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The FBI warned the Clinton campaign that it was a target of a cyberattack last March, just weeks before the Democratic National Committee discovered it had been penetrated by hackers it now believes were working for Russian intelligence, two sources who have been briefed on the matter told Yahoo News. One of the sources said agents conducting a national security investigation asked the Clinton campaign to turn over internal computer logs as well as the personal email addresses of senior campaign officials. But the campaign, through its lawyers, declined to provide the data, deciding that the FBI’s request for sensitive...

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump on Friday ripped longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her hubby Anthony Weiner, calling the ex-Congressman a “perv” and a “sleazebag” during a speech in Boston. Trump said that Abedin — whose first name he repeatedly mispronounced “Ooma” — worked closely with the former first lady and has access to classified information. “And who is Huma married to?” Trump asked, according to The Hill. “One of the great sleazebags of our time, Anthony Weiner.”

STEVENSVILLE, Md. -- Maryland gubernatorial candidate Doug Duncan has at least one vote. He performed the Heimlich maneuver on a supporter who choked on a chicken sandwich during a campaign lunch stop over the weekend. Queen Anne's County Commissioner Gene Ransom got a bite of his meal stuck in his throat. Duncan jumped up and thrust his fists into the commissioner's gut three times and out it popped. Ransom said it was a terrifying experience. Duncan's visit was part of his tour of every county in the state. Duncan, a Democrat, announced his bid for governor last week.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has relished the role of the fearless "Terminator" armed for battle against an army of special interests, is suddenly looking more like Gulliver -- besieged, tied down, and overrun by his opponents. And no wonder: After months of campaigning, fund raising and warning of a Nov. 8 special election he insisted was "guaranteed,'' the governor's team blinked this week. Campaign adviser Mike Murphy floated a trial balloon -- most likely to gauge Democratic Party as much as voter reaction -- with Friday's public acknowledgement that Team Schwarzenegger has discussed the impossible: dumping the much-heralded special ballot...

As seven U.S. states hold primaries today, the Republicans seem finally to be surging into life and sniping at various contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination. Senator John Kerry, who could well be a prohibitive choice by tonight if things go well for him -- especially in South Carolina, where the military and black vote is crucial -- is a growing target for conservatives who have lifted the sights from little Howard Dean to big John Kerry. Stephen Moore, president of the conservative Club for Growth, is quoted in the Wall Street Journal saying that he hopes to come up...

Rosie O' Donnell blames fame for making her fat.O'Donnell writes in a column in the gay magazine 'The Advocate' that fame robbed her of her 'Yellow' which is her way of saying her energy or happiness. O'Donnell said she got 'bigger and sadder' as she became more 'starved for yellow.'O'Donnell's solution was to eat more and more.O'Donnell said the bigger she got, the angrier she felt.This is O'Donnell's first column since joining the Advocate as a regular contributor. It's in the May 13 issue.