October 4, 2016
The massive losses Donald Trump appears to have reported on his tax returns could explain some of the unusual antics related to the financing of the Trump Foundation, tax experts said. The tax deductions some Americans get for donating to charity would not have been available to Trump in years where he had a net […]
October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016
Let’s get the bland back together. Face it, America’s a tired nation. Just as seven human years are packed into each dog year, a week’s worth of news cycles are now being crammed into every Trump Day. On Monday, the day before the big (LOL) vice-presidential debate, Donald Trump found itself on the New York […]
October 4, 2016
What a time to be awake. Eric Trump on Tuesday defended his father’s wee-hour Twitter spree, telling Fox News that it’s “great” that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was up at 3 a.m. but also admitting “that energy is sometimes a little bit of a downfall of his.” “Listen, at least my father’s up at […]
October 4, 2016
Tuesday’s vice presidential debate will feature a lot less trolling by the candidates than the first presidential match-up. Tim Kaine’s guest list for the vice-presidential debate in Farmville, Va., reads like a compendium to Hillary Clinton’s “Stronger Together” slogan: A professor denied housing on the basis of ethnicity, the first African American mayor of Richmond […]
October 4, 2016
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is “panicked” and will resort to slinging “a lot of mud” at Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Tuesday morning. Mook wondered aloud during an interview with “CBS This Morning” how eager Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, would be to defend the Manhattan […]
October 4, 2016
As the Supreme Court hears its first arguments of the new term today, American law enters a new phase. More than seven months after the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia last February, his seat on the court remains vacant—and his legacy remains deeply uncertain. It seems clear that Scalia will have a place in […]
October 4, 2016
October 4, 2016
Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday that her boss has “paid hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes over decades,” pushing back against reports that the Manhattan billionaire could have used provisions in the tax code to avoid paying federal income tax for up to 18 years. “You look around New York, and […]