Brandon Hynes, midwest finan ce director for Hillary for America, and Cher smooze.

SC: Cher dazzles at Joumana fundraiser for Hillary Also, costumes reign supreme at Cutraro birthday party, and Fox 2 set gets an extreme makeover Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2f0cHtT Metro Detroit attorney Joumana Kayrouz hosted a spectacular bash at her lavish Bloomfield Hills home on Monday with a very special guest - none other than Cher . A political fundraiser for Hillary Clinton for president, more than 300 people piled into the posh digs, paying anywhere from $125 to $5,000.

Stephanie Grace: Fringe figure David Duke hijacks final Senate debate

The U.S. Senate Debate for Louisiana gets underway at Georges Auditorium including David Duke, a convicted felon and Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, attorney Caroline Fayard, and U.S. Rep. John Fleming at Dillard University in New Orleans, La. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016.

Campaign 2016 The Ugly Election

In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debate during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas. Headed for history books, the duel between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump became a battle of "nasty women" and "bad hombres" vs. "deplorables" and voters who are "irredeemable."

Federal government proposal to ban refugees forever is cruel and misguided

The federal government's proposal to ban forever from returning to this country anyone who tried to reach Australia by boat without authorisation, even if they have been found to be genuine refugees, is disturbing and bizarre. In this scenario, someone who is found to have been a genuine refugee, that is to have been seeking refuge from war or grave persecution, and who has settled in another country, cannot ever come here, not to live, not as a tourist or on business, and not even decades later.

Hillary’s never-ending email troubles

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Museum of History displays ‘Fighting for the Right to Fight’

Before the Civil Rights marches of the 1950s and 1960s, there were a group of young African-American men who fought for equality and the right to defend their country. The stories of these exceptional men will be shared in 'Fighting for the Right to Fight: African- American Experiences in World War II,' a new exhibit on display through March 5, at the St. Petersburg Museum of History, 335 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg.

Nov. 1: Rikers voting, Mort Zuckerman and James Comey

Manhattan: Contrary to the tone of your Oct. 27 article "Jailbirds granted absentee ballots as they await trial under new City Council bill," the distribution of absentee ballots to innocent people who are eligible to vote is what we should be doing in one of the most progressive cities in the U.S., especially when the law entitles them to have access to the polls. These "jailbirds," as you refer to them, are our neighbors, friends and family who are subjected to the brutal and inhumane conditions of Rikers Island, much of which has been reported by your own publication.

Phantom of the Election

Phantom of the Opera , Andrew Lloyd Webber's worldwide hit musical, is often heard at Donald Trump's rallies - an omen of the surprise that American voters are quietly planning for Hillary Clinton. Halloween is a fitting day to discuss haunts - so today I will explain why, even if you won't vote for Trump, you should never vote for Clinton.

Sleazy ‘Scam PACs’ Hurt GOP Candidates Again This Cycle With Fake Fundraising

A crop of conservatively named super PACs has arisen in recent years, which serve to do little but pad their own coffers during election season. The moneymakers behind the scam organizations appeal to the conservative base with long-shot candidates who have no chance at toppling powerful Republican incumbents, by disguising their actual chances.

Can America Afford Another Nixon?

Long before writing columns, I joined the rest of America fixated for months on the Watergate soap opera that eventually brought down President Richard Milhous Nixon. From "Deep Throat" to "Dirty Tricks," from "I am not a crook" to Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, we watched America avoid what might have become a republic-threatening Constitutional crisis.

Minimum-Wage Laws: Good Intentions, Bad Results

ON "CARPE DIEM," his lively economics blog, University of Michigan professor Mark J. Perry likes to use Venn diagrams to needle those who "do not have a strong need for intellectual consistency." On topics ranging from drug prices to campus diversity to imports from China, he shows how common it is for people to simultaneously hold contradictory positions, oblivious to the fact that they are logically irreconcilable.