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One of the more frequent complaints about many conservative writers these days, me included, is that we spend too many column inches attacking the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. The common refrain: If you spent half the time and effort you spend assailing Trump on Clinton instead, he’d be winning by a landslide. Hah. Not

MILWAUKEE — As riots raged in Milwaukee, the county sheriff took to Twitter. “Black LIES matter,” David Clarke wrote to his quarter-million followers, ridiculing the Black Lives Matter movement. The protesters, he tweeted later, were part of a “culturally dysfunctional underclass” and were responding to “inane provocation.” His taunts stood in sharp contrast to the

There are some who see the prospect of Hillary Clinton winning the U.S. presidency as a milestone for modern feminism and women in general. Yet Clinton’s decades-long march to the White House owes much of its success to her rapscallion, silver-tongued husband, Bill Clinton. She did not storm the citadel of male power and privilege

WASHINGTON — Ted Cruz’s image among Republicans had plummeted to a personal low by the Indiana primary — the defeat that forced him from the GOP presidential contest. But he may wish for those heady days of May now. Views of the Texas senator went off a cliff in the past month, since Republicans booed

WEST TISBURY, Mass. — President Barack Obama plans to visit Louisiana next week to assess the damage of massive floods there and to talk with local officials about how the federal government can best help in recovery, the White House said Friday. Obama wants to get a “first-hand look” at the devastation, White House press

CENTRAL La. — Terry Phinney was not always a fan of Donald Trump’s, but when the Republican presidential candidate arrived at his Baptist church to meet flood victims Friday, Phinney was impressed. “It was a good little boost for folks who are tired,” said Phinney, 42, a church maintenance supervisor whose father’s home flooded. More

With less than three months to go until voters cast their ballots in the presidential election, the chief strategist of Republican Donald Trump’s campaign resigned on Friday, an unusual high-level departure this late in an election year. Paul Manafort’s exit came just two days after Trump announced new campaign leadership, naming Stephen Bannon, head of