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You would have thought that by now, Donald Trump’s deplorables would have gotten over Hillary Clinton’s diss. But they can’t let it go. Apparently, “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” deplorables are better at talking smack than taking it. Clinton’s comment about putting half of Trump’s supporters into “the basket of deplorables” isn’t even harsh. I […]

The longer this campaign lasts, the more I’m ready to believe Donald Trump is the Slim Shady of modern political journalism. He’s been sent here to destroy us. Either that, or he’s glommed onto the fatal weakness at its heart — and is doing whatever he can to let it destroy itself. Whatever the case,

AUSTIN, Texas — A majority of Texans oppose GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s signature idea to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, even as immigration is most often cited by Texans as the biggest issue facing the state. Those were among the top findings of a new survey released Wednesday by the Texas Lyceum,

FLINT, Mich. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s trip into an African-American church in Flint to reach out to black voters and address the Flint water crisis ended abruptly amid protests inside the church and a pastor who asked that he not make a political speech. “It used to be that cars were made in

WASHINGTON — He says he would be the wealthiest person ever elected president, but refuses to release his income tax records as every major candidate has done for half a century. He says he’s given tens of millions of dollars to charity, but won’t answer questions about specifics. He would be the oldest person ever

A major pollster has some stark news: “Americans’ trust and confidence in the mass media ‘to report the news fully, accurately and fairly’ has dropped to its lowest level in Gallup polling history, with 32 percent saying they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. This is down eight percentage

Last month, on Women’s Equality Day, the White House pledged it was committed to closing the gender pay gap. “Equal pay has been an administration priority since President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law as his first piece of legislation,” the White House said in an August statement. “Policies that ensure

NORTH LAS VEGAS — With Hillary Clinton still recuperating from pneumonia, it fell to her husband to rally voters at a community college here Wednesday in the battleground state of Nevada. “She did it for me a long time,” former President Bill Clinton told the crowd. “It’s about time I showed up and did it

Hillary Clinton will resume campaign travel on Thursday following a break as she recovered from pneumonia, according to a campaign spokesman. The Democratic presidential nominee remained at home on Tuesday, said spokesman Nick Merrill. “She has spent the day catching up on reading briefings, making calls, and she watched President Obama’s speech in Philadelphia on

Yes, former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s hacked emails show that he thinks Donald Trump is a “national disgrace,” but they also reveal his concerns about Hillary Clinton’s health. According to the leaked emails, Mr. Powell and Democratic mega-donor Jeffrey Leeds chatted about Mrs. Clinton’s health in March 2015. “Not sure, but she has launched

It seems as though some in Ohio took offense to Hillary Clinton’s comments over the weekend that half of Donald Trump’s supporters can be grouped into a “bucket of deplorables.” Mr. Trump tops Mrs. Clinton by 5 percentage points in a Bloomberg Politics poll of the state, one of his largest margins in the Rust