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HENDERSON, Nev. — Donald Trump on Wednesday took credit for the widely praised debate performance of his running mate, Mike Pence, during the vice presidential debate, saying that it demonstrated his leadership skills. “Mike Pence did an incredible and I’m getting a lot of credit because that’s really my first so-called choice, that was my […]

Washington (dpa) – The United States on Wednesday sharply criticized the Israeli government’s approval of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The move further reduces the chances for a two-state solution, US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in statement. “This settlement’s location deep in the West Bank, far closer to Jordan than Israel,

Huma Abedin, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s closest aide, urged former President Bill Clinton in 2009 to reject a speaking invitation before the American Israel Public Affairs Council (AIPAC), asking his assistant in an email, do “u really want to consider sending him into that crowd?” Abedin’s comment about “that crowd” has sparked anger and consternation

Former president Bill Clinton’s past came back to haunt him in Ohio on Wednesday when a female heckler appeared at one of his events. Mr. Clinton was trying to trying to support his wife’s presidential campaign with a speech on the economy while in Canton when a woman began chanting, “Bill Clinton is a rapist.”

PHILADELPHIA — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine told supporters gathered at a South Philadelphia union hall Wednesday night that his and Hillary Clinton’s campaign is one of underdogs and encouraged everyone to vote for their ticket in November. He called the race “close” and said that anything can happen in 34 days. “Hillary Clinton

MINNEAPOLIS — Bucking the trend in recent years of Black Friday shopping encroaching into Thanksgiving, the nation’s biggest mall has decided not to open on the holiday this year. The Mall of America notified its employees and tenants Wednesday morning that it will close the mall — including Nickelodeon Universe and even its movie theaters

ARLINGTON, Va. — Jess Wetterau, a registered Republican, was leaning to Hillary Clinton. Then she watched Mike Pence in Tuesday’s vice presidential debate. “I’m really impressed by Pence,” said the 24-year-old finance analyst from Arlington. She’s not going to vote for Donald Trump. But as many others did Tuesday, Wetterau found that Pence instantly became

President Obama hired hundreds of additional public relations employees to sell his administration’s policies, at a total cost to taxpayers of nearly half a billion dollars a year, the government’s chief watchdog reported Wednesday. Mr. Obama added some 667 PR staffers between 2008, the last full year under his predecessor, and 2011, when staffing levels

WASHINGTON, October 4, 2016 – Vice-presidential debates typically draw less interest than presidential debates, and they don’t swing elections. For that, Hillary Clinton should be supremely grateful. Clinton’s running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, came on like a high school sophomore debater. He raced to answer, interrupt his opponent, and cram every memorized talking point against

Every time Donald Trump was criticized during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, running mate Mike Pence had the perfect response: Who is this “Donald Trump” of which you speak? It was as if Pence had never met the man on the top of the ticket and was unaware that we now have video and audio

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s campaign manager said Wednesday that reports that the Republican presidential candidate was displeased with running mate Mike Pence’s failure to defend him at the vice presidential debate are “absolutely not true.” Pence repeatedly declined to speak up for Trump during the debate Tuesday as Democrat Tim Kaine rehashed the long list

Nobody expected the face-off between vice presidential contenders Mike Pence and Tim Kaine to be a scorcher. Both Kaine, the Virginia senator running alongside Democrat Hillary Clinton, and Pence, the Indiana governor joining Donald Trump on the Republican ticket, project a demeanor that’s more dad-next-door than street brawler. But as both running mates mounted their

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence dismissed Donald Trump’s campaign stumbles in recent months as the missteps of an inexperienced politician who nevertheless has the business acumen to grow the U.S. economy and military. He did so as Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine repeatedly demanded that Pence defend a campaign season that has been defined in part by