Eliyohu Mintz

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Clinton: I don’t recall joking about droning Julian Assange

October 4, 2016

Responding to unconfirmed allegations circulating on right-wing websites, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she does not remember ever joking about targeting the founder of WikiLeaks in a drone strike. The conservative website True Pundit cited anonymous “State Department sources” in a report on Sunday to claim that Clinton in 2010 suggested to some staff members […]


Hillary Clinton cleans up Bill’s comments on Obamacare

October 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton sought to clean up after her husband who on Monday night referred to Obamacare, President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement, as a “crazy system.” “I think he made it clear what he was saying,” Clinton told reporters during a press conference on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, when asked about her husband’s remarks. “With respect […]


Bill goes rogue again

October 4, 2016

Just when it seemed Donald Trump had been crowned the undisputed king of saying silly, self-destructive stuff in public, along came the venerable master of talking out of turn – William Jefferson Clinton. He took a swipe at a certain Vermont senator who is currently trying to help his wife shore up her dismal numbers […]


Pence under pressure to stabilize reeling Trump campaign

October 4, 2016

FARMVILLE, Virginia — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are ceding the spotlight on Tuesday night to their running mates, with particular pressure on Mike Pence to stabilize and defend a struggling campaign. The faceoff between the two normcore vice presidential nominees comes as Clinton shows signs of starting to break away in both national polls […]


Trump: Bill Clinton ‘went through hell last night’

October 4, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton probably “went through hell last night,” Donald Trump said Tuesday, thanking the 42nd president for trashing President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. “Did you hear yesterday? Did you hear yesterday?” Trump asked supporters at a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona. “Of all people — maybe he’s not a very good […]


Clinton camp responds to Bill’s Obamacare comments

October 4, 2016

FARMVILLE, Va. — Hillary Clinton’s campaign sought to play down former President Bill Clinton’s criticisms of Obamacare, arguing he was merely explaining that there is more work to be done to improve the law. At an event in Michigan on Monday night, Bill Clinton said that too many middle-class people are still unable to gain […]


Obama DOJ drops charges against alleged provider of Libyan weapons

October 4, 2016

The Obama administration is moving to dismiss charges against an arms dealer it had accused of selling weapons that were destined for Libyan rebels. Lawyers for the Justice Department on Monday filed a motion in federal court in Phoenix to drop the case against the arms dealer, an American named Marc Turi, whose lawyers also […]


Former accountant refutes Trump’s tax brilliance: I did all the work

October 4, 2016

Donald Trump’s former accountant challenged the Republican presidential nominee’s assertion that he “brilliantly” used tax laws to avoid paying federal taxes. “I did all the tax preparation. He never saw the product until it was presented to him for signature,” Jack Mitnick, a former Trump family accountant, told Inside Edition’s Steven Fabian in an interview […]


Clinton Foundation refutes new claim that hacker stole files

October 4, 2016

A hacker persona with alleged ties to the Russian government has posted what the hacker claims are files stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the foundation says the assertions are not true. “Hillary Clinton and her staff don’t even bother about the information security,” the hacker calling himself “Guccifer 2.0” wrote in the post revealing […]


White House dings Filipino president’s latest Obama jab

October 4, 2016

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration that his U.S. counterpart can “go to hell” is “at odds with the warm relationship” between the two nations, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday. In addition to telling President Barack Obama to “go to hell,” Duterte said he could decide to “break up with America” over the […]