Divided America: Diverse millennials are no voting monolith
GILLIAN FLACCUS, TAMARA LUSH and MARTHA IRVINE The oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City’s Twin Towers — are old enough to remember the relative…
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Trump as nominee improves odds for parts of Obama’s legacy
By JOSH LEDERMAN There’s no cheering at the White House for Donald Trump’s success. Yet for President Barack Obama, things could be worse. Trump’s ascent as the presumptive Republican nominee…
Conservative lawmakers drive backlash against LGBT rights
By JEFFREY COLLINS Year after year, South Carolina Sen. Lee Bright has watched as gays won more rights through legislation and the courts. And as he sees proposals elsewhere in…
Billionaire donors helped Cruz rise in GOP presidential bid
By JULIE BYKOWICZ Four of America’s wealthiest businessmen laid the foundation for Ted Cruz’s now-surging Republican presidential campaign and have redefined the role of political donors. With just over a…
Pope meets with sex-abuse victims, promises accountability
By NICOLE WINFIELD and RACHEL ZOLL Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse Sunday on the final day of his U.S. visit and promised to hold accountable those…
Party ousts Australian PM Abbott for more moderate rival
By ROD McGUIRK Australia’s ruling conservatives ousted beleaguered Prime Minister Tony Abbott as party leader Monday evening in a change that could signal a different Australian response to climate change…
Clerk in gay-marriage fight back to work Friday or Monday
By ADAM BEAM After a five-day stint in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis will return to work as soon as…
Pope speeds up, simplifies process for marriage annulments
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church’s process for annulling marriages Tuesday, allowing for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals in a bid to speed up and…