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As Hillary Clinton continues her efforts to consolidate her support among labor unions - the Democrats largest Super PACs - she may be encountering a bit of trouble on that front because of her selection of Tim Kaine as her running mate. As we all know, unions hate Right to Work laws because they provide competition in labor costs and provide more options for workers, not to mention the fact that open shops don't automatically steal their workers' wages and donate them to the Democrats without their consent.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, speaks with Kentucky House Minority Whip Jim DeCesare during the Graves County GOP Breakfast, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 in Mayfield Ky. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, speaks with Kentucky House Minority Whip Jim DeCesare during the Graves County GOP Breakfast, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 in Mayfield Ky.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speaks with Cletus Poat at the Graves County GOP Breakfast, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 in Mayfield Ky. The GOP breakfast is the first stop of the day before the start of the Fancy Farm picnic later in the day.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan at a rally in Ryan's home state on Friday, ending several days of drama between Trump and party leaders after he pointedly declined to endorse Ryan and others in an interview Tuesday. Trump was asked by The Washington Post whether he supported Ryan in his home district primary and Trump used language similar to what Ryan said about Trump after he effectively sealed the nomination.
Robin Starck is a retired submarine commander who still lives in the shadow of America's largest naval base, and he's heard all the shouting about Donald Trump and his tangle with the parents of a U.S. Army officer killed in Iraq. "Trump goes to the extreme," said Starck, 79. "Sometimes he goes off the wall."
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has spent the past week engaged in an argument with the parents of a Muslim-American soldier killed while serving in the Iraq War. The clash began when the parents, Khizr and Ghazala, condemned Trump at the Democratic National Convention for his call for a ban on Muslim foreigners entering the United States.
In Tupelo and throughout America racial divisions like flooding waters are dangerously close to breeching a dam. In a world of hurt people are asking questions.
Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population to the tune of samba, bossa nova and funk in welcoming the world on Friday to the... Employment jumped in July for a second month and wages climbed, pointing to renewed vigor in the U.S. labor market that will sustain consumer spending ... (more)
A supporter of Green Party candidate Jill Stein holds a doctored Bernie Sanders sign at a rally at City Hall in Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention last month. At the Green Party national convention in Houston, Bernie Sanders may have been mentioned more often so far than the party's own presumptive nominee, Dr. Jill Stein.
John Kasich says he's no closer to endorsing Donald Trump for president, cementing his place as one of the most prominent holdouts in the Republican Party. Kasich, the governor of Ohio, a state that Trump almost certainly must win to take the White House, said he didn't know how he would vote in November.
The George W. Bush years were hard on liberal activists and writers. Shortly after 9/11 there was a worry that outspoken critics of the Bush Administration would be targeted for surveillance and retribution.
In an effort to repair some of the damage he had inflicted on his presidential campaign, Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan to end a four-day standoff that exposed the deeps chasms in the Republican Party over his candidacy. Trump struck a rare conciliatory tone at a Wisconsin rally on Friday, imploring his party to unite behind him and opening a full-throttle attack on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Endangered Sen. Pat Toomey is banking on Pennsylvania voters backing him in November even if they oppose fellow Republican Donald Trump, a ticket-splitting strategy that may help determine whether the GOP can hang on to its Senate majority this election year. "Pennsylvania voters are really quite sophisticated and they know for sure that Donald Trump is in a category unto himself," Toomey told reporters on a conference call Friday.
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has publicly backed House Speaker Paul Ryan days after snubbing him in a spat at the top of the Republican Party. Mr Trump shocked party members on Tuesday when he refused to endorse Mr Ryan and Senator John McCain in their campaigns for re-election in November.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis, frustrated by what he saw as state governments protecting their authority at the expense of the War efforts, lamented that if the South lost it was because it "died of a theory."
Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan late Friday, ending a four-day standoff between the GOP's most powerful man that exposed deepening concerns about the New York billionaire's presidential candidacy. Having refused to endorse the speaker earlier in the week, Trump said, "We have to unite" as he vowed to support Ryan in next week's primary contest.
After a week that featured a spat with Gold Star parents, squabbles with other Republicans and a nosedive in the polls, Donald Trump is looking to flip the script and stay on message, trying to keep the focus on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee tried to do so Friday, focusing largely on Clinton during a rally in Des Moines.
Campaign 2016: Toomey banking on split-ticket voting The Pennsylvania Republican hopes voters turned off by Donald Trump will still support his Senate reelection bid. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: http://on-ydr.co/2aMxkW3 In this May 9, 2016, file photo, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.
The Virginia senator rallied supporters Friday in Grand Rapids, which he called the "beer city." He also opened a nearby campaign office with Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow and attended a fundraiser.
Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb's corporate credit portfolio returned 15 percent in the second quarter, helped by a bet on high-yield bonds. "Performance was largely driven by positive returns from performing credit investments in the energy sector," Loeb said Friday in a conference call discussing results at Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., the Bermuda-based company that counts on him to oversee investments.