Phantom of the Election

Phantom of the Opera , Andrew Lloyd Webber's worldwide hit musical, is often heard at Donald Trump's rallies - an omen of the surprise that American voters are quietly planning for Hillary Clinton. Halloween is a fitting day to discuss haunts - so today I will explain why, even if you won't vote for Trump, you should never vote for Clinton.

Can America Afford Another Nixon?

Long before writing columns, I joined the rest of America fixated for months on the Watergate soap opera that eventually brought down President Richard Milhous Nixon. From "Deep Throat" to "Dirty Tricks," from "I am not a crook" to Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, we watched America avoid what might have become a republic-threatening Constitutional crisis.

If elected, Clinton faces awkward coexistence with FBI Director Comey

WASHINGTON >> The relationship between James Comey and Hillary Clinton was never going to be tension-free, not when Comey's FBI had conducted an election-year criminal investigation into the Democratic presidential candidate's email practices. But Comey's sudden announcement to Congress that FBI agents would review new emails that may be connected to that dormant investigation revives questions about how Clinton, if elected, would coexist with the independent-minded FBI director.

Email scandal: Brave-faced Hillary Clinton vows to ‘get back up’ as Donald Trump benefits from storm

Washington: As it emerged that FBI investigators had been sitting silently, for the best part of a month, on the latest explosive trove of Clinton emails , the Democratic candidate and Donald Trump took markedly different approaches to the elephant in the room - she stepped around it; he lassoed it and hauled it onto centre stage. Despite strident demands for more information from Democrats and the GOP, beleaguered FBI director James Comey remained silent through the weekend - letting his 166-word letter to Congress on Friday stand as the only justification for a rare FBI political intervention that has most analysts qualifying what had been their near-certain predictions that Clinton had the election in the bag.

New Clinton north Florida ad hits Trump for ‘Access Hollywood’ video

Hillary Clinton's campaign, aiming to win over conservative voters in the Florida Panhandle, has recently begun airing an ad referencing Donald Trump talking about his inappropriate behavior with women, according to media monitoring firm Kantar/CMAG. The spot - titled "Last Straw" - features Don McVaugh, a Republican Air Force veteran who decided to vote for Clinton after the 2005 tape of Donald Trump casually talking about sexual assault was made public.

Gaylor: Nonreligious voters flex muscles

This election could be a flashpoint in American history in which nonreligious voters finally eclipse major religious groups in terms of turnout and influence. More than 26 million voters with no religion could turn out on Nov. 8, dwarfing the group's previous electoral participations and, for the first time, providing the power to sway the direction of the country, according to a new analysis of data on religious affiliation and voting by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes the separation of church and state.

White House Brief: Things to know about Evan McMullin

Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin had never run for any political office, until he decided to make a bid for the highest office in the country. The impetus behind the bold idea: give conservative voters an alternative to Republican Donald Trump's firebrand candidacy.

Trump’s Post-Apocalyptic Vision of America Inspires the Worst in People

Donald Trump is an awful person, and he inspires the very worst of our society to put their creepy, hateful, ignorant behavior on open display. While I would never endorse anything that came from a Clinton, I can say I've never heard her make reckless attacks about entire groups of people, or paint a picture of a broken, apocalyptic society and call it "America."

Exercise your right to vote, then exhale

A Donald Trump supporter was quoted last week in the New York Times saying if Hillary Clinton wins the election next week, he'll "grab his musket" the following day. Said Trump supporter, Jaded Halbrook, 25, of Green Bay, Wis., in the Times story: "If push comes to shove," and Mrs. Clinton is elected, she "has to go by any means necessary, it will be done, adding "they're going to do whatever needs to be done to get her out of office, because she does not belong there."

Woman sought in dust-up at Donald Trump’s Hollywood star

Los Angeles police are looking for a Donald Trump supporter who was harassed and fell to the ground as she apparently protected the presidential candidate's Hollywood Walk of Fame star. A video uploaded to YouTube Thursday shows the woman displaying pro-Trump signs complaining about immigrants and President Barack Obama, The Los Angeles Times reported, .

Dispute over ad erupts in Greenwich’s 151st House District race

State Rep. Fred Camillo is calling out his Democratic opponent for what he said is a deceptive advertisement mailed to voters in their race for the 151st House District . Residents in the district over the past week received a mailer from candidate Dita Bhargava linking Camillo to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump .

Hispanics, no-party voters, young people most critical in 2016 Florida election

As Izaiah Mateo cast a ballot for the first time, he personified the demographic changes sweeping Florida that will help decide who wins the White House. Mateo is 18, Hispanic and a Democrat who lives in the state's increasingly diverse I-4 corridor, where a surge in Puerto Rican voters could help deliver a victory for Hillary Clinton.

4 years after Sandy, Christiea s plans have changed

It's been four years since New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put on his blue fleece pullover and got to work dealing with Superstorm Sandy. A few days after the storm made landfall in Atlantic City on Oct. 29, 2012, Christie threw presidential politics to the remnants of the wind and welcomed President Barack Obama to tour the damage at the Jersey shore.

Hey political junkies: Plan for an Election Day marathon

In this Oct. 28, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Lisbon, Maine. It will be strictly a spectator sport for the estimated 46 million people who are likely to vote in advance of Election Day.

Recast Indiana governora s race still has Pence presence

Republican Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb has rushed to distinguish himself to voters since his party chose him to replace Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on the ballot the three months ago, after Pence dropped his re-election bid to become Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate.