September 29, 2016
The Hillary Clinton campaign is meeting with swing-state leaders of Eastern European descent, encouraging ethnic debate watch parties and phone banks, and scheduling conference calls with Clinton allies from her State Department days as part of an aggressive effort to capitalize on Donald Trump’s embrace of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his equivocal support for […]
September 29, 2016
Donald Trump is itchy, scratchy, just dying to talk about Bill Clinton’s 1990s sex scandals – but Hillary Clinton just won’t play along. Trump’s posse of oft-divorced surrogates spent much of the last 48 hours congratulating the thrice-married real estate developer for not bringing up the documented marital affairs and rumored indiscretions – less a […]
September 29, 2016
Chuck Todd tussled with Donald Trump’s campaign spokesman Thursday about the post-debate polls, with the host of Meet the Press ending the interview with a look of exasperation. “Why do you think multiple polls, scientific polls have said Hillary Clinton won that debate by a 2-1 margin?” Todd asked Miller. “It’s not even been close.” […]
September 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton trolled two White House opponents with a single response, dinging Gary Johnson and Donald Trump by naming Angela Merkel as her favorite world leader. The Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday joined the discussion about politicians’ favorite world leaders, a topic that went viral when Johnson, the Libertarian nominee, drew a blank when asked […]
September 29, 2016
September 29, 2016
Everyone but Donald Trump and his most ardent supporters recognize that Donald Trump lost Monday night’s debate. And because of the candidate’s stubborn disbelief in his ability to do anything but win, Trump lost the post-debate period too. Now he’s doubling down. Despite warnings from fellow Republicans against insulting a beauty queen he disparaged for […]
September 29, 2016
The FBI is investigating the email hacking of a Republican operative who believes she was targeted by allies of Donald Trump in a bizarre online “cat-fishing” scheme. Communications strategist Cheri Jacobus said agents from the bureau have contacted her twice since last week about the hack, in which she says thousands of incoming emails disappeared […]
September 29, 2016
John McCain pointed to the door of Senate subway train, telling a reporter recently to get out “if you’re going to ask about Trump.” Informed instead the subject was Mike Pence, McCain relaxed, as the Arizona senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee invited the reporter to ride along. McCain’s willingness to talk Pence but dodge […]
September 29, 2016
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Donald Trump was “a gentleman” for holding back a verbal onslaught on former President Bill Clinton’s extramarital affairs during the first prime-time showdown between Trump and Hillary Clinton. “I’m very proud that at the very end when she attacked and went off on this whole rant about women — […]
September 29, 2016
Bill Clinton, in Jerusalem for former Israeli President Shimon Peres’ funeral, met with the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday evening. A video released on Netanyahu’s YouTube channel shows the former U.S. president greeting Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, as well as posing for photographs and signing a guestbook in front of the American […]