Fatalities and Injuries from Terrorist Attacks in Iraq | FindTheData RALEIGH, North Carolina — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who frequently criticizes U.S. foreign policy under President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has praised former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s ruthlessness. “Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, right? … But you […]
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Four reasons why the ‘Dump Trump’ effort will likely fail
UPDATES: Donald Trump praises Saddam Hussein for killing terrorists ‘so good’ | Analysis: For Hillary Rodham Clinton, character questions to persist | FBI says Hillary Rodham Clinton was careless but not criminal | Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama campaign in North Carolina | FBI says Hillary Rodham Clinton was careless but not criminal WASHINGTON — A diverse Republican band of Donald Trump haters, conservatives and […]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama campaign in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eight years after Hillary Clinton helped unite Democrats behind Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, he’s returning the favor. Obama and Clinton are making their first joint appearance of the 2016 campaign Tuesday in North Carolina, hours after FBI Director James Comey announced he was not recommending charges be brought against Clinton for her […]
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FBI says Hillary Rodham Clinton was careless but not criminal
Thursday’s Congressional hearing: FBI Director says Hillary Rodham Clinton not held to different standard | GOP to examine FBI decision on Hillary Rodham Clinton emails More coverage: Donald Trump won’t let go of star used in weekend tweet | Hillary Rodham Clinton slams Trump’s business skills in Atlantic City | Donald Trump raises $51 million in June | Analysis: For Hillary Rodham Clinton, […]
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Analysis: Fact checking Gov. Paul LePage’s Richmond town hall meeting
AUGUSTA — When Gov. Paul LePage comes to your town, expect his defiant brand of bombast. Just don’t expect all the facts to check out. The Republican governor started doing town hall-style meetings last year as a way to take his case to the publicduring a budget battle with the Maine Legislature. Since then, he’s […]
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Paul LePage says he won’t be Donald Trump’s vice president
Gov. Paul LePage took a low-key tone this morning during his weekly radio appearance on WVOM. LePage has shut out media interviews — except for the WVOM hosts and Ray Richardson, he said this morning — so his radio interviews and town hall meetings represent the only opportunities to hear him speak in public. Here’s a […]
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Campaign defends Donald Trump tweet using Star of David
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton’s campaign is “ridiculous” to portray an anti-Clinton tweet that appeared to depict the Star of David atop a pile of cash as anti-Semitic. In a statement issued by his Republican presidential campaign Monday evening, Trump suggested Clinton and her allies were using the matter to distract from her […]
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Getting Hillary Rodham Clinton records takes more and more time
Thursday’s Congressional hearing: FBI Director says Hillary Rodham Clinton not held to different standard | GOP to examine FBI decision on Hillary Rodham Clinton emails More coverage: Donald Trump won’t let go of star used in weekend tweet | Hillary Rodham Clinton slams Trump’s business skills in Atlantic City | Donald Trump raises $51 million in June | Analysis: For Hillary Rodham Clinton, […]
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Newt Gingrich on Donald Trump’s short list for VP
WASHINGTON — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has begun formally vetting prospective vice presidential picks. The New York billionaire is considering former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, among what he previously described as a short list of possible running mates. Their inclusion was confirmed by people with direct knowledge […]
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U.S. flags at half-staff almost 90 percent of the time
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The three states of northern New England lowered the American flag a total of 10 times last year to commemorate the deaths of lawmakers, service members and others. An analysis by The Associated Press found that on nearly 90 percent of days last year, one or more states were flying the American […]