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Trump walked away from an interview after a reporter asked him a question he refused to dignify

Hours before his headline-making appearance at Thursday’s 2016 Al Smith Dinner in New York City, Republican presidential nominee walked off an interview with an NBC affiliate in Ohio. The interview started off well enough. Trump and WCMH’s Colleen Marshall spoke of his recent comments about the upcoming presidential election possibly being rigged against him. Marshall

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Jewish Congress members denounce UNESCO resolution

A group of Jewish American lawmakers on Wednesday issued a statement denouncing the UNESCO resolution which denies the Jewish connection to Jerusalem. The lawmakers signed to the statement are U.S. Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Sandy Levin (D-MI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Susan Davis (D-CA), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL),

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Joe Scarborough rips media reaction to Trump on election results: ‘You guys bathe in that hypocrisy’

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough issued an angry rant against the media Thursday morning, arguing that reporters are taking one “little phrase” from Donald Trump and having a “freak out” over something that Democrats have been complaining about ever since President George W. Bush beat Al Gore in 2000. On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Mr. Scarborough pointed out

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WikiLeaks emails part curtain on a nearly elected Obama considering White House staff

WASHINGTON — The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks on Thursday released a handful of Barack Obama’s emails from a period immediately before he was elected in 2008, including several that revealed names of people Obama was considering for senior roles and one that reflected care in avoiding a transition conflict with President George W. Bush. The emails

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Trump almost certainly delivered fatal blow to himself

Historians assessing the 2016 presidential election will cite Donald Trump’s repeated self-inflicted wounds: attacking a Mexican-American federal judge, the Muslim-American Gold Star parents of a fallen war hero and a former Miss Universe. But they’ll likely conclude he administered the coup de grace to himself by refusing in Wednesday night’s third televised debate with Hillary

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Idaho’s first Syrian refugee wants Americans to understand their country’s vetting process

Asmaa Albukaie was married at age 14. She had two children by the time she was 15. Then she took an unusual step for a stay-at-home Syrian mom: She signed up for a university degree in library science in Damascus. “I noticed that women in movies, American women, decide whatever they want to decide. This

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Tim Kaine: ‘This is not a television show, this is not a reality show’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine told supporters in North Carolina on Thursday that voters can’t allow Republican nominee Donald Trump to “insult our democracy” by not accepting the results of the presidential election. The rally came a day after the third and final presidential debate between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton

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GOP senators reject Trump’s ‘rigged’ election rhetoric, but it still may hurt them

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump had the chance during Wednesday’s debate to say he would accept the will of voters on Election Day. He declined. “What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense, OK?” Trump said when asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether he would commit to

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Presidential debate a history maker for Fox News — and moderator Chris Wallace

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace landed a permanent place on the presidential debate highlight reel when Republican nominee Donald Trump said he would not commit to accepting the results of the election. Wallace told the Los Angeles Times in an interview that he wasn’t shocked by the answer when he queried Trump during Wednesday’s event

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