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If you are wondering about Donald Trump’s temperament after some of his remarks, you might want to compare it with Hillary Clinton’s. On a daily basis, Hillary treats the Secret Service agents who protect her with such nastiness and contempt that being assigned to her detail is considered a form of punishment. For my book […]

GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio leads by 9 points in his re-election bid, while GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has a smaller advantage, and Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania is slightly behind, according to polling released Thursday. Mr. Portman had a 9-point, 49 percent to 40 percent, lead over Democrat Ted Strickland

Sixteen days before the 2008 presidential election, George W. Bush’s former secretary of state, Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), appeared on NBC’s Meet The Press to reveal his much-coveted endorsement. Powell felt Barack Obama and John McCain were equally fit for office, both distinguished, patriotic and “dedicated to the welfare” of America. Obama, however, offered an

For Mary Knowlton, a 73-year-old retired librarian, it was a way to learn the intricacies of police work in a safe setting: a citizen police academy in Punta Gorda, Fla., her adopted hometown. The course was set up to give participants a close look at the local police force in the community known for its

Washington (dpa) – Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton faced new questions Wednesday over an email controversy that has dogged her campaign since last year. Newly released emails raised fresh questions about the influence that donors to her family’s charity had when she was secretary of state from 2009-13. Donald Trump said the emails showed Clinton

Was Donald Trump calling for Hillary Clinton’s assassination when he spoke on Tuesday in North Carolina? The New York Times sure seems to think so. This was Trump’s apparently offensive quote: “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish, the Second Amendment. By the way, and if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do,

DALLAS — Tim Kaine stepped through North Texas on Wednesday, gobbling up cash and making soft overtures to Latino voters. As part of a two-day swing through the Lone Star State, the Democratic nominee for vice president sandwiched a short campaign stop at Gloria’s Latin Cuisine between fundraisers in Fort Worth and Dallas. Organizers did

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has denied accusations that he incited gun owners’ to kill his Democratic rival for the White House, Hillary Clinton. In what has become the latest furor involving the billionaire-turned-politician, and what he actually meant, Trump insisted he was just urging supporters to vote. “I think you’re talking about the power

More than 100,000 signatures were delivered to Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning on Wednesday in support of Chelsea Manning, part of an effort to have charges dropped related to her recent suicide attempt, and to provide her with adequate health care. The 115,000 signatures were on petitions started by a number of activist groups,

WASHINGTON—Many gauges measure the rapid drop in Donald Trump’s support this summer: Polls show the Republican nominee losing nationally and in most battleground states, prominent Republicans have publicly defected, and GOP elected officials rarely rush to his defense. Twenty women, mostly swing voters, sitting at conference tables in Columbus, Ohio, and Phoenix on Tuesday night,