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Like thousands of other Americans, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton abruptly upended their plans Thursday in Florida, where Hurricane Matthew threatened to wreak havoc on final-stretch presidential campaigning in a critical swing state. The campaigns rushed to move staff and volunteers, close offices and cancel events in the path of the storm.
Former President Bill Clinton may be known as one of the best retail politicians in American politics, but there have been a number of instances where his off-the-cuff remarks have gotten him in trouble. The latest instance - when he said that small businesses "were getting killed" by Obamacare - is not the first time that one of his statements has caused trouble for his wife's campaign, both this year and in the 2008 race.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence , Representative Kevin McCarthy , U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Representative Steve Scalise laugh when a reporter Ryan called on began to ask Pence a question about his criticism of Donald Trump, during a joint news conference following a House Republican party conference meeting in Washington, U.S. September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Iowa Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Patty Judge, who is running against GOP incumbent Sen. Chuck Grassley, said she was unsure of what a "sanctuary city" is during an interview.
Two months ago, the Brownback administration asked all state agencies to demonstrate how they would handle a 5 percent budget cut. While administration spokeswoman Eileen Hawley called such requests "a common practice," the state's precarious fiscal situation had many agencies worried that substantial cuts were actually on the way.
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.
Donald Trump took the stage at a town hall here Thursday night and insisted the forum was not set up to help prepare him for Sunday's town hall-style debate against Hillary Clinton. And after fielding a dozen softballs for just a half-hour from a hand-picked group of voters inside the small, sweltering wood-paneled room, it seemed Trump was right: the forum had "nothing to do" with the upcoming debate, despite Trump campaign sources telling CNN earlier Thursday that the evening's town hall event would serve as a practice run.
In the last two weeks, the lawlessness and corruption of the left has largely been ignored by the mainstream media in favor of parroting the latest scandal of Republican nominee Donald Trump . Blockbuster reports - ranging from an inspector general letter detailing how Barack Obama 's White House politically targeted and punished his enemies, to a Government Accountability Office report that found the administration's been illegally funding Obamacare - never seemed to reach the fever pitch of Mr. Trump 's tax returns or perceived fat-shaming.
Even if your daughters don't pay much attention to politics, they'd be hard-pressed to have missed Donald Trump's attack of a former Miss Universe's weight or comments about a 400-pound hacker. It resonated with a 15-year-old who said this week the words damage girls' body image and asked Hillary Clinton how to help.
Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez are among 14 legislators who have called for President Barack Obama to ban drilling off the Atlantic Coast in any areas that have not already been leased. NJ.com reports the two New Jersey Democrats signed a letter requesting the ban that was sent to Obama on Thursday along with fellow like-minded senators.
Republicans and Democrats have made it clear that the state of Michigan is in play for the 2016 presidential election. Another high-profile campaign visit to the state comes in the form of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders .
A yearly conference for Alaska Natives is set to kick off in late November after initially being canceled last month. The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Tribal Providers Conference is scheduled to take place Nov. 29 to Dec. 2 at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage.
Like thousands of other Americans, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton scrambled their plans Thursday in Florida, where Hurricane Matthew threatened to wreak havoc on efforts to comb the state for votes in the campaign's final stretch. The ferocious storm barreling toward the coast, the Clinton campaign moved staff and out-of-state volunteers working on the east coast of Florida to hotels and other housing inland and was closing all offices in the affected areas until safe to return, the campaign said.
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence on Thursday offered rare praise for Hillary Clinton, saying both the Democratic presidential nominee and Donald Trump have "many admirable qualities" for young people to look up to. The modest compliment came as Pence fielded a question that tripped up another Republican earlier in the week: Is Donald Trump a role model for children? "I frankly think both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have many admirable qualities that young people can look up to," Pence said in an interview on NBC's "Today" show.
Rosie O'Donnell says she had a chance meeting with Ivanka Trump and was able to talk to her "mother to mother." O'Donnell and Trump's father, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, have a long-running, public feud in which they have traded insults for years.
Paulos Muruts is set to cast his first presidential ballot for Hillary Clinton - if he makes it to the ballot box. "I might need someone on Election Day to actually convince me to go out and vote," says the 19-year-old Duke University student, arguing that the Democratic nominee "has the experience" and "exudes the right temperament" but "doesn't inspire excitement."
Senator Bernie Sanders is bringing the Hillary Clinton campaign message to Michigan in a one-day tour that includes a stop in East Lansing. He'll begin the tour in Dearborn at 10:30, be in Ann Arbor at 1:00 p.m., East Lansing at 3:45 p.m. and Grand Rapids at 6:45 p.m. The East Lansing event will be held at Adams Field on West Circle Drive.
Donald Trump's attempt to show Nevadans he knows the correct pronunciation of their state's name -- a touchy local issue -- backfired on Wednesday, prompting a sharp rebuke from Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada. "Heroin overdoses are surging and meth overdoses in Nevada," the Republican presidential nominee told a Reno crowd.