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WASHINGTON — Tech billionaire Peter Thiel claims Silicon Valley exists in a “coastal bubble” and can’t abide the nonconformism of his support for Donald Trump. Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a board member of Facebook, appeared at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday to tout Trump a week before the election. His appearance […]

WALKER, Mich. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, buoyed by tightening polls and a renewed controversy over Democrat Hillary Clinton’s emails, told an enthusiastic crowd in suburban Grand Rapids Monday that the U.S. could face a “constitutional crisis” if Clinton is elected president on Nov. 8. Trump predicted a “protracted criminal investigation and probably a

Despite an anti-corruption rule that was designed to reduce the financial industry’s political power, top officials from the investment firm BlackRock hosted Hillary Clinton at campaign fundraisers earlier this year. The cash — which poured in through a loophole in the law — came in as BlackRock’s federal contracts to manage billions of dollars of

Close Over the course of decades, Donald Trump’s companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded in official proceedings, often in defiance of court orders. These tactics—exposed by a Newsweek review of thousands of pages of court filings, judicial orders and affidavits from an array of court cases—have

CNN announced Monday that it had severed ties with acting Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile in the wake of leaked emails showing that she shared questions for CNN-sponsored candidate events with friends on Hillary Clinton’s campaign. “We are completely uncomfortable with what we have learned about her interactions with the Clinton campaign while she

Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway denounced Sunday the “disgusting” behavior of a man who chanted “Jew-S-A!” at reporters during a campaign rally in Phoenix. “That man’s conduct was deplorable,” Ms. Conway told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “Had I been there, I would have asked security to remove him immediately. Clearly, he doesn’t speak for the

Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee Bill Weld on Monday said he’s “outraged” by the FBI’s recent announcement on potentially new and relevant information on Hillary Clinton’s email server and that he hopes it doesn’t swing the presidential election Donald Trump’s way. “I think it’s disgraceful. Ten days to go – I think it’s disgraceful,” Mr.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says FBI Director James B. Comey might have broken federal law through his “partisan actions” and that the bureau is sitting on “explosive” information involving Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. Mr. Reid said Mr. Comey has resisted calls to release the “explosive” information the FBI supposedly has about Mr. Trump

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s re-election campaign is refusing to provide The News & Observer with details of his campaign schedule, effectively limiting the newspaper from reporting on Burr’s public appearances. Burr spokesman Jesse Hunt said concerns with The N&O’s coverage of the race have prompted the campaign to ban the

An 11-year-old girl committed suicide after school and bullying is speculated to be part of the cause. Bethany Thompson got off her school bus in Ohio on Oct. 19 and retrieved a loaded gun that belonged to her father off of a shelf. The young girl then walked outside and shot herself. The tragedy could

A top Democrat demanded Monday that the FBI make public any investigations it is conducting into GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump or his associates, saying it’s only fair now that the agency has confirmed it has renewed its probe into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the