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Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

Abbreviated pundit round-up: Stalking Bill McKibben; GOP’s voter suppression backfired

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

Cheers and Jeers: Monday

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

Trump to outline economic plan as he seeks to reverse slide

Donald Trump is focusing his economic message on boosting jobs and making the country more competitive on a global stage by cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and increasing domestic energy production. With a speech Monday to the prestigious Detroit Economic Club, the Republican presidential nominee seeks to reset his campaign and delve into a subject - the economy - that is seen as one of his strengths.

Military community weighs in on Trump feud with Khans comments

Jacob Jeske, 28, a commercial diver from Portsmouth, Va., stands outside the Navy Exchange near Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Donald Trump may be losing support from prominent Republicans in the wake of his recent spat with a Gold Star family, but many supporters in the home of America's largest naval base, say they'll still vote for the Republican nominee because too much is at stake.

Putina s return to power ended Clintona s a Moscow Springa

As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton basked in a diplomatic "Moscow Spring," seizing on Vladimir Putin's break from the presidency to help seal a nuclear arms-control treaty and secure Russia's acquiescence to a NATO-led military intervention in Libya. When Putin returned to the top job, things changed.

How presidential debates might die

Donald Trump has started whining about the presidential debates, perhaps setting the stage for skipping them. It should be a reminder that the tradition of televised presidential debates has always been something of a miracle - one that didn't have to become established, and one that could end fairly easily.

Why it Matters: America and the world

How should America use its influence in a world where being a superpower doesn't get you what it once did? As instability and human tragedy in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria have shown, the U.S. alone cannot impose solutions or force the surrender of adversaries like the Islamic State group, which cannot be deterred by the threat of nuclear attack. Donald Trump says his approach is defined by the phrase "America First."

Former Deputy CIA Director Falsely Claims ‘Not A Single’ Iraqi Refugee Became A Terrorist

Acting CIA Director Michael Morell leaves the closed Senate Intelligence Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington Nov. 15, 2012. During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell falsely claimed "not a single" Iraqi refugee turned out to be a terrorist, but in 2013 two Kentucky residents from Iraq pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges.

Ann Coulter in Wisconsin: Political class exposed

Author and controversialist Ann Coulter stumped for House Speaker Paul Ryan's Republican primary opponent, Paul Nehlen. Appearing with Nehlen at a rally in Ryan's hometown, Coulter told listeners "You are so lucky to be living in this district because it's like we're standing in the Amtrak train station looking up and there's only two trains leaving."

Trump: ‘Is Hillary losing it?’

After weeks of sustaining rhetorical blows from the Hillary Clinton campaign, Donald Trump is dishing it back to her in a video ad. Last week, Clinton asserted that she had "short-circuited" during an interview when she said that FBI Director James Comey had concluded that she had never misled the American people concerning her use of a private email system while serving as Secretary of State.

Trump to try to steady campaign with economic speech

Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity. But even as his allies speak of lessons the political newcomer has learned, two of his staunchest Republican critics predict he's heading for losses in a pair of battleground states.