What young Americans think on top issues facing the country

Young Americans have education and the economy at the top of their minds as they think about this year's presidential election. But their thoughts on some of the other top issues facing the country - and which of those issues are most important to them - vary among young people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

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Finishing with a flurry of birdies in four of his last five holes, Austin Fox of Legends Golf N.H. of Hooksett topped the leaderboard with a five-under 67 in the 2016 New Hampshire Golf Association... Leaders in the natural products and integrative health industries met at the University of New Hampshire's organic dairy research farm in Lee Monday ... (more)

Moulitsas: Stuck with Trump

For a party that pretentiously parades around with pocket Constitutions, it was funny seeing the Republican standard-bearer betray his ignorance of the most foundational of American documents: "Not only will I stand up for Article I, I'll stand up for Article II, Article 12 [sic], you name it, of the Constitution." You name it! Because Donald Trump Clinton ally: Secret GOP donor issues challenge to Trump WATCH LIVE: Trump campaigns with Pence amid VP speculation Budowsky: If Trump were black MORE This is who Republicans have running their show.

Davis: What the facts tell us about Clinton’s ‘carelessness’

Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton ally: Secret GOP donor issues challenge to Trump Budowsky: If Trump were black Davis: What the facts tell us about Clinton's 'carelessness' MORE has acknowledged, with the wisdom of hindsight, that she made a mistake in using one device for sending personal and business emails rather than using two when she was secretary of State, and in sending all of her emails to a private server. I respect and agree with FBI Director James Comey's conclusion, speaking on behalf of a unanimous team of FBI professionals, investigators and expert technologists, that there was no criminal conduct.

Budowsky: If Trump were black

As voters hunger for a healing of racial wounds in a nation that comes together, the Republican Congress is preparing to take a lengthy vacation between its endless partisan witch hunts of Hillary Rodham Clinton Budowsky: If Trump were black Davis: What the facts tell us about Clinton's 'carelessness' Moulitsas: Stuck with Trump MORE , which remind voters why they hold this Congress in contempt, and the coming Republican National Convention, which is shaping up as a Woodstock festival for Clinton haters who will nominate one of the most bitterly divisive candidates in American history for president. Successful politics is about addition - of voters and groups to create a governing majority for a governing party.

Three words that Republicans wrestle with: – Black Lives Matter’

Protesters with the Black Lives Matter movement argue with police to let them walk down the sidewalk during a rally outside Graceland on Elvis Presley Blvd Tuesday afternoon, July 12, 2016 in Memphis, Tenn. Hours after he branded himself the "law and order" candidate for president, Donald Trump weighed in another politically loaded term - one he proudly rejected: "Black Lives Matter."

Poll: Clinton struggles to make inroads with young voters

In this July 8,2016, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the African Methodist Episcopal church national convention in Philadelphia. Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House.

Ted Cruz to fly with Obama aboard Air Force One to Dallas…

Sen. Ted Cruz accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama to travel aboard Air Force One on Tuesday to Dallas for an interfaith memorial honoring the victims of last week's attack. The news was reported by multiple reporters who spotted Cruz at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland where the president's plane departs from.

Sanders endorses Clinton, and his hardcore supporters feel Berned

"I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States," Sanders said Senator Bernie Sanders appeared with Hillary Clinton at a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to officially endorse her as the Democratic candidate for president. "I have come here to make it as clear as possible as to why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton," he said before explaining why "she must become our next president."

Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton: ‘She must become our…

Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday after a tough-fought primary battle between the two Democratic presidential candidates. Appearing alongside Clinton in their first joint campaign appearance, Sanders said the former secretary of state "will make an outstanding president," and that he's "proud to stand with her here today."

Clinton and Sanders are finally entering a political marriage. But will it actually work?

When Bernie Sanders finally offers his endorsement of Hillary Clinton here on Tuesday, it will be the culmination of a month of aggressive courting by her, including a high-profile meeting in Washington and a dinner between their campaign managers in Vermont. But much remains unknown about how - and whether - the political marriage being unveiled Tuesday will actually work.

the Curious Case of Maureen Dowd: Shot: Fbi Director James Comey…

FBI Director James Comey stood before the nation and issued a list of Hillary Clinton's astounding wrongdoings Tuesday as regards America's national security - and then said he was not recommending prosecution because, in essence, what Mrs. Clinton did was "extremely careless" but not criminal . As he spoke, I recalled F. Scott Fitzgerald's peerless description in "The Great Gatsby" of a feckless wealthy couple: "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy-they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into .

Will the Fire Bern On? Exploring Where The Sanders Revolution Goes Next

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders waves to supporters at a campaign event at Saint Mary's Park on March 31, 2016 in New York City. It's been 28 days since the last Democratic primary contest, and now it appears that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders may be on a path towards unity.

GOP rejects call to back off gay marriage opposition

Visitors show their support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prior to his speech at Westin Town Center in Virginia Beach, Va., Monday, July 11, 2016. Visitors show their support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prior to his speech at Westin Town Center in Virginia Beach, Va., Monday, July 11, 2016.

Poll: Clinton struggles to make inroads with young Americans

In this July 8,2016, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the African Methodist Episcopal church national convention in Philadelphia. Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House.