Fast and Furious rifle found at El Chapo hideout

Fast and Furious rifle found at El Chapo hideout

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the guns that Mexican officials say was found at the hideout of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera is associated with Fast and Furious, a failed "gun-walking" operation, according to the Justice Department.

The department said in a letter to members of Congress that a .50-caliber rifle that Mexican officials sent for tracing after Guzman's arrest in January has since been connected to Fast and Furious.

Kasich’s hopes rest on a contested convention
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Kasich’s hopes rest on a contested convention

Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich had a gym full of cheering supporters and confetti as well as 66 brand new Republican presidential delegates after his home-state victory, but he's got no mathematical path to win the GOP nomination outright.

By winning the do-or-die Ohio primary, Kasich lives to fight on against front-runner Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. But his only way to his party's nomination is by way of a contested Republican National Convention, where he would try to attract the delegate majority that eluded him in the primary season.

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