Ap Fact Check: Shaky assumptions in Trump immigration pitch

President Donald Trump's endorsement of legislation to restrict and reshape legal immigration is based on some shaky assumptions, such as the idea that low-wage green-card holders are flooding in to take jobs from Americans. Trump swung behind a bill from Republican Sens. David Purdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, calling it "the most significant reform to our immigration system in half a century" if made law.

John Hood: Learning and winning go together

It was during the 1988 presidential election. Like many conservative and libertarian students of the day, my friends and I at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill were looking for a leader to follow in the footsteps of the president we all revered, Ronald Reagan.

Majority of parents do NOT support HPV vaccine

Majority of parents do NOT support HPV vaccine: 4 in 5 adults think compulsory jab for all 12-year-olds is a 'bad idea' - unless they can opt out The majority of parents would not support the HPV vaccine being administered in schools - unless they can opt out, a new survey reveals. Last month the American Cancer Society updated its official guidelines to recommend that all children be immunized, regardless of gender.

U.S. officials say American Muslims do report extremist threats

Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning to extremism, law enforcement officials say, contrary to a claim by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week. "They don't report them," Trump said in a CNN interview on Monday, in the wake of the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub of 49 people by an American Muslim who claimed allegiance to Islamic State.

Republicans Fight to Regain Voter Data Parity with Democrats

The RNC's efforts to modernize its data and targeting operations comes as the party's presumptive presidential nominee has shown disdain for such efforts One of the records inside a massive and rapidly growing Republican National Committee database contains three predictive numbers about Barack Obama's political leanings. There's a 95 percent likelihood Obama will vote in the 2016 general election, the database predicts, based on computer modeling.