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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday that former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's final charge should be dismissed.

Several black Hollywood actors are scheduled to attend an Oscars night benefit for the victims of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

The once promising conservative darling is now running a flailing campaign.

The Donald's wife said he has not gone too far with his immigration policies.

The successor to the late Justice Scalia should be someone who understands that life experiences can inform legal decisions, the president said.

Donald Trump is on pace to secure the required number of delegates to secure the Republican nomination for president.

Some 42 percent of people surveyed said they thought Donald Trump would be a terrible president.

This marks the highest-profile endorsement for Cruz in the presidential race so far.

The Republican presidential hopeful assured supporters that he would bring back jobs from Asian nations such as China, India and Vietnam.

The Texas senator had 21.4 percent votes with 100 percent precincts reporting in a close race for second place with Marco Rubio at the Nevada Caucus.

The Florida senator clinched second place after a close race with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Nevada. Can Rubio challenge Donald Trump on Super Tuesday?

Authorities are analyzing a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun and a cell phone seized from Jason Dalton to determine the motive of Saturday’s shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

At least seven tornadoes hit southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi, leaving three people dead and dozens injured.

The New Yorker hasn't locked up the GOP nomination — but after his third consecutive win, is in commanding position.

The Texas sheriff’s department said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had a pillowcase over his eyes when he was found in bed at the Cibolo Creek Ranch.  

The Nevada Republican Party appeared to be having another chaotic year, just as it did in 2012 when it took days to count caucus results.

Several tornadoes cut across Louisiana and Mississippi, destroying homes and businesses. Severe weather was expected to continue.

With his third consecutive win, the New York billionaire cemented his status as GOP front-runner ahead of Super Tuesday.

Tuesday night’s forum, moderated by CNN’s Chris Cuomo, gave the Democratic candidates another chance to woo South Carolina voters in the race to the nomination.

The New York billionaire maintained his commanding lead ahead of Tuesday's nominating contest in the Silver State.

Despite the animosity Bush and Rubio expressed over the past few months, the two Florida politicians have not changed their opinions of each other, Rubio said.

Frauke Petry has said that refugees should be shot to keep them from illegally crossing borders.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton go head-to-head in a South Carolina town hall.

Nevada is deciding Tuesday between five Republican candidates in the presidential nominating season.

Republicans have said the next president deserves to nominate the next Supreme Court justice and they’ve been united in their stance.

A 2015 vote on the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana failed, but activists are gearing up for a new battle in the coming months.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, plans to sign the bill passed by the Senate, which had been passed unanimously by the state’s House last week.

“He’s an ‘African’ American. He was, you know, raised white,” Carson said.

President Barack Obama detailed his final efforts to close Guantanamo Bay — which houses 91 detainees — and outlined a four-pronged strategy that includes sending 35 prisoners to other countries.