House Committee Releases Video Showing Clinton Contradictions
The U.S. House oversight committee released a video on Monday showing Hillary Clinton’s many inconsistencies from her testimony about her private email server.
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Trump’s immigration plan blueprint: “Extreme Vetting”
Donald Trump’s speech on foreign policy Monday focused in large part on his proposal to suspend immigration from dangerous parts of the world and impose a new system of “extreme vetting” that would subject applicants to questions about their personal ideology.
How We Killed the Tea Party
As we watch the Republican Party tear itself to shreds over Donald Trump, perhaps it’s time to take note of another conservative political phenomenon that the GOP nominee has utterly eclipsed: the Tea Party. The Tea Party movement is pretty much dead now, but it didn’t die a natural death. It was murdered—and it was an inside job.
Dozens of Republicans to urge RNC to cut off funds for Trump
More than 70 Republicans have signed an open letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus urging him to stop spending any money to help Donald Trump win in November and shift those contributions to Senate and House races.
Newly released Clinton emails shed light on relationship between State Dept. and Clinton Foundation
Newly released emails from Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state raise questions about the nature of the department’s relationship with the Clinton Foundation.
Trump seeks rebound with tax plan
Insisting something must be done to shake the economy out of an eight-year doldrums, Donald Trump called for canceling bad trade deals, said he’ll ban job-killing government regulations and rewrote his tax plan to try to make it a more serious effort to grapple with a broken federal budget.
Cotton: Clinton discussed executed Iranian scientist on email
Hillary Clinton recklessly discussed, in emails hosted on her private server, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed by Iran for treason, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday.
Reuters Poll: Shocking Trump Turnaround, Trump Down Only 3 Points
After a week of being behind Hillary Clinton by ten points or more in various polls, Donald Trump has suddenly pulled to nearly even in a national poll by Reuters/Ipsos released Saturday.
Trump Falling Behind Clinton in National Polls
It took all of two weeks for Donald Trump’s support to collapse. In mid-to-late July he began to pull ahead nationally. The last three major national polls have shown him trailing Hillary Clinton by 9, 10 and 15 points.
Crowd Cheers Clinton’s Call To ‘Raise Taxes On The Middle Class’
Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton called on raising taxes on the middle class as she was in Omaha, NE campaigning with Democrat Billionaire Warren Buffett.
Trump: ‘I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged’
Donald Trump fears he may lose in November because of the “rigged” political system he’s been railing against for months.
Poll: Clinton snags 7-point convention bounce
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump 43-40 percent in a Morning Consult national poll conducted entirely after the Democratic Convention concluded Thursday night, a 7-point swing from a Consult poll done just before the convention.
Hillary Clinton seeks unity as nation’s first major female presidential candidate
Seeking to lead a nation that is “cleareyed about what we are up against” but unafraid of the challenge, Democrat Hillary Clinton made history Thursday, becoming the first woman to accept the nomination of a major political party for president of the United States.
Hillary Clinton Nominated Amid Protests From Sanders Supporters
Hillary Clinton was formally declared the Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday evening, amid protests from supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) and efforts of party leaders to unify Democrats behind the former secretary of state.
Clinton campaign says Russia hacked emails to boost Trump
Scrambling to contain damaging revelations contained in a cache of leaked emails from Democratic Party leaders, presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton is pushing the idea that Russia is behind the cyber-breach.
Wikileaks hits DNC ahead of convention, competes with Kaine VP nomination
The release of more than 20,000 pages of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee competed on Saturday with the big reveal of Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as the running mate of presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
Clinton Chooses Virginia Senator Kaine as VP
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton announced Friday evening that she was choosing Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate.
Donald Trump completes takeover of GOP, declares ‘I am your voice’
Donald Trump completed his takeover of the Republican Party on Thursday, claiming the presidential nomination, calling for unity within the party and holding himself out as the real agent of change all voters have been waiting for.
Trump’s VP Pick Mike Pence Headlines RNC, Hopes to Unite Party
“I am a Christian, conservative, and Republican – in that order,” GOP Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence said as he took the stage Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention.
Muslim Prayer Closes Out Day 2 of GOP Convention
The closing prayer at Republicans’ convention session Tuesday, delivered by a Muslim, was marred by a Trump supporter repeatedly chanting “No Islam,” exposing a still raw nerve within the GOP over how big the party’s tent should be.