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Williams will perform alongside Little Big Town at Wednesday's CMT Awards in Nashvi... . FILE - In this April 3, 2016 file photo, Jimi Westbrook, from left, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Phillip Sweet, of Little Big Town, accepts the award for vocal group of the year at the 51st annual Ac... .
Along with VCNV companions, I'm part of a 150 mile walk from Chicago to Thomson, IL , a small town in Northwest IL where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is setting up an Administrative Maximum prison, also known as a Supermax. Prison laborers from U.S. minimum security prisons now labor to turn what once was an Illinois state prison into a federal supermax detention facility with 1900 cells that will confine prisoners for 23 hours of every day.
Bernie Sanders vowed to fight on for a political revolution but showed signs he would bow to the inevitable and bring his insurgent effort to a close. Under mounting pressure from Democratic leaders to abandon his presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders returned home to Vermont on Wednesday following dispiriting losses to Hillary Clinton.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle said Wednesday that while she hasn't given up, it will be an uphill battle to gather enough signatures to meet an upcoming deadline for her three proposed ballot measures, including requiring a photo ID to vote. Angle didn't estimate how many signatures have been collected to support the proposals ahead of a June 21 deadline.
JUNE 08: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders prepares to board a flight from Los Angeles back to Vermont on June 8, 2016 in Los Angeles, California The Democratic primary battle is shifting from the ballot box to the halls of power in the nation's capital as President Barack Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid take their best shot at cajoling Sen. Bernie Sanders to leave the race. Even as the renegade lawmaker and his rapidly shrinking campaign staff try to figure out how they lost California so badly, Sanders is heading to the White House Thursday as perhaps the most dangerous man in Democratic politics.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as supporters cheer during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen through the teleprompter as he speaks at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. President Barack Obama waves as he walks from the Oval Office to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2016, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Hillary Clinton opened her general election campaign against Donald Trump on Wednesday by accusing him of behaving like a "demagogue," likening his attacks on judges, the media, his opponents and their families to dark moments in the world's history. "It's classic behavior by a demagogue," she said in an telephone interview with the Associated Press.
An Arizona jury on Wednesday convicted a founder of the Minuteman border-watch group of molesting one young girl, but it acquitted him of engaging in sexual conduct with another. Christopher Allen Simcox was found guilty on charges that he molested a 5-year-old girl and showed her pornography.
South Carolina's top Democrat is calling on elected Republicans to rescind their endorsements of Donald Trump, saying Wednesday that the presumptive GOP nominee is a racist and xenophobe, in part due to his race-based attacks on a Hispanic judge. During a news conference, party Chairman Jaime Harrison said that, while he respects Republicans and their party, he doesn't understand how officials including Gov. Nikki Haley can condemn Trump's divisive rhetoric, yet say they still feel he's the best choice to be president.
Bernie Sanders, shown here at a campaign rally in Santa Maria, California on May 28, is considering his next step. Despite Sen. Bernie Sanders' vow to fight for the Democratic presidential nomination all the way to the party convention, "the end could be approaching," The New York Times reports.
Donald Trump is sparking a "mixture of fear and loathing" in the Senate, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona said. Flake, who has said he will not support Trump, was critical of the candidate for "appealing to what he called white 'identity politics,'" BuzzFeed says .
Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a primary night event on June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Hillary Clinton claimed victory on primary night Tuesday as the first woman to be a major party's presumptive nominee for president.
Hey Californians, here are your options to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate come the fall: You can vote for a Democratic progressive liberal currently serving as the state's attorney general, Kamala Harris; or you can vote for a Democratic progressive liberal 10-term member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Loretta Sanchez. You can thank California's relatively recent implementation of a top-two primary system.
In his first interview since the end of Republican primary season, Donald Trump discussed the progress he's made in his search for a running mate. The presumptive Republican nominee for president told Bloomberg that he has narrowed the field to "four or five politicians from within the party's establishment."
During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his frustrations of being forced to call a special session to prevent schools from being closed due to the supreme court's ruling in the Gannon case. During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his frustrations of being forced to call a special session to prevent schools from being closed due to the supreme court's ruling in the Gannon case.
Hillary Clinton has celebrated her triumph as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House, scoring big wins in California and New Jersey to cement her grip on the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination. The former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state spoke to supporters at a raucous event in Brooklyn, New York, and placed her achievement in the context of the long history of the women's rights movement.
Internet legislation proposed Wednesday in the Senate would prohibit the U.S. government from relinquishing its role with respect to overseeing the web's domain name system, or DNS, unless explicitly authorized by Congress. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration , a division of the Commerce Department, currently oversees control of the DNS, a virtual phonebook of sorts that allows internet users to easily browse the web by allocating domain names to websites the world over.
Gov. Sam Brownback on Wednesday set Thursday, June 23 as the date for the special session to address school finance. Lawmakers will return with limited time to work before running up against a court-imposed deadline to enact a constitutional school funding system.
The Arizona senator, who has refused to endorse Trump, told KTAR's Bruce St. James and Pamela Hughes that there's little "enthusiasm" and plenty of "fear and loathing" among his Senate colleagues regarding the Trump candidacy. "Donald Trump did not receive a lot of - well, I guess there was one endorsement from the Senate prior to his claiming the nomination or being the presumptive nominee, just one," the Republican senator said, as first reported by BuzzFeed News .
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pauses during an election night rally at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California, U.S., on June 7, 2016. While Bernie Sanders vowed on Tuesday night to continue the "very, very steep fight" for the Democratic nomination, some of his congressional supporters - recognizing Hillary Clinton's primary victory - are instead turning their attention to how the Vermont Senator can unify and influence the party outside the nomination.