Trump says he’s holding fundraisers only because GOP asked
Trump holds his first preside... . FILE- In this Friday, May 6, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Eugene, Ore.
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Questions about Clinton’s accomplishments don’t faze supporters
Hillary Clinton has served as the first lady of a state and the nation as well as been a senator and secretary of state, but her qualification to be president is dogged by one word - accomplishments. If you type "what has hill" into a Google search, the first option to autofill that search is "what has Hillary Clinton accomplished."
DOD uses undisclosed files to defend sex assault testimony
The Pentagon is relying on information it won't make public to dispute an Associated Press investigation that found the military misled Congress about sexual assault cases to blunt support for Senate legislation. In a report sent Thursday to a bipartisan group of senators, the Pentagon refers to undisclosed files about several of the cases to challenge AP's findings.
Emanuel Proposes City Ordinance to Restore Police Credibility
As Chicago braces for a violent summer, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a new plan aiming to restore credibility to the city's embattled police department. Mary Ann Ahern reports.
Sanders to get more of a say with convention platform
Bernie Sanders supporters will occupy a third of all seats on the Democratic Party's 2016 platform committee, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday, an agreement that will allow the Vermont senator to wield sizable influence on the party's platform this year. Sanders and his supporters have complained for months that the Democratic Party was tilted against his insurgent bid and are worried that should he lose to Hillary Clinton - as he is expected to do - the issues that have animated his bid will not find a place at July's Democratic National Convention.
Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders in California, poll finds
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to the crowd Sunday, May 22, 2016, at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater. Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is making a major campaign push in California in hopes of gaining ground on Democratic nomination frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but faces an 18-percentage-point gap among the state's voters likely to participate in the Democratic primary, according to an ABC7-Southern California News Group poll released Monday.
Sanders Backing Brings Big Dollars to DNC Chair’s Challenger
Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is literally getting a run for her money by her South Florida primary opponent, thanks to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Tim Canova, a university law professor running his first political campaign, announced Monday that he raised more than $250,000 after Sanders endorsed his campaign over the weekend.
Illinois 48 mins ago 9:09 a.m.High court rejects request to reconsider Blagojevich case
The Supreme Court won't reconsider its decision to reject former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appeal of his corruption convictions. The justices on Monday denied without comment a long-shot petition urging the court to take another look at the case.
Dayton signs law moving Minnesota to presidenti…
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a bill into law replacing the state's caucus system with a presidential primary.
3 Ohioans considered VP possibilities this year
Ohio's starring role as a presidential swing state could also earn supporting roles for state politicians on this year's presidential tickets.
Clinton email probe winding down as GOP tries to up pressure
In this photo taken Dec. 19, 2015, Huma Abedin, center, aide to Hillary Clinton, stands on stage after a Democratic presidential primary debate in Manchester, N.H. FBI agents probing whether Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server imperiled government secrets appear close to completing their work, a process experts say will likely culminate in a sit-down with the former secretary of state. less In this photo taken Dec. 19, 2015, Huma Abedin, center, aide to Hillary Clinton, stands on stage after a Democratic presidential primary debate in Manchester, N.H. FBI agents probing whether Hillary Clinton's ... more FILE -In this Sept.
Focus on demolition cost Ohio millions in federal housing funds
Vacant-housing demolition took up 90 percent of Ohio's request, but critics say asking for more mortgage-assistance funds would have ensured the entire application was viewed more favorably by the federal government. As the days passed, Ohio's application for upward of $250 million in federal housing money asked for more of the money to be devoted to vacant-housing demolition and less for mortgage assistance.
Is fear of Trump fueling immigrants’ push for citizenship?
Soon-to-be U.S. citizens clap after jury supervisor Fran Green explains the process of naturalization at the Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse on March 1. Well, it seems that many immigrants, some of whom have lived and worked in, and in their hearts adopted, this country as their own, are eager to get that and the other privileges that come with becoming full-fledged Americans. The number of people applying to become U.S. citizens is at its highest level in four years, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of citizenship application data.
Sanders Risks Berning Bridges in SenateBy Matt Laslo
The blowup in Nevada has prompted many of Sanders's Senate colleagues to urge him to get control of what he started-and direct it away from Democrats and toward Trump. While Sanders young and energetic base is something the Democratic Party desperately wants to coopt in the general election, senior Democrats want Vermont's junior senator to harness that anger and point it at Donald Trump.
Politicians to help launch mental health awareness campaign
The initiative, called Change Direction NH, kicks off Monday morning with an event in Concord. It aims to help people identify signs of mental illness.
New Program Offers Cash Incentives for Kidney Donations
Rep. Matt Cartwright has proposed a program that offers financial incentives to those who donate kidneys. A plan that may help 100,000 Americans who are on a waitlist anxiously awaiting a new kidney, when every day at least 12 people die in the U.S. because there are not enough donors.
Corker wages fight against modern slavery
A teenage girl, no more than 15, recalled a man coming to her rural village in the Philippines and offering to take her and her little sister to see the big city of Manila. You'll be back by sundown, he promised.
VP Biden comes to Ohio, University of Akron downplays polytechnic…
Vice President Joe Biden came to Ohio this past week. The Cavs are winning. Cleveland must pay a record $200,000 FAA fine.
Sanders Boosts Wasserman Shultz Primary Opponent With Endorsement, Fundraising Appeal
Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking his increasingly pitched fight against the Democratic Party establishment straight to the top of the party, with an endorsement of Tim Canova, a South Florida law professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional district's primary. "Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told CNN in an interview over the weekend.
Sanders Boosts Wasserman Shultz Primary Opponen…
Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking his increasingly pitched fight against the Democratic Party establishment straight to the top of the party, with an endorsement of Tim Canova, a South Florida law professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional district's primary. "Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told CNN in an interview over the weekend.