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Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont took a walking tour Tuesday of Sandtown, the Baltimore neighborhood rocked by riots after the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody earlier this year. But perhaps the most newsworthy comments came from Sanders and his press secretary, Symone Sanders (no relation), ...

On live television Friday, journalists entered the Redlands, Calif., apartment of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, the couple who carried out this week's shooting in San Bernardino that killed at least 14 people.

At first, reporters said they had been given permission to do so by the building's landlord, and ...

As soon as Donald Trump announced that he'd gained the endorsement of 100 black ministers from across the country on Monday, there were skeptics.

The claim came just days after the presidential candidate said of an African-American Black Lives Matter protester who was beaten up at a Trump event, "

Donald Trump met with black pastors Monday in an event that was at first billed as an endorsement. Trump has been criticized for his suggestion that a Black Lives Matter protestor who...

For sale: a Jeb Bush guacamole bowl, a zombie clown target with bullet holes signed by Rand Paul or a "Grillary Clinton" spatula. What's the purpose of such items on campaigns' online stores?

Rain couldn't keep away hundreds of Georgetown University students on Thursday who waited hours outside for a chance to hear Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders explain his support for socialism.

The fervor to see the Vermont Independent senator's major address wasn't surprising: research shows that young people are much more ...

Over the last week, one nation's flag became a symbol of mourning and solidarity. For some, it also became a symbol of privilege, bias, selfishness, exploitation and even war.

That image of the French flag, strewn all over Facebook this past week, demonstrates how the modern Internet works — a ...

Bernie Sanders, a self-described socialist, made a major address about socialism at Georgetown University Thursday. That word — socialist — means many different things to different pe...

Big news events like the Paris attacks often lead to some incorrect headlines. We're keeping track of them, and will update this list as needed.

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Those Tweets About The Eiffel Tower Lights Being Dimmed

On Friday after the Paris attacks, Rurik Bradbury said he began to see major ...

As the hashtag #NewSongsForPoliticians trended on Twitter Friday morning, users rewrote popular song titles to mock politicians.

A few were cute:

But most were kind of mean.

We tracked the hashtag back to this tweet, from an account called @2GirlsAndATag:

Turns out, the two people who run that account create ...

After the debate Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson heads to Lynchburg, Va., for convocation at Liberty University.

Whether you wanted it or not, Donald Trump, businessman turned reality TV show star, turned presidential candidate, hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend, in a city that seemed to be full of ambivalence over his role.

Trump performed his monologue and skits in a building where just hours prior hundreds ...

Donald Trump will host Saturday Night Live tonight, despite protests from Hispanic groups who are angry about his criticisms of immigrants.

Jeb Bush had a very bad week on the Internet. Well, a very bad week and a half, or two weeks, or longer if you're really keeping track.

On the campaign trail, he's lagged in the polls, been criticized for low-energy debate performances and then there was a ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump released two, minute-long radio ads Thursday morning that will air in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. It's a $300,000 ad buy, with a focus on early nominating states in the presidential race.

Until now, Trump has relied on free media coverage, and that strategy ...

Jeb Bush's presidential campaign is attempting a reset of sorts. Lackluster debate performances, low poll numbers, a mounting number of gaffes on the trail, and accusations — from Donald Trump specifically — that he's low-energy have left him in a rut.

Late last week, Bush introduced a new campaign ...

The numbers are in, and there's a clear consensus on who lost this week's Republican presidential debate, and in turn, who was this week's biggest political flop: "The Media."

Facebook says their top social moment of the debate was when Texas senator and presidential contender Ted Cruz criticized CNBC debate ...

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson's low-key speaking style is cited as an attractive quality by some of his supporters. It also contrasts with the man at the top of the polls with him, Donald Trump.

Political endorsements — from Pharrell Williams to Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson — are rolling in for the 2016 presidential race. But how important are these endorsements for candidates?

There are certain weeks when one thing, one moment, one meme takes over the entire Internet. Like the week Beyonce's surprise album dropped. Or when Kim Kardashian and her derriere covered Paper Mag. Or when Alex From Target happened, whatever that was.

This was one of those weeks, thanks to ...