CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger says he cannot support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. During an appearance Wednesday on CNN, Kinzinger said he is unlikely to vote for Trump because the nominee was “beginning to cross a lot of red lines of the unforgivable in politics.” CBS-Chicago reports that in an email, Kinzinger’s spokeswoman…
The report shows that many businesses are still hiring even as growth has been sluggish this year
WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump’s campaign says it raised $80 million in July to support his bid as well as the Republican Party. The numbers mark a significant upswing since May, when Trump was badly outraised by Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. He now has $37 million cash-on-hand. Clinton raised $63 million in July for her…
DETROIT (AP) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says recent tragedies involving police and blacks have “awakened a pain” in people that crosses all boundaries. Lynch made the remarks in Detroit at the first of what she says will be a series of forums to improve communication between police and the community. She says the…
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Paul Ryan is airing a campaign ad in which he says he is “committed to securing our borders” with an image of a fence as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump repeatedly promises to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The ad comes a day after Trump thanked Ryan’s primary…
METAIRIE, La. (AP) – Louisiana’s law requiring eyebrow threaders to take 750 hours in beauty school is raising eyebrows and a lawsuit. A libertarian nonprofit law firm says it is suing. Threading plucks hair by pulling twisted thread along the skin, rather than tweezing hairs one at a time. Louisiana threaders need an esthetician’s license,…
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland is praising the bravery of those who formed a human chain Saturday to help rescue someone caught in the flood waters Mikulski said Monday it “took my breath away.” She toured Main Street in Ellicott City, where catastrophic flooding devastated local businesses and claimed two lives.…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A federal judge in North Carolina has decided not to rule immediately on whether to block a portion of a state law governing the use of public bathrooms by transgender people. U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder heard evidence Monday, ahead of a November trial that will determine the law’s longer-term prospects.…
NEW YORK (AP) – A new poll shows about three out of four Americans believe Donald Trump will further divide the country if elected, but doubts remain about Hillary Clinton’s ability to unite as well. The survey released Monday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found only about a third of people…
MIAMI (AP) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott says there are 10 new infections of the Zika virus likely transmitted by mosquitoes, bringing the total in the state to 14. The new cases are clustered in the same square-mile neighborhood in Miami-Dade County identified last week. Florida health officials said in a news release Monday they…