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In the wake of the 2005 hot mic tape , and now allegations against Donald Trump of groping and inappropriate sexual advances, some big Republican donors are calling on the RNC to break ties with the Republican nominee. "At some point, you have to look in the mirror and recognize that you cannot possibly justify support for Trump to your children - especially your daughters," said David Humphreys, a Missouri businessman who's donated more than $2.5 million to Republicans since the 2012 election.
"I'm so angry at the Republicans," he says, eyes slitted in a mocking grimace. He's riffing off the leaked email that shows that allies of Hillary Clinton gave her a question in advance of a town hall broadcast by CNN in March.
A new national poll from Fox News finds Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 7 percentage points among likely voters. The poll was taken following the second national debate Sunday and the surfacing of a leaked 2005 tape showing Trump making a series of offensive sexual remarks about women.
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday outlined his case against the candidacy of Hillary Clinton -- without mentioning Donald Trump a single time. Ryan's first extensive public remarks since effectively abandoning Trump's candidacy earlier this week provided a glimpse into the challenge the speaker will face in the closing weeks of the campaign in trying to push for Republican candidates up and down the ballot without becoming tainted by the controversies swirling around Trump.
In this Jan. 16, 2015 file photo, South Dakota Republican U.S. Sen. John Thune speaks in Rapid City, S.D. Thune, who is seeking a third term, faces off against Democratic challenger Jay Williams, a businessman from Yankton, in their first debate Thursday night, Oct. 13, 2016.
Some key Republican officeholders and candidates reaffirmed their support for Donald Trump Thursday despite new allegations from women that he groped and assaulted them. The Republicans argued that Trump would still be better on key issues like energy and the Supreme Court than Democrat Hillary Clinton.
President Barack Obama insisted Thursday that Republicans who are disavowing Donald Trump deserve no credit for their sudden change of heart after having "stood by silently" for so long. He accused Republicans of filling a "swamp of crazy" by allowing unfounded and hate-filled rhetoric to go unchallenged within the party for years.
Facing a tough re-election bid in a presidential battleground state, North Carolina U.S. Sen. Richard Burr said Thursday that he accepts Donald Trump's statements that he didn't commit sexual assault and still supports Trump politically because he's worried more about Hillary Clinton's "lack of judgment." In his only scheduled debate with upstart Democratic challenger Deborah Ross, Burr became the latest Republican candidate to have to explain his continued backing for the GOP presidential nominee.
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are scrambling to protect Republican majorities in Congress from being wiped out by the backlash following a string of women alleging that Donald Trump sexually assaulted them. Ryan, who has not withdrawn his endorsement of Trump, told donors on a private call Wednesday that he doesn't want to go to war with the Republican presidential nominee.
Louisiana's worst-flooded parishes will receive more than 87 percent of $500 million that Congress allocated for housing repairs, HUD announced Thursday . when the federal government announced the Pelican State would receive more than 87 percent of that first tranche of community development block grants.
Countless former Democrats in Ohio'... . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Lakeland, Fla.
The U.S. Treasury Department has issued rules to limit the allure of "tax inversions" - whereby companies trim their tax bills by moving abroad. The rules would limit companies' ability to make internal loans that saddle their U.S. subsidiaries with debt and shift profits to countries with lower tax rates - a process called "earnings stripping."
Michelle Obama said Thursday she has been "shaken" to the core by comments that GOP Republican nominee Donald Trump made in which he is heard on a 2005 tape bragging about assaulting women because he is famous. Speaking at campaign rally in New Hampshire for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Obama called the comments "shocking and demeaning."
Countless former Democrats in Ohio'... . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Lakeland, Fla.
Women's health advocates have delivered hundreds of condoms to Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte's office in New Hampshire bearing the message "Protect Yourself from Trump." The delivery from Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund ties together two issues that have landed Ayotte in the news.
In this May 12, 2016, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following his meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
A federal lawsuit is seeking an emergency extension of the voter registration deadline in at least one Georgia county that suffered damage from Hurricane Matthew. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Savannah on behalf of several groups that work to encourage voter registration.
House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin Fall Fest, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Walworth County Fairgrounds in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. US Republican presidential candidate Trump was scheduled to attend the Fall Fest with Ryan, who said he was "sickened" by lewd and misogynistic comments Trump made as he described groping women in a 2005 video released on October 7, disinviting him from the political event in Wisconsin.
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine will campaign this weekend in South Florida, as his Republican counterpart Mike Pence also tries to nail down votes in the critical swing state.
Countless former Democrats in Ohio'... . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in Lakeland, Fla.