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Seeking to paint rival Donald Trump as an ally of Wall Street and Democrats as champions for the middle class, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday touted an economic plan that relies heavily on tax increases for major U.S. companies, Wall Street firms and rich Americans. At a rally in Cleveland, Mrs. Clinton made no bones about

CHICAGO — Paul O’Neal, the black teen fatally shot last month by Chicago police in a controversial incident captured in part on video, sustained a single gunshot wound to the right side of his back, the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined in an autopsy made public Wednesday. Toxicological testing found no drugs in O’Neal’s

WASHINGTON — Documents from an ongoing congressional ethics investigation into U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows show that Meadows paid former chief of staff Kenny West for months even after West had been barred from the congressman’s Washington office over complaints from female staff members. The ethics review of Meadows, a Republican from western North Carolina, revolves

After losing a challenge to restrictions on carrying concealed firearms, gun owners in California filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to block a state law that prevents most people from carrying guns openly in public. The lawsuit contends that the ban on openly carrying a gun in public must be struck down now that a federal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The leaders of the Catholic Church in Missouri are calling on lawmakers to sustain Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill eliminating the need to obtain a permit to carry a concealed gun in public. In a joint statement, the bishops of the four dioceses of Missouri called the legislation “a

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump reshuffled his campaign team again Wednesday, bringing the publisher of conservative website Breitbart into his inner circle along with a former ally of his rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. The moves follow weeks of falling poll numbers and months of infighting in Trump’s campaign, as the nominee has struggled to overcome

These days, Donald Trump may be willing to accept support from anywhere he can get it when it comes to big names in politics. However, the Republican presidential candidate might want to make sure his supporters don’t slip up and make avoidable mistakes when they hit the campaign trail on his behalf. Take, for example,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2017 – Stating “we can’t let this continue,” Donald Trump outlined his Immigration policy yesterday in Ohio. But there is little new about the Trump immigration proposal. As the candidate noted, he is calling for a strategy similar to the one the U.S. instituted during the Cold War, which included an ideological

Presidential campaigns have more to do with stories than they do with arguments. Ronald Reagan’s story was about how morning would soon brighten a land darkened by the dour Jimmy Carter years; Bill Clinton’s was about the boy from Hope, Arkansas, who remained true to his humble roots, or at least pretended to. These stories