September 15, 2016
An enraged press corps turned on Donald Trump Thursday night after the Republican nominee plowed ahead with a speech New Hampshire before they arrived — then mocked them from the stage. “I have really good news for you,” he said while the reporters covering his campaign watched from a bus traveling from the airport. “I […]
September 15, 2016
LACONIA, N.H. — Donald Trump on Thursday mocked his traveling press corps for being late to his rally, even though his campaign is responsible for arranging the pool’s travel. “I have really good news for you,” the Republican nominee told supporters here, according to a livestream of the rally this and other pool reporters watched […]
September 15, 2016
Donald Trump again refused to say whether he believed President Barack Obama was born in the United States in an interview with the Washington Post conducted on Wednesday and published on Thursday. “I’ll answer that question at the right time,” Trump said when asked if he believed Obama was born in Hawaii. “I just don’t […]
September 15, 2016
Donald Trump’s campaign published and withdrew a policy platform Thursday that included an arcane ethanol proposal that would benefit billionaire investor Carl Icahn, a friend and supporter whom the Republican nominee has touted as a potential treasury secretary. The proposal is unusually wonky by Trump standards, but it would satisfy a major priority for Icahn, […]
September 15, 2016
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a handful of business and government leaders are headed to the Oval Office on Friday to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The meeting will give President Barack Obama an opportunity to hear from a bipartisan group on how the troubled 12-nation trade pact, if passed, […]
September 15, 2016
A decade ago, the U.S. Census counted 15 people living in Roanoke’s downtown. If the world knew anything about the city of 100,000 in southwest Virginia, it was likely because of the massive illuminated star beaming down from a nearby mountain, a sad reminder of a long-ago era when holiday shoppers, bearing paychecks from the […]
September 15, 2016
Hillary’s pneumonia. Colin Powell’s leaked emails. And a church visit gone rogue. How well have you been following this week’s political news? Take POLITICO’s quiz to find out, then share your result and compare scores on Twitter by tagging @POLITICO with the hashtag #PoliticoQuiz.
September 15, 2016
Just six weeks ago, Hillary Clinton’s advantage in the Electoral College looked insurmountable. Now, based on the latest round of public polls, it’s a different story. If the election were held today, Donald Trump would apparently win roughly as many electoral votes as Hillary Clinton — who held a commanding lead in early August and […]
September 15, 2016
Greensboro, N.C. — She looked so refreshed, some of her detractors thought it had to be a body double. Four days after collapsing on a Manhattan sidewalk, Hillary Clinton strode confidently back onto the campaign trail Thursday, spinning her untimely bout of pneumonia as a blessing in disguise that allowed her to hit the reset […]
September 15, 2016
Political scamp David Brock has nailed “wanted” posters in the public sphere, promising that his coordinated-with-the-Clinton-campaign super PAC, Correct the Record, will pay a cash bounty to anyone who brings him fresh dirt in the form of audio or video on Donald Trump. The effort, called Trump Leaks, follows an earlier Brock initiative from July, […]