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ST. LOUIS In a stunningly brazen move, Donald Trump met publicly Sunday night with several women who have accused Bill Clinton of unwanted sexual advances and even rape, shortly before the Republican presidential nominee was stepping on the debate stage with the former president's wife, Hillary Clinton. Bill Clinton never faced any criminal charges in relation to the allegations, and a lawsuit over an alleged rape was dismissed.
Josh Schimek, of Burlington, Wis., wears a combination of shirt, hat and buttons all in support of Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump while waiting for the start of the speakers at the 1st Congre... . The crowd in attendance at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.
Josh Schimek, of Burlington, Wis., wears a combination of shirt, hat and buttons all in support of Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump while waiting for the start of the speakers at the 1st Congre... . The crowd in attendance at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.
Dave Wyatt, of Caledonia, Wis., takes a bite of food while waiting for the start of the speakers at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. less Dave Wyatt, of Caledonia, Wis., takes a bite of food while waiting for the start of the speakers at the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn on ... more Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks during the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland assailed his Republican opponent, incumbent U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, today for not retracting his endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the wake of lewd comments by Mr. Trump caught on tape in 2005. "I would say that after seeing this video that Donald Trump is unfit to be the president of the United States of America and as a result of Rob Portman's continued support of him, Rob Portman is unfit to be a senator from the state of Ohio," Mr. Strickland said in an interview today with The Blade.
In fact, beneath the sound and the fury of the Trump campaign, normal Republicans are having a pretty good year. Pence had an exemplary introduction on the national stage.
The Clinton campaign is relentlessly focusing on the defects of Donald Trump rather than the defects of the Republican agenda. That's understandable, and it could be a winning strategy.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., was among the Republican senators facing re-election who unsuccessfully tried to get bills passed. Republican senators on the 2016 ballot left the Capitol last week without quite as many accomplishments to tout as they would have hoped.
As the heads of two different kinds of organizations, we take immense pride in the long history of cooperation between the labor and environmental movements. Indeed, in 2016 more than ever before, we believe we are stronger together.
In this Aug. 15, 2012, file photo, Linda McMahon, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, left, talks with supporter David Becker and his baby daughter Shelby at campaign stop in Fairfield, Conn. The former wrestling executive and two-time Senate candidate has been involved in Republican campaigns across the country in 2016, including hosting fundraisers and making political contributions for major candidates.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, on Thursday introduced a Republican-drafted bill that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month, but it is being opposed by Democrats after bipartisan negotiations stalled late this week. Senate Republicans and Democrats have been haggling for days over what should be included in the stop-gap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution , with leaders at times indicating a deal was close.
The Senate's top Republican on Thursday unveiled legislation to prevent a government shutdown next weekend and provide more than $1 billion to battle the Zika virus. It also would provide $500 million to help Louisiana rebuild from last month's devastating floods.
Donald Trump said Monday he doesn't really care if people like Ohio Gov. John Kasich endorse him - but he also didn't contradict Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who on Sunday hinted at possible retribution for such holdout Republicans. "I really don't care.
Senate Democrats, worried about their chances in key battlegrounds of Ohio and Florida this fall, are increasingly setting their sights on three red states to bring them back to the majority. Democratic leaders and party strategists are zeroing in on Indiana, North Carolina and Missouri, sending major resources to traditional Republican states in the hopes of returning to power after losing the majority in 2014.
Hillary Clinton's campaign is scrambling to head off lasting damage from her brutal weekend. Aides are promising to release more of her medical records following her bout of pneumonia and conceding they were too slow in providing information about her condition.
The Democratic state chairman and other local leaders have helped U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland kick off an Ohio campaign tour where he'll contrast his record on working families with the record of his November opponent, Republican Sen. Rob Portman. Ohio Democrats are moving to bolster the former governor after national groups began pulling pro-Strickland money out of Ohio in recent weeks.
Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Sen. Tim Kaine, arrives to speak at the 11th Congressional District Labor Day festival at Luke Easter Park in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.
The possibility that the Republican National Committee might abandon Donald Trump is remote. It's been discussed informally, though, by party leaders across the country in recent weeks.
Backpage.com, the classified-ad website accused by U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of being complicit in child prostitution, failed today to get an appeals court to order Portman and his investigative committee to back off. The company has asserted a First Amendment right against interference with a publisher, and said its CEO, Carl Ferrer, was denied due-process rights.
And knowing Donald Trump has connected with a lot of blue collar workers, Hillary Clinton's campaign dispatched him to Ohio Thursday to rally auto workers from the GM Lordstown and Parma plants along with other supporters. Thursday night in Parma, Biden was more than an hour late to the scheduled event , partly because he stopped to sample goodies at Rudy's Bakery, which is owned by Ukrainian immigrants.