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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will continue an effort to peel away minority support from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday, visiting a church and touring neighborhoods in the largely black city of Detroit. The former businessman and reality TV star will be accompanied by Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon and former Republican presidential hopeful who grew up there, and will give an interview for a Christian television program.
In an effort to flip the script and court African American voters, Republican nominee Donald Trump is trying to broaden his appeal by attending Saturday service at a black church in Detroit. While some welcome his presence, many prominent African American pastors in the community are less enthused and more skeptical of his intentions.
Primary races still tight in latest Maricopa County vote tally Republican incumbent Helen Purcell, a 27-year veteran, pulled ahead of her conservative challenger Aaron Flannery. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2cjzEYk Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell says she was surprised at how close her primary race with challenger Aaron Flannery is.
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.
Reid and his caucus already nuked part of it in 2013, eliminating filibusters on presidential appointments . The 60-vote requirement remains in place for SCOTUS nominations and of course for regular legislation.
JULY 30: Sen. Kristen Gillibrand embraces End Rape on Campus co-founder Andrea Pino, a survivor of sexual assult at the University of North Carolina, during a news conference about new legislation aimed at curbing sexual assults on college and university campuses at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. With strong bipartisan support in the Senate, the bill would require schools to make public the result of anonymous surveys about campus assaults and impose significant financial burdens on universities that fail to comply with some of the law's requirements.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced Wednesday Nevada is a finalist to host the Department of Energy's new Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal laboratory. "Nevada will be the perfect location a Zfor the Department of Energy's new Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal laboratory.
His latest-telling African Americans that they are doing lousy so "what the hell have you got to lose?" is his way to promisea nothing. He has no legitimate policy changes he swears he will implement to change black youth employment numbers Trump will do very well with uneducated white voters in former slave states, supposedly.
Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves to supporters during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Shortly after the Democratic Party's platform committee concluded its deliberations this July, Bernie Sanders announced: "Thanks to the millions of people across the country who got involved in the political process a we now have the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party."
A freshman Republican senator from Louisiana says he'll press for immediate emergency disaster funding to help his state recover from this summer's disastrous flooding. Sen. Bill Cassidy says he'll seek emergency community development block grants and other help for his state and has already put his case before Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Where there's a Zika outbreak, there will likely be an accompanying increase in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a new analysis shows. The latest finding strengthens a suspected link between infection with the mosquito-borne virus and the syndrome, which causes temporary paralysis in its victims.
A victory in the Badger State would dramatically reshape the daunting electoral map Trump faces and potentially indicate strength in other Rust Belt states where the GOP nominee has long argued his populist pitch will resonate. A Marquette University poll - considered the gold standard in Wisconsin politics - found Trump moving to within 3 points of Clinton after trailing by 15 points in the previous survey from early August.
A massive explosion erupted at a SpaceX launch pad Thursday during a routine rocket test for a planned launch of a communications satellite. The mishap dealt a severe blow to SpaceX, still scrambling to catch up with satellite deliveries following a launch accident last year.
Mr. Franken, a former "Saturday Night Live" cast member, made the joke to New York Times writer Mark Leibovich in response to Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater suffering a dislocated knee during practice Tuesday.
Four states trimmed their obesity rates, but two saw gains and the rest remained stable, according to a new report . The states that reduced their obesity rate from 2014 to 2015 were Minnesota, Montana, New York and Ohio, according to a report released Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Independent Party is a ballot-qualified in Connecticut for all statewide offices except President. In this year's U.S. Senate race, two factions of the party support different candidates for the party's U.S. Senate nomination.
Only the naive have ever believed that democracy is solely a noble contest over competing ideas, proposals and solutions. Emotion looms large in every human decision, including how we cast our ballots, and smart politicians have always blended appeals to the heart and the gut with their entreaties to reason.
Comedian Jim Gaffigan and actress Olivia Thirlby are set to join Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms and Bruce Dern in John Curran's drama "Chappaquiddick" at Apex Entertainment. The story tackles the seven most dramatic days in the life of Senator Ted Kennedy : On the eve of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the senator becomes entangled in a tragic car accident on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts that results in the death of former campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne .
He's attending a Trump fundraiser and speaking at a Salt Lake City policy summit hosted by U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. Pence is a conservative Indiana governor and former congressman who is expected to use his Utah visit to help bolster support for the party's nominee.