NEW YORK — 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, the prospective […]
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I cannot support Trump or Hillary
I can remain silent no longer. It is with great anguish that I announce publicly that I will not vote for the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president. I do have standards. This comes from one who has been active in the Republican Party for 48 years — since 1968. During that time, I have […]
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Comparisons between candidates
If anyone is having trouble deciding who is the better candidate for president, I have some comparisons: Able to accept criticism (Hillary Clinton) or becomes angry at criticism (Donald Trump). Knowledgeable about public policy (Clinton) or ignorant of policy (Trump). Experienced in public service as U.S. Senator and Secretary of State (Clinton) or no public […]
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Donald Trump makes ‘dishonest press’ part of campaign strategy
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s favorite nickname for the news media is the “dishonest press.” He swaps in “disgusting press” from time to time. And sometimes, he puts it all together: “disgusting, dishonest human beings.” The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has a whole menu of takedowns for individual reporters and news organizations. In recent weeks, […]
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Barack Obama slams Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American security and a menacing echo of some of the most shameful moments in U.S. history. Obama’s rebuke was his most searing yet of the man seeking to take […]
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Russian hackers hit DNC computers, steal research on Trump
WASHINGTON — Sophisticated hackers linked to Russian intelligence services broke into the Democratic National Committee’s computer networks and gained access to confidential emails, chats and opposition research on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, people familiar with the breach said Tuesday. The firm, CrowdStrike Inc., said the DNC asked it to investigate a suspected breach of […]
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Orlando Shooting: Fact checking Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald Trump
MORE COVERAGE: Hillary Rodham Clinton to present ‘ambitious new goals’ on economy | Donald Trump to ramp up critique of Hillary Rodham Clinton as failure | Hillary Rodham Clinton vets 3 VP possibilities The presumptive presidential nominees — Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump — gave dueling speeches on June 13 in the aftermath of the Orlando mass shooting. […]
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GOP faces tough road ahead
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton faces a strategic choice. She can concentrate on closing off Donald Trump’s potential openings with the white working class. Or she can build large leads among more affluent voters, many of whom are moderate and see Trump as dangerous, extreme and temperamentally unfit. She will necessarily do some of both — […]
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Donald Trump says thousands in U.S. are ‘sick with hate’
KPTV – FOX 12 WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump asserted Monday there are thousands of people living in the United States “sick with hate” and capable of carrying out the sort of massacre that killed at least 49 people in a Florida nightclub. “We can’t let people in. … We have to be very, very […]
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Analysis: Donald Trump is still running his primary campaign
Donald Trump ran a brilliant Republican primary campaign. The problem? He’s running that exact same campaign in the general election. Trump cruised to the Republican nomination on the strength of his hard-line stance on immigration (build wall, make Mexico pay for it) and his willingness to savage the other 16 people running against him (“Low […]