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IF Donald trump wins in Pennsylvania he will almost certainly become president. So pivotal is the swing state that one recent analysis concluded that the entire election could probably be held there.

Even the swing states where Trump and Clinton are tied arena t enough to hand him a win

WASHINGTON >> Hillary Clinton appears to have survived one of her worst stretches on the presidential campaign, including concerns about her health, with her lead intact in some key battleground states, several new polls indicate. Surveys released this week delivered good news to Donald Trump in some states, Clinton others.

Smith to retire after 6 years as US attorney in Harrisburg

The chief federal prosecutor in the central region of Pennsylvania is retiring after more than six years on the job. The 75-year-old resident of Camp Hill leads the Justice Department's operations in the Middle District of Pennsylvania , which covers 33 counties and has offices in Williamsport, Scranton and Harrisburg, the headquarters.

Clinton focuses on Pennsylvania, a must-win state for Trump

Hillary Clinton's campaign is aggressively outworking Donald Trump in battleground Pennsylvania, a state the billionaire businessman can scarcely afford to lose and still hope to become president. Despite polling well in Pennsylvania throughout the summer, Clinton's team is nevertheless bearing down in a state her party has carried in six straight elections.

Donald Trump child care plan breaks with conservative orthodoxy

Donald Trump is rolling out plans Tuesday to make child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and suggesting new incentives for employees to provide their workers childcare, breaking with conservative orthodoxy and wading into topics more often discussed by Democrats. Trump will unveil the plans in a speech in a politically critical Philadelphia suburb as he tries to build his appeal with more moderate, independent voters - especially women.

Obama hits campaign trail for Clinton in Philadelphia

President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail Tuesday to rally support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, a state that has served as a firewall for her party in the past six general elections but is now viewed as competitive. Obama is scheduled to appear without the candidate herself.

Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi

President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail Tuesday to rally support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, a state that has served as a firewall for her party in the past six general elections but is now viewed as competitive. Obama is scheduled to appear without the candidate herself.

Trumps Donated To Pols Pushing Hotel BidBy Gideon Resnick

The family made its first and only contributions to D.C. politicians to a pair of powerful Democrats who pushed hard for the deal. The Trump Organization opened its latest property in Washington D.C. on Monday, four years after they first secured the rights - after Donald Trump and his children all donated as much as they could to D.C.'s mayor and representative in Congress, who were instrumental in the hotel's development.

Why the election map has a built-in, and growing, Democratic bias

The presidential election map is undergoing a fundamental change, with shifts that will make it easier for Democrats to win not only in 2016 but also for years to come. Driving the change are two demographic trends: The share of Hispanic and under-30 voters, who favor Democrats in big numbers, is growing significantly in states that in the last decade were decent bets to vote Republican.

Editorial: Americans must never forget the 9/11 terror attacks and…

It's hard to believe that 15 years have passed since Muslim terrorists murdered 3,000 people on American soil, grimly shattering the illusion that America and Americans were somehow immune from terror attacks that daily threatened residents in the Middle East and parts of Europe, Africa and Far East. Indeed, the only constants today are that the world is a dangerous place, and that our national security is more important than ever.

Republican State Party Power and 2016

In the 22 years since the 1994 Republican midterm landslide, the landscape of partisan power in state governments has changed dramatically. The Republican Party was the minority party in state government for almost seventy straight years before the Gingrich Contract with America transformed not only control of Congress but vitally control of state legislatures, long the hardest bastion of Democrat power in politics and quietly the key to Democrat dominance of American politics.

Bill Cosby’s Lawyer Cites “Racial Bias and Prejudice” Amid Sex Assault Allegations

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Elizabeth Warren to campaign for Clinton in Pennsylvania

Warren, who has not been shy about her opposition to Republican nominee Donald Trump, will appear at an event in Philadelphia on Friday. "Warren will lay out the high stakes of November's elections for Pennsylvania families and urge Pennsylvanians to register to vote ahead of the October 11 deadline," according to a press release from the Clinton campaign.

Suburban Women Key To Victory In Pennsylvania Senate Race

"Hi! How's everybody doin'?" McGinty said, as she entered the Western Learning Center, an early childhood program for local families. McGinty stopped here Tuesday to tout her economic agenda with a small group of local parents, but first, it was story time.

Poll: Clinton leads Trump in key swing states

If the U.S. presidential election were held today, Democrat Hillary Clinton would win the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia and have a 95 percent chance of beating Republican Donald Trump to become America's first female president, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project. The project, which combines opinion polls with an analysis of voting patterns under different election scenarios, shows Clinton currently beating Trump in the popular vote by six percentage points and ahead in 19 states, including most of the larger-population ones that heavily influence the outcome of the election.

Exclusive – Clinton leads Trump in key swing states, would likely win election: poll

If the U.S. presidential election were held today, Democrat Hillary Clinton would win the key swing states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia and have a 95 percent chance of beating Republican Donald Trump to become America's first female president, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project. The project, which combines opinion polls with an analysis of voting patterns under different election scenarios, shows Clinton currently beating Trump in the popular vote by six percentage points and ahead in 19 states, including most of the larger-population ones that heavily influence the outcome of the election.

Republicans worry a falling Trump tide will lower all boats

Donald Trump's struggling candidacy has become a direct threat to Republican control of Congress, significantly increasing the likelihood that Democrats will take control of the Senate and cut substantially into the House Republican majority next year. Trump's string of inflammatory statements in the weeks since his nominating convention last month has sent him tumbling in nearly every state with a contested Senate race, raising Republican fears that their own demoralized voters will not show up to vote, independents will abandon the entire Republican ticket and energized Democrats will flock to the polls.