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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the first presidential debate on Monday, September 26. Clinton, 68, is the first woman to lead a presidential ticket for one of the major political parties. She has been a U.S. senator and secretary of state.
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, accompanied by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., after making a statement about the flooding following a tour of Castle Place, a flood-damaged area of Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Obama is making his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana as he attempts to assure the many thousands who have suffered damage to their homes, schools and businesses that his administration has made their recovery a priority.
The United States needs to shift its spending from war to education, from CIA-backed regime change to a new Global Fund for Education . With hundreds of millions of children around the world not in school, or in schools with under-qualified teachers, a lack of computers, large class sizes, and no electricity, many parts of the world are headed for massive instability, joblessness, and poverty.
There is a reason why Kelly Ayotte keeps hitting the softball to right field on every pitch in her TV commercial, and that's because she votes right wing every chance she gets in Washington. She voted against background checks for military-style assault rifles, leaving the public vulnerable, as terrorists on the no-fly list can't get on an airplane but have no problem buying an AR-15.
The two most unpopular presidential candidates in modern history had their first debate Monday, and the best we can say is that they lived up to those expectations. Hillary Clinton offered a relentless assault on Donald Trump's business record and qualifications to be president, but she offered little reason to believe she would lift the country out of its economic and psychological funk.
So who won the first presidential debate? We asked our readers in an unscientific digital survey this is what they said. Who won the debate? Survey says ... So who won the first presidential debate? We asked our readers in an unscientific digital survey this is what they said.
In this Aug. 15, 2016 file photo, Marc Zell, co-chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel, speaks as the Republican Party launches its first election campaign in Israel, in Modiin. Supporters of Republican candidate Donald Trump have set up a campaign office in a Jewish settlement in the northern West Bank, hoping to tap into the large numbers of American immigrants in the area for support.
Bexar County District Attorney Nicholas "Nico" LaHood presents his inaugural State of the District Attorney Address earlier this year. A reader criticizes him for continuing to discourage parents from having their children vaccinated.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at the Republican Party of Texas State Convention at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, on May 12 in Dallas. He has called for a cut in what he says is a back-door tuition hike - a move that will affect financial aid for disadvantaged students.
The Rev. Martin Luther King, third from right, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was among national figures present on July 2, 1964, as President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill.
Monday night's first debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was hyped as if were a heavyweight championship boxing match. In many ways, it was.
As the debate opened - with Hillary Clinton getting the first question via coin toss - she began by thanking Hofstra University and welcomed Donald Trump. She talked like someone who had read her briefing books and was comfortable with the material - jobs, and trade.
The nation got to see the best and the brightest that the Republicans and Democrats had to offer last night at Hofstra University. Here are six takeaways from the debate: 1. Somebody forgot to tell the moderator that he was supposed to moderate and not debate Donald Trump.
Governor John Bel Edwards meets with Cynthia Trahan, outside of her flood damaged home, during his tour of Derby Heights subdivision on Thursday, September 1, 2016, in Lafayette. Governor John Bel Edwards meets with Cynthia Trahan, outside of her flood damaged home, during his tour of Derby Heights subdivision on Thursday, September 1, 2016, in Lafayette.
Many people around the world are probably wondering why Hillary Clinton - who is obviously more prepared and better suited for the American presidency than her opponent, Donald Trump - isn't waltzing to victory. Many Americans share the world's bewilderment.
While I have no doubt that Deirdre Reilly and her family are honest, hardworking Americans, so are millions of others in this country, including Mexicans, Muslims, POWs, blacks and countless other groups and individuals that Trump has publicly insulted. Where is the outrage regarding his continual demeaning of countless honest, hardworking Americans? The point is, Hillary Clinton's one insult was wrong, but it was uncharacteristic of who she is.
Although his pal Frank Sinatra got him to play the second Reagan inauguration, famed insult comedian Don Rickles never did politics. At 90 years of age, Rickles is still going strong, still needling audiences - and still won't take out after politicians.
In response to a Sept. 20 letter "Gender, culture and leadership," I do not question the fact there are and have been many women who have achieved greatness in many fields of accomplishment.
Living under a rock would not prevent you from knowing the two major party candidates running for office -- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. However, if there has been one thing lacking from this presidential election season so far, it is talk about where the candidates stand on most issues.