Poll: Clinton, Trump Tied Nationwide Going Into Conventions

NEW YORK - The race for president is a dead heat with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied with voters nationwide heading into the two parties' conventions, according to a new poll. The CBS News/NY Times poll out Thursday shows both candidates each getting the support of 40 percent of registered voters nationwide.

Gingrich on being VP: ‘Do you want a two-pirate ticket?’

In the final 36 hours of the vice presidential guessing game, a top contender appeared on national television to argue why his main competitor was better. "I don't know if I should say this, but it's so much fun that I'm going to," Newt Gingrich, one of Donald Trump's finalists, said on "Hannity" on Fox News.

Aiming for Friday announcement, Trump narrows his VP list

Donald Trump has reached the final phase of his search for a running mate, narrowing his list to three leading contenders and directing his staff to prepare for a Friday announcement. "It's a little bit like 'The Apprentice,'" former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of Trump's finalists, said in a Tuesday interview with Fox News Channel.

Death reignites hard questions for Minnesota black leaders

The killing of Philando Castile by a Minnesota police officer durin... . FILE - In this July 9, 2016 file photo, marchers block part of Interstate 94 in St. Paul, Minn., during a protest sparked by the recent police killings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.

MGM steps up opposition to proposed project

A border war between titans in the casino world has escalated, with MGM Resorts International stepping up its opposition to a proposed tribal casino project in Connecticut that's supposed to help the tribes fend off competition from MGM's planned $950 million project in neighboring Massachusetts Besides challenging the law which laid the groundwork for the possible satellite casino, MGM was credited last month with proposing the surprise amendment to a federal defense bill. It would have prevented tribes with casinos on tribal land, like Connecticut's Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribal nations, from opening a venture off-reservation in the same state.

MGM steps up opposition to proposed tribal casino project

A casino border war between Connecticut and Massachusetts has escalated, with MGM Resorts International stepping up its opposition to a proposed tribal casino project in Connecticut. MGM was recently credited with proposing a surprise amendment to a federal defense bill that would have prevented the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes from opening a casino on non-tribal Connecticut land.

The Latest: Authorities ID officers in fatal shooting

A crowd gathers at the scene of a shooting of a man involving a St. Anthony Police officer on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Falcon Heights, Minn. Police in Minnesota say a man has been taken to a hospital in unknown condition after being shot by an officer while inside a car with a woman and a child.

Report: Employees At Fox “Knew About” Sexist Actions Against Former Host Gretchen Carlson

Politico reported that Fox employees "were aware of some of the things" that former Fox host Gretchen Carlson alleged in her lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, and that staff of the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends "knew about or saw" host Steve Doocy make inappropriate comments. Carlson's lawsuit alleges that Ailes "terminat[ed] her employment," because she would not have a "sexual relationship with him," and accuses host Steve Doocy of "creat[ing] a hostile work environment by regularly treating her in a sexist and condescending way."

Here’s The Sexism Gretchen Carlson Experienced On Fox & Friends

After Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit claiming Fox News CEO Roger Ailes "retaliated against Carlson" because she would not have "a sexual relationship with him," and that her former Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy regularly treated her "in a sexist and condescending way," Bloomberg Politics produced a supercut of sexist things said to Carlson on Fox & Friends : We've changed our commenting system to Disqus. Instructions for signing up and claiming your comment history are located here .

Trump rejects criticism, vents at news media in campaign speech

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., July 5, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected criticism of his campaign tactics, in a wide-ranging speech defending his team's use of a Jewish star and his own praise of the late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

Fox News Host Sues Roger Ailes Over Sexual Harassment

Gretchen Carlson, a longtime Fox News host, has filed a lawsuit against Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes alleging that he made unwanted sexual advances and then sabotaged her career when she refused. The lawsuit claims she was "a conscientious, hard-working, and successful" journalist over her 11 years at the network and that her recent solo show ranked number one for cable news programs in her time slot.

Paleologos on the poll: Voters are deeply divided and fearful

The Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey released today depicts two opponents declaring their independence, and their disdain for each other Paleologos on the poll: Voters are deeply divided and fearful The Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey released today depicts two opponents declaring their independence, and their disdain for each other Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/29rozo6 The Suffolk University/USA TODAY survey released today depicts two opponents declaring their independence - and their disdain for each other - even while it shows that Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by five points, 45.6 percent to 40.4 percent.

Patrick Buchanan: Why Trump is routing the free traders

In Tuesday's indictment of free trade as virtual economic treason, The Donald has really set the cat down among the pigeons. For, in denouncing NAFTA, the WTO, MFN for China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, all backed by Bush I and II, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, Trump is all but calling his own party leaders dunderheads and losers.

Trump’s VP finalists include Christie, Gingrich

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could announce his running mate pick before the party's convention to help drum up excitement heading into Cleveland, a source familiar with the process told CNN. Trump, who has repeatedly said his choice for vice president was down to as few as four candidates though sources tell CNN the list is closer to seven, and his aides had previously said the pick would likely be announced at the convention.

Christie, Gingrich for Veep?

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could announce his running mate pick before the party's convention to help drum up excitement heading into Cleveland, a source familiar with the process told CNN. Trump, who has repeatedly said his choice for vice president was down to as few as four candidates, and his aides had previously said the pick would likely be announced at the convention.