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"If you don't like me. That's OK," he tells a rally crowd in Des Moines, Iowa. "Vote for Pence because it's the same thing."
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Clinton acknowledges trust issues, blames them on GOP
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 National Association of Black Journalists' and National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Hall of Fame Luncheon at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, Fr... . Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 National Association of Black Journalists' and National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Hall of Fame Luncheon at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, Fr... WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton acknowledged Friday the challenge she'd face leading a country where most Americans don't trust her, saying she takes "seriously" the work she must do to build confidence in her character.
Donald Trump announces economic advisory team
Donald Trump has announced his team of economic advisers, a group that includes many of the people already helping his campaign. It includes John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire who made his fortune betting against subprime mortgages as the American economy headed toward collapse in 2007; Tom Barrack, a real estate investor and close friend of Trump who has been raising money for a super PAC supporting the billionaire candidate, and Steven Mnuchin, a New York investor who is Trump's national finance chairman.
Paul Krugman: No right turn
All the experts tell us not to pay too much attention to polls for another week or two. Still, it does look as if Hillary Clinton got a big bounce from her convention, swamping her opponent's bounce a week earlier.
Trump to make campaign stop in Wilmington Tuesday
A source within the local Republican Party says Donald Trump will be in Wilmington on Tuesday. The source says Trump will hold a rally at 2:00 p.m., but a site has yet to be selected.
Video purportedly showing US payment to Iran emerges
A new video emerged Friday that purportedly shows a US payment of $400 million worth of cash delivered to Iran on the day Tehran released several American prisoners in January. The revelation of an Iranian documentary that shows the money on pallets in a warehouse comes hours after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walked back an earlier claim that he had seen tape of the delivery, acknowledging Friday morning that the footage he watched was actually the American captives arriving in Geneva.
Clinton admits she may have a short circuiteda answers on email controversy
Democratic presidential nomiee Hillary Clinton addresses the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists August 5, 2016 in Washington, DC. Clinton took questions following her remarks.
Black voters don’t love Donald Trump. In case it wasn’t obvious already.
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.
Clinton acknowledges trust issue, blames them on Republicans
Hillary Clinton acknowledged Friday the challenge she'd face leading a country where most Americans don't trust her, saying she takes "seriously" the work she must do to build confidence in her character. But the Democratic presidential nominee also claimed that a broad electoral victory over Donald Trump in November would give her the capital needed to push her plans through Congress with Republican support and appeared to blame her political opponents for her low approval ratings.
Trump, in rare admission, notes mistake on Iran video
President Barack Obama said a $400 milllion payment to Iran that coincided with Tehran releasing four Americans wasn't a secret when it was finalized last January. DES MOINES, Iowa - Donald Trump has made a rare admission he was wrong - in claiming he saw a video of a U.S. cash payment going to Iran.
I Ran the C.I.A. Now I Work For a Longtime Clinton Ally’s…
On Friday, the New York Times ran an op-ed penned by Michael Morell , a 33-year veteran of the Central Intelligence agency who served as its acting director and deputy director from 2010 to 2013. Contravening political conventions of non-partisanship, Morell not only endorses Hillary Clinton for president but even goes so far as to suggest that Donald Trump "may well pose a threat to our national security."
Video: Obama dances to Eminem backstage at DNC
President Obama can be seen dancing to Eminem's "Lose Yourself' at last week's Democratic National Convention in a new video released by Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Tim Mullaney: Should Trump be howling about the ‘bad’ economy?
By now, the finest GOP minds of our generation - stop laughing - are destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, howling for Donald Trump and close pals to talk about anything - please dear God! - but how Gold Star parents and their dead Bronze Star-winning son are really planted double agents of Al Qaeda or the Muslim Brotherhood, or Just Big Meanies to Master Donald. Donald Trump criticized Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state at a rally in Florida on Wednesday, saying that her policies led to instability in many parts of the world.
Obama denies $400M payment to Iran was ransom
President Barack Obama vigorously denied on Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran was ransom to secure the release of four Americans jailed in Tehran. He defended the transaction as evidence that the nuclear accord with Iran has allowed for progress on other matters.
Obama Hits Back at Trump, Calls His Claims as ‘Ridiculous’
Terming the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's claim that the upcoming elections are going to be rigged as "ridiculous", US President Barack Obama has assured to preserve the integrity of the voting process. "I don't even really know where to start on answering this question.
Call to reopen unsolved murder of Louisville civil rights pioneer
Louisville police said on Thursday they were reviewing a request to reopen the 51-year-old unsolved murder of the city's first female prosecutor, a civil rights pioneer who once represented boxer Muhammad Ali. The body of Alberta Jones, who was beaten unconscious, was pulled from the Ohio River on Aug. 5, 1965.
Unfavorable ratings force presidential candidates to rip other down, analysts says
Faced with the brutal reality that two-thirds of voters believe her to be dishonest, Hillary Clinton and her campaign surrogates are intent on launching an all-out assault on Republican Donald Trump's character and credibility, aiming to convince voters that he's even more untrustworthy than the former first lady. Political analysts say that the historically high unfavorable ratings for both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump have left both campaigns with little choice than to focus the bulk of their efforts on tearing the other down, hoping that when the war of attrition finally is over, swing voters ultimately will decide their candidate is the lesser of two evils.
And ita s off to Marthaa s Vineyard
It is vacation time for President Obama and his family, who will step aboard Air Force One on Saturday and head north to sleek and refreshing Martha's Vineyard for the annual summer getaway - the last for them, at least as the first family. Younger daughter Sasha already has arrived.
Shooting victim shows up at Pizza Hut
Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump has reached new heights, with party leaders scrambling to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and... Donald Trump's warning that the November election might be rigged is "ridiculous," President Barack Obama declared on Thursday, wading deeper into the 2016 campaign. Anxious Republicans, meanwhile, struggled to move... The Thomas More Saints football program is set to have another big season this year, as the team has once again been voted pre-season No.
Many Trump supporters don’t care about the controversies dominating media coverage
Supporters of Donald Trump stand for the pledge during a campaign event in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Aug. 3. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- While the media again and again recounts Donald Trump's latest self-brewed controversy, his supporters say they are nonplused.