Trump criticized for bait and switch on ‘birtherism’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the crowd in an applause, recognizing a Gold Star mother in the crowd during a gathering with military leaders and veterans at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.

Wells Fargo executives must answer for scandal

Top executives at Wells Fargo have thus far managed to dodge any responsibility for their role in a yearslong scandal that last week earned it $185 million in fines, including a $100 million levy from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - the largest the watchdog agency has ever assessed. The bureau said that beginning in 2011, Wells Fargo employees routinely used legitimate customers' names to create phony credit, debit, and checking accounts - as many as 2 million in an effort to meet sales goals.

Many black voters skeptical at Trump’s birther about-face

Black voters reacted skeptically Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States. Many said the fact that Trump spent years questioning President Barack Obama's national origin was disrespectful, and an insult to all black Americans.

The Export-Import Bank Provision That Could Be A Problem In Government Funding Negotiations

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan agrees that conservatives don't have much leverage in upcoming government funding battles, which might mean that conservatives get rolled. WASHINGTON - Thirty-six conservative advocacy groups warned on Friday that a potential Export-Import Bank provision in the upcoming bill to keep the government funded could provide Congress with unexpected controversy as lawmakers look to get out of Washington and back to the campaign trail.

Gary Johnson And Jill Stein Not Invited To First Presidential Debate

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein were not invited to participate in first presidential debate on Sept. 26. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the only presidential candidates to debate on Sept.

Huffpost Hill – Trump Drops Birther Claims, Now Can Focus On Rafael Cruz’s Treasons

Breitbart ran a story about President Obama accompanied by a photo of a gorilla, so thank god that website will never hold any sway with our leaders. Donald Trump demonstrated his media mastery by taking attention away from Hillary Clinton's worst news cycle to date .

Maine pols, lobster industry digging in on Sweden ban call

Maine lobster industry representatives, politicians and scientists said on Friday that they will dig in against a Swedish proposal to ban imports of American lobster into Europe. The international dispute started when Sweden announced that it had found 32 American lobsters in the country's waters earlier this year and that they pose a threat to native crustaceans.

Birther issue reborn – Trump to make statement on Obama birth

Republican Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Friday that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, reversing himself on a controversy that he helped launch but that has become a distraction to his White House bid. "President Barack Obama was born in the United States.

Donald Trump Is Winning September

Sometime around the end of summer, it dawned upon most Democrats, and the elite of both parties, that they - okay, we - inhabit a different political universe than does the rest of the country. In our world, Donald Trump is a surreal authoritarian buffoon whose presidency is too nightmarish to contemplate, except perhaps as an abstract intellectual exercise to bolster whatever argument one wishes to make about larger trends in American society.

One Of Clinton’s Drugs Can Cause ‘Neurological’ Side Effects: Doctor

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leaves her daughter's apartment building after resting on September 11, 2016, in New York. One of the drugs Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is taking for pneumonia can cause "neurological" side effects and may have provoked her viral collapse Sunday , according to medical professionals.

Clinton visits North Carolina in campaign trail return; Trump up in polls

Hillary Clinton got back on the campaign trail on Thursday after taking three days off for pneumonia, and the Democratic presidential candidate faced a more challenging political landscape, with Republican rival Donald Trump rising in opinion polls. Senior Clinton aides said they always expected the race to the Nov. 8 election to be close.

New Hassan TV ad hits Ayotte on Planned Parenthood opposition

U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Gov. Maggie Hassan are pointing fingers at each other over a pledge to limit third-party spending in their Senate race. Five months ago, Planned Parenthood's political arm targeted Sen. Kelly Ayotte with its first television ad of any of the U.S. Senate races across the country.

Donald Trump bullish as race tightens

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said in an interview here that he remains unwilling to say that President Barack Obama is born in the United States, that he is more bullish than ever on his chances to win, and that he is not exploring the launch of a new media company in case he loses the race. Trump also made a far-from-subtle push - in the interview and in a letter from his doctor released Thursday - to be seen as vigorous and healthy as his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, returned to the campaign trail after being treated for mild pneumonia.

Arizona’s First Woman Governor, Rose Mofford, Passes Away at 94

Rose Mofford, who stepped into office as Arizona's first woman governor in 1988, passed away this morning at the age of 94. Mofford was one of Arizona's best-liked former governors, owing both to her short time in office and her warm and open personality. Born and raised in the mining town of Globe, Mofford was the elected the first woman Secretary of State in 1988 when the State Legislature impeached ex-governor Evan Mecham, a Republican.