Obama, Clinton will attend Congressional Black Caucus gala

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Obama urges black turnout, mocks Trump for missing a civics lessona on Jim Crow

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at the Our Ocean, One Future conference at the State Department last year. In a fiery speech Saturday night, President Obama said he would consider it "a personal insult" if the African American community does not turn out to vote in great numbers in November and help carry on his legacy by supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Jack Spillane: Lies, dangerous lies and Donald Trump lies

In one of the most astonishing developments in the history of modern journalism, prestigious news organizations on Friday began to call out Trump for lying in real time, as it was happening. These were not carefully crafted stories, written over weeks of dogged research but statements popping up on TV news scrolls literally at the same time Trump was lying on the same screens.

Trump says ‘open borders’ cost lives and ‘this will end’

Donald Trump, who has made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, asserted Saturday that "not one more American life should be given up in the name of open borders." "All across this country, dining room tables have an empty seat because the government abandoned its duty and has not enforced its basic laws," Trump told a gathering of the Remembrance Project, a group founded to remember those killed by people living illegally in the U.S. and to press for tougher laws.

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Donald Trump, who has made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, asserted Saturday that "not one more American life should be given up in the name of open borders." "All across this country, dining room tables have an empty seat because the government abandoned its duty and has not enforced its basic laws," Trump told a gathering of the Remembrance Project, a group founded to remember those killed by people living illegally in the U.S. and to press for tougher laws.

US campaign week: pneumonia, polls and a tousled Trump

With only about 50 days left before Americans elect their president, news from the campaign trail this week ranged from Hillary Clinton's pneumonia to Donald Trump's rising poll numbers. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears to be feeling better when she spoke during the Black Women's Agenda's 29th Annual Symposium after being diagnosed with pneumonia Clinton, 68, was diagnosed with the illness 48 hours ahead of a September 11 ceremony Sunday in New York, but chose to power through instead of resting.

‘Megalomaniac’ Trump vs. ‘deceitful’ Clinton: How Virginia voters see the presidential race

The 2016 presidential campaign is one of the most caustic and personally negative in recent history, and to comprehend the toll it has taken on the two people vying to be the next president, just listen to some of the words 30 undecided voters in Northern Virginia used to describe them. Donald Trump, they said, is "phony," "crazy," "arrogant," "a megalomaniac," "dumb," "self-centered," "a charlatan," "bigoted," "embarrassing," "hateful," "garbage," "self-possessed," "vindictive" and "unbalanced."

Trump suggests Clinton’s Secret Service agents disarm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raised the threat of violence against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton again on Friday, suggesting her Secret Service guards voluntarily disarm and "see what happens to her." Members of Clinton's government-appointed guard detail should abandon their weapons because she wants to "destroy your Second Amendment," Trump said, referring to the US Constitution's clause that enshrines the rights of Americans to bear arms.

Trump glosses over past actions, and hopes voters do same

With each scripted speech, shift in policy and attempt to whitewash his past behavior, Donald Trump is brazenly betting that voters now settling on their choice for president are willing to set aside all that came before his late-in-the-campaign recalibration. Polls show more than half believe the Republican nominee is unqualified to be president, and is biased against women and minorities.

Donald Trump on unarmed Hillary Clinton guards: ‘Let’s see what happens’

Donald Trump was making his usual sarcastic call for Hillary Clinton's Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms when he added an aside to his rally remarks: "Let's see what happens to her." Trump has long incorrectly suggested his Democratic opponent wants to overturn the Second Amendment and take away Americans' right to own guns.

Critic: Fallon lost all credibility with Trump interview

If Jimmy Fallon had any credibility left as a thinking comedian with a point-of-view, he lost the last shred of it Thursday night. Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared on "The Tonight Show" for a few minutes to talk up his campaign, in the midst of one of the mendacious and evasive 24-hour periods of his political career to date.

Ex-Defense Chief Gates: Trump ‘Beyond Repair’ on Foreign Policy, But Hillary Needs Work

The next president is most likely to face an international crisis shortly after taking office - and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton "have a credibility problem in foreign affairs," former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. "Clinton was the senior-most advocate for using the U.S. military to bring ill-fated regime change in Libya and, further, failed to anticipate the chaos that would follow," Gates, who has served eight presidents over 50 years, wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

Trump on unarmed Clinton guards: ‘Let’s see what happens’

Donald Trump was making his usual sarcastic call for Hillary Clinton's Secret Service agents to be stripped of their firearms when he added an aside to his rally remarks: "Let's see what happens to her." Soon after, Clinton's campaign said such a reference to violence was out of bounds.

Trump shifts on Cuba, says he would reverse Obama’s deal

Donald Trump said Friday that he would reverse the deal President Barack Obama struck to reopen diplomatic relations and re-establish some trade with Cuba unless the Cuban regime meets his demands to restore political freedoms and free political prisoners. While Trump has said the US should have struck a better deal with Cuba, his new position was an apparent shift from his past statements that he supported the reopening of diplomatic relations after more than 50 years.

Trump criticized for bait and switch on ‘birtherism’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the crowd in an applause, recognizing a Gold Star mother in the crowd during a gathering with military leaders and veterans at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.