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GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said Wednesday that he hopes those responsible for hacking into the Democratic National Committee’s internal communications also got their hands on the emails that Hillary Clinton deleted from the private email server she used while secretary of state. “Russia if you are listening, I hope you are able to find […]

PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton became the first woman nominated for president of the United States by a major political party Tuesday, marking an historic moment in American politics and putting a formal end to her long primary battle with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. “Eight years ago, our party nominated and elected the first person of

PHILADELPHIA — President Barack Obama says it isn’t just the idea of Donald Trump’s finger on the nuclear button that he finds scary. “I set aside the nuclear codes,” he said in an interview broadcast on NBC’s Today Show on Wednesday. “What I think is scary is a president who doesn’t know their stuff and

BALTIMORE — Prosecutors dropped all remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers accused in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray in a downtown courtroom on Wednesday morning, concluding one of the most high-profile criminal cases in Baltimore history. The startling move was an apparent acknowledgement of the unlikelihood of a conviction following the acquittals

The lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage across the United States said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is no friend of LGBTQ citizens despite his recent overtures to that community. James Obergefell, a real estate agent turned activist, dismissed Mr. Trump’s vow last week at the Republican National

PHILADELPHIA — Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank gave a scathing speech at the Democratic National Convention’s LGBT Caucus on Tuesday afternoon, aimed at “Bernie or Bust”-ers who vowed to not vote for Hillary Clinton. Frank, who was one of the first openly gay people in Congress, said he believed it was his and other Democrats’

PHILADELPHIA – Just hours after Republicans mocked Democrats for avoiding talking about the Islamic State at their convention, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright deleted two references to the terrorist group from her prepared remarks. In the remarks passed out to reporters, Mrs. Albright was to say that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is trusted

Despite leading in some recent polls, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may receive a serious challenge from Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, who has seen an uptick in the polls from presumably conservative voters. A CNN/ORC International poll conducted earlier this month had Johnson as high as 13 percent. Elections are decided by electoral votes, not

A Jewish congressman from Tennessee on Tuesday called on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffers whose leaked emails questioned Bernie Sanders” religiosity to be fired. “For a party to question his religion, or lack thereof, as a way to defeat that person, those people should resign and if they don’t resign they should be fired,”