Johnson joins Trump campaign in Iowa

Jamie Johnson, former Webster County GOP chair, has joined the Trump-Pence presidential campaign as the Iowa coalitions director, the campaign announced Friday. Johnson said he joined the campaign efforts to stop Hillary Clinton from becoming president, bring back American manufacturing jobs and to defeat radical Islamic terrorism.

Trump lashes out at ‘crooked media’

Donald Trump, clearly angered by news reports that he has grown depressed and sullen over his fading presidential prospects, has issued some of his sharpest attacks on the media. "I am not running against Crooked Hillary Clinton," the Republican presidential candidate said in a speech late Saturday in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Talk of shifting funds away from Trump premature-Republican official

A senior official with the Republican National Committee on Sunday played down the prospect that the party would cut off cash and logistical support to White House nominee Donald Trump in order to shift resources toward congressional races. Last week 70 Republicans wrote a letter urging the RNC to stop helping Trump and to focus instead on candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Obama administration provides Hillary Clinton’s first line of defense amid scandals

Just as stunning as the unending stream of reports of scandal and subterfuge that has come to define Hillary Clinton 's tenure as secretary of state is the Obama administration's tireless effort to keep a lid on it. Whether it's the Justice Department taking a pass when afforded the opportunity to investigate or the State Department steadfastly defending every controversy, President Obama's administration has emerged as a first line of defense for the woman who would carry on his legacy.

Clinton and Trump Campaigning AP Photos

Democratic nominee Hillary R. Clinton leads in a four-way contest with 42 percent of the vote, compared to Donald J. Trump with 37 percent, Libertarian Gary Johnson with 9 percent, and 3 percent for Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein, according to a Breitbart/Gravis national poll conducted Aug. 9 with 2,832 likely voters. "This is a four-way race, but the question is if Johnson and Stein can hold their voters through the general," said Doug Kaplan, the managing partner of Gravis Marketing , the Florida-based firm that executed the poll.

The Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump blames media for falling poll numbers

Beset by sagging poll numbers, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is stepping up his attacks on news organizations, suggesting that biased coverage is turning the election against him. In speeches, tweets and TV appearances, Trump and his backers in recent days suggested he would be ahead in the polls if the media didn't favor his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Trump goes on tear against media, not Clinton

Donald Trump's campaign on Sunday went on a new tear against the media, blaming the "disgusting" press for a week of distractions at a time when Republicans have urged him - again - to focus on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Trump will get another chance to reset his campaign on Monday when he is expected to lay out his plan for defeating what running mate Mike Pence on Sunday called, "radical Islamic terrorism" with "real specifics" on how to make the United States safer.

Trump tears into media

Donald Trump's campaign is on a tear against the media just as his GOP backers are urging him - again - to focus his attacks on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, on Sunday blamed news organizations for the GOP nominee's difficult week, saying the press focused on a pair of Trump comments for days rather than doing more stories about the economic plan Trump announced.

They might not win, but third-party candidates could sway presidential vote in NC

In a presidential election year featuring the two most unpopular major-party nominees in at least 40 years Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton many voters are taking a hard look at third- and fourth-party candidates for the White House. And in North Carolina, even a modest November showing by one of these alternative candidates could tip the balance in this key battleground state where the Democrat and Republican are virtually tied, according to average of recent polls.

Fox ‘News’ Tries To Blame Trump’s Terrible Poll Numbers On The Media

When a new Fox News Latino poll showed some dismal results for Donald Trump, Fox's Happening Now show just happened to follow that with "questions" about whether the media has been "beating Trump down in the polls." I guess there were not a lot of ways to sugar coat the poll's findings: Registered Latino voters prefer Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, 66%-20%.

This chart shows how quickly college tuition has skyrocketed…

Student-loan debt in the US has grown to a staggering $1.3 trillion , and many policymakers refer to the seemingly inexorable levels of mounting debt as a crisis. Some, like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, have suggested plans to provide college for free or at least, minimal cost.

Ohio voters ought to pay closer attention to judges close to home: Thomas Suddes

More Ohio voters ought to pay attention to the state Supreme Court as these young Ohioans are doing during a tour of the Ohio Supreme Court building. Here's what's supposed to be the capstone argument of Donald Trump's ever-shrinking cult: "It's the Supreme Court, stupid."