One Obama half brother is attending tonight’s debate to support Trump, but another disapproves

Malik Obama, half-brother of Barack Obama, sings in celebration with his family after the U.S. election results are announced in 2008. Malik Obama, who is estranged from Obama, supports the Republican candidate and received an invite as Trump's guest to the third and final presidential debate Wednesday.

The Latest: Obama half-brothers disagree on attending debate

President Barack Obama's half-brother says he doesn't agree with the decision by another half-brother to attend the final presidential debate as a guest of the Donald Trump campaign. The Trump campaign said Obama's Kenyan-born half-brother Malik would be in the audience for the showdown Wednesday between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

7 things to know now: Debate night; WikiLeaks without the net; new Macs on the way; Social Security

Chris Wallace of Fox news is the moderator for the debate set for 9 p.m. at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Barack Obama's half-brother, Malik Obama, and Pat Smith, mother of Sean Smith who was killed in the raid in Benghazi, will be Trump's guests.

Group says it’s unlikely to get involved in Arkansas AG race

A conservative group that accused Leslie Rutledge of being soft on gun rights during her successful bid for Arkansas attorney general two years ago praised the Republican on Tuesday and said it didn't expect to get involved in her just-launched 2018 re-election campaign. Carrie Severino, the chief counsel and policy director for the Judicial Crisis Network, said she didn't expect the group will need to get involved in Rutledge's bid for re-election.

Trump is taking Obamaa s half-brother to debate as guest

Donald Trump is bringing President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born half-brother, Malik, to Wednesday's third and final presidential debate, a campaign aide confirmed to CNN. Hillary Clinton will be joined at Wednesday's debate by two well-known billionaires who are backing her campaign, in what may be an attempt to rattle Republican nominee by subtly questioning his own net worth.

A big reason emails from WikiLeaks aren’t as damaging for Hillary Clinton? Donald Trump

When Donald Trump charges that the media are plotting against him, he often points to the hacked private emails of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, now available for the world to see on WikiLeaks. In another presidential election, they just might be.

The Latest: Obama notes Italian contributions to US

American chef Mario Batali holds a tray of pasta during a preview in advance of the State Dinner in honor of the Official Visit of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife Agnese Landini in the State Dining Room of th... WASHINGTON - The Latest on Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's official visit to the White House and the final state dinner of the Obama administration : At the final state dinner of his administration, Obama is also praising Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as someone who represents the energy, optimism, vision and values that can carry Europe forward. And although it's his final state dinner, Obama quoted another famous Italian - the late Yogi Berra - in saying, "It ain't over till it's over."

President Obama revealed his 10 favorite workout songs – from Jay Z to Bob Marley

We've known for a while now that President Barack Obama has eclectic taste in music , and that's especially true of the workout songs he's revealed in a new playlist. Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama each released their own workout playlists as part of the president's stint guest-editing Wired , and both are available on Spotify .

Trump Spox: Obama Rigged 2008 ElectionWith “illegal voting” in North Carolina.

A discussion on CNN about President Obama's condemnation of Donald Trump's claims that the 2016 election is "rigged" against him quickly devolved into a chaotic shouting match on Tuesday when Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn accused the president of "rigging" his own election in 2008. Epshteyn, who worked on John McCain's 2008 presidential bid, baselessly told host Jake Tapper, "There is voter fraud in Pennsylvania, Colorado, North Carolina, all over this country," before throwing out this claim: "Barack Obama may have won in 2008 in North Carolina due to illegal voting."

The Latest: Obama plays down report on Clinton email

President Barack Obama is playing down reports that a senior State Department official had asked the FBI last year to reduce the classification of an email from Hillary Clinton's private server. Obama said in a Rose Garden news conference Tuesday that some of the "more sensational implications or appearances" related to the report "are not based on actual events."

From a son of a whorea to a softly.a A toned-down Duterte takes the…

In this Oct. 4, 2016 photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures with a firing stance as he announces issuing side arms to army troopers during his visit to its headquarters in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines. ng rhetorical fireworks where a single match might suffice.

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When former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare "crazy," he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it. Bill Clinton said this month that while millions more Americans now have insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law, small businesses and some families are still "getting killed" by surging healthcare costs.

U.S. defense budget sees modest increase despite hawkish rhetoric

While U.S. President Donald Trump's budget proposal for national defense increases spending, it falls short of campaign promises to rebuild the U.S. Navy and a "historic" increase in military spending. The Department of Defense's budget proposal documents showed total defense spending for the 2018 fiscal year at $603 billion, a 10 percent or $52 billion increase over current congressional budget caps, but only about 3 percent higher than former President Barack Obama's proposed 2018 fiscal year defense budget.

Dislodging ISIS from Mosul a – significant strategic gain’: US

Washington, Oct 18: As Iraqi forces move forward in their campaign to liberate Mosul city from the ISIS, the US has said dislodging the terror group from its self-declared capital would be a "significant strategic gain". "I think the President would be the first to acknowledge that this is a significant test, given the population size of Mosul, given the large geographic area that it encompasses," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters yesterday.

High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent

The nation's high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2 percent, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal data released Monday. President Barack Obama welcomed the higher rate as good news, but the gains come against a backdrop of decreasing scores on national math and reading tests.