Illinois Congressman repays Uncle Sam for redecorating office
Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock repaid $40,000 from his personal checking account for redecorations to his congressional office in the style of the TV show “Downton Abbey,” according to financial records...
View ArticleClinton Foundation will keep taking foreign donations
The board of the Clinton Foundation said Wednesday night that it will continue accepting donations from foreign governments, but only from six nations, a move that appears aimed at insulating Hillary...
View ArticleClintons collect $30 million in speaking fees
Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton reported Friday that they earned more than $30 million combined in speaking fees and book royalties since January 2014, putting them firmly...
View ArticleHillary Clinton boosted tax breaks for non-profits
As first lady in the final year of the Clinton administration, Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed a White House plan to give tax breaks to private foundations and wealthy charity donors at the same time...
View ArticleThe Clinton’s complex, and hidden, finances
The newly released financial files on Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s growing fortune omit a company with no apparent employees or assets that the former president has legally used to provide...
View ArticleYes, both Clintons are multi-millionaires
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, earned more than $139 million between 2007 and 2014, according to eight years of federal income...
View ArticleTrump: No citizenship for babies of illegal immigrants
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to deny citizenship to the babies of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as part of an immigration plan that emphasizes border security and...
View ArticleItems missing from Clinton’s State Dept. calendar
An Associated Press review of the official calendar Hillary Clinton kept as secretary of state identified at least 75 meetings with longtime political donors, Clinton Foundation contributors and...
View ArticleEmails: Democratic hostility to Sanders
A cache of more than 19,000 emails from Democratic party officials, leaked in advance of Hillary Clinton’s nomination at the party’s convention next week in Philadelphia, details the acrimonious split...
View ArticleClinton still hedging on email ‘truths’
Hillary Clinton asserted Friday that FBI Director James Comey said she was truthful in her statements to investigators about her private server and use of private emails — and that those statements...
View ArticleTrump picks Perry for Energy Sec.
Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Energy secretary, has close ties to the Texas oil industry and has corporate roles in two petroleum companies pushing to get government approval...
View ArticleWikiLeaks CIA hacks: Should we worry?
WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that the anti-secrecy organization said were classified files revealing scores of secrets about CIA hacking tools used to break into targeted computers,...
View ArticleIowa caucus crashes; Results delayed
As candidates head to New Hampshire, critics of Iowa's caucus system say it may be time to scrap the state's first of the year primary.
View ArticlePartial Iowa caucus results show Buttigieg, Sanders leading
The party’s caucus crisis was an embarrassing twist after months of promoting Iowa as a chance for Democrats to find some clarity in a jumbled field.
View ArticleSOTU: Trump exaggerates and lies; Pelosi shreds
Trump lied and exaggerated more than 30 times in a 78-minute speech that was more hyperbole and campaign propaganda than a report on the state of a divided nation.
View ArticleDNC wants recount of chaotic Iowa caucus
A night of system crashes and error-prone reporting of votes displayed an out-of-control caucus system that can not be trusted.
View ArticleTrump resorts to attacks, lies, insults
He declares two split votes "total acquittal" and calls Democrats "evil" and "corrupt" and suggests retributions against those who put America and the Constitution before his own greed and corruption.
View ArticleAs acquitted Trump returns to form, Democrats regroup
With luck, Trump will talk himself into another crisis while claiming an exoneration that didn't happen.
View ArticleDemocrats feeling a sense of urgency as debate ears
The Iowa caucus debacle and an emboldened Trump may finally force the party of the donkey to focus on a singular message.
View ArticleDemocratic frontrunners become targets in debate
The purported winners of the Iowa caucus became the targets of their opponents in New Hampshire debate.
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