Gallery: Mass shooting at Orlando nightclub is worst in U.S. history

Brandon Shuford, left, waits down the street from the scene of a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. Concerned friends and family of victims at the Pulse nightclub, where multiple fatalities were reported after a shooting, wait outside of the Orlando Police Department, Sunday, June 12, 2016.

Mayor, local LGBT leaders pledge support after deadly attack at Orlando nightclub

A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun took hostages and opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub on June 12, 2016, killing 50 people and wounding 53 others before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and leaders of Chicago's LGBT community pledged support for victims of the Pulse nightclub attack as more appalling details emerged.

Harry Reid Striving to Win 1 Last Campaign Before He Retires

So the canny 76-year-old is doing the next best thing as he heads into retirement after more than three decades: working the inside game as only he can, to ensure he leaves Democrats in control of the Senate, the White House and his home state of Nevada next year. Reid hand-picked the Democratic candidate to replace him, former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.

20 years on, UN waits for working nuclear-test-ban treaty

The world was a more peaceful place when a newly sworn-in President Barack Obama pledged to "aggressively pursue" a global ban on nuclear arms tests. But as his term winds down, a working test-ban treaty remains a dream and some of the loudest voices out of Washington are hostile.

Romney loyalists ponder future with Trump

Donald Trump can be an effective president, and he's going to win with you or without you, Republican Chairman Reince Priebus told several hundred of the party's top donors and strategists Saturday. Trump is setting a dangerous example for Americans by promoting 'trickle-down racism,' and the party must look beyond this presidential election to find its future, the 2012 nominee Mitt Romney told the same group later that morning.

GOP leaders say no action on gun legislation

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Las Vegas to meet with public officials, first responders and some of the 527 people injured in the attack. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Las Vegas to meet with public officials, first responders and some of the 527 people injured in the attack.

Mitt Romney critical of ’16 field for losing to Donald Trump

An at-times emotional Mitt Romney lashed out at the slate of 2016 Republican presidential candidates for failing to stop Donald Trump , saying what's become of the GOP "is breaking my heart." CNN and Politico reported Romney appeared to tear up during the closed-door gathering when making the comment at a summit he's hosting for many of his top supporters and donors from the 2012 campaign.

Romney loyalists ponder a future with Trump

Donald Trump can be an effective president, and he's going to win with you or without you, Republican Chairman Reince Priebus told several hundred of the party's top donors and strategists Saturday. Trump is setting a dangerous example for Americans by promoting "trickle-down racism," and the party must look beyond this presidential election to find its future, the 2012 nominee Mitt Romney told the same group later that morning.

The ‘Never Trump’ movement has emerged from the ashes

It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Donald Trump - one that allowed the "Never Trump" movement to emerge from the ashes with some much-needed newfound energy. The presumptive Republican nominee prompted sharp criticism from members within his own party when he publicly argued that a US federal judge's Mexican heritage made him unfit to oversee fraud cases involving Trump University.

New president? Sure. But House, casinos also on NJ ballot

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will capture most of the spotlight ahead of the November general election, but in New Jersey, voters will also pick their 12-member congressional delegation and whether to gamble on approving casino expansion. Tuesday's primary set the slate for the Nov. 8 election when the state's nearly 5.5 million registered voters will decide whether to keep their U.S. House delegation.

Murkowski, Sullivan give ‘non-endorsement endorsement’ for Trump

Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are playing the Washington, D.C. word game of the moment, in which they say they are supporting Donald Trump for president, but not endorsing him. There is no real difference between support and endorse, but Murkowski and Sullivan would love it if the former could signify a bare minimum level of approval, like a "D" in political science class.

Stanford Students To Protest Brock Turner Outcome At Upcoming Graduation

Activists from UltraViolet, a national womenA's advocacy organization, hold a rally before delivering over one million signatures to the California Commission on Judicial Performance calling for the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from the bench Friday, June 10, 2016, in San Francisco. The case of Brock Turner, the Stanford student sentenced to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster, has sparked widespread outrage.

Republicans wait to see if a disciplined Trump will emerge

Weary Republicans are looking for assurances that Donald Trump can maintain the discipline needed to stay on message as he prepares for a bruising general election run-up against Hillary Clinton. Trump's conciliatory, teleprompter-guided victory speech Tuesday appeared to stave off- at least for the time being - a near-revolt over his racially divisive attacks against the American-born judge of Mexican heritage hearing the case against his now-defunct Trump University.

Blood drive honors Debbie Parreira

Members of the Parreira family gather to watch as Congressman Jim Costa, third from left, presents Louis Parreira with a Resolution of Congressional Record that will be read on the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 13, 2016, which is Parreira's 90th birthday. The recognition was in honor of Parreira's lifelong commitment to agriculture and the community of Los Banos.

Talks on Zika bill fire up in Washington

Talks on Zika bill fire up in Washington Sen. Nelson says this is a political problem Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/28rbmjH An Aedes Aegypti mosquito is photographed on human skin in a lab of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center on January 25, 2016, in Cali, Colombia. WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are expected to start ironing out the details of a spending bill to combat Zika during the upcoming week, more than four months after President Obama first asked Congress for nearly $2 billion to fight the mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects and paralysis.

GOP insiders pressure Trump to steer clear of controversy

Weary Republicans are looking for assurances that Donald Trump can maintain the discipline needed to stay on message as he prepares for a bruising general election run-up against Hillary Clinton. Trump's conciliatory, teleprompter-guided victory speech Tuesday appeared to stave off- at least for the time being - a near-revolt over his racially divisive attacks against the American-born judge of Mexican heritage hearing the case against his now-defunct Trump University.

Donald Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ attack on Elizabeth Warren …

It was a bad time for Sen. Cory Gardner to be caught in an elevator with a reporter. Donald Trump had just referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as "Pocahontas" - again - and the Republican freshman from Colorado was struggling to figure out how to respond.

Romney says Trump will change America with ‘trickle-down racism’

Mitt Romney suggested Friday that Donald Trump's election could legitimize racism and misogyny, ushering in a change in the moral fabric of American society. The 2012 Republican nominee, who has openly opposed Trump's candidacy, went further than he has before in outlining to CNN's Wolf Blitzer how the country's character would suffer in a Trump White House.