WASHINGTON — The Latest on campaign 2016 as California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota vote. (all times Eastern): Updated 4:15 p.m.: Republican Donald Trump says he is concerned he may not receive a fair trial given that he is the presumed Republican nominee for president. In a lengthy statement issued […]
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Trump channeling legitimate feelings
Even Donald Trump’s defenders on the right are hard-pressed to argue that he is conservative. He is, nonetheless, a kind of conservative dream candidate. Few politicians in memory have so powerfully tapped into and expressed the conservative id, which has long yearned for a Republican politician willing to heap the verbal abuse on the Clintons […]
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Sen. Susan Collins calls Donald Trump’s comments unacceptable
Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Monday denounced Donald Trump’s comments about a Latino judge presiding over a lawsuit against Trump University. “Donald Trump’s comments on the ethnic heritage and religion of judges are absolutely unacceptable,” Collins wrote in a news statement. “His statement that Judge (Gonzalo) Curiel could not rule fairly because of his […]
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GOP wants Donald Trump to stop attacks on Judge Curiel
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of powerful Senate Republicans on Sunday warned Donald Trump to drop his attacks on a Latino judge presiding over a lawsuit against Trump University, joining the widespread rejection of their presumptive presidential nominee’s treatment of the federal jurist. A third prominent Republican who also supports Trump urged the candidate to […]
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Analysis: Hillary Rodham Clinton finds her message in Trump takedown
More coverage: Hillary Rodham Clinton gets closer Democratic nomination | Sen. Susan Collins calls Donald Trump’s comments unacceptable NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton may have found her message. Wrapped in the guise of a foreign policy speech, Clinton delivered a political thrashing of Donald Trump on Thursday that was unquestionably a standout moment for a candidate […]
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Suckers for Trump need to believe
Here is how Donald Trump suckers the little people. What follows is a telling of his methods, not commentary on his lack of scruples. The Question: Why didn’t the trail of wreckage left by Trump’s failed businesses deter students from forking over as much as $35,000 for a class at Trump University? The Answer: They […]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton to attack Donald Trump on foreign policy
Analysis: Hillary Rodham Clinton finds her message in Trump takedown WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is set to unleash a major foreign policy attack on Donald Trump, using a speech in San Diego to cast the Republican as unqualified and dangerous. The former secretary of state, who has repeatedly called Trump a “loose cannon,” will seek […]
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An alarming statement
There is no honor in proclaiming the hope that if something bad occurs to a lot of people, one could benefit from that crisis. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, whatever their shortcomings, have never come close to making a statement of that tenor. Donald Trump did, we learned recently, when before the 2008 housing crash […]
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Donald Trump says he gave $5.6 million to veteran charities
NEW YORK — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump provided details Tuesday of the charities that received millions of dollars from a veterans’ fundraiser he held earlier this year following sustained pressure from media outlets trying to account for the promised funds. Trump told reporters at a news conference in New York that his fundraiser, […]
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Bernie needs a hard dose of reality
“You can’t always get what you want.” — The Rolling Stones A few words in defense of pragmatism. That ideal has taken quite a beating lately, mostly at the hands of Bernie Sanders and his supporters. The Vermont senator faces a virtually impossible deficit in his battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. […]