WASHINGTON (AP) — Roundup of coverage of the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): Hillary Clinton’s doctor says she is recovering from her pneumonia and remains “healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States.” The statement was part of medical information Clinton’s campaign released Wednesday after her pneumonia diagnosis last week. The campaign says […]
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Dr. Oz reviews Donald Trump’s medical report
FLINT, Michigan — Donald Trump on Wednesday handed over a one-page summary of his recent physical on a doctor’s television show — but the campaign won’t reveal what was disclosed. Trump, ever the showman, appeared on “The Dr. Oz Show” in what was billed by the campaign as a discussion about his general well-being and […]
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Leaked Colin Powell emails criticize Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, in newly leaked emails, criticized both major presidential candidates, calling Donald Trump “a national disgrace” and lamenting Hillary Clinton’s attempt to equate her email practices with his. The emails were first reported by Buzzfeed News late Tuesday. Powell, a respected retired general who served under Republican presidential […]
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Donald Trump unveils child-care policy influenced by Ivanka Trump
ASTON, Pa. — Donald Trump, in softer tones than he normally uses, on Tuesday unveiled several policy proposals for lowering child-care costs that were crafted in part by his eldest daughter, Ivanka, including a plan to guarantee six weeks of paid maternity leave that marks a striking departure from GOP orthodoxy. Conservative Republicans, in particular, […]
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Trump’s wall worth consideration
WASHINGTON — Just because Donald Trump isn’t qualified to be president — and just because much of his agenda is hateful and undesirable — doesn’t mean that everything he says is automatically wrong. Some of his ideas deserve consideration and enactment. One of these is building a wall across our southern border with Mexico. It […]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton to release additional medical details
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roundup of news from the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): Updated 12:30 p.m.: Hillary Clinton’s campaign says it will be releasing additional medical information about the Democratic presidential nominee in the next few days. Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said the new information should assuage concerns about her health. He said Clinton will […]
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Sen. Susan Collins did not agree to be used in Clinton ad
Some of the other critiques of Trump such as “race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot” are left to Sen. Lindsey Graham and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who calls him a fraud. Collins made waves in early August when she announced she would not endorse Trump because he “does not reflect historical Republican values.” The announcement put Maine’s senior senator on […]
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Trump has honest, common sense
As a former Democrat, I wonder how other voters can make an educated choice on Election Day if all they read are liberal newspapers and use mainstream television as their only source of information about the presidential candidates. Those sources are gravely biased, which should be illegal. Whatever happened to equal time for fairness? By […]
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Hooray for Trump
My wife said that Donald Trump is bad news and Hillary Clinton is the only choice. Let me see … what is in her background? Clinton said that Benghazi was the result of an anti-Islam video. That was a lie. She wants open borders, but what is the benefit? It would be easier for drug […]
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Poll: Hillary Clinton leads in Maine but Donald Trump could win 2nd District
Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton led Republican Donald Trump by 9 percentage points in a new Maine poll released Wednesday, but deep polarization leaves an opening for Trump to win the state’s northern half. The survey from Emerson College in Boston is a fascinating demonstration of the long-observed “two Maines” political conflict between the liberal south and more conservative north, […]