Donald Trump seeks support in Iowa warning ‘war on the American farmer,’ by rival Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump warned Saturday of a "war on the American farmer," telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton "wants to shut down family farms" and implement anti-agriculture policies. Trump's speech at the annual "Roast and Ride" fundraiser for Republican Sen. Joni Ernst came just hours after Clinton received her first national security briefing as the Democratic presidential nominee.

Hillary Clinton receives first security briefing

Democrat Hillary Clinton on Saturday received her first national security briefing since accepting her party's nomination for the presidency last month. The meeting was held at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's field office in White Plains, New York, not far from the Chappaqua, New York, residence she shares with her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

The week in politics

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with residents as he tours a flood-affected area in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday, August 23. The Red Cross said the catastrophic flooding is the worst to hit the state since Hurricane Sandy four years ago. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with the Republican Leadership Initiative at Trump Tower in New York on Thursday, August 25. To his right is former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.

The Latest: Iowa governor says Trump can win on agriculture

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad says Donald Trump can beat Hillary Clinton in Iowa by focusing on agriculture, pointing to his support for a renewable fuel standard important to the state's corn growers. Branstad told The Associated Press on Saturday that he's going to personally deliver that message to Trump when they share a ride to a campaign stop at the state fairgrounds.

Hillary Clinton receives first intelligence briefing as nominee

The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday for a national security briefing. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. >> Hillary Clinton received her first national security briefing Saturday as the Democratic presidential nominee, meeting with intelligence officials for an overview of the major threats facing the nation around the globe.

The Latest: Trump tweet on Chicago shooting prompts backlash

The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, for a national security briefing. The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, for a national security briefing.

The Latest: Trump headliner in Iowa, but skipping cycle ride

The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, for a national security briefing. The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, for a national security briefing.

Women, these jobs waiting for you

In a year with the first female presidential nominee by a major political party, and with 27 female Olympic gold medalists outnumbering their male counterparts, American women have a lot to celebrate in their movement for equality. But they also still face many challenges, and on Women's Equality Day, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas set up a roundtable discussion to talk about these challenges and their possible solutions.

Clinton attacks Trump’s outreach to black voters in new ad

Dr Ben Carson and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Pierry Benjamin attend a round table with the Republican Leadership Initiative at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, August 25, 2016. Photo: Reuters Democrat Hillary Clinton called on Friday for voters to reject the "bigotry" of Donald Trump's White House campaign, releasing a television ad criticizing his efforts to appeal to black voters and saying she was reaching out to people from all parties who are troubled by his candidacy.

California congressional leaders visit Soberanes and Chimney fires

California congressional leaders are taking a look at the damage from the Soberanes and the Chimney fires in Monterey County. Representatives Sam Farr and Loretta Sanchez said they'll be going to Congress next month in hopes of getting federal help for the state.

Gov. Paul LePage apologizes for obscene language in voicemail

Gov. Paul LePage is apologizing to "the people of Maine" for leaving a vulgar voicemail for a Democratic legislator and says he was using a metaphor when he said he wished he could challenge the lawmaker to a duel and point his gun "right between his eyes." LePage said in a written statement Friday that he takes it "very seriously" when someone calls him a racist and that it made him "enormously angry" when he heard from a reporter that Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, had called him one.

US Open top seeds Williams, Djokovic coming off injuries

The fir... Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has unleashed an obscene tirade on a Democratic legislator, leaving him a message that said "I am after you" and telling reporters he wished he could point a gun between the... Maine's bombastic Republican governor has built a reputation on his unfiltered comments, but his obscene tirade unleashed on a liberal lawmaker prompted Democratic lawmakers Friday to warn that the governor was coming... A judge whose six-month sentence in the sexual assault case of a former Stanford swimmer has removed himself from handling criminal matters, but efforts to recall him remain.

Where do Trump and Clinton stand on keeping the internet open?

When the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve net neutrality rules last year, many people saw it as a done deal. Supporters cheered the decision as a victory for the free and open internet, where the deep pockets of big companies couldn't buy faster web speeds over struggling startups.

Political Happy Hour: Friday, August 26, 2016

Here's your vintage yabba-dabba-doo! mug of politics, from Joshua Miller of the Boston Globe at the Massachusetts State House. PAUL LePAGE OF MAINE, THE NATION'S MOST MEASURED, CALM GOVERNOR, via Eric Russell and Scott Thistle of the Portland Press Herald: "A top Democrat has called on Gov. Paul LePage to resign over a profanity-laced and threatening voicemail he left a day earlier for a state representative from Westbrook.

Hillary Clinton critic’s FOURTH book bashing the presidential…

Hillary Clinton critic's FOURTH book bashing the presidential candidate is due out a month before the election - exposing 'corruption on a level some would call TREASON' Ed Klein's new Hillary Clinton book, Guilty as Sin, will focus on the personal email server that Clinton set up in her home in Chappaqua, New York He claims it will reveal 'what Bill and Hillary still have left in their bag of tricks in their desperate quest to get back into the Oval Office' The book included the allegation that Chelsea was conceived after Bill had forced Hillary into sex during a 1979 vacation at a resort in Bermuda.