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And some, such as Adolfo Olivas of Hamilton, Ohio, have decided to just shut down their accounts, as the divisive presidential campaign causes a deluge of news feeds amid photos of smiling kids' first day of school and what's on the grill for dinner. The last straw for the former Republican mayor came after GOP nominee Donald Trump's criticism of fellow Gold Star parents, the Muslim parents of Iraq war casualty Humayun Khan.

Rubio defends opposition to gay marriage but urges a lovea for LGBT community

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stressed his opposition to same-sex marriage while also calling on fellow Christians to "love" and understand LGBT people in a speech before a gathering of conservative pastors in Orlando on Friday. The two-day event, titled "Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project" and sponsored by the Florida Renewal Project, was described as "an anti-LGBT rally" by Florida Democrats who criticized Rubio for speaking there two months after the Pulse shootings at a gay nightclub.

New York, New Jersey Lawmakers Complain About New Port Authority Bus Terminal Plan

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Trump brushes off a sarcasma as Clinton releases tax returns

Republican Donald Trump tried to brush off the latest furor to envelop his struggling White House campaign on Friday, saying he was just being sarcastic when he called President Barack Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton the founders of Islamic State. Trump used the unfounded description on Wednesday night and all day on Thursday during campaign appearances in Florida.

University of Brescia and Mount Sinai Expand Cooperation with First Internationalization Summit

Faculty from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai joined colleagues from around the world at the University of Brescia in Italy for a recent conference on the internationalization of education and research. The 2016 Brescia Internationalization Summit, held on July 13, 2016, included a roundtable discussion where participants explored the university's role in creating a new generation of globally minded professionals for the advancement of science.

U.S. Surgeon General meets with pregnant women in Miami over local Zika fears

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke with senior citizens at the Southwest Focal Point Senior Center in Pembroke Pines to bring awareness on the Zika virus. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke with senior citizens at the Southwest Focal Point Senior Center in Pembroke Pines to bring awareness on the Zika virus.

US president will be ‘part Trump, part Clinton’ in Homeland season 6

Homeland's sixth season is premiering later than usual, but showrunner Alex Gansa has a very good reason: the upcoming run is focussed around a US general election. The series takes place between Election Day and the presidential inauguration, and will air just after America has voted in its real-life president in November.

Donald Trump’s Inflammatory Brand Of “Sarcasm” Is Gaslighting America

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump now says his remarks that President Obama is the "founder of ISIS" were "sarcasm," just one day after repeatedly reaffirming the statement as "no mistake," and after conservative media figures defended his charge as "100 percent accurate." NY Times : "Donald Trump Calls Obama 'Founder of ISIS' and Says It Honors Him."

Haredi paper scorned for modest picture of Hillary Clinton

A haredi Orthodox newspaper that bans photographs of women on its pages earned praise and scorn for publishing a photograph of Hillary Clinton - or at least her arm. Yated Ne'eman, a newspaper based in Monsey, New York, that serves the area's large fervently Orthodox community, published a picture of the Democratic presidential nominee taken at a Florida campaign rally.

Puerto Ricans flocking to mainland could sway swing states

Residents of Puerto Rico can't vote in presidential elections. But with the island's economy in shambles, many are fleeing to the U.S. mainland, potentially shifting demographic norms in some of the most closely contested states.

Great Lakes no help for a struggling Trump on road to 270

Hillary Clinton is starting to spend a little money in Georgia and Arizona, states that any Republican running for president ought to be able to count on. The road to 270 electoral votes - the threshold to clinch the presidency - increasingly looks to be a series of uphill climbs and dead ends for Trump in the usual collection of most competitive states.

The Prospect of a 43-Percent President

The last ten polls reporting the outcome of a four-person presidential race with the Democrat Clinton, Republican Trump, Libertarian Johnson, and Green Party's Stein gives Hillary Clinton the edge in the popular vote but leaves her with an average in those ten polls of only 44%. Her unfavorable ratings with voters remains incredibly high for a major party candidate, compounded by the fact that Hillary has been at the center of Washington politics for a quarter of a century.

Portman moves to 9-point lead in new Ohio poll for U.S. Senate

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman has opened a 9-point lead over Democratic challenger Ted Strickland in a newly released poll, despite headwinds from the top of the ticket that appear to be hampering his Republican Senate colleagues in Pennsylvania and Florida. "At this stage of the campaign, Republican U.S. Senate candidates may be running against their own presidential nominee, Donald Trump, as much as they are against their Democratic opponents," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University Poll.

Trump doubles down on claim Obama founded Islamic State

Hillary Clinton has admonished rival Donald Trump for claiming that she and Barack Obama were the founders of the Islamic State group, saying anyone who would "sink so low" should never be president. Mr Trump again roiled the presidential campaign late on Wednesday, telling a rally in Florida that Mr Obama "is the founder of ISIS".

TPP Vote Count Doesn’t Add Up

A ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee and at least 10 House Republicans who had voted for "fast track" trade promotion authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership have announced their opposition to the trade deal, joining many Democrats who have already opposed the deal. Rep. Richard Neal "will not vote in favor of TPP as it stands today."

GOP says US command manipulated Islamic State intel reports

" Intelligence assessments approved by senior leaders at U.S. Central Command exaggerated the progress of anti-terrorism efforts they ran against Islamic State militants, a House Republican task force said in an initial report released Thursday. The report detailed what the task force described as "persistent problems" in 2014 and 2015 with the command's analysis of U.S. efforts to train Iraqi forces and combat the extremist group in Iraq and Syria.