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Donald Trump says his plan for the U.S. economy will produce annual growth of at least 4 percent, a figure not seen since the final year of Bill Clinton's presidency. The Republican nominee says that the proposal he unveiled Monday to cut taxes and create jobs makes a 4 percent growth rate "easily attainable and I think even more than that."
Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.
PHOENIX -- The sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has raised close to $10 million in his bid for a seventh term -- about 100 times what the job pays, and rivaling the money raised for Sen. John McCain's re-election bid -- and much of that money was contributed by a devoted base of backers who live outside Arizona.
Political rookie Paul Nehlen's longshot bid to unseat House Speaker Paul Ryan will be the unexpected highlight of the Wisconsin primary. Ryan rarely even has a primary challenger, but Nehlen's unexpected boost from Donald Trump made the race one to watch just in case the unthinkable happens and Ryan on Tuesday becomes the first House speaker to lose a primary.
The Maine Republican is citing Trump's "complete disregard for common decency," evidenced by his insistence than a judge of Hispanic origin could not be impartial and his criticism of Muslim parents whose son was killed in the Iraq war. She says she's "increasingly dismayed by his constant stream of cruel comments and his inability to admit error or apologize."
Sen. Susan Collins, one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate, said Monday she will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. "This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican," Collins wrote in an op-ed column in The Washington Post.
Another Republican Senator has come out to declare that they cannot bring themselves to support or vote for Donald Trump because of his temperament. Maine's Susan Collins joins colleagues like Ben Sasse and Lindsey Graham in a Washington Post opinion piece tonight, saying, "It was his attacks directed at people who could not respond on an equal footing - either because they do not share his power or stature or because professional responsibility precluded them from engaging at such a level - that revealed Mr. Trump as unworthy of being our president."
Conservative third-party candidate Evan McMullin entered the race for the White House Monday, and he's already coming out swinging against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. During an interview Monday night with ABC's Tom Llamas, McMullin, a former CIA agent and former House Republican Conference policy advisor, called Trump a "weak candidate" who "ensures" a November victory for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn speaks during the ground breaking ceremony for the Harbor Bridge replacement project at the Ortiz Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. The project will replace the aging hat-shaped bridge that's a signature landmark of the coastal city.
Mark Zandi is an accomplished economist with expertise in financial markets who conducts research on the macroeconomic effects of public policies. Also, he once gave Sen. John McCain policy advice.
Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, implored the public in 2003 to "practice justice and kindness toward every American citizen and visitor of Middle Eastern descent," according to a speech unearthed Monday on Right Wing Watch , which is run by the progressive advocacy group People For the American Way. Pence, at the time a member House of Representatives, took to the floor and read from some statements he'd made just after the Sept.
Former CIA operative and House Republican staffer Evan McMullin announced on Monday that he's mounting an independent bid for the presidency in response to what he characterizes as Trump's "personal instability" and "infatuation with strongmen." Despite reports that some high-profile GOP donors are prepared to back his candidacy, McMullin's announcement was met with amusement and deep skepticism from many political operatives and observers.
Trying to turn the page after a tumultuous campaign stretch, Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton's approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity. Trump's speech to the Detroit Economic Club reflected the Republican presidential nominee's attempt to reboot and redirect the conversation to his strength: the economy.
The Libertarian Party of Ohio said Monday it will submit a petition to put its candidate on the November ballot. Libertarians: Gary Johnson will be on Ohio ballot The Libertarian Party of Ohio said Monday it will submit a petition to put its candidate on the November ballot.
Over the past 25 years we have seen the government take different approaches to tackling crime. In the 80's we saw the emergence of President Ronald Reagan's 'War on Drugs' and in the 90's we saw President Bill Clinton Prison reforms could increase terror risk Hillary's deadly Iran deal Bill Clinton, Gary Johnson to speak at Asian-American and Pacific Islander forum MORE Barack Obama Prison reforms could increase terror risk Harry Reid's final fight Obama plays 300th round of golf as president MORE has "shortened the prison sentences for dozens of additional drug offendersa " according to CNN as a part of his continuous efforts to "reign in lengthy punishments for nonviolent crimes."
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump picked the center of automotive manufacturing to propose his plan to pick up the American economy. Mr. Trump is speaking today at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit, where about 1,500 tickets were sold for the Detroit Economic Club event.