As she prepared for her 2016 presidential run, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, were “dead broke” when they left the White House in early 2001. The statement —apparently aimed at making the couple more relatable to average Americans —started a firestorm […]
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USAThe Trump campaign seized on reports Thursday that the Obama administration rejected requests from three FBI field offices that wanted to open public corruption cases involving the Clinton Foundation and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. After banks alerted the field offices to suspicious activity involving the Clinton family charity, the FBI wanted to investigate conflicts
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USARIO DE JANEIRO — The final showdown between longtime rivals Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter individual medley instead turned into another display of Phelps’ dominance at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on Thursday. Phelps touched the wall almost two seconds ahead of Japan’s Kosuke Hagino, who finished second, to win his fourth gold
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — The youngest member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team paused in a stuffy hallway this week at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium minutes after winning another gold medal. Katie Ledecky had just gutted out 200 meters of freestyle that hurt her entire body. She considers this fun. The 19-year-old resisted the urge
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAATLANTA — A Superior Court judge in Rome, Ga., last week completely lost it on the bench during a hearing in which a murder defendant shouted repeated obscenities at the judge and then threatened to kill members of the judge’s family. A transcript of the hearing shows how an attempt by defendant Denver Fenton Allen
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USAKISSIMMEE, Fla. — Donald Trump stressed the importance of jobs, security and his optimism in winning Florida in an interview with The Orlando Sentinel before his rally in Kissimmee Thursday. “I think we’re going to win massively in Florida,” Trump said. “You see the kinds of crowds we get, we have massive audiences everywhere we
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USADALLAS — Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a vocal supporter of Donald Trump, spoke in Dallas on Wednesday night about fighting terrorism, the role of Islam in politics and the coming election. Once on the short list for the Republican nominee’s vice president, Flynn served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from
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USAU.S. military officials are trying to pacify a furious China in the wake of Washington’s plan to deploy a battery of advanced missile defense systems in South Korea, insisting to angry military leaders in Beijing that the weapons would be solely targeting ballistic missile threats from North Korea and not undercut China’s own military deterrent.
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International, USAMIAMI — A President Donald Trump might push for Americans accused of terrorism to be tried in military tribunal at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Republican nominee told the Miami Herald on Thursday. “I would say they could be tried there, that would be fine,” Trump said in a brief interview
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USAMarijuana will remain illegal under U.S. federal law, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced Thursday, arguing that the drug’s therapeutic value has not been proven scientifically. This means marijuana would remain classified as a Schedule 1 drug — a category that includes drugs such as heroin and ecstasy that have “a high potential for abuse.”
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — A former Charlotte staffer for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign alleged in a lawsuit Thursday that Trump’s then-state director pulled a gun on him, and campaign officials ignored pleas to do something about it. Vincent Bordini filed the suit in Mecklenburg County Superior Court against Charlottean Earl Phillip and the Trump campaign. Phillip
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USADemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton highlighted her jobs and economic plan, in a speech in Warren, Michigan, on Thursday afternoon. Below are her transcribed remarks, as released by her campaign. “Thank you! Thank you so much. I have to tell you, I am thrilled to be here for a number of reasons. First, it’s wonderful
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USARALEIGH, N.C. — The map that has twice been used to elect the North Carolina General Assembly is unconstitutional because many of the districts are racially gerrymandered, a panel of federal judges ruled Thursday. Elections can proceed this year, the judges said in their order, because postponing the election would cause “undue disruption.” But the
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USAWASHINGTON — Once again, Hillary Clinton’s carefully laid campaign plans have been disrupted by old emails. On a day in which Clinton was hoping to inflict considerable damage on Donald Trump — this time, by ripping into his economic agenda — her campaign was on the defensive, scurrying to clean up the latest damaging revelations
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