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The White House said Tuesday that President Obama won’t discipline Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, a possible running mate for Hillary Clinton, over his violation of a federal law that forbids campaigning on government property. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Mr. Castro had fessed up to his “inadvertent error.” “To his […]

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost her three point lead against Republican challenger Donald Trump in a new NBC weekly tracking poll published Tuesday. The presumed nominee still holds a slight lead over Trump, carrying 46 percent compared to Trump’s 45 percent of likely voters. But when Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate

NEW YORK, July 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The eyes of the world this week will be focused on the Republican National Convention, but almost no one is talking about the vast majority of Trump-supporting delegates who are Evangelical Christians. The billion dollar question begging an answer is: Why are they supporting him? As an Evangelical

Hillary Clinton described the first day of the Republican National Convention as “surreal,” comparing Donald Trump’s dramatic entrance to “The Wizard of Oz.” “Lots of sound and fury. Even a fog machine,” she said in a speech to union members in Las Vegas. “But when you pulled back the curtain, there was just Donald Trump,

Chatting over fajitas at a reunion of former staffers, former U.S. President George W. Bush confessed at a secret meeting of top Republicans that he would be the last GOP president in history, according to a Politico Magazine report Tuesday. The comments were reportedly made to an inner circle of advisors and aides at the

The National Rifle Association endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election to his congressional seat Tuesday, saying the “lifelong outdoorsman and avid hunter” can be trusted to stave off gun-control measures favored by President Obama and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Mr. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, earned an A-plus from the association for his voting record

CLEVELAND — You see him here. You see him there. You just don’t see Ohio Gov. John Kasich inside the GOP convention hall. The Republican governor and former primary opponent of Donald Trump has famously taken a pass on appearing at his home state’s convention, drawing criticism from Trump’s campaign chairman. But that doesn’t mean

CLEVELAND – Sen. Jeff Flake, one of the prominent Republicans who stayed home from the party’s convention, said he’s still watching at home in Arizona and said Tuesday that strident speeches and barbs against Hillary Clinton are hurting the GOP. Mr. Flake, in an interview with KFYI radio, said delegates at the convention who chanted

CLEVELAND — Retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon and former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said Tuesday that being transgender “doesn’t make any sense” and equated gender identity with ethnicity. “For someone to wake up and think that they belong to a different sex because they feel different that day is the same as if you woke

 The Republican National Convention has  released the prepared texts of Monday’s  speakers on the first day of the convention.  The speech of Melania Trump was not included in the release.

Nevermind that “We are the Champions” is an anthem from a late 20th century band whose lead singer, Freddie Mercury, died of AIDS and who was as flamboyant as the songs he produced. Even at a Republican National Convention that found it necessary to add a platform plank on the use of birth-gender restrooms, the

CLEVELAND – Ivanka Trump is vouching for her father and his character as she gets set to address the Republican National Convention later this week, saying in an interview for ABC’s “Good Morning America” that people should appreciate Donald Trump’s empathy and warmth. “I don’t know that people appreciate his tremendous empathy and his warmth,

Anti-Semitism continues to ominously swirl around the Donald Trump campaign. The Republican convention shut down comments on its YouTube livestream after anti-Semitic abuse appeared during a speech by Linda Lingle, the Jewish former governor of Hawaii. Comments including “Make America Jewish Again” punctuated by yellow stars of David and “Ban Jews” appeared on the feed,