Donald Trump warns of voter fraud, calls GOP leaders ‘naive’
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump kicked off the week Monday by warning that the 2016 election is rife with voter fraud and blaming GOP leaders for not doing more to stop it.
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Donald Trump could have election ‘stolen’ from him, four in 10 voters say: poll
Forty-one percent of voters say Donald Trump could have the election “stolen” from him through widespread voter fraud, as Mr. Trump re-ups his fears of a “rigged” general election contest.
Hillary Clinton leads big over Donald Trump among Latinos: poll
Hillary Clinton has a big lead over Donald Trump among Latinos — who were a key part of the Obama coalitions in 2008 and 2012 — according to polling released Monday.
Obama touts rising high school graduation rates
In full legacy-building mode, President Obama on Monday is highlighting a rise in high school graduation rates during his administration to a record 83.2 percent, although there’s still a gap between white students and minorities.
Conservatives see political reprisal as Obama administration sues Peter Thiel’s Palantir
A bitter struggle between an innovative Silicon Valley software inventor and the Army has shifted from the raging battlefields of Afghanistan to a sedate federal claims court in Washington.
Emails show Hillary Clinton’s response to LGBT backlash
Hacked emails released in daily dispatches over the weekend by the WikiLeaks group showed Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff worried about a response to the gay community’s backlash over a comment concerning former first lady Nancy Reagan and AIDS. Also among the documents are transcripts of Clinton speeches and question-and-answer sessions that Goldman Sachs hosted in 2013, appearances for which she received hundreds of thousands of dollars.
GOP vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence: We will ‘absolutely’ accept election results
Mike Pence said his ticket will “absolutely” accept the results of the election, saying any sense of a “rigged” election stems from an avalanche of negative media coverage about Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton tweets support Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary was a day of grieving for many in the pro-life movement, a harrowing reminder of the millions of nameless and faceless people who might be here today if not for the abortion giant’s inception a century ago.
Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s remarks offer ‘textbook definition of sexual assault’
Joe Biden said Donald Trump suffers from an “instinctive abuse of power” and that his own words give credence to women who have accused him of groping them.
Trump within striking distance of Clinton despite groping allegations
Donald Trump’s allies tried their best Sunday to tamp down an eruption of stories accusing the Republican presidential nominee of untoward sexual advances against women, as national polls showed the billionaire businessman still within striking distance of Hillary Clinton after a horrendous week.
Judge orders IRS to clear tea party application backlog within month
A federal judge has ordered the IRS to finally clean up the tea party targeting mess, giving the tax agency less than a month to decide on a handful of applications that are still pending more than three years after officials first admitted they were targeting the conservative groups and subjecting them to intrusive scrutiny.
NASA’s Mars mission on standby for word from next president
President Obama set a goal last week of landing a manned mission on Mars by the 2030s, but space exploration advocates say they have no clue whether the next president is prepared to follow through on that goal.
Leaked Podesta emails encourage UFO buffs seeking declassification in a Clinton administration
It’s no secret that the Hillary Clinton campaign chairman is a UFO buff, but the recent WikiLeaks dump of John Podesta’s hacked account sheds new light on how deeply interested he is in extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.
Lawmakers’ wives urge voters to look past Donald Trump’s offensive remarks, focus on policies
As the presidential race sank into R-rated territory, the wives of three sitting congressmen urged a dozen women sipping iced tea at Darryl’s Wood-Fired Grill last week to rise above the fray and get out the vote — for Donald Trump.
Mike Pence: ‘Couldn’t be more proud’ to stand by Donald Trump
Mike Pence said the media are piling on with “unsubstantiated claims” about Donald Trump’s behavior around women and that he “couldn’t be more proud” to stand with him.
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GOP office firebombed in N.C., vandals warn 'Nazi Republicans' to leave town
A North Carolina Republican Party office suffered major damage after being firebombed late Saturday or early Sunday in what a party official described as a "hate crime," and which presidential nominee Donald Trump promptly blamed on rival Hillary Clinton.