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Allies of Democrat Patrick Murphy are doing what campaigns do this election season when his opponent, Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio keeps his distance from presidential nominee Donald Trump: Rubio spoke Thursday morning at a closed-door event at Boca Raton Synagogue. Roughly 27.6 miles away, at the South Florida Fairgrounds near West Palm Beach, Trump was revving up a supportive crowd that - as usual - did not include Rubio, although he did renew his endorsement of Trump this week.
Sen. Jeff Sessions said Thursday Hillary Clinton's support of open borders is the "smoking gun" of the current presidential election. "It's a smoking gun," Sessions said.
Republican lawmakers already leery of the Iran nuclear deal railed at new US Treasury Department guidelines indicating foreign companies will not be sanctioned for doing business with Iranian entities. The updated guidelines , which were published last Friday, allow for business dealings inside Iran so long as the US financial system and Americans are not involved.
U.S. prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency over a massive mine wastewater spill that fouled rivers in three states, a federal watchdog agency said. The EPA's Office of Inspector General disclosed Wednesday that it recently presented evidence to prosecutors that the unnamed employee may have violated the Clean Water Act and given false statements.
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis strode to the front of the Oldsmar City Council chambers and turned to address the room, filled with military veterans. "I told Jerry I wanted to have a roundtable, not necessarily a town hall meeting," the Palm Harbor Republican said, nodding toward organizer Jerry Custin of the local chamber of commerce.
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt's Democratic challenger out-raised him in the third quarter, raking in $3 million for his insurgent campaign compared to Blunt's $1.8 million, according to campaign finance information released by both campaigns on Wednesday. It's the latest sign of just how close the Missouri Senate race has become as Democrat Jason Kander looks to end Blunt's 20 year career in Congress.
In this July 25, 2016, file photo, John Podesta, Clinton Campaign Chairman, speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Podesta, a top adviser to Hillary Clinton, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, accused Roger Stone, a longtime Donald Trump aide, of receiving "advance warning" about WikiLeaks' plans to publish thousands of hacked emails and suggested the Republican candidate is aiding the unprecedented Russian interference in American politics.
Residents of five states may be barred from boarding a commercial flight using a driver's license beginning in 2018 because of their states' refusal to comply with national proof-of-identity requirements. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday that it rejected requests from Oklahoma, Kentucky, Maine, Pennsylvania and South Carolina for an extension to comply with the federal Real ID Act.
The story that dogs Hillary Clinton's campaign to this day, the disclosure of her private email server, had just broken two days earlier, and her campaign spokesman was minimizing the impact. "Goal would be to cauterize this just enough so it plays out over the weekend and dies in the short term," Nick Merrill wrote last year.
Alaska's two U.S. senators resigned leadership posts in the state Republican party after denouncing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and saying he should step aside. U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan voluntarily resigned over the weekend as honorary members of the party's state central committee, Murkowski campaign spokesman Robert Dillon said Tuesday.
Now that it has become crystal clear Donald Trump will not quit - that he has "unshackled" himself and plans to "limp" across the finish line - some Republicans who called on him to drop out over the weekend are reversing themselves. Deb Fischer tweeted, "The comments made by Mr. Trump were disgusting and totally unacceptable under any circumstance."
Many pastors don't yet know who they'll be voting for when election day rolls around next month, according to a new poll from LifeWay Research. In fact, when Protestant pastors were presented with current presidential options, the largest share - 40 percent - said they were still "undecided."
San Antonio police officers who wore 'Make America Great Again' hats while in uniform will be 'appropriately disciplined' for violating department policy, the city's police chief announced Tuesday. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats are photographed during a meeting with Trump's Hispanic Advisory Council at Trump Tower in New York City on August 20, 2016.
Chris Stewart gave a simple explanation for introducing a congressional resolution on missing American David Sneddon: "As a parent, it seemed the right thing to do." The Utah congressman's own son was the one who told him that his friend had mysteriously vanished-the first U.S. citizen to disappear from China without a trace since President Nixon's historic 1972 trip.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released a video statement Friday in response to a 2005 video in which he made lewd comments and bragged about groping women. This election has many people deeply entrenched in their preferred pick for president, but some people say a Texas congressman took it too far following a proposed hypothetical on Donald Trump.
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee and his Democratic challenger Misty Snow will square off in a debate Wednesday night at Brigham Young University. Snow is a 31-year-old transgender woman who works as a grocery store cashier and is making her first run for political office.
Testimony is scheduled to resume after Hurricane Matthew in the trial of a Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old son in a hot SUV to die. The trial of Justin Ross Harris resumes Wednesday.
For the Record: Hey! Over here! It's a real issue like climate change Where do Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and third-party candidates stand on climate change? Check out this story on brookfield-elmgrovenow.com: http://usat.ly/2e6smEl Sigh. What does it mean for democracy when the election now depends on how you view the P-word? And why, if this is all we can talk about, is Team FTR even bothering to tell you where the candidates stand on matters that don't involve genitalia? We don't know either.