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I'm old enough to remember when there were widespread theories in the mainstream media about how Trump had squandered his chances at defeating Hillary Clinton in this election. As a result, the thinking went, he was either getting ready to quit on his own or was about to be forced out by the RNC under a fictional interpretation of the committee rules.
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This election could be a flashpoint in American history in which nonreligious voters finally eclipse major religious groups in terms of turnout and influence. More than 26 million voters with no religion could turn out on Nov. 8, dwarfing the group's previous electoral participations and, for the first time, providing the power to sway the direction of the country, according to a new analysis of data on religious affiliation and voting by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes the separation of church and state.
A Republican legislative candidate's tweet President Barack Obama should be hanged and a school board member's comments widely deemed racist and sexist are generating heated debate in a Vermont city about what's acceptable in public speech. State House candidate Mike McGarghan is standing by a tweet he posted earlier this year calling for Obama to be hanged for treason.
Voters in the Mid-Ohio Valley made a wise choice six years ago in sending David McKinley to the U.S. House of Representatives. President Barack Obama was just beginning his assault on the Mountain State's economy and on personal freedoms.
BOSTON >> Charlie Baker may be one of the most popular governors in the country, but critics say he has been reluctant to spend down his political capital on potentially bruising policy fights. That is, until now, with the Republican all-in on an issue he has championed throughout his public life: charter schools.
FBI Director James Comey's announcement that his bureau was reviewing new emails possibly relevant to Hillary Clinton's private email server investigation has thrust him into the public spotlight again just days before Election Day. Comey said in a letter Friday to Congress that the FBI had uncovered email messages in an unrelated case and would determine if they were classified.
Los Angeles police are looking for a Donald Trump supporter who was harassed and fell to the ground as she apparently protected the presidential candidate's Hollywood Walk of Fame star. A video uploaded to YouTube Thursday shows the woman displaying pro-Trump signs complaining about immigrants and President Barack Obama, The Los Angeles Times reported, .
It's been four years since New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put on his blue fleece pullover and got to work dealing with Superstorm Sandy. A few days after the storm made landfall in Atlantic City on Oct. 29, 2012, Christie threw presidential politics to the remnants of the wind and welcomed President Barack Obama to tour the damage at the Jersey shore.
In this Nov. 3, 2012, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie comforts Kerri Berean, a resident of an area flooded by a tidal surge on the Hackensack River during Superstorm Sandy, while visiting Little Ferry, N.J. Four years ago, Christie headed to the Jersey shore and got to work dealing with Superstorm Sandy. His leadership around the storm helped him coast to re-election in a campaign that helped him build a brand aimed at a 2016 presidential run.
By the end of this year, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack will have made 400 visits throughout his district, highlighting a unique attribute of Iowa's 2nd Congressional District representative. "My focus is on my district," Loebsack said in a conversation with The Hawk Eye Friday afternoon.
Gone is the old President Barack Obama, who approached campaigning for other Democrats as a chore. The new Obama is throwing himself into rebuilding his party in his final months in the White House and vowing to keep at it once he's left.
Donald Trump's campaign is downplaying new federal filings that show Hillary Clinton with an $85 million cash advantage in the final stretch of the campaign. Trump's message matters more than "dollars and cents," running mate Mike Pence said Friday.
Political friction and vacancies in top posts at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have increased the likelihood that Chair Mary Jo White could remain in the job beyond the end of President Barack Obama's term. White has privately told agency officials that people with ties to both the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns have asked if she would consider staying on to give the next president time to pick a successor, said people familiar with the matter.
Donald Trump got a morale boost this week -- but it likely won't be enough to propel him to the White House. After weeks of devastating headlines, the Republican nominee seemed to give himself a break.
In a remarkable slap at their own presidential nominee, Republicans are running a TV ad in Chicago that touts a GOP congressman's independence by showing him saying Donald Trump "has disqualified himself." The spot is aimed at helping Illinois Rep. Robert Dold, considered one of Congress' most endangered Republican incumbents in the Nov. 8 elections.
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 98 inmates Thursday, continuing his efforts to release federal inmates sentenced to harsh prison terms for nonviolent drug offenses. Nearly half the group - 42 people - originally had been sentenced to life imprisonment.