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Rebuking Trump, Obama tells graduates walls won’t solve ills
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to shun those who want to confront a rapidly changing world by building walls around the United States or by embracing ignorance, as he delivered a sharp and barely concealed critique of Donald Trump. Obama used his commencement speech at Rutgers University to illustrate a world view antithetical to the ideas espoused by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Looking out at a sea of red and black gowns, Obama told the roughly 12,000 graduating students that the pace of change on the planet is accelerating, not subsiding, and that recent history had proved that the toughest challenges cannot be solved in isolation.
Spin Control: Call to cancel Washington’s presidential primary came too late
Calling for cancellation of the presidential primary may sound good, but it wouldn’t be legal.
Coming up for Trump: Picking a running mate
Donald Trump has essentially seized the Republican presidential nomination, and now he has a key decision: Who will be his running mate?
Clinton winning most votes but not as much enthusiasm
Whether Hillary Clinton is competing against Democratic rival Bernie Sanders or presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, one concern is much the same. They are outsider candidates riding a wave of populist excitement, while she is viewed as a traditional, establishment choice. As a result, her campaign sometimes just looks a little less exciting.
Sue Lani Madsen: Deciding who to vote for isn’t easy, but don’t let that stop you
How will you decide who earns your vote? It isn’t any easier to discriminate fairly between candidates now than it was two centuries ago.
Trump and tabloids: The Donald denies he dished his own dirt
Back when Donald Trump’s love life was tabloid heaven, a Trump spokesman with intimate knowledge of the businessman’s personal relationships offered juicy stories about a failing marriage, a new live-in paramour and three other girlfriends he was juggling at once.
John Doe wants George Washington Bridge list kept secret
A judge has asked media companies seeking a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the 2013 lane closures of the George Washington Bridge to respond Friday to a motion by someone on it who wants to block its release.
Trump, Ryan, pledge to work together, see end to rift in GOP
The country’s two top Republicans emerged from a meeting Thursday pledging to work toward unity. But virtual GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan remain at odds over many issues that have defined conservatism for years.
Hillary Clinton says she supports statehood for DC
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton says she’ll fight to make the District of Columbia the nation’s 51st state if she’s elected president. Clinton wrote about her support for District statehood in an op-ed published Wednesday in the Washington Informer, an African-American newspaper. She says it’s unfair that the District’s 672,000 residents lack voting representation in Congress.
What’s in Trump’s tax returns? A look at how he plays money game
Donald Trump told the Associated Press this week “there’s nothing to learn” from all those income tax returns he won’t release until an ongoing audit wraps up. Really?
Defiant Trump brushes off GOP critics on eve of Ryan meeting
Donald Trump declared Wednesday he doesn’t need support from House Speaker Paul Ryan or other leery Republican leaders, brushing off his Capitol Hill critics even as he prepared to sit down with them. His defiant message came amid new signs that he might be right, with GOP voters becoming more willing to embrace the New York billionaire.
Clinton, Romney challenge Trump on withheld tax returns
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton took aim at Donald Trump on taxes Wednesday and quickly found an unlikely ally: 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
Bernie Sanders to rally Wednesday in Missoula, Billings
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders plans a pair of Montana rallies Wednesday as he seeks to stir support ahead of the state’s June 7 Democratic presidential primary.
White nationalist on list of Trump’s pledged California delegates
A Los Angeles attorney who advocates for the creation of a “white ethno-state” is on an official list of Donald Trump’s Republican convention delegates published Monday night by state election officials.
Shawn Vestal: Stop the presses, Trump was wrong about Spokane economy
This will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Donald Trump’s factual record – and it will make no dent in the blind passion of Trump Nation – but The Donald was wrong about our region’s economy.
Listen to Donald Trump’s comments in Spokane about Fox News’ Megyn Kelly
Also, we have the full audio of Trump’s speech at the Spokane Convention Center on Saturday online.
Key Republicans swing behind Trump; he takes 2 primaries
Congressional Republicans returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to confront an awkward new reality: Donald Trump is their presumptive presidential nominee. Instead of uniting behind him, leading figures like House Speaker Paul Ryan are withholding their support.
Angry voters are always with us
It’s getting so a political junkie can’t watch cable news without some talking head proclaiming voters are angry. Duh. When aren’t American voters angry? It’s their natural state.
Trump concerns cut into House Republicans’ support
Anxiety over Donald Trump spread among congressional Republicans Monday, pushing several to follow House Speaker Paul Ryan’s lead and withhold their support from the divisive billionaire. Ryan himself declared there’s no point in trying to “fake” party unity.
Bernie Sanders’ economic plan would pile $18 trillion on federal debt, study says
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ tax and spending proposals would provide new levels of health and education benefits for American families, but they’d also blow an $18-trillion hole in federal deficits, piling on so much debt they would damage the economy. That sobering assessment comes from a joint analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the Urban Institute Health Policy Center.