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Hundreds of millions of dollars that Republican groups had been poised to spend in the 2016 presidential election are moving into Senate and House races as many big donors look to distance themselves from the party's presumptive nominee, Donald Trump. These groups and their Democratic counterparts have already spent more than $25 million on advertising in Senate general-election races alone, according to Kantar Media/CMAG, outpacing both the 2014 and 2012 campaigns in outside spending.
Hillary Clinton and her allies are beefing up their campaign and super PAC operations in preparation for the fight against Donald Trump. Clinton's top super PAC, Priorities USA, said Friday that it has $47 million in the bank.
When some of his supporters threw chairs at a convention of the Nevada State Democratic Party and threatened the life of Roberta Lange, the state party chairwoman, Sanders' response was to paint the Democratic establishment - the leaders of the party with which he has had a marriage of convenience for decades - as corrupt. He sounded more petulant than apologetic, more angry at his Democratic rival than alarmed at the actions of his supporters.
More than a dozen Donald Trump golf courses, hotels, casinos and private clubs have been honoured with "Star Diamond" awards from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, a company that doles out shiny plaques representing "the most prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality." The Trump Grill at Trump Tower has one.
Among the abundant ironies of this election cycle, there is this: We are now in the eighth year of the most liberal administration since Lyndon Johnson's. The primary elections reveal a national mood of anxiety, apprehension and anger, in turn reflecting stagnation at home and failure abroad.
Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes for at least two years in the late 1970s, according to a New Jersey government report. Trump, who has declined to release his tax returns during the campaign season, incurred no tax liability in 1978 and 1979, New Jersey gambling regulators found, when they looked into his tax returns and personal finances in connection with the Trump Plaza Corporation's 1981 application for a casino license.
By Martha Pease Editor's note: Martha Pease is CEO of DemandWerks, a firm that advises companies on demand centric growth. She is the author of the book "Think Round."
Bernie Sanders' campaign fired back at Hillary Clinton for telling CNN's Chris Cuomo on Thursday that she is the Democratic nominee. "I will be the nominee of my party," she told Cuomo, "That is already done, in effect.
Donald Trump is pivoting his way across the political landscape. Rolling out Supreme Court picks to appease the right, reaching out to GOP donors, trying to woo House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Donald Trump joined FOX and Friends Friday morning after the disappearance of the Egyptair flight from Paris to Cairo. Officials have still not located the plane nor do they know what happened to the doomed flight although they suspect terrorism.
There are many questions about what Donald Trump would do if elected president, so let's add another: Would he ban planes leaving Palm Beach International Airport from flying over his prized Mar-a-Lago Club? Trump has tried for two decades through the Federal Aviation Administration and the courts to force departing airliners to turn before reaching the historic and exclusive 17-acre estate, which is 2.5 miles east of the airport's primary runway. An Associated Press analysis of airport data between late April and early May found the majority of planes flew directly over or near Mar-a-Lago, some taking off or landing at an altitude between 500 and 2,000 feet.
Map shows location of Trump property Mar-a-Lago in relation to to Palm Beach International Airport and air traffic patterns; 3c x 4 inches; 146 mm x 101 mm; Map shows location of Trump property Mar-a-Lago in relation to to Palm Beach International Airport and air traffic patterns; 3c x 4 inches; 146 mm x 101 mm; PALM BEACH, Fla.
Donald Trump's presidential campaign has been notably light on policy specifics. Yet one of his very few clear proposals is to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.
She lost the West Virginia primary to Bernie Sanders by about 15 points , a stinging setback for the presumptive Democratic nominee. Worse yet, Quinnipiac University released a series of polls from three key swing states with bad news for Clinton.
Donald Trump's loyal voters share something with the jurors in the O.J. Simpson trial: a predisposition to ignore disturbing, hard facts while buying into a narrative that absolves their celebrity hero, acknowledges their own grievances and reinforces their perception of how the world works. With lifetimes of negative experiences that made them suspicious of the Los Angeles Police Department, the African-American jurors who formed the majority on the Simpson trial jury were inclined from the start to distrust cops and look kindly on the defendant who was such a shining example of success in their community.
In this photo taken May 7, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Wash. Trump kept himself planted firmly in the political spotlight this week with one headline-grabbing move after another, launching a social media defense of his treatment of women, listing possible Supreme Court nominees, rapidly declaring an Egyptian plane crash an act of terrorism.
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, delivered a thank-you gift Thursday to the man who arguably risked the most to endorse him: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Trump held a fundraiser that he claimed would pay off the entirety of Christie's debt from his presidential campaign.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton looks out over the crowd during a campaign rally on May 16, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she thinks presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, whom she described as "divisive and dangerous," is not qualified to be president .
In this May 12, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in New York. Donald Trump kept himself planted firmly in the political spotlight this week with one headline-grabbing move after another, launching a social media defense of his treatment of women, listing possible Supreme Court nominees, rapidly declaring an Egyptian plane crash an act of terrorism.
"I make damn sure I work harder and stay out longer than anybody else," Cameron says. "Doing that with Trump has been really, really tough" Fox News' Carl Cameron says he used to drink ten to 15 Red Bulls per day, but had to stop because the crash of coming down from the energy drink made it too hard to cover Donald Trump.