Linda Reedy has long been convinced that voter fraud was afoot, with ballots cast even by people who were not American citizens. But it wasn’t until after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump began to allege rigged elections and asked supporters — particularly in hotly contested battleground states — to monitor polling stations that Reedy, of […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump distilled the campaign styles they’ve showcased for more than a year into a final blitz of intense campaigning as they wrapped up their pitches for the White House. Clinton, true to type, chose a tightly disciplined path, holding rallies and events in Florida and Pennsylvania on Saturday
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USAWashington (dpa) – The following are the positions of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump on abortion, same-sex marriage, the death penalty and crime. ABORTION Clinton is against abolishing or limiting the right to abortion. She backs continued funding for Planned Parenthood, a non-profit reproductive health and family planning organization that also
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USALisa Bloom, the lawyer for a woman who would only identify herself as Jane Doe for much of the last year, confirmed on Friday that her client had dropped her lawsuit against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Bloom, daughter of famed attorney Gloria Allred, confirmed the news on Facebook. “Jane Doe instructed us to dismiss
The Supreme Court cleared the way for Arizona Republican leaders to enforce a new state law that makes it felony for anyone other than family members and caregivers to deliver mail-in ballots to polling places. The court in a brief order with no listed dissents blocked a ruling of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
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USAFrom rap stars to the first black US president, high-powered supporters of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton launched a final bid Friday night to bring out the black vote as one of America’s most divisive presidential campaigns draws to a close. Hip-hop power couple Beyoncé and Jay Z stumped for Clinton Friday night in a last-minute
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USAPresident Obama took the unusual step Saturday of criticizing Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania for the endangered incumbent’s use of the president’s image in a campaign ad. Mr. Obama objected to the Toomey campaign’s use of video of the president praising the senator in 2013 for his support for expanded background checks on gun
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USAOne of Washington state’s Democratic presidential electors is vowing not to cast his Electoral College vote for Hillary Clinton, even if she wins the state on Election Day. Another elector says he is considering withholding his vote. “No, no, no on Hillary. Absolutely not. No way,” said Robert Satiacum, a member of Washington’s Puyallup Tribe
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USAWASHINGTON—President Barack Obama extolled the virtues of Hillary Clinton and warned of the dangers of Donald Trump, and then he boiled it down to a personal appeal: “I need you to go out and just nag the heck out of folks who aren’t voting,” Obama said Friday. “I need you to tell them that Barack
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USAThe end of a wild campaign happily near, her presidential prize tantalizingly close, Hillary Clinton took the stage in Pembroke Pines, Fla., Saturday afternoon in torrential rain to ask voters one more time to stick with her. “Boy, is this a hardy group,” she said, overlooking an outdoor crowd sheltering under umbrellas and makeshift ponchos.
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USAWASHINGTON — Even before they elect a new president, voters are signaling a continued stalemate post-election on major issues such as health care, immigration and the Supreme Court. Hillary Clinton’s supporters are eager for compromise on such issues. Donald Trump’s backers want the government to stand on principle even if it means continued paralysis, a
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USAA growing number of Jews are using psychedelics to reach spiritual highs, and you might be surprised to learn some Orthodox don’t frown upon the practice By Madison Margolin NEW YORK — Spiritual leader Ram Dass was born Richard Alpert, a nice Jewish boy from Boston. But in 1963, the former psychologist prof was expelled
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Jewish Religion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPreviously: A 103-Year-Old Feminist Critiques the 2016 Presidential Candidates Ruth Littman has lived through 26 presidential elections. She’s been voting since 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt clobbered Herbert Hoover. She is as old as one Ted Cruz plus one Marco Rubio plus five North “Nori” Wests. Littman is 105. (Last week, she celebrated her birthday
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USAMiami DJ Scott Melker took to his Facebook on Thursday to tell some stories about Donald Trump Jr. According to Melker, he attended the University of Pennsylvania with Trump Jr. and was witness to some his poor behavior and alleged resentment of his father. Melker wrote that he hopes to shed “a bit of light
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