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 […]
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USAWas 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,
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USADALLAS — 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
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USAThe 2016 Olympic Games have been billed as an opportunity to put politics aside in the spirit of international camaraderie, but that’s not necessarily how it’s working out for Israeli athletes. Animosity toward the 47-athlete delegation has already triggered a reprimand from the International Olympic Committee and alarm from Jewish groups like the Anti-Defamation League,
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAMore 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,
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USABelieve it or not, but Michael Phelps still has the opportunity to wear and own even more Olympic gold. In the final stages of his Olympic career even though he’s appeared unstoppable, Phelps has already taken over the 2016 Rio Games with three of the United States 10 gold medals, and more could be on
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON—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,
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USABy Laurie Baron The Art of the Steal: How to Win While You Lose by Donald J. Trump Freedom of the press means the freedom to sue if you don’t like how it covers you. “One of the things I’m going to do if I win… I’m going to open up our libel laws so
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Rep. Duncan D. Hunter defended Donald Trump’s controversial remark earlier Tuesday that “Second Amendment people” might take action to stop a President Hillary Clinton from naming judges to the Supreme Court — which some took as an assassination threat. “If she gets to pick her
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Ken Stone, USANo matter who wins in November, the First Son-in-Law of the United States (FSILOTUS) will be a Jew. The only question is will he be Orthodox or Conservative? Ivanka Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, 35, is principal owner of the real estate holding and development company Kushner Properties, and the newspaper publishing company the New York
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USALost in the debate over Donald Trump’s comments about how to stop Hillary Clinton from abolishing the Second Amendment is the not-unimportant fact that Clinton has not actually suggested anything of the sort. “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment,” Trump said Tuesday at a North Carolina campaign rally Tuesday. “By the way,
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USADonald Trump’s loopy, menacing crack about “Second Amendment people” taking action against Hillary Clinton was weird, illogical and wildly inappropriate—but unlikely to meet the legal definition of a threat against a presidential candidate. Under federal law, it is a crime to threaten major party presidential candidates or their families. (Sorry, Libertarian Party nominees Gary Johnson
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By Toby Klein Greenwald JERUSALEM — I’ve been following Lori Palatnik for years, on Aish.com and through the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP). I was curious about this fireball “out-reacher,” so when I saw they were holding another Israel trip in May, I made an appointment to interview her to find out where she came
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