September 16, 2016
With the battle for the Senate tighter than ever, Senate Democrats are infusing millions of dollars more in conservative-leaning states and pulling back further from the traditional battlegrounds of Ohio and Florida, an official familiar with the moves told POLITICO on Friday. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is bolstering its ad campaign in North Carolina, […]
September 16, 2016
After years of denying the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s presidency, it was only in the midst of his own presidential campaign that Donald Trump began falsely claiming Hillary Clinton was the true progenitor of the “birther” conspiracy theory claiming Obama was not born in the United States. But that’s swapping one discredited claim for another. […]
September 16, 2016
Michelle Obama on Friday implored a college audience to support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, saying that “being president isn’t anything like reality TV.” Listing off the accomplishments of her husband’s administration and the difficult decisions he has faced throughout it, Obama suggested that Trump was unprepared to handle any of it. In her first […]
September 16, 2016
Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein failed to make the cut for the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced on Friday afternoon, in a significant blow for their campaigns. Though Johnson and Stein satisfied two of the criteria necessary to participate – that they […]
September 16, 2016
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen’s lawyers are pushing for the chance to call and cross-examine witnesses, make objections and present evidence if the House Judiciary Committee proceeds with impeachment, saying anything less would resemble “a foreign show trial.” They framed Koskinen’s appearance before the committee next week as distinct from an “actual impeachment inquiry,” in a […]
September 16, 2016
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus hastily gathered the news media on Friday to slam Donald Trump for his decision to finally admit that President Barack Obama was born in the United States. They called him a con man, deplorable and accused him of trying to insult the intelligence of everyday Americans. Rep. Jim Clyburn […]
September 16, 2016
Nude photos at the center of questions about Melania Trump’s immigration history were first published in early 1997, timing that contradicts previous reports but is consistent with Trump’s own timeline of her immigration. Trump has consistently said she came to the United States in 1996, but in August, the New York Post published nude photos […]
September 16, 2016
On Saturday, standing before a podium at New York’s Marriott Marquis, Gary Johnson—wearing a black blazer over a tie-less gray shirt—sought to put the most difficult chapter of his campaign in the past. “I want to start off with an apology to all of you,” the visibly shaken candidate told the hundreds in attendance. “This […]
September 16, 2016
President Barack Obama’s race had nothing to do with Donald Trump’s questioning of his U.S. citizenship, the executive director of the GOP nominee’s National Diversity Coalition said Friday, hours after Trump admitted that the president was born in America. “Mr. Trump has been a candidate since last year June. He’s a private citizen before that,” […]
September 16, 2016