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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine told supporters in North Carolina on Thursday that voters can’t allow Republican nominee Donald Trump to “insult our democracy” by not accepting the results of the presidential election. The rally came a day after the third and final presidential debate between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton […]

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump had the chance during Wednesday’s debate to say he would accept the will of voters on Election Day. He declined. “What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense, OK?” Trump said when asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether he would commit to

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace landed a permanent place on the presidential debate highlight reel when Republican nominee Donald Trump said he would not commit to accepting the results of the election. Wallace told the Los Angeles Times in an interview that he wasn’t shocked by the answer when he queried Trump during Wednesday’s event

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The political cavalry arrived Thursday for Patrick Murphy. His name was Barack Obama. The president used a rousing campaign speech at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens to talk up Murphy, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate who remains unknown to many voters in Miami-Dade, the county with the largest number of

DELAWARE, Ohio — Donald Trump made light Thursday of his refusal to promise that he would accept the results of the election. “I want to make a major announcement today,” he said during his first rally since Wednesday’s debate, held at a large barn in Delaware, Ohio. “I would like to promise and pledge to

The following editorial appeared in The Dallas Morning News on Thursday, Oct. 20: ——— Wednesday night’s presidential debate brought out some of the best in both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, it also brought out the very worst in Trump, who made the chilling pronouncement that he may not accept the outcome of next

It’s a fair bet that many people who tuned in for last night’s final presidential debate weren’t interested in boning up on the policy positions of the duelling candidates. They watched for the same reason wrestling fans follow their favourite villains. They wanted to see if Donald the Terrible could top himself. Could the Republican

Two top Democratic strategists have exited the presidential campaign after explosive undercover videos showed them discussing voter fraud and their roles in planting paid agitators at campaign events for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Robert Creamer, founder of Democracy Advocates and the husband of Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky, Illinois Democrat, stepped down from the campaign Tuesday,

LAS VEGAS — The final presidential debate of 2016 was likely Donald Trump’s last chance to halt Hillary Clinton’s surge in public opinion polls, with less than three weeks until Election Day and more than 2.3 million voters having already mailed in their ballots. Like the previous two debates, Wednesday’s was full of interruptions and

MIAMI — House Speaker Paul Ryan engaged Wednesday on the most quintessential of Miami political traditions: He sipped “cafecito” at Islas Canarias, a Cuban restaurant. But unlike the carefully choreographed visits of most candidates, Ryan’s didn’t include a pack of TV cameras and news photographers chasing him. In two other events, both for endangered Republican