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PHOENIX -- The sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has raised close to $10 million in his bid for a seventh term -- about 100 times what the job pays, and rivaling the money raised for Sen. John McCain's re-election bid -- and much of that money was contributed by a devoted base of backers who live outside Arizona.
Sen. Susan Collins, one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate, said Monday she will not be voting for Donald Trump for president. "This is not a decision I make lightly, for I am a lifelong Republican," Collins wrote in an op-ed column in The Washington Post.
Conservative third-party candidate Evan McMullin entered the race for the White House Monday, and he's already coming out swinging against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. During an interview Monday night with ABC's Tom Llamas, McMullin, a former CIA agent and former House Republican Conference policy advisor, called Trump a "weak candidate" who "ensures" a November victory for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president.
Mark Zandi is an accomplished economist with expertise in financial markets who conducts research on the macroeconomic effects of public policies. Also, he once gave Sen. John McCain policy advice.
Khizr Khan at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia spoke from the heart, on behalf of himself and his wife, Ghazala Khan, regarding their son Capt. Humayun Khan of the United States Army.
To Republicans who hope to emerge from the Donald Trump fiasco with any shred of political viability or self-respect, I offer some unsolicited advice: Run, do not walk, to the nearest exit. I'm speaking to you, House Speaker Paul Ryan.
From a sheer polling perspective, the last couple of weeks have followed pretty much the traditional script that you would expect in an election season. Hillary Clinton entered the back-to-back conventions with a lead of 5-8 points, then Trump got a bounce that put him briefly in the lead.
Crowds cheer during a Donald J. Trump campaign rally at Windham High School in Windham, N.H., Aug. 6, 2016. Crowds cheer during a Donald J. Trump campaign rally at Windham High School in Windham, N.H., Aug. 6, 2016.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Windham High School, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, in Windham, N.H. Trump endorses Ryan, McCain: After declining to do so, Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sens. John McCain and Kelly Ayotte Friday night at a rally, reports ABC News. He broke from his usual form and read from notes as he voiced his support for the GOP leaders as they face reelection.
Newt Gingrich says that "of course" GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's economic plan doesn't add up, adding that historically, no candidate's numbers do. The ex-House speaker and presidential candidate was responding to a question on FOX News on Sunday about whether Trump's plan to slash corporate and other taxes was economically sound.
But the Dalton High School graduate who was injured while serving in the Army in Iraq and who became known nationally while winning the "Dancing With the Stars" TV show in 2011, says he's been increasingly concerned about the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Martinez says the "last straw" was when a supporter presented Trump with a Purple Heart, which is awarded to U.S. military members who are wounded in combat, and Trump said he'd always wanted a Purple Heart and this was a much easier way of getting it.
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.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his counterparts stand with school children on April 11, 2016, after laying wreaths at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. This past week we ended our political series Also Rans: A Look at American Losers , where we discussed some of the characters throughout history who could have made it to the White House, but didn't.
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)
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.
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.
Hillary Clinton has a large and perhaps growing lead in the nation and in many of the predominantly white battleground states where Donald Trump was thought to have his best shot, according to a wave of new surveys released in the past two days. Three national surveys - from Fox, NBC/WSJ and Marist/McClatchy - showed Clinton ahead by big margins: 10, 9 and 15 percentage points.
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.