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Arizona Republic receives death threats after Clinton endorsement

September 29, 2016

The Arizona Republic has reportedly received death threats for its decision to endorse Hillary Clinton for president earlier this week. “It’s been crazy around here,” Phil Boas, the director of Arizona Republic’s editorial page, told Arizona’s 12News. “We’re getting a lot of reaction both locally and national.” The Republic’s endorsement of Clinton marks the first […]


Megyn Kelly clashes with Conway over Trump’s remarks on women

September 29, 2016

Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway’s dismissive statement that her boss has made just “a couple of comments” in the last “25 years or so with respect to women,” prompted a feisty exchange with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who argued that Trump’s history of derogatory remarks about women goes much deeper. In an interview […]


Corey Lewandowski no longer receiving severance from Trump campaign

September 29, 2016

Former Donald Trump campaign manager and now CNN contributor Corey Lewandowski is no longer receiving severance payments from the campaign. CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota made the announcement on Thursday morning. “In previous appearances we have told you that Corey was still receiving severance from the Trump campaign,” Camerota said as she introduced Lewandowski for a […]


Everything you need to know about the 2016 vice presidential debate

September 29, 2016

When is the vice presidential debate? The vice presidential debate will take place on October 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. What time is the vice presidential debate and how long is it? The debate will start at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time and is scheduled to run for 90 minutes without commercial breaks. Who […]


Lewandowski dredges up prior attempted murder case against former Miss Universe

September 29, 2016

Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski attacked Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Thursday for bringing former Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado into the political spotlight, raising a nearly two-decade old allegation that the former beauty queen was involved in an attempted murder case in her native Venezuela. Lewandowski, a paid contributor to CNN who until […]


Gingrich on former Miss Universe: ‘You’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds’

September 29, 2016

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed up Donald Trump’s weight-based attacks against a former pageant winner, telling an audience Wednesday night that “you’re not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you’re Miss Universe.” The woman in question is former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who was thrust into the spotlight of the presidential […]


Report on Trump company’s Cuba dealings could affect crucial Florida vote

September 29, 2016

In a development that could cost Donald Trump crucial Cuban-American votes, his casino company once violated the U.S. embargo of Cuba by secretly funding a business foray on the communist island, Newsweek reported this morning. Trump’s casino company “funneled” at least $68,000 in late 1998 to a consulting firm that traveled to the island in […]


Trump fundraising record not all it appears

September 29, 2016

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Donald Trump’s campaign was desperate to change the subject after his shaky debate performance on Monday, and it found just the story to do it — a record fundraising surge that Trump says was powered by small donors, proving he actually got a boost from the debate. But a closer examination of […]