Political risk for all in Trump-Clinton ‘deplorables’ debate

In this Sept. 8, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, N.C. A war of words over Donald Trump's "deplorables" is intensifying as Republicans and Democrats fight to score political points over Hillary Clinton's charge that millions of the New York billionaire's supporters are racist, sexist and homophobic.

Kentucky governor: Clinton presidency may lead to bloodshed

Speaking to the annual Values Voter Summit on Saturday in Washington, Bevin said he was asked if the country could ever recover if Clinton were elected president. "I do think it would be possible, but at what price? At what price? The roots of the tree of liberty are watered by what? The blood, of who? The tyrants to be sure, but who else.

Congress right to press VA on Aurora hospital

Taxpayers in Colorado and across the nation have been kept in the dark far too long about what went so disastrously awry with the mushrooming cost to build the still-under-construction veterans hospital in Aurora. One would think a billion-dollar overrun for a facility originally slated to cost $604 million would demand a timely explanation.

Lee urged Trump campaign to denounce David Duke

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence was urged by a GOP senator Tuesday to use the word "deplorable" to describe white supremacist David Duke and to "denounce the alt-right movement." Pence, the governor of Indiana, made the rounds in the U.S. Senate with an eye on smoothing over frayed relations between Donald Trump and some conservative lawmakers.

GAO: America already lost its claim to the Internet

The Government Accountability Office said Tuesday it believed the Obama administration's proposed giveaway of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority could safely move forward without congressional approval, and said the United States essentially gave up ownership of the Internet years ago. Members of Congress had asked the GAO to assess whether IANA constituted property of the federal government, which would require congressional approval to transfer under Article IV of the Constitution.

John Koskinen: Conservatives begin impeachment process for IRS commissioner

House conservatives pulled the trigger Tuesday on the process to begin impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, rejecting appeals from fellow Republicans and from the commissioner himself to set the matter aside. Rep. John Fleming, Louisiana Republican, made the move, kicking off a process that will put fellow GOP lawmakers on the spot.

Ex-Clinton aide refuses to answer questions

A former State Department IT staffer who was involved in setting up and servicing Hillary Clinton's private email server refused to answer questions from a second congressional committee Tuesday, sparking anger among Republican committee members. Bryan Pagliano, who worked for the State Department during Clinton's tenure but was also paid separately by the Clinton family to manage the private email server she used while in office, did not appear at the hearing before the House Oversight Committee despite receiving a subpoena to appear late last week.

Donald Trump Is Creeping Up on Hillary Clinton as New Poll Puts…

Donald Trump continues to slowly close his gap with Hillary Clinton , according to a new poll from NBC News . Results from the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll shows the Democratic nominee leads Trump by just four percentage points - 48 percent to 44 percent - in a head-to-head match up of the two presidential candidates.

Johnson races around US to qualify for presidential debates

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is crisscrossing the country in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to boost his national poll numbers and qualify for the presidential debates. Johnson needs to reach an average of 15 percent in five national polls that the Commission on Presidential Debates relies upon to qualify for the first presidential debate on Sept.

Hillary Clinton

House Republicans are keeping up their attacks on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails by calling for testimony the tech expert who set up her private server and representatives from the company that maintained the system. Bryan Pagliano, a former information resource management adviser at the State Department , is scheduled to appear Tuesday at a hearing before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

County canvass helps set stage for Arizona race recount

Maricopa County officials on Monday certified results from Arizona's Aug. 30 primary election, taking a step toward a recount in the still-undecided race for the Republican nomination in a Phoenix-area congressional district. State Senate President Andy Biggs leads former internet executive Christine Jones by 16 votes in the 5th Congressional District.

Obama, McConnell strike hopeful tone on budget, Zika – Mon, 12 Sep 2016 PST

Striking a conciliatory tone after an Oval Office sitdown, President Barack Obama and the top Senate Republican declared themselves hopeful Monday that an agreement can be reached to keep the government running and to provide money to take care of the worsening Zika crisis. WASHINGTON - Striking a conciliatory tone after an Oval Office sitdown, President Barack Obama and the top Senate Republican declared themselves hopeful Monday that an agreement can be reached to keep the government running and to provide money to take care of the worsening Zika crisis.

Clinton scrambles to head off fallout from brutal weekend

Hillary Clinton's campaign is scrambling to head off lasting damage from her brutal weekend. Aides are promising to release more of her medical records following her bout of pneumonia and conceding they were too slow in providing information about her condition.

U.S. House votes to allow consumers to rate businesses without retaliation

WASHINGTON - Didn't get the product you ordered from a retailer? Found the restaurant's food inedible? Experienced terrible service at the hotel? Consumers increasingly are relying on online reviews to decide where to shop, eat or stay. But businesses are trying to quash negative reports, demanding that customers agree to non-disparagement clauses and then threatening legal action if they report an unfavorable experience.

Democrats bypass 2nd place finisher, choose Gannon to oppose Oa Connor

BOSTON - Former state Rep. Paul Gannon, who now lives in Hingham after representing South Boston in the early 1990s, will run against incumbent Republican Sen. Patrick O'Connor this November after the state Democratic Party chose him to be the party's new nominee. A special executive committee met Sunday night to choose a replacement for Joan Meschino, who declined the Senate nomination after winning last Thursday's primary because she has chosen to focus instead on a race for an open House seat.