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President Barack Obama is leaving on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia as part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic and security cooperation. He'll spend three days in Vietnam, with stops in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, for meetings with top leaders, a speech on US-Vietnam relations, visits to cultural treasures and sessions with civic leaders and entrepreneurs.
The head of the Transportation Security Administration said on Friday that long airport security lines are likely to continue through the travel season this summer, according to the Associated Press . "I think this summer is going to continue to be a challenge," Peter Neffenger told reports at Chicago's O'Hare airport on Friday.
The head of the Transportation Security Administration warned travellers Friday to expect long airport security lines to continue during the peak summer travel season despite Congress' shifting of $34 million to the agency. Peter Neffenger briefed officials in Chicago on Friday about efforts to address crushing delays in getting passengers through security checkpoints at major airports around the country.
Faced with an independent-minded nominee, a changing electorate and a well-funded effort to moderate some of the GOP's positions, conservative Republicans are maneuvering to defend the line on social issues at the last place they can: the convention. Efforts are already underway to gain power on the Platform and Rules committees at the once-every-four-years gathering.
Bernie Sanders ' campaign had less than $6 million at the start of May, a critical cash shortage as he makes an admittedly tough final play to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton . Sanders' rival had five times as much money, according to new Federal Election Commission filings, beginning the month with $30 million in the bank.
Bernie Sanders' campaign had less than $6 million at the start of May, a critical cash shortage as he makes an admittedly tough final play to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton. Sanders' rival had five times as much money, according to new Federal Election Commission filings, beginning the month with $30 million in the bank.
Donald Trump's investment in campaign tops $43 million Hillary Clinton's campaign is bigger and better funded as their likely showdown nears. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/27KRI1W WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump plowed another $7.5 million into his bid for the presidency last month as he barreled toward to his likely general-election confrontation with a well-funded Hillary Clinton, new campaign reports show.
Delegates bound to Sen. Bernie Sanders are approaching the Democratic National Convention with the enthusiasm that has powered the effort from the start -- holding garage sales, delivering pizza and raising money online to pay for their travel to Philadelphia. But their nerves are raw now over the Democratic Party's perceived slights against the insurgent candidate, and they are clinging to a bygone hope that Sanders can wrest the nomination from Hillary Clinton despite her lead in delegates and superdelegates.
Hillary Clinton and her allies are beefing up their campaign and super PAC operations in preparation for the fight against Donald Trump. Clinton's top super PAC, Priorities USA, said Friday that it has $47 million in the bank.
Donald Trump poured more than $7.5 million of his own money into his presidential campaign in April, bringing his total personal investment to more than $43 million since he declared his candidacy, new campaign finance reports filed late Friday show. The billionaire businessman, who swatted away 16 Republican rivals and relied heavily on wall-to-wall media coverage of his outsized personality and often inflammatory remarks, reported spending about $56 million during the primary, which lasted until his final two rivals, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich , dropped out of the race at the beginning of May. In April alone, Trump spent nearly $9.4 million, according to his monthly filing with the Federal Election Commission.
More than a dozen Donald Trump golf courses, hotels, casinos and private clubs have been honoured with "Star Diamond" awards from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, a company that doles out shiny plaques representing "the most prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality." The Trump Grill at Trump Tower has one.
The CPUSA endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008 and his reelection in 2012. This year, party members are involved in the presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders , but are prepared to support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if she is the eventual nominee.
Despite what you've been hearing about Bernie Sander's popularity, many more people have voted for Hillary Clinton : Including this week's primaries in Kentucky and Oregon, 12.6-million ballots have been cast for Hillary Clinton, 9.7-million ballots cast for Bernie Sanders. That's 56.5% to 43.5% -- which in a general election would be characterized as a landslide.
Time off from work to care for a child or relative is codified in federal law. Now, an overwhelming majority of Americans 40 and older want that time away from the job to be paid.
A simmering political crisis in Congo that the U.S. and its allies have been unable to defuse is stoking fears in Congress that one of Africa's largest countries is on the verge of slipping into widespread violence. Tension is building in Congo over President Joseph Kabila's maneuvering to avoid national elections and remain in office beyond his constitutionally permitted term, according to U.S. officials and members of a coalition opposing Kabila.
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In this photo taken May 7, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Wash. Trump kept himself planted firmly in the political spotlight this week with one headline-grabbing move after another, launching a social media defense of his treatment of women, listing possible Supreme Court nominees, rapidly declaring an Egyptian plane crash an act of terrorism.
Candidates making a final push to the November general election must make it through one more round. Highly contested races that encompass much of East Texas include State Senate District 1 and State School Board District 9. Republican candidates, current State Rep. Bryan Hughes and State Rep. David Simpson battle for State Senate district 1. Texas Senator Ted Cruz could be heard in a robocall Monday night campaigning on behalf of Hughes.