Democrat Claire McCaskill: Hillary Clinton should ‘be more careful’ talking about Trump voters

Sen. Claire McCaskill has a message to Hillary Clinton: Stop bashing President Trump's supporters, it's hurting my election prospects. "For those of us that are in states that Trump won, we would really appreciate if she would be more careful and show respect to every American voter and not just the ones who voted for her," McCaskill said on MSNBC Sunday night.

AerLine Holdings to Sell XTRA Airways

XTRA Airways has operated Boeing 737 aircraft in its charter fleet flying sports teams, rock bands, relief flights from Caribbean Islands including Puerto Rico, scheduled service between Saipan in the U.S. Mariana Islands and China, sub-service for tour operators within Europe, deportees for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and most recently supplying two highly customized executive 737 aircraft for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. XTRA Airways has an impeccable safety record, is one of the few charter carriers having scheduled service authority, is certified to fly within Europe, and is authorized by the U.S. and China to conduct scheduled service between the two countries.

Winner take all? Not if Electoral College critics win cases

When Donald Trump won more than 52 percent of the Texas vote during the 2016 election, he pocketed all 38 of that state's Electoral College votes just as Hillary Clinton, who won California with 61 percent of the vote, swept up all 55 of that state's electors. Advocates took their first step last month by filing federal lawsuits in four states - Massachusetts, Texas, California and South Carolina - arguing that the practice of assigning all of a state's Electoral College votes to the popular winner, no matter how narrow, runs counter to the principle of "one person, one vote" by disenfranchising those who voted for the losing candidate.

Remington Declares Chapter 11 Amid ‘Trump Slump’ In Gun Sales

Firearms manufacturer Remington Outdoor has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in hopes of staving off creditors amid a slump in sales and public outcry over gun violence. Reuters reports that Remington's creditors, including Franklin Templeton Investments and JPMorgan Asset Management have agreed to exchange debt for equity in the company.

March 25: Cynthia Nixon, snowstorm parking and Putin’s win

Bronx: While I support women running for office and voted for Hillary Clinton, I don't support Cynthia Nixon's challenge to our governor, Andrew Cuomo. At a time when we have an inexperienced, corrupt reality star in the White House who is systematically tearing down the very fabric of society, we need to have experienced state and local elected officials like Cuomo as a check against this incompetent now inhabiting the White House.

Welcome to the revolution’: Young leaders speak out against gun violence

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez addresses the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018, on Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in the nation's capital and cities across the United States on Saturday to demand action against gun violence, the latest and most visible show of force by a student-led political movement born in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

GOP’s congressional stronghold is Democrats’ source of hope

A longtime congressional stronghold for Republicans, Pennsylvania is emerging in dramatic fashion as a source of hope for Democrats in their quest to take control of the U.S. House in November's mid-term elections. This week cemented Democratic victories in two key battles: Republicans dropped talk of legal challenges to Democrat Conor Lamb's improbable victory in a special election in southwestern Pennsylvania and federal courts rejected two GOP lawsuits seeking to block a state court-drawn map of more competitive districts.

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Hillary Clinton speaks to her communications director Jennifer Palmieri aboard the campaign plane in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2016. : Washington Post photo by Melina Mara Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was "foolish" not to mount a louder and longer defense of her government email troubles in its last weeks, when the FBI had suddenly reopened the issue and Donald Trump was using it to thrash Clinton daily, a top Clinton aide concludes in a new memoir.

Former Clinton campaign communications director: Emails were ‘a …

In a new memoir, former Hillary Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri says the Clinton email scandal was a like "a box we could never get out of," The Washington Post reports. "I think it was the unease people felt about Hillary's motivation as a woman seeking power that made it impossible for us to very fully put this matter to bed," Palmieri writes, according to the Post.

Republicans Still Don’t Get Trump

If so, the GOP has an odd way of showing affection. Green cites a lack of Republican criticism of Trump, the president's continued popularity within the party, and Trump's rescue of incumbent Nevada senator Dean Heller from a primary challenge.

Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi To Speak At Cong. Slaughter Funeral

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's funeral in Rochester today will include speeches from Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton Friday, when the long serving Buffalo and Rochester area representative is laid to rest with a public service in the Eastman Theater Congressman John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and civil rights leader will also speak and more than 40 members of Congress are expected to attend d Slaughter was serving her 16th term in the House, and her 31 years in the chamber were the third longest, according to the official House website. She chaired the Rules committee from 2007 through 2010.

Newsom leads and Cox in second in new poll of California governor’s race

With 75 days to go before the June 5 primary election, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to lead the field for governor, while former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has fallen into third place, overtaken by a Southern California Republican, according to a new poll.

Legal shake-up in Trump team may suggest shift in strategy

President Donald Trump's lead lawyer in the special counsel's Russia investigation resigned Thursday, shaking up the legal team just as Trump intensifies attacks on an inquiry he calls nothing more than a witch hunt. The departure of attorney John Dowd removes the primary negotiator and legal strategist who had been moulding Trump's defence.

Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties

The offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London, after it was announced that Britain's information commissioner Elizabeth Denham is pursuing a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's computer servers, Tuesday March 20, 2018. Denham said Tuesday that she is using all her legal powers to investigate Facebook and political campaign consultants Cambridge Analytica over the alleged misuse of millions of people's data.

Bill would exempt private devices from open records law

Government officials in Kentucky could discuss public business on their personal devices without having to disclose it according to a surprise amendment moving quickly through the state legislature. A legislative committee amended House Bill 302 on Wednesday to change the definition of public record to say it shall not include calls, text messages and emails if they are sent or received on a device paid for with private funds or a nongovernment email account.

Huma wept over Clinton emails being found on Weiner’s laptop

Revealed: Huma Abedin wept 'he is going to kill me' when FBI re-opened Hillary server probe because her emails were on Anthony Weiner's laptop Hillary Clinton's Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri's new book contains details about some of the most dramatic moments of the 2016 campaign In an excerpt published in Time magazine, Palmieri recalls having to tell Clinton that FBI Director James Comey reopened the Clinton email probe She also captured Huma Abedin's reaction when the aide found out the emails in question were her and stowed on her husband Anthony Weiner's laptop 'He is going to kill me,' Palmieri recalled Abedin saying of Weiner, who was under investigation bye the FBI for sending sexts to a minor girl Palmieri said that during this time Clinton tried cheering Abedin up, promising the staff ice cream sundaes to make her feel better Huma Abedin wept on Hillary Clinton 's ... (more)