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State Rep. John Frey, R-Ridgefield, will serve as one of three sergeant-at-arms during the Republican National Convention later this month in Cleveland. State Rep. John Frey, R-Ridgefield, will serve as one of three sergeant-at-arms during the Republican National Convention later this month in Cleveland.

N.J.’s Booker says recent racial incidents argue against electing Trump

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said Sunday that the recent shootings of police officers in Dallas and two unarmed black men in Louisiana and Minnesota provide another argument against electing Donald Trump as president. "When I hear a presidential candidate like Donald Trump gratuitously demeaning women, demeaning Muslims, demeaning Latinos at a time where our country needs reconciliation, we need people that bind our wounds and build bridges across our chasms," Booker said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Another View: If Trump fails, GOP will quickly right itself

For good reason, many conservatives this year are reduced to banking on life after Donald Trump. Although Trump continues to do his level best to harness populist sentiment on the right – a task made far simpler by Hillary Clinton's deep unpopularity – he appears willing to jettison conservative support almost completely, charting a different course on both domestic and international affairs.

News Quiz – July 10, 2016

10. True or false? A campaign event in Scranton involving Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden was postponed Friday in light of the shootings in Dallas. Answers: 1. B; 2. C; 3. A; 4. B; 5. A; 6. A; 7. C; 8. D; 9. B; 10. A We welcome user discussion on our site, under the following guidelines: To comment you must first create a profile and sign-in with a verified DISQUS account or social network ID.

Clinton Email Use Extremely Careless

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Letter: The Chicago machine

As a cynic where virtually anything having to do with finding good in government is concerned, I would have thought that I would have accepted with equanimity James Comey's announcement and recommendation that Hillary Clinton skate on her wholly irresponsible behavior concerning sharing of information concerning our national security. In other words, that I'd look upon this new event as just another something to be expected as the norm these days.

GOP not worried Trump will lose NC

In the campaign for North Carolina's 15 electoral votes, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appears far ahead of Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump in both money and machinery. She's often stumped in the state, rolled out high-profile surrogates - President Barack Obama, for example - and is spending millions of dollars to assemble get-out-the-vote operations and fill the television airwaves with campaign ads.

Gingrich Says Trump Is a ‘Necessary Candidate’

Newt Gingrich says that he thinks Donald Trump is a "necessary candidate" who reflects a global anti-establishment sentiment, but that he wouldn't automatically say yes to an eventual proposal to become Trump's running mate. In an interview Saturday with The Associated Press, the former House Speaker also said a test should be devised to check the safety credentials of Syrian refugees based on Sharia, or Islamic law.

Sanders Team Loses Testy Fight on Trans-Pacific Pact at Platform Meeting

Bernie Sanders 's delegates were thwarted Saturday in their attempt to push amendments blocking the Trans-Pacific Partnership, following a tense debatethat pitted Sanders backers and the Democratic Party's left flank against Hillary Clinton's supporters and President Barack Obama. The vote came as delegates wrapped up two days of wrangling in Orlando, Florida, on the final draft of the 2016 platform, a non-binding and largely symbolic document which will be officially presented at the party's convention in Philadelphia later this month.

At this rate, Donald, you’ll soon be a dead duck

JULY 5: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts on July 5, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Earlier in the day Hillary Clinton campaigned in This should have been the best week of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.