Eliyohu Mintz

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Trump touts his temperament while Clinton laughs

September 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton does not have the “look” or the “stamina” to be president, Donald Trump said, prompting Clinton to smile wryly. “She doesn’t have the look. She doesn’t have the stamina,” Trump said. “To be president of this country, you need tremendous stamina.” “Well, as soon as he travels to 112 countries and negotiates a […]


Clinton snark: Preparing to be president ‘a good thing’

September 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton drew applause Monday night for taking a shot at Donald Trump over having prepared for the first presidential debate – and similarly preparing “to be president.” Trump talked about his visits to “the inner cities” during a debate segment about race and policing but couldn’t resist also taking a shot at Clinton, who […]


Trump: I’ll release taxes if you disclose emails

September 26, 2016

Donald Trump tried to make a deal with Hillary Clinton: my tax returns for your 30,000 deleted emails. Clinton doesn’t look likely to take him up on his offer, but she did get a reaction when she suggested that perhaps there’s something “really important, maybe even terrible that he’s trying to hide.” “Maybe he doesn’t […]


The 10 most memorable moments of the presidential debate

September 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump wasted little time going for each other’s jugulars Monday, each stampeding over the other’s talking points as their intensely anticipated first debate began. Each candidate knows that the perception of their performance — from their command of policy issues and ability to articulate a vision for the country to their […]


Clinton gets under Trump’s skin

September 26, 2016

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A composed Hillary Clinton got under Donald Trump’s skin during their high-stakes showdown on Monday night, with the Republican nominee persistently interrupting Clinton as she needled him on his business record, the size of his fortune and his relationship with the truth. For 90 minutes at Hofstra University, Clinton and Trump clashed […]


Sanders planning a ‘very, very vigorous’ Clinton stump schedule

September 26, 2016

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is planning a “very, very vigorous” travel schedule to campaign on behalf of Hillary Clinton in the weeks leading up to the November election, he said Monday. Sanders, in an interview before Monday night’s first general election debate, told MSNBC’s Brian Williams and Rachel Maddow that he plans to “go all […]


Sanders warns that debate is ‘not a night of entertainment’

September 26, 2016

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday night warned that the heavily hyped debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is “not a night of entertainment.” Clinton’s former rival and current surrogate made the rounds on the cable news networks as the first showdown neared, laying out the stakes of the contest that has tightened in the […]


Saudi lobbyists plot new push against 9/11 bill

September 26, 2016

Saudi Arabia is mounting a last-ditch campaign to scuttle legislation allowing families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom — and they’re enlisting major American companies to make an economic case against the bill. General Electric, Dow Chemical, Boeing and Chevron are among the corporate titans that have weighed in […]