A leading Catholic advocacy group on Wednesday called for the resignation of Hillary Clinton’s campaign spokeswoman, Jennifer Palmieri, after hacked emails show Ms. Palmieri and other Clinton allies openly talking about Catholics being “severely backwards” and charging that they don’t know “what the hell they’re talking about.” In its statement, CatholicVote.org said there is now […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Floridians will get one more week, through Tuesday, Oct. 18, to register to vote, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The move could tip the balance of a pivotal swing state as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump make their pitch to voters in the final month of the campaign. After a one hour
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USAIn a night of historic political degradation, Donald Trump explicitly pledged that, if elected, he would investigate and imprison his political opponent. That’s exactly what Nicolas Maduro is doing right now to stay in power in crumbling Venezuela. That’s exactly how Raul Castro handles dissent in Cuba, no matter how peaceful. That’s exactly what Fidel
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International, USAWASHINGTON — The Obama administration has blamed Russia for the email hacks that have created a chronic headache for Hillary Clinton, the latest batch of which, from campaign Chairman John Podesta’s account, was disclosed Wednesday by Wikileaks. The Russian response? Show us the proof. “It’s flattering,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
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International, USADonald Trump’s “deeply unsettling and disturbing” views make him a danger to the world, according to the United Nations human rights chief. Speaking during a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said: “If Donald Trump is elected on the basis of what he has said
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International, USANewly released emails show former Democratic Party officials offering Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign detailed advice on how to trick “self-righteous” supporters of Sen. Bernard Sanders into thinking they won concessions from the party establishment. In the email released Wednesday by WikiLeaks, former party official Mark Alan Siegel is seen offering a proposal to reduce the
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USAThe Jewish Week of New York on Tuesday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, marking the first time in the publication”s history that it has endorsed a presidential candidate, JTA reports. In an editorial on its website, the newspaper also asserted that Republican candidate Donald Trump “presents a danger to this country” and his campaign “is
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USAAccording to newly-leaked emails by Wikileaks, billionaire Israeli-American businessman Haim Saban, considered one of Hillary Clinton”s close advisors, advised Clinton as far back as 2015 to distance herself from Obama”s Israel policies in order to get Jewish votes. Saban reasoned that, due to the fall in Obama”s popularity among Jewish voters, Clinton needed new rhetoric
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Middle East, USAConservative radio talk show host Glenn Beck said he never considered voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but the idea of casting a vote for Democratic rival Hillary Clinton “has crossed my mind.” “I will tell you, that it has crossed my mind,” Mr. Beck said in an interview at his Idaho ranch on
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USAFlorida voters, be forewarned: consult a calendar, not your candidate before casting ballots for president next month – especially those taking cues from Republican nominee Donald Trump. “We’re doing something that’s incredible, it’s a movement,” Mr. Trump told supporters Tuesday at a campaign rally in Panama City. “But if we don’t win, all it is
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USAFormer Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson hit back at Bill Clinton after the former president stereotyped Donald Trump’s supporters as “rednecks” during a campaign event in Florida on Tuesday. Mr. Clinton claimed Tuesday during a Fort Myers rally supporting his wife’s presidential campaign that Mr. Trump’s base “is what I grew up in.” “You know,
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USANEW YORK — On Tuesday, the United Nations will for the first time in its history observe Yom Kippur. No formal meetings will be held at the General Assembly and its permanent committees in New York, and Jewish employees will be able to stay home without having to use a vacation day. The campaign urging
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether a U.S. Border Patrol agent can be sued for shooting and killing a Mexican teenager who was playing with friends in the concrete culvert that separates El Paso, Texas, from Juarez, Mexico. The shooting of an unarmed 15-year-old named Sergio Hernandez provoked outrage in Mexico
Ask any woman — your sister, daughter, wife — whether she’s ever had “unwelcome attention” from a guy. Ask her whether she found it flattering. Chances are you’ll get an earful. Women are pretty unanimous about those kinds of guys. We talked about them in ladies rooms when we were stuck on those social antiquities
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