September 15, 2016
After weeks of maintaining a more focused tone on the campaign trail as his opponent has struggled to maintain her post-convention momentum, Donald Trump is locked in a statistical tie nationwide with Hillary Clinton, according to a poll released Thursday night. In a four-way race that also includes Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate […]
September 15, 2016
If Texas Sen. Ted Cruz decides to mounts another bid for the White House, he might have to do so without a big name backer. Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch told Neil Cavuto he would have second thoughts about supporting Cruz again. He sympathized with why Cruz might hold a grudge against Donald Trump, […]
September 15, 2016
Donald Trump holds commanding leads over Hillary Clinton in two of the most pivotal counties on the swing state map, according to polling released Thursday by Axiom Strategies, the firm of Ted Cruz’s former campaign manager Jeff Roe. Trump’s largest lead — 51 percent to 34 percent — is in Nevada’s Washoe County, the state’s […]
September 15, 2016
If Carolyn Lukensmeyer has her wish, the four general-election debates this fall will be nothing like their primary counterparts. No more morning-after memes featuring the nicknames bestowed on political rivals the night before. No candidates deciding to battle the moderator along with his or her opponent. And certainly, not a discussion of how big one’s […]
September 15, 2016
For decades, Colin Powell has held an uncommonly elevated place in American political life — a straight-shooting, above-the-fray military leader and diplomat who served four presidents, fought in Vietnam, presided over swift victory in the Persian Gulf War, and for years deflected bipartisan calls to run for the White House himself. But the hacked emails […]
September 15, 2016
BRAND PNEU DAY: After a health scare that shuffled the 2016 race, HILLARY CLINTON returned to the campaign trail Thursday as polls showed a tightening race between her and DONALD TRUMP. As Trump mused about Clinton’s stamina, Clinton jovially greeted reporters on her campaign plane as she headed to Greensboro, North Carolina, where she walked […]
September 15, 2016
A Senate panel unanimously approved a bill today that critics say has an unlikely beneficiary: Russia. The Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act passed the Judiciary Committee without opposition Thursday. The bill would protect foreign works of art on loan to American museums from lawsuits that claim they were wrongfully taken. The bill, sponsor […]
September 15, 2016
Like father, like daughter? Ivanka Trump took to Twitter to clarify an interview she did with Cosmopolitan on Wednesday that quickly became a testy affair. “@Cosmopolitan, your readers do & should care about issues impacting women & children. Keep the focus where it belongs—advocating change,” Trump tweeted on Thursday. 1/3: Politics aside, I’m working to […]
September 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton refused to say when she informed Tim Kaine of her pneumonia diagnosis during a press conference Thursday, instead offering reassurances that she speaks regularly with her running mate and feels “very comfortable and confident about our relationship.” The former secretary of state was diagnosed with pneumonia last Friday, her campaign said, but that […]
September 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the pastor of an African-American church who interrupted Donald Trump a day earlier during a campaign stop in Flint, Michigan, “deserves better” than to be attacked by the Republican nominee. Rev. Faith Green Timmons abruptly stopped Trump mid-speech on Wednesday during his visit to her church, reminding him that “I […]