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Obama seeks to settle scores with Republicans as he campaigns for Clinton

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Campaigning for Hillary Clinton at a Florida baseball stadium, President Barack Obama lamented Sunday that the nature of this year’s presidential race has become so negative that even “Saturday Night Live” this week couldn’t keep parodying it. What bothered him most, the president said, was the way “stuff that’s not normal, people […]

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Malik Obama, Donald Trump supporter, gets curse from president’s Kenya family, villagers

KOGELO, Kenya – Things are no less divisive in the Obama precincts here as they are across the Atlantic as Election Day looms. President Obama’s relatives and others in his ancestral village are angry that the president’s half-brother Malik Obama has come out in support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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International, USA

‘SNL’ Skewers the Media’s Role in the Rise of Trump

“Is the whole world insane?” Kate McKinnon played an exasperated Hillary Clinton in the cold open to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, incredulous at the prospect of holding just a slim lead over Donald Trump despite his unfitness for office. The show placed blame on the media in offering a sketch that mocked network television’s

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

42 million voters cast ballots early

WASHINGTON — Nearly 42 million Americans have already voted for president, casting their ballots before the FBI announced Sunday afternoon that it stands by its July decision not to recommend charges over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Early voters turned out in record numbers in battleground states like Florida, North Carolina and

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Trump’s get-out-the-vote effort ‘not even close’ to Clinton’s, experts say

With only two days to go before the US presidential elections, candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are polling just a few points apart in key states. But observers and activists say Trump’s weak ground game may cost him the election. National polls give a snapshot of how people are planning to vote at a

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Netanyahu: No matter who wins, US-Israel ties will endure

Two days before the presidential election in the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed the weekly cabinet meeting, emphasizing that regardless of the results, America and Israel would remain close allies. “This week elections will be held in the United States. Whoever is elected, the new president, I am convinced that US-Israel relations,

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Middle East, USA

After months of trying, Bill Maher finally got the interview he has been waiting for

On Friday, HBO released a 37-minute long interview between Bill Maher and President Barack Obama. The piece, which aired less than a week before the 2016 Presidential Election, was the culmination of a months-long campaign for Maher to have the president on his program. Over the years, Maher has generally praised the president with some

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