September 28, 2016
After running ads for weeks portraying Republican candidate Donald Trump as a poor role model for America’s children, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has turned to first lady Michelle Obama to explain why the former secretary of state is the candidate best suited to help kids. “Our children watch everything we do and the person we elect […]
September 28, 2016
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down by a Buk missile moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia. Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Central Crime Investigation department of the Dutch National Police, said communications intercepts showed that pro-Moscow rebels had called for deployment of […]
September 28, 2016
BULLETIN from the NYT: “Shimon Peres, one of the last surviving pillars of Israel’s founding generation, who did more than anyone to build up his country’s formidable military might, then worked as hard to establish a lasting peace with Israel’s Arab neighbors, died on Wednesday in a Tel Aviv area hospital. He was 93.” http://nyti.ms/2cBJC89 […]
September 28, 2016
Seeking to play on voters’ dissatisfaction with both major-party candidates, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson wrote an op-ed published in Wednesday’s New York Times that “the America I know wasn’t on the television screen on Monday night.” Johnson, a former two-term governor of New Mexico, posited that Americans want a third option in this year’s […]
September 28, 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hillary Clinton wants to paint Donald Trump as a bigot and her ticket as the one of inclusivity, and Tim Kaine is laying the groundwork to do it. The Democratic vice-presidential nominee is coming off a pre-debate Florida-Georgia swing in which he worked to prop up Democrats’ big tent in a close […]
September 28, 2016
In a presidential campaign consumed by conspiracy theories, the most dangerous one looming over these final six weeks isn’t about President Barack Obama’s birthplace or whether Hillary Clinton is sick with more than pneumonia. It’s the suggestion that the election itself won’t be on the up and up. Donald Trump and his allies are directly […]
September 28, 2016
MIAMI — To kill Donald Trump’s chances of capturing the White House, Hillary Clinton needs to win Florida. And to do that, she needs a big minority turnout. But Democrats are beginning to worry that too many African-American voters are uninspired by Clinton’s candidacy, leading her campaign to hit the panic button this week and […]
September 28, 2016
MELBOURNE, Fla. — One of the top funders of the #NeverTrump movement is now using his name and connections to raise big money to help elect Donald Trump, but he’s telling fellow mega-donors that they can write huge checks without having their names disclosed. Todd Ricketts, whose family owns the Chicago Cubs, has raised $30 […]
September 28, 2016
The grandly named Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is one of the oldest agencies in Washington, set up during the Civil War to help build a national banking system and strengthen the dollar. Predating even the Federal Reserve by 50 years, it has long served an important if relatively obscure role overseeing American […]
September 28, 2016
LendUp, an online startup based in San Francisco, launched in late 2012 with a whole new model for a financial business. Pitching itself as something between a short-term lender and a credit-improvement service for people with bad or no credit history, it offered small-dollar loans on the promise that borrowers could improve their credit scores […]