September 27, 2016
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain will vote to override President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation that would allow families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia — defying warnings from military officials that it could put U.S. troops at risk. McCain’s decision to back the Justice Against […]
September 27, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are two wealthy one percenters who inhabit parallel bubbles of New York privilege. For Trump, the gross display of wealth is his gold-encrusted calling card. For Clinton, her Hamptons friends and multi-mansion lifestyle (she closed on a third house in Chappaqua for $1.16 million last month to […]
September 27, 2016
NEW YORK—Democrats would love Donald Trump to talk about sex. And it looks like he will. As threats emanated from Trump Tower on Tuesday that the Republican nominee was preparing to name-check Bill Clinton’s mistresses – alleged or otherwise – Hillary Clinton’s aides and allies huddled hopefully in Brooklyn, eager for another opportunity to expose […]
September 27, 2016
NEW YORK – Wall Street rallied on Tuesday as investors appeared to cheer Hillary Clinton’s strong performance in the first presidential debate and rest a bit easier about the prospect of Donald Trump winning the White House. U.S. stock futures rose sharply immediately following the debate, which most pundits and surveys suggested the Democratic nominee […]
September 27, 2016
When it comes to picking fights with Republicans over Cuba, Barack Obama has apparently decided he’s only a lame-duck, second-term president once. The president announced Tuesday that he has nominated Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the top U.S. diplomat currently serving in Cuba, to serve as America’s official ambassador to the communist-led country. The move is sure to […]
September 27, 2016
September 27, 2016
Donald Trump’s campaign said Tuesday that his campaign has pulled in $18 million in online donations in the 24 hours after Monday night’s debate with Hillary Clinton. ““As a result of Donald Trump’s huge debate win last night, we had a massive fundraising day bringing in more than $18 million.” the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign […]
September 27, 2016
Despite a lack of evidence, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is refusing to apologize for insinuating on Twitter that Donald Trump might be a “coke user” – instead, he claimed Tuesday that the Republican presidential nominee’s “grandiosity” and “delusions” are characteristic of cocaine use, while acknowledging that it’s unlikely he actually has a drug problem. […]
September 27, 2016
MIAMI — Donald Trump’s aides are discussing the possibility of asking him to write his biggest check yet to his own campaign to fund an ad blitz, and the billionaire candidate is open to the possibility, according to three people close to the nominee. While Trump’s campaign has experienced a surge in small-dollar fundraising this […]
September 27, 2016
Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe who vaulted into the political spotlight Monday night as the latest example of Donald Trump’s derogatory remarks against women, said the GOP nominee’s wife Melania is “a decoration” with limited English-speaking skills. In an interview with Cosmopolitan magazine published Tuesday, Machado drew a clear line between her own immigration […]