Dissecting two names for Clinton’s VP shortlist
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McConnell dodges on whether Trump is qualified to be president
McConnell said on ABC's "This Week" that although Donald Trump has "made a number of mistakes" in recent weeks, his campaign is "beginning to right the ship." "It's a long time until November," McConnell said when asked about poll numbers that show a majority of Americans don't think Trump is qualified to be president.
Poll: Hillary Clinton up by double digits over Donald Trump
A new poll finds presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with a towering lead over her likely Republican counterpart, Donald Trump. The ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Sunday gives Mrs. Clinton a 12-percentage point advantage among likely voters nationwide, besting Mr. Trump 51 percent to 39 percent.
McConnell: Trump Needs to Close Cash Deficit ‘Fast’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Donald Trump needs to raise much more money, quickly, if he expects to win the presidential campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton . Asked on ABC's "This Week" whether the presumptive GOP nominee can win with the paltry fundraising he reported last month, McConnell says, "No...he needs to catch up and catch up fast."
Sanders vows to continue Democratic platform fight
Bernie Sanders claimed some "very, very important victories" in the initial draft of the Democratic platform -- but vowed to continue fighting for the inclusion of progressive causes. Sanders, who has yet to officially suspend his Democratic presidential campaign, said he'll continue pressing for the policies that animated his failed presidential bid before the party's 2016 platform is locked in at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next month.
Primary odd couple pushes to unite Democratic party
There was Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's top campaign aide, known for his calm temperament and fiercely disciplined ways, and Jeff Weaver, a combative political fighter often called Bernie Sanders' alter ego, sharing a Friday night dinner in Burlington, Vermont. But over the long months of a frequently contentious primary, the two rival Democratic campaign managers struck up an unusually friendly relationship, founded on exhaustion, goofy jokes and a shared affection for their home state of Vermont.
Clinton ad knocks Trump over Brexit response
Hillary Clinton's campaign will begin airing an ad this week that knocks Donald Trump for his response to the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union. "Every president is tested by world events but Donald Trump thinks about how he can profit from them," a narrator says.
Trump support plunges in new Washington Post-ABC poll
Support for Donald Trump has plunged as he has alienated fellow Republicans and large majorities of voters overall in the course of a month of self-inflicted controversies, propelling Democrat Hillary Clinton to a double-digit lead nationally in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The survey finds sweeping unease with the presumptive Republican nominee's candidacy - from his incendiary rhetoric and values to his handling of both terrorism and his own business - foreshadowing that the November election could be a referendum on Trump more than anything else.
Capitol Insider: Who in Ohio Democratic Party helped John Raphael?
The public might never know who at the Ohio Democratic Party helped John Raphael funnel money from red-light-camera vendor Redflex to the campaign of Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. In mid-October 2011, Redflex gave Raphael a $20,000 "success fee," part of a series of payments that company officials later admitted were intended as bribes.
Mother tells of heartbreak after her 18-year-old died of skin…
Finding Neverland: Michael Jackson's infamous ranch is reduced to a drought-stricken shadow of its former self, after languishing on the market for $100MILLION for more than a year High school track and field star, 18, impales himself through the eye with a JAVELIN when he tripped and fell face first onto the spear in freak accident Hillary Clinton offers mind-boggling tickets ranging from $2,700 to $100,000 to see special performance of Hamilton with her - but star Lin-Manuel Miranda will have QUIT just three days before Three are killed and four more rescued after their boat capsizes off California island after being hit by strong waves Mom of Orlando shooting victim who frantically texted her 'I love you' as he was held hostage in the bathroom collapses and is carried out on a stretcher at his open casket funeral FBI questions employees at a mall in West Palm Beach in an attempt to ... (more)
Clinton White House was den of coke,mistresses: ex-Secret Service officer
Gary J. Byrne has devoted his life, and risked it, to serve his country - as a member of the US Air Force, a uniformed White House Secret Service officer, and a federal air marshal. And he believes it is his patriotic duty to do anything he can to prevent Hillary Clinton from becoming president of the United States.
Draft of Democrats’ policy positions reflects Sanders’ influence
A draft of the Democratic Party's policy positions reflects the influence of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign: endorsing steps to break up large Wall Street banks, advocating a $15 hourly wage, urging an end to the death penalty. Hillary Clinton's supporters turned back efforts by Sanders' allies to promote a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system and a carbon tax to address climate change, and freeze hydraulic fracking.
Violence erupts as racism True Blue Crew oppose Campaign Against…
Finding Neverland: Michael Jackson's infamous ranch is reduced to a drought-stricken shadow of its former self, after languishing on the market for $100MILLION for more than a year High school track and field star, 18, impales himself through the eye with a JAVELIN when he tripped and fell face first onto the spear in freak accident Hillary Clinton offers mind-boggling tickets ranging from $2,700 to $100,000 to see special performance of Hamilton with her - but star Lin-Manuel Miranda will have QUIT just three days before Three missing pensioners living within 100 miles of one another started a relationship with the SAME man they met on online dating site who is now a person of interest Mom of Orlando shooting victim who frantically texted her 'I love you' as he was held hostage in the bathroom collapses and is carried out on a stretcher at his open casket funeral FBI questions employees ... (more)
Business promotion and politics par for Trump’s golf tour
US presidential candidate Donald Trump, second right, arrives by helicopter for a tour at the Trump International Golf Links at Balmedie, near Aberdeen, Scotland, Saturday June 25, 2016. Presidential hopeful Donald Trump is on a short break away from his presidential campaign.
Clinton campaign offers chance to see Hamilton – at a cost
Hillary Clinton supporters will get a chance to see the hit musical "Hamilton" if they're willing to pay prices that are breathtaking even by Broadway standards. Tickets for a special matinee July 12 to benefit her campaign start at $2,700 each, while $10,000 will get a "premium seat" that includes a photo session with Clinton.
Draft of Dems’ policy positions reflects Sanders’ influence
A draft of the Democratic Party's policy positions reflects the influence of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign: endorsing steps to break up large Wall Street banks, advocating a $15 hourly wage, urging an end to the death penalty. Hillary Clinton's supporters turned back efforts by Sanders' allies to promote a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system and a carbon tax to address climate change, and freeze hydraulic fracking.
Donald Trump’s Scottish golf swing: A chaotic two-day trip across the green
BALMEDIE, Scotland - Donald Trump capped off his two-day overseas tour in a golf cart Saturday afternoon, zooming around the golf course he built on top of sand dunes. Running the country won't be much different than building a resort like this, he told the pack of political reporters who followed in maintenance carts - "just a lot bigger."
Dems Worry Brexit Will Lead to Trump Victory
Democrats are worried that Brexit, the poll-defying British vote last Thursday to leave the European Union, could portend victory for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election in November. Republicans, too, see the same potential - though for different reasons.
Presidential hopefuls use UK vote to further their campaigns
That's not just true for the major party candidates. The Libertarian and Green party candidates have also weighed in, lending their support to the decision.
Democrats see danger signs in states where Clinton has not fully engaged
Julie Downey, 18, working at a Mediterranean bistro in St. Clair Shores, Mich., plans to vote for Trump but said choosing between him and Clinton "is like finding the shiniest turd." Hillary Clinton's campaign strategists look at the general-election map and see a bounty of electoral college votes that are hers for the taking: in Florida and Virginia, Colorado and Nevada - all places where Donald Trump has badly damaged his standing with nonwhites and women.