Two top Democratic strategists have exited the presidential campaign after explosive undercover videos showed them discussing voter fraud and their roles in planting paid agitators at campaign events for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Robert Creamer, founder of Democracy Advocates and the husband of Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky, Illinois Democrat, stepped down from the campaign Tuesday, […]
LAS VEGAS — The final presidential debate of 2016 was likely Donald Trump’s last chance to halt Hillary Clinton’s surge in public opinion polls, with less than three weeks until Election Day and more than 2.3 million voters having already mailed in their ballots. Like the previous two debates, Wednesday’s was full of interruptions and
Harry Shearer once was part of a group that went to 11. Now he’s going to court. The “This Is Spinal Tap” writer and costar has sued Vivendi and subsidiary StudioCanal, which hold the rights to the classic 1984 mockumentary, for $125 million. Shearer claims that fuzzy accounting prevented him and the three other writer-stars
Basketball legend Charles Barkley said Wednesday that sports stars who deny there is lewd talk in locker rooms are being “disingenuous.” He was contradicting several professional athletes, including Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James, who objected to GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump explaining that his crude remarks about women caught on a hot microphone was “locker
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Sports & Competitions, USAMIAMI — House Speaker Paul Ryan engaged Wednesday on the most quintessential of Miami political traditions: He sipped “cafecito” at Islas Canarias, a Cuban restaurant. But unlike the carefully choreographed visits of most candidates, Ryan’s didn’t include a pack of TV cameras and news photographers chasing him. In two other events, both for endangered Republican
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USASANTA ANA, Calif. — A 56-year-old man slashed his throat Wednesday, apparently with a razor, moments after jurors found him guilty of sexually assaulting a teenager in Huntington Beach. The incident happened in a courtroom on the eighth floor of the Orange County Superior Court building, authorities said. Jeffrey Scott Jones, who was out of
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USAAUSTIN, Texas — A Texas court ruling earlier this year that blocked the federal government’s transgender bathroom rules applies nationwide, the Fort Worth judge presiding over the case said Tuesday. In late August, Judge Reed O’Connor issued a temporary injunction against the Obama administration’s new guidelines that said schools must allow transgender students use the
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USAWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s campaign chief once opened doors at home and abroad for an alternative energy firm whose investors include a Vladimir Putin-supported Russian company. These ties were highlighted last week when Donald Trump’s campaign alleged that John Podesta, a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton and special counselor to Barack Obama in
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International, USAThis story was co-published with Frontline. Almost a year after Islamic State terrorists killed 130 people in Paris, U.S. intelligence agencies have identified one of the suspected masterminds of that plot and a follow-up attack in Brussels. U.S. counterterror officials said the man, who goes by the name Abu Sulaiyman al Fransi (Abu Sulaiyman, the
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International, Middle East, USABruce Springsteen says Donald Trump is such a “flagrant, toxic narcissist” that he might try to burn America’s democratic system to the ground if he loses the presidential election. “He’s going to lose and he knows that. He knows he’s going to lose,” the rock and roll legend told London-based Channel 4 News in an
SEATTLE — About 2,000 Seattle educators wore Black Lives Matter shirts at their schools Wednesday to call for racial equity in education. Schools across the district held “Black Lives Matter at School” rallies before classes began for the day. Students, parents and teachers also wore stickers and buttons emblazoned with the “Black Lives Matter” slogan.
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Travel and FoodMichelle Obama has never missed a beat when it comes to dressing for an important occasion. Who could forget the one-shouldered white silk chiffon gown embellished with organza flowers with Swarovski crystal centers that she wore to the inaugural ball in 2009? The gorgeous dress was the creation of a little-know Chinese-American designer named Jason
He played 20 long memorable seasons in Major League Baseball, and now Curt Schilling plans on taking his talents to the political world. According to numerous reports, Schilling has decided to run against Elizabeth Warren for Massachusetts senator in 2018. Warren has been a Massachusetts Senator since 2013, but a few questionable decisions and policies
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