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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentences of 153 others convicted of federal crimes — the most individual clemencies ever granted in a single day by any president. As he nears the end of his second term, Obama has issued more commutations than the previous 11 presidents combined, […]

Donald Trump officially became president-elect Donald Trump shortly after 3:30 pm Monday, as he secured a majority of the Electoral College vote and easily overcame a last-ditch effort by protesters to keep him out of the White House. Despite efforts to convince Trump electors to deliver a conscience vote for a different candidate, Trump avoided

A neo-Nazi group is targeting Jewish residents of a small Montana town, publicizing their personal information and calling upon white supremacists to harass them – a form of cyber bullying colloquially known as “doxing”. The doxing campaign, led by the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, is targeting Jewish residents of Whitefish, Montana, where the mother

Looking back at a Democratic Party that has been shattered nationwide under his leadership, President Obama is accepting blame for building a campaign organization that benefited mainly himself. The president said Monday that he and his political team didn’t pay enough attention to local Democratic races after he came into office in 2009, saying he

Close Packed into a cramped Senate hearing room, the crowd erupted into prolonged whistles and cheers. Bernie Sanders had just joined a “Hands Off Medicare” rally-cum-press conference on December 7, and the activists in attendance, mostly union members in matching T-shirts, were enthralled. When the headliners of the event, Democratic Party leaders Nancy Pelosi and

If it’s controversy the Clintons tried to avoid during the presidential race, former President Bill Clinton’s private meeting with U.S. Attorney Gen. Loretta Lynch did not help, especially as it had occurred just before presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s meeting with the FBI. Clinton boarded Lynch’s plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in June. Following

President-elect Donald Trump knows “how to get angry, white men to vote for him,” former President Bill Clinton told a reporter earlier this month in New York. According to Politico, Mr. Clinton made the comment to a reporter from The Record-Review at a small bookstore in Katonah, New York – about a 15-minute drive from

Since election night almost five weeks ago, I’ve been giving some thought about the Electoral College — and not just because Donald Trump received the majority of electoral votes while Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of nearly 3 million. Let’s be clear, Donald Trump won the presidency by the rules that

President Obama said Monday that he’s received letters from Donald Trump supporters gloating that America is “great again.” “There’s been some letters that say, “I am so glad you’re getting out of here. Good riddance. You’ve been a horrible president,’ ” Mr. Obama said in a wide-ranging interview broadcast by NPR. The president said he

States cannot keep federal grants away from Planned Parenthood clinics, the Obama administration ruled on Wednesday in a move that critics say is a “parting gift to Big Abortion.” “The Obama administration, even in its waning hours, has chosen to put Planned Parenthood’s Big Abortion agenda ahead of women’s health and the right of states

WASHINGTON — Four powerful members of the Senate called Sunday for creation of a special select committee to investigate Russian attempts to influence the presidential election, a sign of growing concern that GOP leaders’ plans to use existing panels will produce a partisan inquiry. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., who chairs the Armed Services Committee, and