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In this photo taken Sept. 30, 2016, Duke University students Paulos Muruts, left, and Ben Ezroni, talk in Durham, N.C. They say they aren't pleased with their choices in the 2016 presidential election.
The Obama administration is on a regulation streak as President Obama works hastily to implement his policy goals before he leaves office. Narrowing the overtime pay exemption , limiting attorney-client privilege , treating e-cigarettes as tobacco products , and making financial advice more costly are the results of just a few recent major executive branch regulations.
The final minutes of the first presidential debate last Monday night were marked by a startling shift to a 20-year-old story as Hillary Clinton ambushed Donald Trump with an accusation designed to make him unacceptable to women. Despite Lester Holt's efforts to help her, Clinton had lost the early parts of the debate on big issues--jobs, trade, taxes, law and order, etc.
An evenly divided Supreme Court opens a new term this week with a few dozen mostly low-profile cases. But perhaps the biggest question of the year won't even be settled by the justices.
Democrat Hillary Clinton has a 5 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll, roughly the same advantage she has held throughout September. The survey result showed little movement following Monday night's presidential debate, the first of three debates before the Nov. 8 election.
For 90 minutes this week, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed in their first presidential debate on a full range of issues. But meriting not a single mention? Obamacare.
Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is a professor of constitutional and international law at Harvard University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
The last weeks of a campaign are about building momentum and finishing strong. That is why the roughest week of Donald Trump 's presidential run, one that dramatically worsened with a report that he may not have paid federal income taxes for 18 years due to a nearly billion-dollar business loss, poses a new threat to his candidacy.
As FEMA administrator Craig Fugate, left, watches, President Barack Obama gives Gov. John Bel Edwards a hug after visiting the flood damaged area on August 23. In just eight months in office, Gov. John Bel Edwards has been through two catastrophic flood events, two deadly shootings involving law enforcement that grabbed national headlines, a bitter battle over the state budget and ongoing sparring with the state's attorney general. Fifty-six of the state's 64 parishes have received federal disaster declarations.
The spokesman for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte sought to clarify the leader's controversial comparison of his war against suspected drug offenders to Adolf Hitler's extermination of Jews during World War II. "The president recognizes the deep significance of the Jewish experience especially their tragic and painful history," presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said a statement.
The spokesman for Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte sought to clarify the leader's controversial comparison of his war against suspected drug offenders to Adolf Hitler's extermination of Jews during World War II. "The President recognizes the deep significance of the Jewish experience especially their tragic and painful history," presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said a statement.
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.
Melanie Austin sits in her kitchen at home near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 6. She is an avid Donald Trump supporter and thinks he will win her state Nov. 8. Melanie Austin shows the gown she was wearing the day police took her to a hospital after she had posted online comments including one saying President Barack Obama should be hanged. Ardent Donald Trump supporter Melanie Austin visits an abandoned hospital Aug. 7 in Brownsville, Pa.
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Most people who are drawn to third party candidates in the presidential election aren't sold on their choice, making these voters wild cards in an already unpredictable contest. A shift in their support toward either of the major party nominees - away from Libertarian Gary Johnson, Jill Stein of the Green Party or another third party candidate - could drastically change the shape of the race.
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter criticized the "deeply troubling" remarks by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in which he likened his deadly war on crime to Hitler's efforts to exterminate Jews. Carter's comments came during a regional security summit with Southeast Asian ally nations, where he sought to reassure counterparts that America's ongoing commitment to its Asia "rebalance" would continue into the next US administration.
Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks as Democratic US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens during their first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, US, September 26, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Rick Wilking Democrat Hillary Clinton has a 5 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential race, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, roughly the same advantage she has held all month.
In this April 2, 2016, file photo, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs during the opening session of the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City. Mormons gather for a twice-yearly conference to hear spiritual guidance from top leaders during a testy presidential election and as society grapples with issues of race and sexuality.