John Kasich Snubs Trump with Write-In Vote for McCain
Former Republican presidential nominee John Kasich publicly snubbed Donald Trump with a write-in vote for Sen. John McCain, according to his spokesman.
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A North Carolina senator takes back comment that a picture of…
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr was captured in leaked audio obtained by CNN implying a picture of Hillary Clinton's face should be used for target practice. Burr made the comment while visiting a gun shop and with a crowd of Second Amendment supporters.
Trump used ‘legally dubious’ maneuver to avoid reporting taxable income, new report says
At a time when Donald Trump's casinos were bleeding money and he was badly in debt, the Republican presidential nominee used a "legally dubious" accounting maneuver to avoid reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in income, according to a New York Times report Monday. In the early 1990s, Trump convinced financial backers to forgive large debts he could not repay, the paper wrote.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions campaigns for Donald Trump in Las Vegas
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., stopped in Nevada to campaign for Donald Trump, holding a brief rally at the Republican nominee's Las Vegas headquarters and telling supporters that he thinks momentum in the close election is moving in Trump's favor.
Trump sticks to attacks, insults, hoping to overtake Clinton
Donald Trump plunged into his final-week sprint to Election Day Monday decidedly on his terms: unleashing a harsh new attack against Democrat Hillary Clinton in Michigan, a state that hasn't favored a Republican for president in nearly three decades. His message was welcomed by supporters, but his location frustrated anxious Republicans who fear their nominee is riding his unorthodox political playbook too long - even as Clinton's developing email problems offer new political opportunity.
Trump used ‘legally dubious’ maneuver to avoid reporting…
At a time when Donald Trump 's casinos were bleeding money and he was badly in debt, the Republican presidential nominee used a "legally dubious" accounting maneuver to avoid reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in income, according to a New York Times report Monday. In the early 1990s, Trump convinced financial backers to forgive large debts he could not repay, the paper wrote.
Tech center in Marion Co. brings industry and education together to train workforce
The North Central Advanced Technology Center in Marion County is like just one other community college learning center in the state. "We're very fortunate to have this sort of facility here in North Central West Virginia," said Dr. Johnny Moore, President of Pierpont Community and Technical College.
Ted Cruz hits the stump for ‘Washington Cartel’
Hated on Capitol Hill, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz remains beloved outside of the beltway for his habit of hamstringing both Democrats and Republicans. But now Mr. Conservative is stumping for the Washington Cartel he despises.
Wisconsin’s Johnson defends investment in Irish company
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is defending his investment in an Irish company that distributes products made by the plastic manufacturer he used to own before being elected in 2010. The Wisconsin Republican on Monday denied in comments to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he was using his investment in the Irish company as a tax dodge.
Wisconsin Sen. Johnson defends investment in Irish company
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday defended his investment in an Irish company that distributes products made by the plastic manufacturer he used to own before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. Johnson, who is in a tight re-election fight with Democratic former Sen. Russ Feingold , denied in comments to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he was using his investment in the Irish company as a way to dodge paying U.S. taxes.
Dakota pipeline protesters say they were detained in dog kennels; 268 …
A line of police move towards a roadblock and encampment of Native American and environmental protesters near an oil pipeline construction site, near the town of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. October 27, 2016 Tens of thousands of people have checked in on Facebook at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the past few days. They are expressing solidarity with protests against the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, which have faced an increasingly brutal backlash from police.
Hillary Clinton email scandal: Here is everything you wanted to ask
The latest development in the Hillary Clinton email scandal has thrown open the issue and brought up several questions regarding it. On Friday, in a letter to the Congress, FBI director James Comey said that federal investigators looking into the lewd messages sent by Anthony Weiner came across thousands of emails on his computer that could be pertinent to the FBI inquiry into Clinton's private email server.
Finance records contradict Indiana Senate candidate’s image
The ex-wife of a Georgia man charged with murder after their toddler son died in a hot SUV shed tears for her boy on the witness stand Monday while testifying that her former husband would not have left him to die... The ex-wife of a Georgia man charged with murder after their toddler son died in a hot SUV shed tears for her boy on the witness stand Monday while testifying that her former husband would not have left him to die on purpose. Funeral services are set for a New York state trooper who died after being struck by a car while assisting a trucker who had stopped in a highway median.
McConnell allies run new ads in final days of Indiana Senate race
A super political action committee run by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's allies is ushering out two new television ads set to run across Indiana in the final week of the Hoosier State's hotly contested Senate campaign. The Senate Leadership Fund has invested heavily in Indiana, where it spent large sums to help Republican Rep. Todd Young survive the GOP primary.
With election looming, Hollywood votes for escapism
In this image released by Sony Pictures, from left, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon from the film, "Ghostbusters." Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump helped fuel the backlash against Paul Feig's female-led "Ghostbuster" remake, voicing his disgust for the gender switch on Instagram.
Despite Warnings, Dangerous Takata Airbags Not Repaired
Owners of more than 300,000 Hondas have yet to get their airbags repaired, despite warnings from the automaker and regulators that the inflators have an extremely high chance of rupturing and causing injury or even death. Last week authorities said one of those air bags, equipped with an inflator made by Takata Corp., ruptured and killed a California woman, adding urgency to the search for the noncompliant vehicles.
Talking presidential politics with ‘Dr. Bob’
The normally wonky annual meeting of the Southside Planning District Commission came with a twist this year - an election year twist, that is. Robert Holsworth, a former VCU professor and political analyst who has earned renown in the pundit ranks as "Dr. Bob," regaled local officials and planners with his observations on the 2016 presidential election as guest speaker at the event, held Thursday night in Chase City.
Praise to the Republicans with the moral courage to stand up to James Comey
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she boards her campaign plane at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, to travel to Florida. Although most Republicans are exulting in the decision by FBI Director James Comey to announce that the agency was reopening its case into Hillary Clinton's emails, a handful of Republicans have spoken up to denounce Comey's electoral interference.
Trump Threatens Liberal Media Monopolies
Ask the media critics on the left to identify the bible of their movement and they will inevitably cite Ben Bagdikian's famous book, The Media Monopoly . But in a sign that the media monopoly has turned into a weapon of the "progressive" movement, it is Donald J. Trump and his economic adviser, Professor Peter Navarro, who are leading the charge against the corporate interests with media properties backing the Democratic Party and its global socialist agenda.
Warrant to search newly found emails obtained by FBI
The FBI has obtained a warrant to begin reviewing newly discovered emails that may be relevant to the Hillary Clinton email server investigation, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. FBI investigators want to review emails of longtime Clinton aide Huma Abedin that were found on a device seized during an unrelated sexting investigation of Anthony Weiner, a former New York congressman and Abedin's estranged husband.