GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin said Donald Trump’s publicly refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan “makes no sense,” and that Mr. Trump’s recent comments about the speaker will only serve to hurt him in the parts of the state where he has the most work to do. “Paul Ryan is loved in […]
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USAHillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Donald Trump among likely voters in Pennsylvania – a bad sign for the New York billionaire, who is hoping to put the Democratic leaning state in the Republican column for the first time in nearly three decades. A Franklin and Marshall College Poll found that Mrs.
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USAIndiana Gov. Mike Pence says he and Donald Trump are “shoulder to shoulder” in the presidential campaign, after a young boy told Mr. Pence Thursday it looks like the GOP vice presidential nominee has been softening up on Mr. Trump’s policies and words. “Let me tell you what – I couldn’t be more proud to
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USAAn embattled U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson met with reporters Wednesday in South Florida to fight back against allegations by his ex-wife that he abused her repeatedly. When asked if he would provide explanations of the four times his ex-wife, Lolita Grayson, contacted the police between 1994 and 2014 to claim he abused her, Grayson said
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USAWASHINGTON — As the White House and Hillary Clinton faced questions Thursday about a $400 million cash payment to Iran early this year, there was a bit of shared incredulity that it has suddenly become an issue in the presidential campaign. After all, the White House’s spokesman noted, President Barack Obama publicly announced the payment
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International, USAMIAMI — Gov. Rick Scott zigzagged around the Wynwood area of Miami on Thursday morning, talking with local business owners about what the state can do to combat the spread of Zika. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden also surveyed the neighborhood Thursday morning, saying he was “impressed” by efforts to control
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWell I got a job and tried to put my money away/But I got debts that no honest man could pay — Bruce Springsteen, “Atlantic City” The Trump Taj Mahal was Atlantic City’s tallest building when it opened in 1990, and Marc Scittina got in on the ground floor, hoping to ride an elevator up
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USAHouse Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday his focus is on securing endorsements from his own constituents ahead of a GOP primary contest Tuesday, after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump declined earlier this week to give his support to Mr. Ryan. “Honestly, the only endorsements … I want are those of my own employers here
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USAClint Eastwood, a respected elder statesman in Hollywood, has a reputation for being a man of few words, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have things to say. After all, this is the same guy who addressed an empty chair in place of Barack Obama at the 2012 Republican National Convention, and once threatened to
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In response to the release of the Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement on behalf of the Union for Reform Judaism, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and ARZA: The Association of Reform Zionists
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Middle East, USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — She uttered the words slowly and deliberately — as if speaking to a child. “At home and abroad, we are increasingly fighting the view that suggests we pull up the drawbridge and retreat into isolationism,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said Wednesday in San
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Ken Stone, USAPHILADELPHIA — The Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J., will close after Labor Day weekend in part because of an ongoing strike by workers, its owner company said Wednesday. “Currently the Taj is losing multimillions a month, and now with this strike, we see no path to profitability,” Tony Rodio, head of Taj
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USARepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted the Obama administration over a report in the Wall Street Journal which said it secretly funneled $400 million in cash to the Iranians in January, around the time four American prisoners were released from Tehran. Trump called the incident a “scandal”, and pointed out that negotiations opened
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International, Middle East, USAAttorney Marc Zell, chairman of the Republican Party”s Israel branch, suggested that despite a post-convention bump for Hillary Clinton, Democrats are beginning to panic over their nominee”s performance and the chances Donald Trump could win this November. Speaking with Arutz Sheva, Zell defended Trump from criticism over his recent dustup with Khizr and Ghazala Khan,
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