Brexit leader calls Trump ‘the new Ronald Reagan’

Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage wrote an op-ed for the Daily Mail over the weekend recounting his trip to the United States to campaign with Donald Trump, saying the rally he attended "was more like a rock concert than a political meeting" and asserting Trump will "be the new Ronald Reagan." Farage joined Trump at an event in Jackson, Mississippi, last week, further fueling comparisons between the populist brand of politics that drove the Brexit result and have sparked Trump's political rise -- an analogy Trump himself highlighted when he tweeted, "They will soon be calling me MR.

Weiner’s wife is leaving him amid a new sexting scandal

Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said Monday that she is leaving her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former New York congressman was accused in yet another sexting scandal. "After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," Abedin, vice chair of Clinton's presidential campaign, said in a statement issued by the campaign.

Hillary Clinton Panders to Economic Illiterates: New at Reason

For the past year, the Republican Party has behaved as though it is determined to abandon its best principles and alienate voters for years to come. The derailment has been so spectacular that it's easy to miss that Democrats are also veering in a direction that is ominous for both themselves and the country.

On Syria, Democrats look to deflect the conversation

In his speech at the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump made six references to the conflict in Syria , pointing to the war-ravaged nation as a source of much of the world's turmoil, particularly immigration and extremism. The conflict in Syria remains a major conundrum for both President Barack Obama and Clinton , his former secretary of state.

Latinos Rally for Trump in – Operation Taco Bowl’

A group called "Latinos for Trump" held its first rally in Orange County on Sunday, named "Operation Taco Bowl" after an infamous Donald Trump tweet . Hispanics and African-Americans joined other Trump supporters in voicing both their support for the Republican presidential nominee and their opposition to the Democratic Party and its nominee, Hillary Clinton.

GOP presidential nominee Trump plans major ad buy Monday

Donald Trump's campaign is planning its biggest ad buy to date - upward of $10 million on commercials airing over the next week or so. The campaign is expects the ads to air as soon as Monday in nine swing states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida, where the campaign has already been on the air, along with New Hampshire, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.

Clinton argues that Trump is no typical Republican

Hillary Clinton is working hard to prove Donald Trump isn't a normal Republican - and down-ticket GOP candidates are just fine with that. Clinton went full blast against Trump's racism last week, the latest in a series of high-profile speeches aimed at disqualifying the GOP nominee by showing that he's much worse than the run-of-the-mill Republican.

Politifact: Clinton’s use of the word “superpredators” and Trump’s…

Supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took a week's worth of attack lines to the Sunday shows, arguing about the propriety of the Clinton Foundation and Trump's appeals to African-American voters. Defending Trump's claim that Clinton is a "bigot," GOP chairman Reince Priebus argued that Clinton at the least has taken the black vote for granted.

News Analysis: Clinton Foundation scandal hurts Hillary Clinton’s…

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is seeing yet another scandal piling on top of others scandals, which hurts her campaign by shifting attention away from Republican candidate Donald Trump, experts said. At the center of this latest in a string of Clinton controversies is the Clinton Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded by Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Clinton Foundation official plays defense over accusations

A top Clinton Foundation official defended its "lifesaving work" Sunday amid new criticism and pay-to-play accusations over Hillary Clinton's connections to its top donors. "None of the Clintons have ever taken a salary and don't profit from the foundation," Craig Minassian, the Clinton Foundation's chief communications officer, told MSNBC.

What Trump has taught us about immigration

Is he or isn't he? That's been the question of the week about whether Donald Trump is "softening" his hardline stance on illegal immigration, adopted ahead of the Republican primaries. What exactly is going on with Trump and immigration remains the subject of uncertainty and debate.