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Donald Trump on Saturday night described early reports of an explosion in New York City by telling his supporters here that a "bomb went off" in that city. Trump made the statement before local officials had publicly confirmed details of the incident or what caused the explosion.
Donald Trump took his campaign to Texas on Saturday, bashing Hillary Clinton's immigration policies as too lax, in a state still up for grabs on Election Day. With polls showing a tightening race just over seven weeks before the November 8 election, the Republican candidate turned up the vitriol, saying that as president, his Democratic rival would virtually end border enforcement and place the country "in grave peril."
Furniture and other items are displayed at Christie's where items from the former president and Nancy Reagan's California home are to be auctioned shortly on September 16, 2016 in New York City. Many personal items of the first couple are to be auctioned including "Hollywood Regency"style furniture and light fixtures, decorative works, handbags, porcelain stamped with the presidential seal, jewelry and a pair of Reagan's cowboy boots with the presidential seal.
The future USS Wichita was christened Saturday at the shipyard in Marinette, where it was built. The ship's sponsor, novelist Kate Lehrer, wife of former "PBS NewsHour" anchor Jim Leher, broke a champagne bottle across the ship's bow just before launch.
In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2016, Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov, Mike Pence gives a pep talk to campaign staff and volunteers inside Trump Tower in New York.
With only about 50 days left before Americans elect their president, news from the campaign trail this week ranged from Hillary Clinton's pneumonia to Donald Trump's rising poll numbers. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears to be feeling better when she spoke during the Black Women's Agenda's 29th Annual Symposium after being diagnosed with pneumonia Clinton, 68, was diagnosed with the illness 48 hours ahead of a September 11 ceremony Sunday in New York, but chose to power through instead of resting.
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley were in Iowa City Friday to tour the Iowa City VA Hospital. The visit came two months after the two Iowa Republicans joined a state senator asking the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate the circumstances surrounding the suicide of veteran Brandon Ketchum.
The "harvest moon" is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, the beginning of northern fall. The Durham Rescue Mission in North Carolina hosted its annual back-to-school event, giving away more than 5,000 backpacks with school supplies for needy children, along with hot dogs, groceries, clothes, and a variety of toys.
Donald Trump 's running mate has released a letter from his doctor summarizing his medical history and results of a July physical exam. Mike Pence's doctor writes that the 57-year-old Pence is in "excellent general and cardiovascular health."
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.
Four local school districts are asking the Kansas Supreme Court to order the state to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more per year on public schools, in a legal dispute that is shaping state politics and threatening Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's tax-cutting legacy. The justices plan to hear arguments Wednesday from attorneys on whether the Legislature is fulfilling a duty under the state constitution to finance a suitable education for every child.
In a private email exchange last year leaked this week by hackers, former Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed Israel's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying the country has 200 warheads. Though Israel is widely believed to have developed nukes decades ago, it has never declared itself to be a nuclear state.
In this July 8, 2016 file photo, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., center, accompanied by, from left, Rep. Joyce Beatty , D-Ohio, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Butterfield, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Black voters reacted skeptically on Friday to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's public admission that he now believes the nation's first black president was indeed born in the United States.
First lady Michelle Obama waves during a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
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.
15, 2016, in New York. . Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives at a rally at University of North Carolina, in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, Sept.
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.
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.
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.