Trump's VP search enters frenzied phase

Donald Trump's vice presidential search turned into a head-spinning melodrama Wednesday as candidates vying for the spot hopped on planes and phones to perform frenzied, last-minute try-outs...

The meetings held in Indiana were done so to allow Trump more time with Pence, a Trump spokesperson said. But the plan to fly GIngrich and Sessions to Indiana appeared to be more of a last-minute scramble, since sources told CNN Tuesday night that he was spending the night because Trump's plan had mechanical issues...

One of the biggest questions is whether he will opt for someone with a reputation as a partisan scrapper who could defend him in the media and lambast Democrat Hillary Clinton, or if he will choose someone viewed as a safer political partner who could bring more sobriety to his volatile campaign...

Obama ignored the concerns of the governors and began delivering Syrians en masse to almost every state along with a steady stream of Somali, Afghan, Iraqi and Burmese Muslims. Some of the cities receiving heavy numbers of Syrian refugees are the following:

•Atlanta, Savannah and Stone Mountain, Georgia

•Asheville, High Point, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Charlotte, North Carolina

•Columbia, South Carolina

•Dearborn, Clinton Township, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Troy, Battle Creek, Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, W. Bloomfield Township, Madison Heights, Sterling Heights, Ypsilanti and Lansing, Michigan

•Boise, Idaho

•Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio

•Buffalo, Albany and Syracuse, New York

•Elizabeth, Camden, Bellmawr, Hawthorne, Jersey City, Moorestown, Woodland Park and Paterson, New Jersey

•Lowell, Worchester, Springfield-West Springfield, Westfield, Billerica, Massachusetts

•Minneapolis, Rochester and Savage, Minnesota

•Omaha, Nebraska

•Kansas City and Wichita, Kansas

•Erie, Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

•Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, Plano, Sugarland, Tomball and San Antonio, Texas

•Denver and Thornton, Colorado

•Des Moines, Iowa

•Salt Lake City, Utah

•Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky

•Baltimore, Riverdale, Ellicott City and Silver Spring, Maryland

•Tampa, Clearwater and Jacksonville, Florida

•Glendale, Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona

•New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut

•Portland, Maine

•Concord, New Hampshire

•Saint Louis and Kansas City, Missouri

•Las Vegas, Nevada

•New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana

•Albuquerque, New Mexico

•Tulsa, Oklahoma

•Portland, Oregon

•Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee

•Charlottesville, Newport News, Roanoke, Harrisonburg, Powhatan and Falls Church, Virginia

•Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Milwaukee-Madison, Wisconsin

•Chicago, Indianapolis, San Diego, Sacramento, Los Angeles.