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    Paige Lavender

    Paige Lavender

    Senior Editor, Breaking News, HuffPost

  • Read The Latest Updates On The NBC Democratic Debate

    The three Democratic presidential hopefuls are gathering Sunday in Charleston, South Carolina, for a debate hosted by NBC News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt. will be participating in the event, which kicks off at 9 p.m.

  • Read Live Updates From The Fox Business Republican Debate

    Republican presidential hopefuls are gathering in Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday for the first primary debate of 2016. The debate, hosted by Fox Business, will feature an undercard debate at 6 p.m. EST, where former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will face off.

  • Read Live Updates On Obama's State Of The Union Address

    President Barack Obama is giving his last State of the Union address on Tuesday. You can watch a stream of the speech and read live updates on Obama's remarks below:

  • Read The Latest Updates From The ABC Democratic Debate

    The Democratic presidential candidates are gathering in New Hampshire on Saturday night for their last match-up of the year. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt. and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will participate.

  • Read The Latest Updates On The CNN GOP Debate

    The GOP presidential hopefuls are facing off in another debate Tuesday night. The candidates will gather for their last meeting of the year at The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas for an event sponsored by CNN. A small group of the lowest-polling candidates will kick things off at 6:30 p.m.

  • Read The Latest Updates On The Democratic Debate

    Those running in the Democratic presidential primary are gathering in Iowa Saturday night for the second debate of the season. The focus of the debate is expected to shift to terrorism and national security in the wake of Friday's deadly attacks in Paris. Live video of the debate is here.

  • Read The Latest Updates On The Fox Business GOP Debate

    The Republican presidential field is gathering once again, this time for a meeting in Milwaukee. Fox Business is hosting both an undercard debate at 7 p.m. Eastern and a main debate at 9 p.m.

  • Read The Latest Updates On The CNBC GOP Debate

    The Republicans vying to become president will face off again tonight at debates in Boulder, Colorado, hosted by CNBC. Four of the candidates will kick things off in a smaller debate starting at 6 p.m. ET.

  • Read The Latest Updates On The Democrats' First 2016 Debate

    Five Democratic presidential candidates face off tonight in the first debate of the 2016 campaign cycle. The debate airs at 9 p.m. ET on CNN.

  • Republicans Face Off In First GOP Debate Of 2016 Election

    Republicans vying for the White House took the stage against some of their opponents Thursday night in the first GOP debate of the 2016 race. The 10 highest-polling candidates of the field debated 9 p.m. ET.

  • Oklahoma GOP Makes Case Against Food Stamps: ‘Don't Feed The Animals'

    The Oklahoma Republican Party is making the case against food stamps by comparing poor people to animals, reviving a stereotype that's often deployed against Americans who rely on government benefits to feed their families.

  • Countering Progressives' Assault On Suburbia

    The next culture war will not be about issues like gay marriage or abortion, but about something more fundamental: how Americans choose to live.

  • These Homes Could Help The Affordable Housing Problem

    These customizable hexagons from U.K.-based Hivehaus offer the promise of fast, cheap density.

  • States Battle Cities Over Minimum Wage

    Thursday morning, labor advocates gathered to pray on the steps of city hall in Kansas City, Missouri. Legal opinions differ on whether current state law might already prohibit cities from doing so, says Michael Grimaldi, press secretary to Kansas City Mayor Sly James. Kansas City is caught in the middle of a national fight that pits labor against business and increasingly, cities against states.

  • John Lewis Shows Comic-Con What A Real-Life Superhero Looks Like

    John Lewis (D-Ga. visited Comic-Con this weekend, where he showed attendees what a real-life superhero looks like. Lewis attended the San Diego event dressed in a trench coat and a backpack, a nod to the outfit he wore while marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, 50 years ago.

  • How To Talk To A Five-Year-Old About Climate Change

    Climate change can be a scary thing to talk about with grown-ups, let alone children. It is also very complex, with long-term effects that reach into future decades and centuries, and causes that include an invisible, odorless gas.

  • The Big Ted Cruz/Bobby Jindal Lie: There's No War On Christianity

    Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal and the religious right are still flinging nonsense about marriage equality

  • This Student's Contribution To Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Collar Collection Did Not Go Unnoticed

    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, noted lover of theater and the arts, clearly appreciates the finer things in life. Harvin has been tatting -- the art of making certain types of lace -- since July 2014, she told The Huffington Post on Friday.

  • Marco Rubio: I Will Absolutely Roll Back Obama Cuba Policy

    Republican presidential candidate claims White House is violating the law, telling the Guardian he would freeze relations with Castro regime