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Donald Trump’s loopy, menacing crack about “Second Amendment people” taking action against Hillary Clinton was weird, illogical and wildly inappropriate—but unlikely to meet the legal definition of a threat against a presidential candidate. Under federal law, it is a crime to threaten major party presidential candidates or their families. (Sorry, Libertarian Party nominees Gary Johnson […]

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I could not have dreamed it while attending the urban, turbulent Woodward High School in Cincinnati during the 1960s—a microcosm of the racially-charged, painfully transitional America.  Finding myself enthralled with the civil rights movement and realizing that black people are America’s Hebrews, I would read and watch (on television)

While speaking to a North Carolina crowd about gun rights on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared to obliquely suggest that firearms could be used either to affect the presidential election, or future judicial nominees. “If she (Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton) gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” he said.

Messages involving the then-chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and a top Clinton Foundation official and donor are among the dozens of new email exchanges from Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state released on Tuesday by a watchdog group. One message from Stephen Roach, then-chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, to Mrs. Clinton provides his upcoming

Donald Trump warned voters at a North Carolina rally Tuesday that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would appoint Supreme Court justices who would revoke gun rights, and then he pondered whether “Second Amendment people” could do something about it. “Hillary essentially wants to abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick

The father of Islamist gay-nightclub shooter Omar Mateen is supporting Hillary Clinton for president and attended a rally for the candidate Monday, standing near the stage as she addressed the crowd. Seddique Mateen, a native of Afghanistan, appeared in several TV shots behind Mrs. Clinton as she spoke in Kissimmee, Florida. “Hillary Clinton is good

The chief spokesman for the Florida Republican Party is quitting his job because of his refusal to support the party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Wadi Gaitan, a former senior House Republican aide who focused on Hispanic affairs, will be joining the LIBRE Initiative, a grass-roots conservative organization backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, The

Hillary Clinton continues to have the upper hand over Donald Trump in the presidential race, another poll released Monday shows. The CNN Poll of Polls incorporating the results of six major polls — all conducted after the party conventions concluded in late July — finds Clinton with an average of 49% support to Trump’s 39%.

The Woodrow Wilson Center, one of Washington’s best-known think tanks, is defending itself against charges that it played a role in the failed military coup against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month. The charges, played up prominently on Turkish newspapers in recent days, are a sign of a sharp deterioration in

Hillary Clinton has jumped out to a 13-point lead over Donald Trump among likely voters nationwide, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday that showed Mr. Trump has some ground to make up in unifying Republicans around his presidential candidacy. Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic nominee, had a 50 percent to 37 percent lead over