WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) – A New Jersey man is facing a fine for flying flags that support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Joseph Hornick thought West Long Branch police were responding to his reports that the flags proclaiming “Trump Make America Great Again” had been vandalized. Instead, he was ticketed for violating an…
NEW YORK (AP) – The race for the Democratic nomination is intensifying as candidates cast doubt over each other’s qualifications to be president at overlapping press conferences. Sanders told journalists in Philadelphia Thursday that he raised questions about Clinton’s qualifications to be president because “that was what was thrown at me.” “If Secretary Clinton thinks……
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – There’s a dilemma facing GOP senators this year. Many say they’ll support whoever becomes the Republican presidential nominee. But none of them are rushing to embrace Donald Trump. When Trump came to St. Louis last month for a raucous rally with thousands, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt was more than 130…
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman’s comment to a Milwaukee TV station that Wisconsin’s newly enacted voter ID law will “make a little bit of a difference” in helping the GOP in November has sparked retorts on social media. WTMJ-TV reports that a link to a video of Grothman’s comment had been retweeted…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hillary Clinton is questioning Bernie Sanders’ ability to get things done. The Democratic presidential candidate’s comments came after a drubbing by Sanders in Wisconsin on Tuesday. The two are pivoting to upcoming contests in New York and Pennsylvania. Clinton Wednesday is telling the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia that people are “hungry…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A published report says Donald Trump would force Mexico to pay for a border wall, if elected president, by cutting off billions of dollars in remittances by immigrants living in the U.S. The report, in Tuesday’s Washington Post, cites a two-page memo sent by the Republican presidential front-runner outlining how he would…
WASHINGTON (AP) – On the eve of the Wisconsin primary, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is now predicting that he’s “going to have a really, really big victory.” Trump’s rhetoric in the state has grown increasingly confident over the last three days. Saturday morning, he was on the defensive, complaining about the coverage he’s received from…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Deal-maker Donald Trump has lived his life as one long negotiation. He goes with his gut and wings it when necessary. Should Trump become president, the White House could well be transformed into the world’s highest-profile improv club. It’s part of what delights Trump’s followers and horrifies his critics. All of it…
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – A federal trial date has been set for an Ohio college student who rushed the stage at a Donald Trump rally. Chief Magistrate Sharon Ovington in Dayton on Thursday scheduled trial for May 31 for 22-year-old Thomas DiMassimo on a charge of illegally entering a restricted area. She also scheduled an…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Bernie Sanders has raised more than $4 million since his victories in Saturday’s contests in Washington state, Hawaii and Alaska. Sanders’ campaign spokesman Michael Briggs said Monday that the fundraising shows that the “people backing Bernie are charged up.” It’s one of Sanders’ largest post-election fundraising hauls during his primary fight…