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Campaign 2016
With less than three weeks until the election, the Republican Party is in a state of historic turmoil, encapsulated by Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the election’s outcome if he loses. The extraordinary debate declaration sent the GOP scrambling to protect against what some in the party privately acknowledge could be a landslide victory for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
The Democratic nominee has embraced the first lady’s role on the trail, and Obama has demonstrated an ability to do what Hillary Clinton herself has struggled with for much of her campaign: explain why voters should vote for her.
Hillary Clinton speaks with Donald Trump at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. (Photo: Getty Images; video: Post)
Speaking first at the Al Smith charity dinner in New York City, Donald Trump took the opportunity to unleash a torrent of very not-light-hearted jokes about Hillary Clinton.
Her sharp decline in support is the latest sign that the unpopularity of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump could put Republican control in Congress in serious jeopardy.
Local officials said the attack was by sleeper cells trying to alleviate pressure on besieged Mosul.
Federal prosecutors plan to charge Harold T. Martin III with violating the Espionage Act for what is thought to be the largest theft of classified government material ever.
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The Israelis were welcoming but armed. The Palestinians took selfies and felt comfortable enough to complain a little. Both sides seemed a little stunned to be celebrating a Jewish holiday together.
A grand experiment is underway to determine whether millions of gallons of wastewater can help replenish a depleted aquifer in the state’s Hampton Roads region, which would follow California, Saudi Arabia and Australia in using such a method.
Dubbed the Alan Turing law, the move amounts to a very late apology achieved through an amendment to a bill that originally criminalized same-sex relations.
Campaign 2016
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“How can you call him a con artist and dangerous and object to all the controversial things he says and say I am still going to vote for him?” Obama asked of Sen. Marco Rubio, who is facing a tough reelection campaign.
Wallonia is only about the size of Connecticut, but this week it is threatening to derail a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Canada that encompasses a quarter of the world’s economic muscle.
In a court hearing Thursday, journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely testified that she believed the account of “Jackie” but also failed to reach out to key people: “It was a mistake to rely on someone whose intent it was to deceive me.”
The hardscrabble Northeastern Pennsylvania home town of Joe Maddon has shaped the man trying to lead the Cubs to a title. Turns out he's shaping it too.
What do you get the man or woman who has everything? The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, an annual exercise in all things excessive, has more than 700 ideas for you.
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Election-free video: No Trump, no Clinton. Just stunning drone footage of Versailles.
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Trump has suggested jailing Clinton. In some countries, threat of prison is a political reality.
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