September 28, 2016
First Lady Michelle Obama warned college-age voters in Philadelphia on Wednesday against casting a protest vote in November’s presidential election, telling them that a ballot for anyone other than Hillary Clinton would only help Donald Trump win the White House. As she did in her speech two weeks ago at George Mason University in Virginia, […]
September 28, 2016
NEWARK — Gov. Chris Christie’s chief spokesman learned the true nature of the George Washington Bridge lane closures before the Republican governor publicly said he’d become aware of the details and fired his deputy chief of staff, according to the admitted mastermind of the political revenge plot. David Wildstein, who has already pleaded guilty in […]
September 28, 2016
President Barack Obama’s bid to derail legislation allowing families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia was overwhelmingly rejected by the Senate on Wednesday, as the chamber voted 97-1to override Obama’s veto of the popular bill. The House is also expected to easily clinch the two-thirds […]
September 28, 2016
AMHERST, Ohio — Jim Jordan was steamed. For months, top House Republicans had blown off the House Freedom Caucus’ demands to launch impeachment proceedings against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, seeing it as wrong on the merits and a political loser. But conservatives believe he’d lied to Congress. So Jordan — the ringleader of the 40-something […]
September 28, 2016
September 28, 2016
Fox News’s vice president of public-opinion research sent a memo to staff Wednesday reminding employees that unscientific online polls, which were cited in several segments to suggest that Donald Trump won Monday night’s presidential debate against Hillary Clinton, do not meet the network’s editorial standards. “As most of the publications themselves clearly state, the sample […]
September 28, 2016
A Busch did make it to the White House in 2016, President Obama joked to reporters and attendees on Monday. But he won a far different race. “Now it’s 2016 there were some people who thought we would see a Bush back here in the White House this year, but they did not know it […]
September 28, 2016
Following the death of baseball player Jose Fernandez, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on the Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate the safety of the Miami Beach jetty into which Fernandez’s boat crashed on Sunday. The Miami Marlins pitcher, 24, and two of his friends died after the early-morning collision. […]
September 28, 2016
President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned Americans against staying at home on Election Day, saying such a move would be a boon for Donald Trump. “If you don’t vote, that’s a vote for Trump,” Obama said during an interview on “The Steve Harvey Morning Show” broadcast Wednesday. “If you vote for a third-party candidate who’s […]
September 28, 2016