Seeking to refocus his presidential campaign, Donald Trump will lambaste Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as a failed secretary of state who is out of step with Americans on trade and immigration. Trump’s address Wednesday morning at his hotel in New York’s SoHo neighborhood marks his official opening salvo against Clinton,… Read More
Clinton superdelegate convicted of corruption
A veteran Pennsylvania congressman Chaka Fattah — a longtime political ally of both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama — was convicted Tuesday in a racketeering case that largely centered on various efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan from his unsuccessful 2007 mayoral… Read More
Betrayed! 1,000 delegates to ditch Trump?
Just when it appeared that the movement to dump Donald Trump as the GOP presidential candidate was defeated, it looks like it has come roaring back. And this time, it may have more momentum than ever. As many as 1,000 delegates to the Republican National Convention may have interest in a new… Read More
Trump, or your job? Federal employee forced to choose
Midway through Tomas Strouhal’s daily mail route, a higher-up from the U.S. Postal Service pulled up behind him with some bad news: That Donald Trump bumper sticker on his personal car parked back at the post office had to go. “He said I just need to remove it and that… Read More
Supreme Court defends police powers
A divided Supreme Court bolstered police powers on Monday, ruling that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it. The 5-3 decision drew heated dissents from liberal justices who warned that the outcome… Read More
Benghazi panel misses key report deadline
The House Benghazi Committee missed a self-imposed deadline to issue a report “before summer,” the latest setback for a probe that has gone on for more than two years and drawn scorn from Democrats who say its primary goal is to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. The panel’s chairman, Rep…. Read More
Former House speaker reports to prison
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert must report to a federal prison in southeastern Minnesota this week to begin serving a 15-month sentence in his hush-money case, one that revealed he sexually abused at least four boys decades ago when he coached wrestling at a suburban Chicago high school. Hastert… Read More
Leaked! Clinton’s secret VP list
Political analysts were abuzz when The Washington Post revealed that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s shortlist for vice presidential candidates had been leaked. At the top of the list: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro. Rounding out the 8 other prospective candidates: Labor Secretary Tom Perez Sen. Tim… Read More
You’re fired! Trump cans campaign manager
Political insiders have long speculated that major changes were coming to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign — and today we saw the first of them. Trump’s campaign has announced that longtime campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been fired. “The Donald J. Trump Campaign for President… has today announced that Corey Lewandowski… Read More
Chelsea Clinton gives birth to second child
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is a grandmother twice over. Chelsea Clinton announced Saturday that she has given birth to her second child, son Aidan. The 36-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and current presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton lives in New York. She and her hedge fund manager husband… Read More