October 3, 2016
TOLEDO, Ohio — Hillary Clinton’s supporters in Ohio say new revelations about Donald Trump’s tax avoidance can resuscitate her campaign in this longtime bellwether state where she is trailing her Republican rival. And for Clinton, who landed in the Democratic-leaning city of Toledo Monday afternoon — her first visit to Ohio since Labor Day — […]
October 3, 2016
It looms as the most normal political encounter of this paranormal political year: two middle-aged career politicians, experienced legislators and governors, debating for 90 minutes over their sharp but presumably civilized policy differences on the issues of the day. There’ll be no Donald Trump-style invective. No Bernie Sanders ideological fireworks. No crowded field of GOP […]
October 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton has done more than just stifle Donald Trump’s momentum in the presidential race. She’s also established a far clearer path to winning an Electoral College majority than Trump, according to the latest battleground-state polls. In the aftermath of the first debate, Clinton has opened up a lead in vote-rich Florida, according to two […]
October 3, 2016
BANGOR, Maine — The small cities and struggling mill towns of Maine’s rural north have become the backdrop for Donald Trump’s best opportunity to start ripping up President Barack Obama’s electoral coalition this fall. Hillary Clinton is leading in most polls of the entire state of Maine, but the state also allocates two of its […]
October 3, 2016
While Capitol Hill is largely hibernating for the presidential race, two House Democrats are racing behind the scenes to lock up votes in an inside-baseball leadership election that will help chart the future of a caucus long ruled by Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer. Reps. Barbara Lee and Linda Sánchez are squaring off in the […]
October 3, 2016
First Lady Michelle Obama is starring in a new national radio spot, as the Democratic National Committee rolls out a bevy of ads to boost turnout among minorities just weeks before the election. The DNC’s seven-figure ad buy will be featured on radio, print and digital outlets tailored to African-Americans, Hispanic and Asian-American and Pacific […]
October 3, 2016
It’s a 40-year-old political story about a trifling amount of money—one-eighteen thousandth of the losses Donald Trump declared back in 1995—but it holds a lesson that should have his campaign ordering bulk quantities of Pepto-Bismol— especially if someone on the other side decides to start stamping out campaign buttons that read: “I paid more taxes […]
October 3, 2016
October 3, 2016
Forget bumper stickers. Kelly Ayotte’s latest campaign swag is condoms. The New Hampshire Republican’s campaign is distributing free condoms to publicize her plan to get birth control sold over the counter, and to push back against Democratic arguments that she opposes Planned Parenthood and contraception. “As part of Kelly’s commitment to making birth control available […]
October 3, 2016
Donald Trump on Monday defended his aggressive use of tax laws that likely resulted in him not paying any personal income taxes for nearly two decades, crediting himself for “brilliantly” working the system. “As a businessman and real estate developer, I have legally used the tax laws to my benefit and to the benefit of […]