Rhoads: Mike Pence for President

It is time for Donald Trump to end his childish and vulgar campaign against women and resign his nomination while there is still time for the Republican National Committee to replace Trump at the top of a new ticket. There is still time for the RNC to save some down-ballot candidates and nominate Gov. Mike Pence, who can unite the party and defeat Hillary Clinton.

Other senators join Kirk in calling for Trump to step down

Immediately after a scandal-inducing video of Donald Trump and a Hollywood reporter hit the web Friday night, Illinois U.S. Senator Mark Kirk called on Trump to step down from his position as the Republican Party's presidential nominee. Kirk has consistently condemned the Trump candidacy and has threatened to write-in military officials from General David Petreaus to former Secretary of State Collin Powell rather than vote for Trump.

Utah exhibit shows nuclear testing’s downwind effects

In a Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 photo, playwright Mary Dickson, whose 2007 play "Exposed" chronicled the effects the above ground nuclear tests had on the downwind population in Utah, speaks at launch event for "Downwinders of Utah Archive" at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The new University of Utah archive about the state's "downwinders" features oral histories, photographs and newspapers clippings documenting the impact of nuclear testing during the 1950s in Nevada.

How Republicans Could Replace Donald Trump If He Steps Down

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk were just some of the Republicans who called on Donald Trump to give up the nomination after viewing video footage showing the Republican nominee joking of his ability to sexually grope women without repercussion. But their statements were requests, not commandments.

If You Oppose the Proposed High-Speed Rail Route, Join…

SECoast , the non-profit group actively and constructively opposing the proposed high-speed rail line through Old Lyme and southeast Connecticut, is holding a fundraiser at the Bee and Thistle Inn on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. SECoast.org is a locally-directed special project of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation. Since publicly breaking news of the proposed bypass in January, SECoast.org has been working tirelessly as an effective advocate for Old Lyme and the local area by catalyzing growing regional opposition to the bypass.

Szeliga, Md. Senate candidate, says she’s ‘appalled’ by Trump remarks

Maryland Senate candidate Kathy Szeliga called on Donald Trump late Friday to "sincerely apologize to all women immediately" for lewd comments he made in 2005, but did not say whether she still planned to back the GOP presidential nominee. Szeliga, a state legislator from Baltimore County and the minority whip in the House of Delegates, is running against U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen to succeed retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski .

Salaries, support show divide between CPS, other Illinois school districts

CTU members, students and supporters listen to speakers as they participate in a "walk-in" at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. College Prep in Chicago on Oct. 6, 2016. CTU members, students and supporters listen to speakers as they participate in a "walk-in" at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. College Prep in Chicago on Oct. 6, 2016.

Trump Campaign Reels as Some Donors Explore Replacing Him

Key Republican donors have begun looking into whether it's possible to replace Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee after his campaign was jarred Friday by a video showing him speaking about groping women and making other crude, sexually aggressive comments. Trump released a video statement early Saturday apologizing for the second time in 24 hours for the 2005 comments.

Republicans reeling after Trump’s vulgar comments revealed

In a videotaped midnight apology, Donald Trump declared "I was wrong and I apologize" after being caught on tape making shockingly vulgar and sexually charged comments. Yet he also defiantly dismissed the revelations as "nothing more than a distraction" from a decade ago and signaled he would close his presidential campaign by arguing rival Hillary Clinton has committed greater sins against women.

Ryan a sickeneda by Trumpa s comments; Kirk says quit race

Republicans swiftly condemned Donald Trump after the revelations of crude comments he made about women, captured in a 2005 tape and made public Friday. Here is some of the reaction: "No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner.

Trump issues defiant apology for lewd remarks – then goes on the attack

Donald Trump issued a defiant apology Saturday morning for lewd and sexually aggressive remarks he made a decade ago - and then made it clear he is girding himself for a nasty political battle. The GOP presidential nominee posted a 90-second video just after midnight on social media, telling voters that he is not a "perfect person" and that the words captured by a hot mic in 2005 "don't reflect who I am."

This is what would happen if Donald Trump quit the…

After a 2005 video of Donald Trump making salacious comments about women surfaced on Friday, some prominent Republicans are calling on their nominee to drop out of the race. In August, the right-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board published a scathing op-ed calling on Trump to mature his campaign style or hand the nomination to his running mate, Mike Pence.

a Gop senator and a congressman are calling on Donald Trump to…

Republican Sen. Mark Kirk said Donald Trump should drop out of the presidential race, urging the GOP to enact rules for "emergency replacement," after lewd audio of the Republican presidential nominee was leaked on Friday. The Illinois senator tweeted amid a whirlwind of prominent Republicans denouncing Trump - including 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, RNC chairman Tweet Embed: Donald Trump should resign as the Republican nominee for president, he brags about sexuality harassing women.

The Latest: Utah’s Lee calls on Trump to quit after apology

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is the latest Republican member of Congress to call on Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president. Lee is responding to Trump's apology for making crude comments about women and his defiant aassertion that those remarks from 2005 are a "distraction from the important issues we're facing today."

Pence: Trump is “still standing stronger than ever”

Mike Pence ignored questions from reporters Friday evening about leaked video in which Donald Trump is heard making very sexually explicit comments about women. "Governor, how can you ignore this question?" asked ABC producer Ines De La Cuetara -- as Pence ignored her question and multiple questions in the same vein from other reporters.

Local unions criticize Pence on auto bailout

Members of the local Democratic and labor communities blasted Indiana governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence for his opposition to the auto industry rescue hours before his Rossford visit on Friday, calling him a threat to the working class. At the United Association Local 50 hall in Northwood, Wood County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Zickar said residents have a history of listening to politicians from all parties, but that Gov. Pence's record speaks for itself, particularly his vote against the 2008 auto bailout.

V.P. pick Pence touts Trump for defense in Rossford speech

SLUG: CTY PENCE08 10/7/2016 The Blade/ Amy E. Voigt Rossford, OH CAPTION: The bus for Republican Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence arrives in to Rossford on October 7, 2016. About 500 people saw Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence at the Rossford Community Recreation Center.