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HARRISBURG, Pa. � Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday nominated a former top state prosecutor to serve as attorney general to fill out the remaining months of Kathleen Kane’s term. The governor’s selection of Bruce Beemer, if approved by the state Senate, as expected, would end the brief tenure of Kane appointee Bruce L. Castor

WASHINGTON — Allegations of anti-Semitism have surfaced against one of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, raising further questions about the guidance the Republican presidential nominee is receiving. Joseph Schmitz, named as one of five advisers by the Trump campaign in March, is accused of bragging when he was Defense Department inspector general a decade ago

Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton criticized Barack Obama, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, for his response when asked why he was having a hard time gaining traction with Rust Belt and rural voters: Obama said: “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest,

The GOP nominee has no clothes! While New Yorkers are used to seeing Trump all over their city — the GOP presidential nominee’s name is emblazoned on dozens of buildings across the New York City skyline — passersby near Union Square in Manhattan Thursday morning were treated to a different view of the real estate

Donald Trump has questioned the fairness of the scheduling for the upcoming presidential debates—when he will face off against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton—because two of the three forums are slotted to overlap with nationally televised National Football League games. Last month, the Republican presidential nominee went so far as to say he had received a

WASHINGTON — There is no evidence that Hillary Clinton or her top aides completed ethics training when they started at the State Department as required by federal law. State Department records show only three of nine top Clinton aides took the mandated training for new employees. Records also suggest that none of seven top aides

As his campaign for president gathered steam, Sen. Bernie Sanders went on CNBC and challenged the business news network’s audience. “You can’t just continue growth for the sake of growth in a world in which we are struggling with climate change and all kinds of environmental problems. All right?” he said. “You don’t necessarily need

A fundraising email sent out by a candidate running for New York City”s City Council has sparked controversy amid accusations of anti-Semitism and racial incitement. The man at the center of the controversy, Thomas Lopez-Pierre, denies claims his campaign”s rhetoric is anti-Semitic, prominently featuring a 2014 article on his website entitled “Fighting Jewish Slumlords Isn”t

As Donald Trump’s prospects have diminished, so too has the likelihood that Gary Johnson, Jill Stein or Evan McMullin will play any significant role in the 2016 election. To do so would require a close race between Trump and Hillary Clinton — and enough support for at least one of them to qualify for the

MIAMI—In an election rife with Never-Trumpers and Bernie Bros, the Libertarian presidential ticket traveled to Miami-Dade County Wednesday evening in search of disenfranchised voters and some badly needed media exposure. Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, both former two-term Republican governors, spoke to a packed and excited house at Florida International University’s Herbert and Nicole Wertheim

In the latest revelation to emerge from a treasure trove of hacked documents from organizations tied to the Hungarian-born billionaire and prominent Democratic donor George Soros, an internal memo from Soros” Open Society Institute indicates he funded the radical Black Lives Matter movement to the tune of some $650,000. The information, gleaned from an Open