September 16, 2016
A major donor to the Clinton Foundation is suing the U.S. government over leaks that led to news reports last month saying he was denied a U.S. visa over alleged ties to terrorism funding. Nigerian-born billionaire Gilbert Chagoury grabbed headlines in early August after the State Department released emails showing that a Clinton Foundation official […]
September 16, 2016
CNN anchor Jake Tapper called Donald Trump’s decision to trot out an array of military medal winners before addressing his long-held questions about President Barack Obama’s birth a “political Rick-roll.” Trump’s campaign had promised that he would once and for all address the “birther” issue at Friday’s rally, hosted in his newly-opened Pennsylvania Avenue hotel. […]
September 16, 2016
Donald Trump kicked off a campaign event Friday at which he is expected to finally concede that President Barack Obama was born in the United States by bragging about the newly opened hotel hosting it. “Nice hotel,” Trump said at the start of the event, ostensibly a celebration of American veterans. “Under budget and ahead […]
September 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton’s campaign unveiled a new ad on Friday hitting Donald Trump over his promotion of the “birther” conspiracy theory. The ad, titled “Birther,” comes ahead of Donald Trump’s speech Friday to address his own history with the conspiracy theory, a false claim that President Barack Obama is ineligible for the office because he was […]
September 16, 2016
With Donald Trump set to deliver a statement on the issue just blocks away from the White House, President Barack Obama said Friday that he is “pretty confident about where I was born.” The remark came in response to a question from ABC’s Jon Karl, who asked for Obama’s reaction to a statement from Trump’s […]
September 16, 2016
September 16, 2016
Bill O’Reilly brushed aside Donald Trump’s refusal to say earlier Friday whether he was going to disavow his questioning of President Barack Obama’s citizenship, saying, “you can’t second-guess the strategy that has him tied with Hillary Clinton, who should be ahead by 15 points.” “I wouldn’t have done it this way, but I would have […]
September 16, 2016
No matter what Donald Trump says now, the Republican nominee will not be able to undo what he has already wrought by questioning President Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship, Hillary Clinton said Friday. And he owes both Obama and the American people an apology, she added. “For five years, he has led the birther movement to […]
September 16, 2016
The New York Times has named Joe Kahn managing editor, reinstating the second most powerful position on the newspaper’s masthead and elevating a key lieutenant who is seen by many as an obvious successor to executive editor Dean Baquet. In his new role, Kahn will be the second-in-command and will “lead our efforts to build […]
September 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders offered some pointed advice to Hillary Clinton on Friday in the upcoming presidential debates and beyond, as the Democratic nominee looks to shore up support amid sagging poll numbers, particularly among younger voters. Heading into the first debate in 10 days, Sanders told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that nobody would question her intelligence or […]