Clinton chooses Irish-American with Longford links as her vice-president

Presumptive Democratic US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has picked an Irish-American senator as her running mate ahead of November's election. Running mate: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her newly appointed vice president, Senator Tim Kaine.

Trump’s criticism of Cruz renews questions about temperament

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands during an goodbye reception with friends and family following the Republican National Convention, Friday, July 22, 2016, in Cleveland. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands during an goodbye reception with friends and family following the Republican National Convention, Friday, July 22, 2016, in Cleveland.

CFPB’s Impact, Five Years On

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking a victory lap this week as it celebrates its fifth anniversary, noting its accomplishments during the past five years, including collecting $11.7 billion in restitution for 27 million consumers. Yet the milestone also marks an important shift for the agency.

The coup in Turkey seems to be just the excuse Erdogan needed

I've heard the rumors already about how Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged the coup himself to solidify his power. While I suppose anything is possible in an infinite universe, this sounds like it falls somewhere off the end of the bell curve in terms of conspiracy theories.

Trump tweet evoking anti-Semitic imagery first posted on fringe message board

Donald Trump on Saturday deleted a tweet critical of Hillary Clinton after he came under fire for evoking anti-Semitic stereotypes with a graphic that included dollar bills and a six-pointed star. But 10 days earlier, the same graphic appeared on an Internet message board loaded with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and neo-Nazi ideology.

Why do conspiracy theories abound nowadays?

Conspiracies abound, and I like mine juicy, With grammar atrocious and middling spoofy, Here a fact turned and there a vid squibbed, Making you wonder if you're not getting ribbed, With "blatant," "obvious," "clear," "unimpeachable": Sales reps of truth, that phantom unreachable. . I wonder why now they bloom so full rife, In an age when the networks toot so-loud fife, Covering the sex jollies of every famed clown, Scrying odd cancers lest our health is cut down, Speculative waxing on the Donald's blond hair, And wondering wisely on the CO2 scare.

Airborne 07.01.16: Schumer Wants Ramp Checks, Cessna App, UAVs v Model Aircraft

During a media event in Farmingdale, New York on Monday, Senator Charles Schumer called on the FAA to step up ramp checks of small airplanes, which he says might prevent accidents. According to the Senator, the number of ramp checks on GA aircraft in New York has fallen over the past 10 years.

Clinton fires back at Trump for ‘outlandish lies and conspiracy’

Hillary Clinton delivered a sharp rebuttal Wednesday to a steady stream of attacks from Donald Trump, slamming her all-but-certain November opponent for spewing "outlandish lies and conspiracy theories." During a lengthy speech in Raleigh, N.C., that focused mostly on economic proposals, the presumptive Democratic nominee took aim at Trump on everything from his reality TV career to his flimsy, and often controversial, policy ideas.

Trump is a full-blown nutter: Here 58 unhinged conspiracy theories the Republican leader has promoted

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump not only surrounds himself with conspiracy theorists, he has spent years pushing conspiracy theories himself, much to the delight of his supporters. At times, Trump tries to remain evasive about whether he actually believes these conspiracy theories, insisting that he simply "heard" or "read" them somewhere or is just asking a question.

Venezuelan President Maduro says country is ready for American invasion

Socialist President Nicolas Maduro has been claiming for months that most of his country's problems are the result of an economic war being waged against Venezuela by the United States. Now, with the country collapsing into chaos and opposition figures turning in nearly two million signatures for a recall referendum, Maduro is taking his invasion conspiracy theory to a new level.

Texas education board candidate known for conspiracy posts

She is a retired Texas schoolteacher who has claimed President Barack Obama is a gay prostitute, Democrats orchestrated the assassination of John F. Kennedy and dinosaurs might not be extinct had bigger ones on Noah's Ark been able to reproduce. Mary Lou Bruner is also the front-runner in a Republican primary runoff Tuesday for a seat on the influential state education board - a nomination the 69-year-old nearly clinched outright despite a lengthy social media history of posting about conspiracy theories and fringe screeds.

Donald Trump to bring up suicide of Clinton White House lawyer Vince Foster

Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster took his own life in 1993 at age 48, shooting himself in a Virginia park Conspiracy theories have swirled for decades about a possible long-term love affair with Hillary Clinton leading to his death While Trump said others continue to talk about Foster's death 'because they think it was a murder,' he insisted that 'I don't do that' Donald Trump hinted in an interview published Monday that the 1993 death of Bill Clinton-era White House lawyer Vince Foster, a suicide that sparked conspiracy theories for years, could be a potent headache for Hillary Clinton in the fall.

Sean Hannity’s Twitter disappears; conspiracy theories ensue

Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio says he's always worked with the correct authorities in cases involving sexual assault allegations. Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio says he's always worked with the correct authorities in cases involving sexual assault allegations.