vote for presidential rival Hillary Clinton in the November election—but the Vermont senator has still not withdrawn from the race to the White House. “Yes,” the losing presidential Democratic contender said when asked on MSNBC’s Morning Joe whether he would vote for Clinton, the presumptive Democratic

And after 25 hours, they rested. For more than a day this week, Democrats in the House of Representatives staged a sit-in on the floor of the chamber, singing “We Shall Overcome” and demanding the chance to vote on measures to curtail firearms sales, including denying guns to those on the government’s “no-fly” list. They

This article originally appeared at International Business Times. Can it happen in Texas, too? The United Kingdom’s bombshell decision to quit the European Union has emboldened a long-gestating secessionist movement in Texas, where disenchanted residents of the second-largest U.S. state have been building a coalition of voters, hoping to finally put the matter of Texas

BENNINGTON, Indiana (Cleveland Jewish News/Exclusive to JNS.org) — An 11-year-old girl, Jadyn Larky, was killed June 21 when a tree fell on her cabin in Camp Livingston, a Jewish overnight summer camp in Bennington, Ind. Her funeral was held Thursday. The tree was struck by lightning and fell at around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at the

In what’s being touted as a turning point in the way the Supreme Court considers the factor of race in the criminal justice system, Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday delivered a scathing dissent in Utah vs. Strieff, a 4th Amendment case about police searches. The court ruled in a 5-3 decision that it was legal

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump needs gravitas. Hillary Clinton needs passion. But first, as they consider their vice presidential running mates, they need to remember time-tested rules. First, pick someone who can survive having their entire life picked apart. “The number one thing is having somebody thoroughly vetted so you’re prepared for the onslaught that’s coming,”

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama mourned the defeat Thursday of his sweeping plan to offer deportation relief to millions of immigrants and tried to put the next steps in the hands of voters, casting the November election as a referendum on what’s widely considered to be a broken immigration system. Speaking to reporters after a

Updated | More than a day after they took over the chamber, House Democrats on Thursday ended their sit-in protest against congressional inaction on gun control legislation, having demanded their Republican colleagues allow a vote on two gun measures in the aftermath of the country’s worst-ever mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. House Democrats vowed to