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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is expected to launch his 2016 presidential campaign at high noon on Tuesday, bringing his libertarian-leaning brand of conservatism to what is likely to be a crowded primary field.

Why did Andreas Lubitz turn the jetliner's nose downward, sending it plunging into the French Alps and killing all 150 people aboard? Did he plan his actions? What drove the German national to do that? Those questions and more remained unanswered after the Tuesday crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 headed from Barcelona, Spain, to Dusseldorf, Germany.

The pilot Lubitz was sick and not fit to work but kept it a secret from his employer and crashed in the French alpes and its unknown if it was physical or mental condition.

They're using the right word - "fix" - but will they end up in the right place? It's hard to tell. Gov. Mike Pence and House Speaker Brian Bosma each chose that word - "fix" - with purpose Tuesday as they sought to assure Hoosiers, the nation and the world that they and Senate leader David Long can revise the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to ensure it's not a tool for discrimination.

The van they were in flipped on its side in Iowa after hitting a patch of ice, and was then struck by another vehicle, the campaign said in a statement.

President Obama planned to meet on Tuesday in Washington with the mayor of Flint, Mich., about the health crisis that has erupted from the city's contaminated drinking water, White House officials said. The meeting was scheduled for the afternoon, hours before Gov.

Tuesday is the last day to choose a health plan under the Affordable Care Act if you want insurance coverage to begin by Jan. 1. And officials who have spent the last two years using the carrot of persuasion to get people to buy insurance through the state or federal exchanges say the time has come for the stick.

The officer, 33, was shot Tuesday night while responding to reports of a man with a gun in the area, Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said. He was the fourth officer killed in New York City in 11 months, Bratton said. Holder, who is married, joined the department in 2010.

Paul Ryan made it all but official Tuesday night. He told his fellow Republicans he had returned from a 10-day recess visit home to Wisconsin with a new attitude toward being Speaker of the House.

Iowa hosts the first Democratic caucus, but the first deadline isn't in the Hawkeye State -- it's in Georgia. Candidates have to submit a letter of their candidacy to the state parties by October 29. The Georgia primary is Super Tuesday, March 1, which is critical if this becomes a delegate fight.

But on Tuesday, President Barack Obama -- frequently foiled by Congress on this issue -- decided to go it alone, unveiling a series of executive actions designed to help prevent gun violence. The President will make the case for his decision, and try to convince the public more steps are needed, during an hour-long town hall on CNN Thursday night.

That Abdeslam was caught at all appears to have been an enormous stroke of luck. Despite a massive security operation, the trail appeared to have gone cold, until police, initiating a search for evidence at Abdeslam's safe house on Tuesday, encountered a barrage of gunfire which tipped them off that something -- or someone -- important was inside.

Trump outlined the steps his administration would undertake to compel Mexico to pay the U.S. "$5-10 billion" to fund a border wall in a memo his campaign released Tuesday morning -- a plan that relies largely on threatening to bar undocumented Mexican immigrants in the United States from wiring money to relatives in Mexico. -I think that Trump is basically blackmailing Mexico to pay for the wall between the two countries. I also really don't like that he said that him and his supporters have a moral high ground advantage because that is not true. In order to have a moral high ground advantage that would require you to have moral respect and several people, including myself, think his presidential promises and credentials are immoral.

"The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a lower court ruling in favor of a Pennsylvania school district policy that allows some transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity."

I agree with what the author is saying because people should be able to use which every restroom they feel most comfortable using based on their gender

This agree with this article because they talk about how transgender's should be able to feel comfortable and use whatever restroom or facility they want. Instead of being forced into a situation where they should feel uncomfortable.