Trump’s focuses on changes in programs for military veterans

Republican Donald Trump will deliver a speech on veterans' issues Monday, his latest in a series of prepared remarks aimed at articulating his policy agenda and convincing still-reticent Republicans that he has the discipline and control to mount a credible general election bid against likely rival Hillary Clinton. Trump's 10-point plan, aimed at improving veterans' care, will include allowing veterans to seek government-funded private medical care.

N.J.’s Garrett to opponent: Tie me to Trump, will you? Well I’ll tie you to Clinton

As the House Democrats run ads trying to tie him and other congressional Republicans to GOP's unpopular presumptive nominee, businessman Donald Trump, Garrett takes solace in the fact that the Democratic presidential candidate isn't that well-liked either. With former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also the bearer of negative approval ratings, Garrett is making sure voters in his district know that his Democratic challenger, Josh Gottheimer, wrote speeches at the White House for her husband, President Bill Clinton.

College-educated whites put hole in Trump coalition

Wanda Melton has voted for every Republican presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan in 1980, but now the Georgia grandmother plans to cross over to support Democrat Hillary Clinton. In this photo taken April 25, 2015, a group of women hold signs and shout their support as they wait on line to attend a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Newt Gingrich to Newsmax: I’d Tear Up Iran Nuclear Deal on Day One

Iran has "gone from bad to worse" under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tells Newsmax TV that he would advise any Republican president to tear up the nuclear agreement with Tehran on "the first day" in the White House. "I'd advise tearing it up the first day - and I'd advise establishing a policy to actively work covertly to overthrow the dictatorship," Gingrich, 73, who was vetted last week as a possible vice presidential choice of Donald Trump, told "Newsmax Prime" host J.D. Hayworth in an exclusive interview from Paris.

How Republicans celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary

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Trump bump: U.S. election provides significant increase for Cape Breton tourism

A Nova Scotia island being touted as a haven for Americans who fear the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency has seen more than a threefold increase in traffic to its tourism website this year, translating into around 3,500 bookings. According to Nova Scotia Tourism, Cape Breton hotels and B&Bs sold 30 per cent more overnight stays in rooms this April compared to the same month last year.

N.J.’s Booker says recent racial incidents argue against electing Trump

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday that the recent shootings of police officers in Dallas and two unarmed black men in Louisiana and Minnesota provide another argument against electing Donald Trump as president. "When I hear a presidential candidate like Donald Trump gratuitously demeaning women, demeaning Muslims, demeaning Latinos at a time where our country needs reconciliation, we need people that bind our wounds and build bridges across our chasms," Booker said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Why Utah Doesn’t Like Donald Trump

Several hundred protesters gather outside the Infinity Event Center where Donald Trump was to speak at a campaign rally in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 18, 2016. Former Gov. Mitt Romney has been the spokesman for Republicans who reject Donald Trump, while Sen. Mike Lee is one of the more vocal critics of his campaign in Congress.

GOP not worried Trump will lose NC

In the campaign for North Carolina's 15 electoral votes, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears far ahead of Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump in both money and machinery. She's often stumped in the state, rolled out high-profile surrogates - President Barack Obama, for example - and is spending millions of dollars to assemble get-out-the-vote operations and fill the television airwaves with campaign ads.

Gingrich Says Trump Is a ‘Necessary Candidate’

Newt Gingrich says that he thinks Donald Trump is a "necessary candidate" who reflects a global anti-establishment sentiment, but that he wouldn't automatically say yes to an eventual proposal to become Trump's running mate. In an interview Saturday with The Associated Press, the former House Speaker also said a test should be devised to check the safety credentials of Syrian refugees based on Sharia, or Islamic law.

Sanders Team Loses Testy Fight on Trans-Pacific Pact at Platform Meeting

Bernie Sanders 's delegates were thwarted Saturday in their attempt to push amendments blocking the Trans-Pacific Partnership, following a tense debatethat pitted Sanders backers and the Democratic Party's left flank against Hillary Clinton's supporters and President Barack Obama. The vote came as delegates wrapped up two days of wrangling in Orlando, Florida, on the final draft of the 2016 platform, a non-binding and largely symbolic document which will be officially presented at the party's convention in Philadelphia later this month.

The GOP may be making a big change in how it deals with race…

Republicans are normally hesitant to acknowledge how race can play a role in how an individual experiences life in America. But after two black men were fatally shot by police this week, and after a Thursday night ambush attack claimed the lives of five officers in Dallas , some in the GOP took a markedly different approach when discussing race relations.