Trump bashes Clinton as far too soft on immigrants

Donald Trump took his campaign to Texas on Saturday, bashing Hillary Clinton's immigration policies as too lax, in a state still up for grabs on Election Day. With polls showing a tightening race just over seven weeks before the November 8 election, the Republican candidate turned up the vitriol, saying that as president, his Democratic rival would virtually end border enforcement and place the country "in grave peril."

Boots, Berlin Wall and beans — buy a piece of Reagan

Furniture and other items are displayed at Christie's where items from the former president and Nancy Reagan's California home are to be auctioned shortly on September 16, 2016 in New York City. Many personal items of the first couple are to be auctioned including "Hollywood Regency"style furniture and light fixtures, decorative works, handbags, porcelain stamped with the presidential seal, jewelry and a pair of Reagan's cowboy boots with the presidential seal.

US campaign week: pneumonia, polls and a tousled Trump

With only about 50 days left before Americans elect their president, news from the campaign trail this week ranged from Hillary Clinton's pneumonia to Donald Trump's rising poll numbers. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears to be feeling better when she spoke during the Black Women's Agenda's 29th Annual Symposium after being diagnosed with pneumonia Clinton, 68, was diagnosed with the illness 48 hours ahead of a September 11 ceremony Sunday in New York, but chose to power through instead of resting.

For First Time in Forty Years, Only Two Candidates on Vermont Ballot for U.S. House

This year, the only two candidates on the Vermont ballot for U.S. House of Representatives are incumbent Peter Welch, a Democrat who is also the Republican nominee; and Liberty Union nominee Erica Clawson. This is the first time since 1976 that a Vermont U.S. House race has had only two candidates on the general election ballot.

Senate Democrats turn to red states in hope of winning majority

Senate Democrats, worried about their chances in key battlegrounds of Ohio and Florida this fall, are increasingly setting their sights on three red states to bring them back to the majority. Democratic leaders and party strategists are zeroing in on Indiana, North Carolina and Missouri, sending major resources to traditional Republican states in the hopes of returning to power after losing the majority in 2014.

Colin Powell discussed – secret’ Israeli nukes in leaked emails

In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads. Though Israel is widely believed to have developed nukes decades ago, it has never declared itself to be a nuclear state.

Trump’s birther flip meets with skepticism from many blacks

In this July 8, 2016 file photo, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., center, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Joyce Beatty , D-Ohio, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Butterfield, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Black voters reacted skeptically on Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's public admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States.

Trump criticized for bait and switch on ‘birtherism’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the crowd in an applause, recognizing a Gold Star mother in the crowd during a gathering with military leaders and veterans at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.

Many black voters skeptical at Trump’s birther about-face

Black voters reacted skeptically Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States. Many said the fact that Trump spent years questioning President Barack Obama's national origin was disrespectful, and an insult to all black Americans.

Gary Johnson And Jill Stein Not Invited To First Presidential Debate

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein were not invited to participate in first presidential debate on Sept. 26. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the only presidential candidates to debate on Sept.

Huffpost Hill – Trump Drops Birther Claims, Now Can Focus On Rafael Cruz’s Treasons

Breitbart ran a story about President Obama accompanied by a photo of a gorilla, so thank god that website will never hold any sway with our leaders. Donald Trump demonstrated his media mastery by taking attention away from Hillary Clinton's worst news cycle to date .

Ted Poe on fight against leukemia: Attitude as important as treatment

As U.S. House Republicans were involved in one of their most notable faceoffs of the summer, something felt amiss to U.S. Rep. Pete Olson. During the July House committee hearing, Attorney General Loretta Lynch faced the wrath of Republicans over the Justice Department's decision to not prosecute Democratic presidential nominee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton amid her email scandal.

Birther issue reborn – Trump to make statement on Obama birth

Republican Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Friday that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, reversing himself on a controversy that he helped launch but that has become a distraction to his White House bid. "President Barack Obama was born in the United States.