Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaire’s for-profit businesses, according to interviews and a review of legal documents. Those cases, which together used $258,000 from Trump’s charity, were among four newly documented expenditures in which Trump may have violated laws against “self-dealing” — […]
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Donald Trump campaign focuses on rural towns, skips swing-state cities
KENANSVILLE, N.C. — Donald Trump is spending a good bit of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he’s spending Tuesday evening far from cities like Charlotte and Raleigh where many candidates have courted moderate voters in recent years. Instead, he’s zeroing in on this tiny, rural town of about 850 people to make […]
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Support the Republican Party
Those of us who are conservatives believe in family values, God in the public square and small government. In recent years those beliefs have been scorned, mocked and torn apart, right in front of our eyes, by the liberals and the media. Conservatives must fight that onslaught. The Republican party platform, which is family friendly, […]
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Donald Trump says ‘profiling’ might be needed to fight terrorism
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Donald Trump said Monday that authorities might have to engage in racial profiling to more effectively fight the threat of terrorist attacks in the United States. “Our local police, they know who a lot of these people are. They are afraid to do anything about it because they don’t […]
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Trump deflects all criticism, working to re-invent himself
WASHINGTON — If you are the status quo candidate in a change election in which the national mood is sour and two-thirds of the electorate think the country is on the wrong track, what do you do? Attack. Relentlessly. Paint your opponent as extremist, volatile, clueless, unfit, dangerous. Indeed, Hillary Clinton’s latest national ad, featuring […]
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Trump unfit for the job, so what are we?
“I know you are, but what am I?” Maybe you remember that one from the schoolyard. It was one of those unanswerable taunts — “I’m rubber, you’re glue” was another — widely favored by smart-alecky kids, a bit of verbal judo that took an attacker’s thrust and turned it back against her. “I know you […]
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Donald Trump says President Obama was born in the U.S.
WASHINGTON — After five years as the chief promoter of the false idea that President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States, Donald Trump admitted on Friday that the president was — and claimed credit for putting the issue to rest. “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period,” Trump said in […]
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Gov. Paul LePage predicts Donald Trump will win Maine
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Merrill Auditorium on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, in Portland. Gov. Paul LePage has predicted that Donald Trump will secure three of Maine’s four electoral votes. LePage, who has said recently he won’t speak to reporters anymore, told a reporter for Brietbart News, a conservative […]
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Choice of vice president makes a difference
A friend 15 years older than Hillary Clinton recently came down with a mild pneumonia that sounds just like hers. Five days later, he was on a ladder pruning trees. The doctor wanted more rest, but he’s fine. And so will Clinton be. I will dispense with the interminable chitchat of whether she should have […]
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Campaign roundup: Donald Trump talks about economic plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roundup of coverage of the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): Hillary Clinton says she focuses on policy not flash Hillary Clinton says she’ll never be as flashy as rival Donald Trump. And that’s ok, says the Democratic nominee. Clinton is pointing to Trump’s Thursday interview about his health on the Dr. […]