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MILWAUKEE—House Speaker Paul Ryan says he’s on the same page as presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump when it comes to trade deals. But he declined to comment on Trump’s recent comments comparing one proposed trade agreement to rape. “Look, he wants to get good trade agreements,” Ryan said Wednesday in an interview with The

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump jumped ahead of Democrat counterpart Hillary Clinton in a new poll, breaking out a four-point lead after trailing for weeks in a theoretical matchup for the November election. Mr. Trump topped Mrs. Clinton 43 percent to 39 percent in the The Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey released Thursday. The

Besides the invectives, misrepresentations and political calculation, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton recently provided revealing insights into their initial priorities and how each would lead the country. In broad-ranging speeches, the presumptive nominees included what they called their agendas for their first 100 days in office. Their lists illustrated the gulf between an experienced politician

With just a few weeks to go until the GOP convention, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says he’s still getting some encouragement from his family to jump into the 2016 race for the White House. “My wife and kids wanted me to run again this time,” Mr. Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, said this

A South Carolina man is facing multiple attempted murder charges after he opened fire on a crowd gathering outside a nightclub early Sunday, police said. Deputies with Spartanburg County said 32-year-old Jody Ray Thompson pulled out an illegally carried firearm during an argument with another man and fired several rounds toward a crowd outside Playoffz