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After weeks of focusing on a group of current and former elected officials in his search for a running mate, Donald Trump is increasingly intrigued by the idea of tapping retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn in order to project strength and know-how on national security, according to four people familiar with the vetting process.
After the take-down of Hillary Clinton by FBI Director James Comey after announcing that career investigators at the FBI found no credible evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Hillary Clinton, Matt Miller of the Washington Post wrote, "When FBI Director James B. Comey stepped to the lectern to deliver his remarks about Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, he violated time-honored Justice Department practices for how such matters are to be handled, set a dangerous precedent for future investigations and committed a gross abuse of his own power.
Democrats amended their party platform late Friday to call for a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage -- a victory for Bernie Sanders, who is fighting to push the party leftward before his expected endorsement of Hillary Clinton. The amendment calls for the change "over time" -- less specific language than Sanders had wanted, making it a concession for Clinton.
Bernie Sanders' crusade to shape the Democratic party platform scored a win late Friday night, with the approval of an amendment calling for increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 over time. The fight to get more explicit platform language around wages showed the Vermont senator's campaign still fighting for the liberal issues that made up his "political revolution" even as his clout fades.
Sen. Bernie Sanders' effort to shape the Democratic Party's election platform scored a major victory Friday with the approval of an amendment calling for increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. The self-described "democratic socialist" from Vermont had repeatedly called for the increase during his surprisingly strong campaign for the Democratic nomination.
The former Bush Justice Department deputy attorney general turned Obama Justice Department director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has earned bipartisan plaudits for a reason: He is as able as it gets. The nation got to see that this week: first, in his tour de force press conference both damning and clearing Hillary Clinton; then, just 48 hours later, in his deft jousting with a Republican-led House committee rankled by his decision to give a pass to the Democrats' putative presidential nominee.
New York, July 9 - Living around people with opposing political viewpoints affects your ability to form close relationships and may even change your personality, a study says. The findings also could help explain why so many Americans are moving to areas that suit them politically, further segregating the nation into red and blue states, said lead researcher William Chopik, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.
Write something critical of Donald Trump and prepare yourself for on onslaught of angry emails complaining: "Well, yeah, sure, but what about that crooked liar Hillary Clinton?" Conversely, pen a negative piece about Clinton, and just as reliable as a returning Capistrano swallow, you can rest assured of getting a full froth of: "Well, yeah, sure, but what about that nutball Donald Trump?" as if there is a perfectly balanced 50-50 equivalency of craziness on the campaign trail. As we approach the Democratic and Republican conventions this month, the national political discourse has devolved into a vigorous debate over which candidate to hold the highest office in the land is less of a conniving, duplicitous dolt than the other camp.
It's extremely hard for a Republican to win the presidency without Florida's 29 electoral votes. The polls suggest that Hillary Clinton might capitalize on huge demographic shifts to an extent that Barack Obama never did.
People are lined up to attend a campaign event with Vice President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday in Scranton, Pa. Later the event was canceled because of the shootings in Dallas.
FBI Director James Comey testifies Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to explain his agency's recommendation to not prosecute Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her private email setup during her time as secretary of state. WASHINGTON –Republicans signaled they're not done with election-year investigations of Hillary Clinton and whether she lied to Congress, even after a House committee signed off Friday on its report into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Democrats amended their party platform late Saturday to call for a $15-an-hour federal minimum wage - a victory for Bernie Sanders, who is fighting to push the party leftward before his expected endorsement of Hillary Clinton. The amendment calls for the change "over time" - less specific language than Sanders had wanted, making it a concession for Clinton.
Hillary Clinton has refuted FBI's charge that she was "extremely careless" with classified information as secretary of state and tried to put the blame on other officials as she offered her first public comments since a probe into her use of private email server was closed this week. The presumptive Democratic nominee in interviews to several US networks tried to move past the controversy that was hung over her presidential bid, saying her use of a private email account as as secretary of state during President Barack Obama's first term was a "mistake."
U.S. Senate hopeful Russ Feingold says he's troubled by Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. Feingold, a Democrat, is challenging Republican incumbent Ron Johnson this fall.
Hillary Clinton has responded to a scathing assessment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that she was "extremely careless" with classified government secrets by shifting the blame onto her former colleagues at the US State Department. After maintaining for more than a year that she did not send or receive classified information through her unauthorised private email server, Clinton acknowledged on Friday she may have at least unwittingly done so, three days after the FBI concluded this happened at least 110 times.
FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information. FBI Director James Comey says Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted for using a private email server while she was secretary of state despite being 'extremely careless' in handling classified information.
Why did he do it? FBI director James Comey spent 14 minutes laying out an unassailable case for prosecuting Hillary Clinton for the mishandling of classified material. Then at literally the last minute, he recommended against prosecution.
An owl named "Distinto" flies to her trainer inside a park as part of the birds exercise routine outside a cage at the former Buenos Aires Zoo, Argentina, Friday, July 1, 2016. The city government announced last week it will transform the city's zoo into an ecological park for a limited number of species, and begin with the transfer of birds of prey to natural reserves.
House Speaker Paul Ryan will formally ask Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information during the presidential campaign, ABC News has learned. The Wisconsin Republican first proposed the idea in an interview Tuesday night, after FBI Director James Comey's announcement that the agency would not recommend criminal charges against Clinton over her private email use when she was secretary of state, which he also called "extremely careless."