Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said she “does not recall” ordering emails related to State Department business to be deleted or permanently erased from her personal server after she left her post in 2013, according to sworn testimony made public Thursday. The testimony, obtained by the conservative group Judicial Watch, marked the first time Clinton was […]
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‘Needy Latinos’ – Campaign Convo Between Podesta And Clinton Leaked
In a purportedly hacked email released on the WikiLeaks website, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta appears to write to Hillary Clinton and a top aide urging Clinton to call prominent Latino politicians, including former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Energy Secretary Federico Pena to ask for their support. The subject line of […]
Trump to sue NY Times over sexual harassment claims
“None of this ever took place,” Trump reportedly told Times reporter Megan Twohey in a phone interview Tuesday night. He also called Twohey “a disgusting human being” and said he would sue the Times if it published the article, the paper reported. The Times published its report Wednesday night. It features two women — Jessica […]
Multiple women claim Trump groped them
“He was like an octopus,” she said. “His hands were everywhere.” Ms. Leeds has told the story to at least four people close to her, who also spoke with The New York Times. Ms. Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at Bayrock Group, a real estate investment and development company in Trump Tower in Manhattan, when […]
Putin says: ‘vote Trump or face nuclear war America’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Americans should vote for Donald Trump as president next month or risk being dragged into a nuclear war, according to a Russian ultra-nationalist ally of President Vladimir Putin who likes to compare himself to the U.S. Republican candidate. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a flamboyant veteran lawmaker known for his fiery rhetoric, told Reuters in […]
Utah: Republican For 48 Years, This Election May Change That
Utah has been solidly Republican at the presidential level for the past 48 years. But the leaked tape of Donald Trump bragging about groping and kissing women without their consent may have been the last straw for socially conservative voters in this heavily Mormon state. Soon after the tape surfaced, several prominent Republicans in the […]
Trump as President is ‘dangerous’, says UN rights chief
Donald Trump’s “deeply unsettling and disturbing” views make him a danger internationally, the UN’s human rights chief has said. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein cited Mr Trump’s comments on the use of torture and his attitude to “vulnerable communities”. The Republican presidential candidate’s campaign has been marked by a number of […]
Three very rich men discuss Trump, taxes, and the 1%
Pickens made the disclosure about his tax bill to CNN’s Carol Costello in a joint interview with billionaires Ken Langone and Leon Cooperman. The conversation touched on the three men’s wealth, their charitable work, and the current presidential election. Pickens, who fell off the Forbes billionaires list in 2014, said he isn’t paying taxes because […]
To Fight Obesity W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks
The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to impose a tax on sugary drinks to battle the growing obesity epidemic and presented new data on the beneficial health effects of such a tax. A tax on sugary drinks raising their price 20 percent would result in a proportionate reduction in consumption of such drinks, […]
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“People To Live On Mars” says Obama
For years, President Obama has been saying the U.S. must send humans to Mars. Permanently. There was the 2010 speech when he said, “By the mid-2030s, I believe we can send humans to orbit Mars and return them safely to Earth. And a landing on Mars will follow. And I expect to be around to […]
Clinton takes double digit lead in polls
As Donald Trump’s campaign reels over tapes of the presidential candidate’s sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005, the Republican nominee now trails Hillary Clinton by double digits among likely voters, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The poll, conducted on Saturday and Sunday but before the second presidential debate, shows Clinton […]
Trump, if elected, to “jail” Clinton
Donald Trump’s pledge Sunday night that he would order his attorney general to investigate Hillary Clinton, and his quip that she should “be in jail,” is a direct breach of the tradition of nonpartisan rule of law. “If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look […]