Trump says Clinton’s “deplorables” remark is disqualifying

Donald Trump criticized Hillary Clinton for her characterization that half of his supporters belonged in "a basket of deplorables," denouncing the comment as "an explicit attack on the American voter" and suggesting that it makes her unfit for the presidency. No stranger to making his own sweeping negative characterizations of large groups of people, Trump nonetheless deployed the remark Monday as the foundation for a new campaign theme.

In key states, voters poised to split their tickets between GOP, Democrats

After more three decades of decline, ticket splitting voters appear ready for a comeback. Officials in both parties hope the unpopularity of their presidential candidate won't depress votes for their other candidates on the ballot.

After ruling, North Carolina board careful on vote changes

North Carolina elections officials have fashioned early voting schedules they hope comply with a federal court ruling this summer and ease long lines this fall in the presidential battleground state. The state's Republican-controlled Board of Elections deliberated for 11 hours through disputed plans for early in-person voting from one-third of North Carolina's 100 counties before approving or amending them Thursday.

Get your ballots ready: Voting in White House race underway

In this Aug. 9, 2016 file photo, Chairwoman Kathryn Lindley, right, is approached by people during the Guilford County Board of Elections meeting at the Old Guilford County Courthouse in Greensboro, N.C. The swing state of North Carolina could be pushed in a Republican or Democratic direction when the GOP-led State Board of Elections meets Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016 to finalize early voting plans for a third of the statea sA A s counties.

Plenty of reason to vote even if presidential candidates are a

Depending on which political prognosticators you listen to, Latinos won't show up at the polls this November either because the presidential candidates aren't palatable or because Latinos just don't vote. Both of these scenarios are plausible and neither is good for democracy in a country where Hispanics represent a steadily increasing percentage of the population.

Americans for Prosperity seeking Ross defeat in N Carolina

A conservative limited-government group is actively campaigning against Democratic nominee Deborah Ross in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race. Americans for Prosperity North Carolina announced Tuesday it would send out more than 500,000 mailers and emphasize its opposition to Ross in its field activities.

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All choked up! Hillary Clinton is caught up in a marathon coughing fit and struggles to speak in Cleveland but tries to play it off as an 'allergic reaction' to Trump Driver, 20, who pulled up in an SUV and 'shot a 13-year-old girl dead and wounded her friend as they walked home from school' is arrested Johnny Manziel re-enrolls at Texas A&M University to major in recreation, parks and tourism as he claims he's 'trying to get back on track' Pictured: The high-flying female college student, 22, and teenage boy gunned down at New York West Indian carnival 'with reputation for violence' Siri set to control your home: Apple to launch app to take on Amazon and Google in the battle for the smart house Ahoy there! Jeff Williams tweets incredible panoramic video showing boats sailing down New York's Hudson River - as seen on a sunny day from space The final resting place of U576: German U-Boat ... (more)

Trump doesn’t have an office in North Carolina but one just opened in Israel’s West Bank

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump smiles as he meets with local labor leaders and union members during a campaign stop in Brook Park, Ohio, U.S. September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar Israeli supporters of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have opened a campaign office in the occupied West Bank, saying they hope to get as many American expatriates as possible to cast an absentee ballot for their candidate.

A mystery solved: Secret burial site of Supreme Court Justice…

Back to her best! Youthful RenA e Zellweger, 47, wears one-shoulder satin dress with sexy thigh-split as she greets fans at Bridget Jones' Baby premiere... 12 years after the last movie was released Driver, 20, who pulled up in an SUV and 'shot a 13-year-old girl dead and wounded her friend as they walked home from school' is arrested Siri set to control your home: Apple to launch app to take on Amazon and Google in the battle for the smart house Samsung DIDN'T officially recall Galaxy Note 7: Consumer Reports slams phonemaker for failing to make exploding battery issue official The final resting place of U576: German U-Boat is found 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina 72 years after it sank during Nazi campaign of terror - and 44 sailors are entombed inside Brutal legacy of the Vietnam War: US bombs are still littering the fields and homes of Laos four decades after the ... (more)

Clinton: Can’t say “which Donald Trump” will be at debates

Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly finding a different problem: officers' interactions with the mentally ill. Justice Department lawyers investigating police agencies for claims of racial discrimination and excessive force are increasingly turning up a different problem: officers' interactions with the mentally ill.

Partial Victory: University of NC Blocked from Enforcing ‘Bathroom Bill’

Moral Monday demonstrators rally against North Carolina's anti-transgender House Bill 2 in May. A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the University of North Carolina to allow transgender students and staff to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, blocking enforcement of the state's controversial "bathroom bill" known as House Bill 2, while a lawsuit challenging the anti-LGBTQ legislation proceeds. "Today, the tightness that I have felt in my chest every day since H.B. 2 passed has eased.

New Polls: Tight in NC while Trump tops in AZ

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are neck and neck in North Carolina, a state solidifying its position as a perennial presidential election battleground, while Trump holds a 5-point lead in the traditionally GOP-tilting state of Arizona, according to new CNN/ORC battleground state polls. Trump is the choice of 43% of registered voters in Arizona, while Clinton stands at 38%, followed by Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson at 12% and Green Party nominee Jill Stein at 4%.

North Carolina a snapshot of Trump’s shrinking trade appeal

Hillary Clinton "owes the state of North Carolina a very big apology," Donald Trump thundered, condemning the loss of manufacturing jobs due to free-trade deals supported by the Democratic presidential nominee. In the state that may be the most pivotal to Trump's White House bid, the audience for the Republican's chief economic pitch is shrinking by the day.