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To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: In this Aug. 4, 2018, file photo, Ohio state Sen. Troy Balderson, left, the Republican candidate running to succeed former Republican U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi in Ohio's 12th District, clasps hands with President Donald Trump as Balderson speaks during a rally at Olentangy Orange High School in Lewis Center, Ohio.
President Donald Trump is in Ohio where he toured a hospital with wife Melania and will address state Republicans. President Donald Trump didn't mention Arizona Sen. John McCain during his speech at a Republican party dinner in Ohio Friday, hours after the family of the ailing senator said he had chosen to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: President Donald Trump speaks during the 2018 Ohio Republican Party State Dinner, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio.
Donald John Trump Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull ousted by party rivals CNN's Cuomo clashes with Kellyanne Conway over Cohen hush-money payments Lawmaker who pushed to impeach Nixon: Trump 'systematically' abusing power MORE on Friday held a call with Hawaii Gov. David Ige to offer support for island residents as Hurricane Lane lashed Hawaii with intense rain. Trump and Ige discussed preparedness and emergency response measures for the Category 2 storm, the White House said in a statement Friday evening.
The National Enquirer kept a safe containing documents about hush-money payments and damaging stories it killed as part of its cozy relationship with Donald Trump leading up to 2016 presidential election, people familiar with the arrangement told The Associated Press. The detail comes as several media outlets reported Thursday that federal prosecutors have granted immunity to National Enquirer chief David Pecker, potentially laying bare his efforts to protect his longtime friend Trump.
In the age of " media-bashing enthusiast " President Donald Trump-who regularly declares critical journalists and outlets "fake news" and "the enemy of the American people"-at least 43 percent of Republican respondents to a new survey said they believe "the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior." The Ipsos poll , first reported by The Daily Beast 's Sam Stein, also found that nearly half of Republicans agree with one of the president's most common claims: that "the news media is the enemy of the American people."
Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Danny O'Connor speaks during a volunteer canvas launch in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2018. Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Danny O'Connor speaks during a volunteer canvas launch in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2018.
Paul Manafort trial: Rick Gates admits padding expenses to pay for mistress, may have bilked inaugural committee Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty this year to conspiracy, tells jurors of Paul Manafort's far-flung political operation. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2KBhM7U AP Reporter Chad Day says the testimony of Rick Gates on Monday in the fraud trial of Paul Manafort is "pivotal" because the court will hear a first-hand account from a coconspirator describing crimes committed by Manafort.
As primary voters in Michigan head to the polls Tuesday, there are constant reminders that while the state has largely recovered from the harsh toll of the economic downturn of 2008, it remains a place of transition in the era of President Donald Trump. A competitive race to succeed a two-term Republican governor, and key U.S. House races around the cities of Detroit and Lansing have put Michigan front and center in the 2018 midterm landscape.
These are tough times for America's labor movement. The unionized portion of the workforce has been dropping steadily for decades - down to about 10 percent in 2017 , about half the percentage in 1983, and less than a third of the share it claimed in the 1950s.
President Donald Trump's call for a "Space Force" may sound like something out of this world, but it's set to come one step closer to reality this week when the Pentagon is expected to deliver to Congress its plans to strengthen the Defense Department's space efforts. ' But the Pentagon's plan could fall short of Trump's stated wish to add a sixth military service, which would require an act of Congress.
At least 11 people were shot to death and about 70 wounded in a weekend burst of violence in Chicago that instantly became a political issue when President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, blamed the carnage on longtime Democratic rule in the city. Police on Monday attributed the dozens of shootings to gangs, the illegal flow of guns and sweltering August heat that drew more people outside.
US President Donald Trump's son has said his 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer was about "essentially nothing" relevant to claims of collusion. Mr Trump Jr's meeting with a Kremlin-linked attorney at Trump Tower in New York could constitute a breach of US campaign rules, experts say.
President Donald Trump's preferred congressional candidate - and his chief legislative achievement - are about to be tested in battleground Ohio in the season's final high-stakes special election. The midsummer affair comes as Trump's shadow looms over primary contests in four other states on Tuesday, none bigger than Kansas, where the Republican president roiled the governor's race Monday by opposing the sitting GOP governor on the eve of the election.
While the spotlight is on the two former clerks to Justice Anthony Kennedy whom President Donald Trump has nominated to the Supreme Court, the influence of the court's most conservative justice, Clarence Thomas, is felt more widely throughout the Trump administration. Twenty-two Thomas clerks, about 20 percent of the people who have snagged coveted jobs in his Supreme Court office since 1991, either hold political appointments in the Trump administration or have been nominated to judgeships by Trump.
New Jersey Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez says President Donald Trump's attack on NBA star LeBron James is part of a larger pattern of racist behavior. Menendez wrote in a tweet Monday that Trump wouldn't have questioned James' intelligence or charity work if he were white.