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'I'm embarrassed as an American': Tampa mayor welcomes companies boycotting NC's bathroom law

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is encouraging companies boycotting North Carolina over an anti-transgender law to move to his city.

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Attorney shreds clueless NC GOPer for 'shoving through' a 'uniquely terrible' bathroom law

Human Rights Campaign Legal Director Sarah Warbelow explained to North Carolina House Speaker Pro Tempore Paul "Skip" Stam (R) that companies were boycotting the state because a recently-passed anti-transgender bathroom law was "uniquely terrible."

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'You're an a*shole!': Florida woman publicly shames Gov. Rick Scott for anti-abortion bill

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) was confronted on Tuesday by a local woman who criticized him for his stances on womens' reproductive health and the Affordable Care Act, WFTS-TV reported.

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Pastor backing Trump suggests Mexico will pay for US border wall or get its 'legs broken'

An Ohio pastor backing Donald Trump invoked some rather violent imagery on Tuesday in support of his argument that Mexico would indeed pay for the creation of a wall along its border with the US.

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WATCH LIVE: Wisconsin voters go to the polls for GOP and Democratic primaries

Both Republican and Democratic Party voters will hit the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin for their state's presidential primaries.

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Ann Coulter: Trump's answer about punishing women for abortion was 'fabulous'

Conservative columnist Ann Coulter this week defended GOP hopeful Donald Trump's remark that women deserved "some form of punishment" for having illegal abortions.

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'Good luck with that': Watch Obama destroy Trump's plan to end remittances to Mexico

President Barack Obama blasted Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday for his "half-baked notion" to force Mexico to pay for a border wall by blocking immigrants from sending money back to their families.

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WATCH: Al Jazeera host calls out pro-Confederate ‘commander’ for 'trying to preserve a racist past’

Al Jazeera host Del Walters challenged a supporter of Mississippi's Confederate Heritage Month on Tuesday for "trying to preserve a racist past."

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Michigan school apologizes for allowing student to wear KKK costume in class project

A Michigan school has launched an investigation into how a Ku Klux Klan costume was approved to be part of a class project.

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Megyn Kelly grills Cruz for fringe abortion policy: It's 'unspeakable trauma to carry a rapist's baby'

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Monday that he did not support abortion rights even in the case of rape or incest because it was not "the child's fault."

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Noah presses Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on superdelegates and 'c*ckblocking' Sanders

Daily Show host Trevor Noah pushed Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz on Monday on not only her party's use of "superdelegates," but the allegations that she is stacking the race for the party's presidential nomination against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

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Cenk Uygur mocks Palin's Wisconsin rant: 'She has no f*cking idea what she's saying'

Young Turks host Cenk Uygur gave his thoughts on Monday on Sarah Palin's bizarre speech last week during a Republican event in Milwaukee -- but not without some effort on his part.

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YouTube bans histrionic Donald Trump ad for stealing Martin Sheen's voice from video game

The video game company Electronic Arts ordered YouTube to take down an advertisement promoted by Donald Trump on Monday for violating U.S. copyright laws.

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