Clinton says ‘Deplorables’ comment is ‘grossly generalistic’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania meet with family members of Phyllis Schlafly before the start of a funeral Mass for Schlafly, Saturday, Sept.
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Kaine predicts Catholic church will change its teaching on gay marriage
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine, a practicing Catholic, on Saturday described his evolution on same-sex marriage and predicted that his church would change its views as well. "My full, complete, unconditional support for marriage equality is at odds with the current doctrine of the church that I still attend," Kaine said at a dinner celebrating gay rights.
“I want to live to see the day that…we send Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history.”
GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence spoke to a convention of conservative Christians Saturday, drawing loud applause for his promises that he will work with Donald Trump to restrict abortion rights and appoint right-wing justices to the Supreme Court. "Let me be clear: People who know me well know I'm pro-life, and I don't apologize for it," said Pence, the Republican governor of Indiana, to the largely evangelical crowd at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC.
a Pence: Clinton’s Comments About a Millions of Americansa Are – Deplorable,’ – Irredeemable’a
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee, told Breitbart News that he was "taken aback" at Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton's disdain for millions of Americans as evidenced by comments she made at a private fundraiser on Friday night with Barbra Streisand about millions of Donald Trump supporters nationwide.
Kansas Supreme Court justices face ouster push from right
Four Kansas Supreme Court justices targeted for ouster in this year's election face anti-incumbent sentiment and a backlash over rulings that overturned death sentences for two brothers convicted of infamous multiple murders. Conservative Republicans hope to give term-limited GOP Gov. Sam Brownback a chance to remake a seven-member court they view as too liberal.
9/11 Events in Minnesota
A number of events will take place Sunday, Sept. 11 in Minnesota in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 people killed during terror attack in 2001.
Pence: Trump Backers Not a ‘Basket of Anything’
Donald Trump's running mate is firing back at comments by Hillary Clinton in which she described Trump supporters as a "basket of deplorables." Mike Pence said Saturday at the Values Voters Summit in Washington that Clinton's comments should be "denounced in the strongest possible terms."
Is Hillary Clintona s a deplorablesa remark like Mitt Romneya s a 47%a gaffe?
Hillary Clinton said Friday night in New York that half of Donald Trump's supporters are racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic and/or Islamophobic. At an "LGBT for Hillary" fundraiser, where Barbra Streisand performed, Clinton expanded on previous comments about many Trump supporters falling into a "basket of deplorables" that includes the groups listed above.
‘So insulting’: Trump fires back after Clinton puts his backers in ‘basket of deplorables’
Hillary Clinton verbally banished half of Donald Trump's backers to a "basket of deplorables," and the Republican presidential nominee quickly pounced, saying Saturday she had smeared many Americans and would pay a heavy political price. "Wow, Hillary Clinton was SO INSULTING to my supporters, millions of amazing, hard-working people.
The Latest: Pence condemns Clintona s a deplorablesa comment
Donald Trump's running mate is firing back at comments by Hillary Clinton in which she described Trump supporters as a "basket of deplorables." Mike Pence said Saturday at the Values Voters Summit in Washington that Clinton's comments should be "denounced in the strongest possible terms."
Pence, not Trump, releases tax returns
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence speaks at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., August 31, 2016. Donald Trump's Republican presidential campaign, widely criticized for refusing to release the candidate's tax returns, released 10 years of returns on Friday for vice presidential nominee Mike Pence.
Former Virginia Gov. owes more than $10M to lawyers
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell still owes more than $10 million to the lawyers who ultimately got his federal corruption conviction overturned. His sister Maureen McDonnell told reporters Friday that he's still in debt to two law firms in Washington, D.C., saying "the bills have accumulated."
California pays tribe $36 million to settle years-old fight
Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that he signed SB1187, authorizing the money for the Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians. The state had little choice after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year in favor of the tribe, which operates a casino in northern San Diego County.
Trumpa s running mate once had a very different view of Putin
As a candidate for vice president, Mike Pence is siding with his running mate and casting Russian President Vladimir Putin in favorable terms, saying this week that it's "inarguable" that Putin is a stronger leader than U.S. President Barack Obama. But as an Indiana congressman, Pence took a much more critical view of Russia under Putin's leadership, signing a letter to then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2006 expressing alarm about "mafia-style assassinations" being conducted against journalists in Putin's Russia.
Mike Pence releases tax returns, earned $113,026 in 2015
But his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, just did what presidential nominees and vice presidential candidates have done for 40 years. He and his wife, Karen, reported bringing in $113,026 in adjusted gross income in 2015, and paying $8,956 in federal income taxes.
Trump chief won’t reveal North Korea plan as tensions mount
Hours after North Korea tested new nuclear technology, Donald Trump's campaign chief refused Friday to outline the Republican presidential nominee's approach to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula as both White House contenders increasingly focus on national security. Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, pressed repeatedly on Trump's plan, said only, "He wouldn't do what's being done now."
Minnesota Supreme Court being asked to remove Trump-Pence from ballot
The DFL Party is asking the state Supreme Court to remove Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence from the general election ballot in Minnesota. A petition filed late Thursday asks the court to order the secretary of state to strip the names off the Nov. 8 ballot.
Corruption charges against former Virginia governor, wife dropped
U.S. prosecutors on Thursday dropped corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, bringing to a close a case that tarnished the once-rising star of the Republican Party. "After carefully considering the Supreme Court's recent decision and the principles of federal prosecution, we have made the decision not to pursue the case further," the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
Feds drop case against former Governor Bob McDonnell
The case against former Republican Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife has been dropped by the Department of Justice. The Washington Post reports : Federal prosecutors will not attempt to retry former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on corruption charges, ending a years-long saga that rocked the commonwealth's political class and cut short the rise of a Republican Party star.
Feds drop charges against former Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell
Federal prosecutors dropped their corruption case against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife on Thursday, more than two months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction. "After carefully considering the Supreme Court's recent decision and the principles of federal prosecution, we have made the decision not to pursue the case further," U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente's office said in a statement.