More women accuse Donald Trump of unwanted sexual touching

Two more women came forward on Friday to accuse Donald Trump of unwanted sexual touching, including a former contestant from a reality show that starred the Republican presidential nominee. The latest accounts come after several women reported in recent days that Trump groped or kissed them without their consent.

Poll: Clinton Owns Two-Point Lead Over Trump in North Carolina

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by two points in all-important North Carolina, according to the latest Suffolk University poll released Thursday. "The five-point swing is due to an improvement among women supporting Hillary Clinton and a Trump decline among independents," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center.

Emails show how private, public Clinton statements clash

WASHINGTON – Behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton adopted a rather more accommodating tone with Wall Street than she has on the campaign trail. In private paid speeches to financial firms and interest groups before she declared her candidacy, the Democratic presidential nominee comes off as a knowing insider, willing to cut backroom deals, embrace open trade and grant Wall Street a central role in crafting financial regulations, according to excerpts obtained last week through hacked campaign emails provided to WikiLeaks.

Donald Trump’s vile candidacy is chemotherapy for the GOP

What did Donald Trump have left to lose Sunday night? His dignity? Please. His campaign's theme? His Cleveland convention was a mini-Nuremberg rally for Republicans whose three-word recipe for making America great again was the shriek "Lock her up!" This presaged his Banana Republican vow to imprison his opponent.

Syria extremist group joins al-Qaida affiliate

New York's governor says a work train and a commuter train "side-swiped" one another, causing a derailment that injured 33 people. New York's governor says a work train and a commuter train "side-swiped" one another, causing a derailment that injured 33 people.

Clinton upsetting life in the old boys club

As the news stories pile up about police shootings of black men in the U.S., there can no longer be any doubt about the country being deeply rooted in racism. As Hillary Clinton said, when she addressed a black church in Charlotte, North Carolina, "Because my grandchildren are white a they won't face the kind of fear that we heard from the young children testifying before your city council."

Presidential campaign slows in Florida with Hurricane Matthew

Like thousands of other Americans, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton scrambled their plans Thursday in Florida, where Hurricane Matthew threatened to wreak havoc on efforts to comb the state for votes in the campaign's final stretch. The ferocious storm barreling toward the coast, the Clinton campaign moved staff and out-of-state volunteers working on the east coast of Florida to hotels and other housing inland and was closing all offices in the affected areas until safe to return, the campaign said.

Michelle Obama Takes Aim at Trump over Late-Night Tweets

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke Tuesday at the Charlotte Convention Center at a rally for Hillary Clinton, strongly encouraging the audience to get out the vote and speaking out against Donald Trump. She opened her speech with her "unique perspective" on what it takes to be the country's commander-in-chief, as someone who has "seen the presidency up close and personal."

Man jailed on $25M bond after shooting at officers

Authorities say that a woman's body was found inside an SUV in North Carolina that had a note on it warning that the vehicle had deadly cyanide salts inside. Authorities say that a woman's body was found inside an SUV in North Carolina that had a note on it warning that the vehicle had deadly cyanide salts inside.

Clinton builds on gains after first debate

Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton has firmed up her lead over rival Donald Trump one week after their bruising first head-to-head debate, new polls released Monday showed. Results from a nationwide poll by Politico and Morning Consult has Clinton surging, with 42 percent support from likely voters compared to 36 percent for Trump in a four-way race that includes two lesser-known candidates.

North Carolina could provide Clinton knockout over Trump Updated at

Republican Donald Trump can do little to stop Democrat Hillary Clinton from winning the presidency if she carries North Carolina, where their close race reflects the national liabilities of both candidates. Trump is struggling with conservative Democrats, especially women in the big and booming suburbs of Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, who've long been part of the GOP's winning formula in North Carolina.

Clinton addresses gun violence in Charlotte stop Updated at

Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the spate of gun violence in the United States should call the nation to do more to protect "all of God's children." Clinton addressed congregants at Little Rock AME Zion Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, fewer than two weeks after the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott touched off two nights of violent protests in the city's downtown.

Deepest Denial Of All

Trump now leads in Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio and North Carolina - all states Barack Obama won his first term - according to Real Clear Politics averages. The Political Industrial Complex encompasses all those elites whose livelihoods are predicated on central-control of resources and who determine who is allowed to succeed in society.

Unheralded NC Democrat’s Surge Threatens GOP’s Burr

Little-known former Democratic state legislator Deborah Ross is counting on public anger over the GOP political takeover of North Carolina to help her upset two-term U.S. Senator Richard Burr, a victory that could also help hand control of the U.S. Senate back to Democrats. Despite scant name recognition at the start of the election, Ross has pulled even with Burr in the polls in a state that is split almost evenly ideologically.