A big reason emails from WikiLeaks aren’t as damaging for Hillary Clinton? Donald Trump

When Donald Trump charges that the media are plotting against him, he often points to the hacked private emails of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, now available for the world to see on WikiLeaks. In another presidential election, they just might be.

Donald Trump’s Polling Lead Is Not Bigger In Texas

Donald Trump is still winning in the deep red state, but his advantage has dropped precipitously from double digits to under 5 percent in the last two weeks. The last three polls in the state show him ahead of Hillary Clinton by only 2 points in a All of those most recent polls were conducted after the Oct. 7 release of a tape in which Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women.

Donald Trump supporters protest outside Gloria Allreda s office

A scattering of pro-Donald Trump protesters waved signs Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, outside the Miracle Mile office of Gloria Allred, the attorney representing Summer Zervos, an “Apprentice” contestant who claims Trump forced himself on her. Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump staged a protest Tuesday outside the Los Angeles office of attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Summer Zervos, who claims she was a victim of unwanted sexual advances by Trump.

Poll: Trump Loses Ground In Kentucky, Rand Paul Gains Ground

New poll numbers are out saying that Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is losing ground in Kentucky, but that Republican Senator Rand Paul is gaining ground. The controversies over alleged sex scandals, Wall Street speeches and the use of email haven't gone unnoticed, according to a poll conducted by LEX 18 Political Commentator Bob Babbage.

Trump Spox: Obama Rigged 2008 ElectionWith “illegal voting” in North Carolina.

A discussion on CNN about President Obama's condemnation of Donald Trump's claims that the 2016 election is "rigged" against him quickly devolved into a chaotic shouting match on Tuesday when Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn accused the president of "rigging" his own election in 2008. Epshteyn, who worked on John McCain's 2008 presidential bid, baselessly told host Jake Tapper, "There is voter fraud in Pennsylvania, Colorado, North Carolina, all over this country," before throwing out this claim: "Barack Obama may have won in 2008 in North Carolina due to illegal voting."

Walker says support for Trump hasn’t changed

Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday that his support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hasn't changed, despite the release of a 2005 video in which the New York billionaire boasted about forcing himself on women and allegations that Trump groped or sexually assaulted several women over the past few decades. Walker said Trump 's comments about women are inexcusable but that his support for him hasn't changed since he first made the case at the Republican national convention that electing Trump was better than a Hillary Clinton presidency.

New Book Offers a Solution for Donald Trump: Dog Train Him

Twenty-five years of marriage and the experiences of working with dog trainers provided the inspiration for L.A. Knight's laugh-out-loud new novel, Dog Training the American Male, the story of a relationship counselor who can't seem to make her own relationships work... until she discovers that the techniques used to train her boyfriend's dog can also be used to train her boyfriend. At the heart of the comedy are the challenges of men and women to communicate.

Super PAC ad compares Trumpa s rhetoric with a hatea that led to Matthew Sheparda s 1998 death

Priorities USA, Hillary Clinton's top-dollar super PAC, will begin airing an ad this week that compares Donald Trump's rhetoric with the "hate" that led to the 1998 killing of Matthew Shepard. The ad, which will run in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Iowa, Colorado and New Hampshire, features Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard's mother, linking the "hate" that she says Trump shows at events with the anti-gay sentiment that led two men to kill her son because of his sexual orientation.

Obama says Donald Trump ‘wrong’ on Russia and Putin

President Obama said Tuesday that Donald Trump 's admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin is "out of step" with the rest of the Republican Party, and he questioned why GOP officials aren't calling their nominee on it. " Mr. Trump 's continued flattery of Mr. Putin and the degree to with he appears to model many of his policies is unprecedented in American politics," Mr. Obama said at a White House news conference.

Trump’s unconventional campaign has analysts puzzled

Donald Trump's rallies routinely feature accusations of media bias and corruption, but his campaign has relied heavily on media coverage to get its message out. It's a paradox that has become familiar with the Republican presidential candidate's unconventional campaign that has experts grappling with what it means for the election.

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When former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare "crazy," he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it. Bill Clinton said this month that while millions more Americans now have insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law, small businesses and some families are still "getting killed" by surging healthcare costs.

U.S. defense budget sees modest increase despite hawkish rhetoric

While U.S. President Donald Trump's budget proposal for national defense increases spending, it falls short of campaign promises to rebuild the U.S. Navy and a "historic" increase in military spending. The Department of Defense's budget proposal documents showed total defense spending for the 2018 fiscal year at $603 billion, a 10 percent or $52 billion increase over current congressional budget caps, but only about 3 percent higher than former President Barack Obama's proposed 2018 fiscal year defense budget.

Melania Trump: ‘I have two boys at home – I have my young…

Melania Trump spoke out for the first time at-length Monday night after multiple women accused her husband of sexual assault and a 2005 tape surfaced of him making obscene comments about women. Trump attempted to discredit the women accusing her husband, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and dismissed his lewd words in the leaked video as "boys' talk."

New Russian missile system raises stakes in Syria, as US officials…

Russia's completion this month of an integrated air defence system in Syria has made an Obama administration decision to strike Syrian government installations from the air even less likely than it has been for years, and has created a substantial obstacle to the Syrian safe zones both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have advocated. Deployment of mobile and interchangeable S-400 and S-300 missile batteries, along with other short-range systems, now gives Russia the ability to shoot down planes and cruise missiles over at least 400km in all directions from western Syria, covering virtually all of that country as well as significant portions of Turkey, Israel, Jordan and the eastern Mediterranean.

If the US presidential elections are rigged… – Editorial

The free world, which proudly includes Jamaica, relies heavily on the United States to remain the greatest bastion of democracy, with free and fair elections as the central feature and an enduring symbol. For that reason, we are appalled at the recent claim by the Republican presidential nominee, Mr Donald Trump, that the US elections are rigged.