Clinton’s challenge: Rebuilding Obama’s coalition

The Democratic nominee's effort to win over voters who twice put Barack Obama in the White House -- and who represent her best chance of victory in November -- will reach new intensity this week in the run-up to her first crucial debate clash in seven days. Young, college-educated and minority voters formed the backbone of Obama's majority in 2008, helping to put once reliably Republican states like Virginia and North Carolina in the Democratic column and shore up the battered incumbent in swing states like Ohio and Florida in 2012.

N.Y.-area bombings raise immigrant screening concerns

Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2df0S2R Suspected bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami is taken into custody after a shootout with police on Sept. 19, 2016, in Linden, N.J. The revelation that the suspected New York City bomber was born in Afghanistan before becoming a U.S. citizen prompted Republicans to attack the U.S. government's immigrant screening process.

Heavy hitters go to bat for slumping Clinton

As Hillary Clinton's once-sizable lead has evaporated in national surveys and must-win swing states, her supporters are speaking out with a new urgency, urging core followers to set aside any qualms and get behind Clinton with enthusiasm. President Obama, in a speech Saturday night before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, bluntly stated that African-Americans need to affirm his legacy by helping put another Democrat in the White House.

North Carolina Is Breaking Its Own Law And Allowing Illegals To Become Notaries Public

North Carolina state law states that only a legal resident can become a notary public, but the state's secretary of state is granting licenses to illegal immigrants. The North State Journal called a staffer at the North Carolina Secretary of State's office's notary public section who said that "yes" a copy of a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals work permit would satisfy residency requirements to become a notary public.

Lawmakers’ European trip shows holes in campaigna

Lawmakers' European trip shows holes in campaign law Gaping holes in state laws that allow lawmakers to use campaign money for investments Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: An investigation into expelled lawmaker Jeremy Durham's campaign finances revealed loopholes in state laws, including one that allowed a GOP donor to take six lawmakers on a European trip without anyone needing to report the gift.

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."

The Latest: Reporter arrested outside Trump event in Houston

Donald Trump's campaign is saying it had nothing to do with the arrest of a VICE News reporter outside his speech Saturday in Houston. The reporter, Alexander Scott Thompson, was arrested by Houston Police after trying to gain admittance to Trump's speech at an event hosted by The Remembrance Project.

Trump says ‘open borders’ cost lives and ‘this will end’

Donald Trump, who has made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, asserted Saturday that "not one more American life should be given up in the name of open borders." "All across this country, dining room tables have an empty seat because the government abandoned its duty and has not enforced its basic laws," Trump told a gathering of the Remembrance Project, a group founded to remember those killed by people living illegally in the U.S. and to press for tougher laws.

Trump, in Houston, Blasts Clinton on Illegal Immigration

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used a Saturday trip to Houston to address families of victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants - and blast Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as unsympathetic to their concerns. "When Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, the matter of this country refusing to take back their deported citizens came before Hillary Clinton's desk," Trump said.

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Donald Trump, who has made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, asserted Saturday that "not one more American life should be given up in the name of open borders." "All across this country, dining room tables have an empty seat because the government abandoned its duty and has not enforced its basic laws," Trump told a gathering of the Remembrance Project, a group founded to remember those killed by people living illegally in the U.S. and to press for tougher laws.

Arizona police will no longer stop people to check immigration status

Arizona police officers will no longer detain people solely to investigate their immigration status under a settlement reached on Thursday after a lawsuit challenged the so-called 'show your papers' provision of an immigration law. The settlement agreement ends a long and costly court battle between the state and civil rights groups over the 2010 law, which opponents say has led to racial profiling and wrongful detentions.

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Feds raid mob daughter and 'Growing Up Gotti' star Victoria Gotti's Long Island mansion AND auto parts store run by her sons REVEALED: Ford to move ALL of its small car production from America to Mexico where it will build $1.6bn plant and create 2,800 jobs Now Mexico wants to build a border wall with Central America to keep out illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala Widow of man who went to Hawaii health clinic with a sore throat and ended up dead receives $4.2MILLION payout 'She called me bro... I ended it on the spot': VERY fussy lovers reveal their most ridiculous break-up stories Woman who saw Juanita Broaddrick after she claims Bill Clinton 'raped her' says 'she was crying' and 'her mouth was all swollen up' Netflix and Hill? Deliveryman drops off Italian takeout to Clinton's Chappaqua home as she prepares to rejoin campaign trail today after pneumonia battle ... (more)

Melania Trump releases more immigration details, no records

Melania Trump released a letter Wednesday from an immigration attorney that provided more detail on what she said was her legal pathway to U.S. citizenship. But the Slovenian-born wife of the GOP presidential nominee did not publish any part of her immigration file - official documents that would put to rest questions about whether she followed immigration law.