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The coming presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump begins in a virtual dead heat, a competition between two candidates viewed unfavorably by a majority of the current electorate and with voters motivated as much by whom they don't like as by whom they do, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
A teenage girl, no more than 15, recalled a man coming to her rural village in the Philippines and offering to take her and her little sister to see the big city of Manila. You'll be back by sundown, he promised.
The 16 hour-long Democratic Convention in Nevada crumbled into chaos on May 14, TeleSUR English said that day, as supporters of socialist presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders raised allegations of voter suppression. US Uncut reported on May 17 that Sanders issued a blistering response to the Nevada convention in which he denounced the entire process as illegitimate.
The bridge to nowhere on the city's south side is about to find purpose after a 20-year wait through a traffic jam of protestation, litigation and construction. It may appear a distant concern for Shawnee County motorists, but completing the South Lawrence Trafficway offers a much easier transition from Interstate 70 to Kansas 10. It's a no-brainer for anyone familiar with stop-and-go headaches of snaking through Lawrence to or from those major four-lane highways.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking his increasingly pitched fight against the Democratic Party establishment straight to the top of the party, with an endorsement of Tim Canova, a South Florida law professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional district's primary. "Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told CNN in an interview over the weekend.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics, is now calling on Republicans to support their presumptive nominee. Graham urged GOP donors at a private fundraiser Saturday in Florida to unite behind Trump's campaign and stressed the importance of keeping likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton from the White House.
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton says persistent rival Bernie Sanders "has every right to finish off his campaign however he chooses". But she says she wants to focus on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump because his is not "a normal candidacy".
Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking his increasingly pitched fight against the Democratic Party establishment straight to the top of the party, with an endorsement of Tim Canova, a South Florida law professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional district's primary. "Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told CNN in an interview over the weekend.
The head of Donald Trump's national security advisory committee said Sunday the presumptive GOP nominee's defense philosophy is "close" to that of esteemed diplomat and political scientist Henry Kissinger. In an interview on "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace," Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said after recent meetings with Kissinger and former Secretary of State James Baker, Trump is "focused on being even more prepared."
House members voted 123-10 Sunday afternoon to approve a tax relief package that would offer property tax relief to farmers and businesses, create a new tax credit for college graduates with loan debt and expand aid to Minnesota parents with childcare costs. The measure passed with only a handful of House Democrats opposed.
In this May 20, 2016 photo, Michael Luick-Thrams, of Mason City, Iowa, stands is front of his retrofitted bus museum during a stop at the Adel Public Library in Adel, Iowa. Luick-Thrams is pursuing an independent bid for U.S. Senate, arguing his nonpartisan approach offers a needed alternative to longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley.
Rep. Peter King said Sunday that the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804 could still be linked to terrorism, although no groups have claimed responsibility. "I would say that right now, the indicators are that... it's terrorism," King, a member of the Homeland Security Committee, said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Donald Trump's seemingly lavish lifestyle may include private jets, yachts and penthouse apartments, but Bernie Sanders isn't so sure that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is as wealthy as he suggests. At a campaign event Saturday at Kimball Park in National City, California, Sanders told the crowd of thousands, Trump "tells us is he is a billionaire.
Jessica Larson KU Statehouse Wire Service Kansas teachers aren't in it for the money. "I went to the School of Ed and I chose to be a teacher - not for the money.
Donald Trump arrives to see his daughter, Tiffany Trump, during the graduation ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. A reader wonders if supporters of the Republican presidential candidate would have attended another institution, Trump University, the subject of lawsuits filed by former students.
Despite reforms inspired in part by the Express-News 2013 series "Twice Betrayed," little progress has been made in reducing the number of military sexual assaults, according a new Pentagon report. Despite reforms inspired in part by the Express-News 2013 series "Twice Betrayed," little progress has been made in reducing the number of military sexual assaults, according a new Pentagon report.
Just over 50 years ago in a river town in southeastern Ohio, a high-tech polymer called Udel PSU was produced for the very first time. NASA applied the shiny gold film to the visor on Neil Armstrong's helmet.
The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.