October 4, 2016
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain has dined with actors, musicians, foreign politicians and even a sitting president. But there’s one person he refuses to eat with: Donald Trump. “Absolutely f—ing not,” Bourdain said in an interview with the entertainment site TheWrap. Bourdain said that as a longtime New Yorker, he’s watched how the GOP nominee and […]
October 4, 2016
With hours to go before Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, Republican National Committee chief strategist and communications director Sean Spicer attacked Tim Kaine for protecting “rapists and murderers” over the course of his legal career and tenure as Virginia governor. “This just goes back to Tim Kaine’s record. I mean, there are rapists and murderers that […]
October 4, 2016
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told President Barack Obama “you can go to hell” in his latest tirade against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign. He also lashed out anew at the European Union in a speech Tuesday saying the 28-nation bloc, which has also criticized his brutal […]
October 4, 2016
Donald Trump’s insinuation Monday that military members and veterans who suffer from mental health issues are not strong because they “can’t handle” what they’ve seen in combat is proof that the Manhattan billionaire “is an ignorant man,” Vice President Joe Biden said. “When you talk about the mental health problems, when people come back from […]
October 4, 2016
WikiLeaks held a much-hyped news conference early Tuesday morning that its supporters and Hillary Clinton’s critics hoped would damage her chances at the presidency, even driving the Twitter hashtag #octobersurprise. But instead of revealing new documents, the event was an hour-plus-long infomercial celebrating the activist group’s 10th anniversary, with speakers extolling the virtues of WikiLeaks […]
October 4, 2016
Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman is showing no signs of slowing down in his reelection campaign despite a widening lead over former Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, on Tuesday posting his best fundraising quarter of the cycle. Portman raised $4.5 million in the third quarter, campaign aides said, leaving him $7.6 million on hand. That’s significantly […]
October 4, 2016
Dick Clark Productions — the producer of “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and other American classics — is on the verge of a major sale. The buyer? Dalian Wanda, a Chinese firm closely aligned to China’s Communist Party. The same company is intent on “build[ing] a real movie empire” by consolidating U.S. film studios and movie […]
October 4, 2016
Just a few weeks into early voting, it’s too soon to know which presidential campaign is winning the war for ballots cast in advance of Election Day. But one thing is obvious: For better or for worse, in the critical phase of the campaign where roughly a third of the vote was cast in 2012, […]
October 4, 2016
Tim Kaine isn’t Mike Pence’s only opponent Tuesday night in the only debate between the vice-presidential hopefuls — Pence also has to cope with the big shadow cast by his party’s standard-bearer, Donald Trump. That’s one reason Democratic members of The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of swing-state activists, strategists and operatives — are more […]
October 4, 2016
FARMVILLE, Va. — Democrats are counting on Tim Kaine to help stretch Donald Trump’s bad week into a bad month on Tuesday. But there’s a major difference between Trump and his running mate: Mike Pence knows how to stick to the script. The Virginia senator’s job is to make the Indiana governor uncomfortable defending Trump, […]