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Ruth Bader Ginsburg never made it to her own high-school graduation to deliver the remarks she was supposed to give there. Her mother died of cancer just two days before the ceremony. Ruth stayed home. More than 40 years later she alluded to this loss when she accepted her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. […]

Arizona Senator John McCain has withdrawn his support for Donald Trump and will write in a “good conservative Republican” at the polls next month. McCain, a former presidential candidate, is perhaps the highest profile elected official to flee Trump, who has said he will not withdraw from the race for president despite increasing calls to

WASHINGTON — Republican elected officials, who had stuck by Donald Trump through months of controversy, began to flee his campaign Saturday even as the embattled Republican nominee vowed not to quit the presidential race. One day after a video became public in which Trump could be heard boasting that he could grope women because “when

WASHINGTON — Contrary to views collected by the FBI that Hillary Clinton was a technophobe unsophisticated in the use of computers, her paid speeches indicate that she was well aware of the dangers of computer hacking and penetration and that diplomats would be “totally vulnerable” without extreme precautions. Excerpts from Clinton’s speeches, which she refused

ST. LOUIS — Nearly every presidential debate gets billed as the make-or-break one. They usually aren’t. But the one in St. Louis on Sunday really might be. It comes after Donald Trump’s widely panned performance against Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the first debate Sept. 26, which raised anew questions about his

This election season, issues like US immigration and the United States border with Mexico have been pushed into international headlines. To a degree, it’s understandable — borders do define our sovereignty. But with over a million Latinos potentially eligible to vote in Arizona alone, experts and community leaders say that words like “walls” and “secure

Manila (dpa) – The Philippines has told the US that joint patrols in the South China Sea are suspended and says it can “live without” the country’s financial aid, the Philippine defence chief said Friday. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the US and Philippines have so far conducted two naval exercises in the disputed seas,

There have been plenty of rumors questioning presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s health during the 2016 election. While Republican candidate Donald Trump has been photographed indulging in hearty dishes from restaurants like KFC, sources close to the Democrat maintain that she follows a healthy diet. In August, two campaign aides explained that Clinton is particular about

Could Shimon Peres’s vision of a “New Middle East”—a region of cooperation with peace between Israel and the Arab world—finally have a hope of becoming reality? Looking at the deep malaise in attempts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the chaos that has engulfed Arab states, it may seem further away than ever. But those

More than seven in 10 voters say Donald Trump is not a role model for children, according to a poll conducted in the days after Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire said she “absolutely” thought the mogul deserved the label, only to walk it back. Only 17 percent of voters told the Politico/Morning Consult

President Obama cast his ballot for president Friday as part of early voting in Illinois, and joked with Chicago elections officials about his correct date of birth. When reporters asked the president who he voted for, Mr. Obama just smirked and didn’t reply. The president made the unannounced stop at the Chicago Board of Elections