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Trump’s campaign chief tries to deflect questions about Melania’s speech

CLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s campaign chief tried to cut off and brush off questions about the apparent plagiarism in Melania Trump’s convention speech, refusing to say Tuesday whether he reviewed the speech or whether anyone on the campaign would face discipline. Paul Manafort again blamed Hillary Clinton and the media for bringing attention to “50 […]

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Obama, Biden endorse Kamala Harris for California Senate seat

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced they are backing state Attorney General Kamala Harris, a longtime political ally of the president, in California’s historic Democrat-on-Democrat U.S. Senate race. The president praised Harris as a “lifelong courtroom prosecutor” who has fought international gangs, oil companies and the big banks responsible for the

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Did Melania Trump use ‘common words’ or plagiarize from Michelle Obama?

Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Tuesday morning countered reports that Melania Trump lifted language from a Michelle Obama speech, insisting “there was no cribbing” of the First Lady’s 2008 remarks. Melania Trump “hit it out of the park” during her speech Monday night talking about “common values,” Manafort told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on

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Ernst: ISIS Is In All 50 States

If you went to bed Monday night before the end of the first round of Republican National Convention festivities, you’ll need to catch up quick before you head to the watercooler. In addition to plagiarism allegations and birther claims, the RNC sparked concern when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, told attendees that members of the Islamic

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Decades later, Vietnam pilot who saved dozens receives Medal of Honor

WASHINGTON — Almost 50 years after he braved enemy fire to help rescue 44 of his fellow soldiers surrounded by an ambush, retired Army pilot Lt. Col. Charles Kettles was awarded the Medal of Honor on Monday for his acts of “conspicuous gallantry” during the Vietnam War. President Barack Obama presented the military’s highest decoration

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Newt Gingrich: The Bushes are behaving ‘childishly’; ‘Jeb lost. Get over it’

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says the Bushes, who will not be attending the Republican National Convention, are behaving “childishly” and need to “get over it.” “Frankly, the Bushes are behaving, I think, childishly,” Mr. Gingrich said on ABC’s “Good Morning America. “Jeb lost. Get over it.” Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and one-time

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David Clarke, Milwaukee sheriff: ‘This is a war, and Black Lives Matter is the enemy’

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke penned an op-ed Monday saying Americans are witnessing “guerrilla urban warfare” against law enforcement following the slayings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge. “Americans watching the news of the murders of police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are observing a civil war unfold within our borders. A war

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U.S. must reconsider Senate filibusters

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — After 20 children were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 12, 2013, gun-control legislation was shot down in the Senate five months later. The filibuster was the opponents’ weapon of choice. The House of Representatives adopted a “public option” to administer health-care coverage in 2009,

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The First Donald Trump/Mike Pence Interview was Humiliating for the Republican Party (Video)

On Sunday, Donald Trump and Mike Pence appeared on 60 Minutes in their first joint interview since it was announced that the Indiana governor was going to be Trump’s running mate. style=”display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-5626295912827181″ data-ad-slot=”4169069414″> And, wow, this was one of the most awkward things I’ve ever watched. This Trump/Pence team might rank up there with

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Trump campaign finds new Rabbi

The Donald Trump campaign has found a new Rabbi. After Rabbi Haskel Lookstein – who’s been the subject of much recent controversy in Israel over the Rabbinical Court’s decision not to recognize his conversions – backed out of an engagement to deliver and “invocation”, or prayer, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland tonight (Monday),

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