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(CNN) — Sen. Jeff Sessions on Sunday became the first sitting senator to endorse Donald Trump, declaring his support for the Republican front-runner during a rally at a football stadium here. Th...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) President Barack Obama’s hard road to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court faces a pivotal week. Interest groups on the right and left are ramping up for a protracted fig...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) Everyone knew it was coming. And sure enough, Academy Awards host Chris Rock didn’t waste any time. “This is the wildest, craziest Oscars to ever host because the...

MANASSAS — (CNN/WMAL) — The Army staff sergeant charged with killing his wife and a Prince William County police officer on Saturday is due to be arraigned in Circuit Court in Manassas Mon...

ROANOKE, VA — (CNN) Marco Rubio is going all-in blasting Donald Trump’s physical appearance. During a Sunday night rally at Roanoke College in Virginia, the Florida senator said of the GOP...

LOS ANGELES — (CNN) “Spotlight” grabbed the limelight at Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards. “Mad Max: Fury Road” may have won more honors, leading all films with six. &#...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Donald Trump on Thursday night promised to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood, but not before offering a measured defense of the organization. “Millions of m...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Texas’ new campus gun law has partly prompted a longtime dean at the University of Texas to quit and take another deanship at an Ivy League school, he said Friday. ̶...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is raising the stakes for the states that vote next Tuesday with a stark concession here: that Republican front-runner Donald Trump has “enormous mom...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) After years of turmoil, The New Republic is changing hands.Chris Hughes, the 32-year-old Facebook co-founder who bought the magazine in 2012 and precipitated the greatest staf...