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Hillary Clinton interviewed by FBI about private email server
Hillary Clinton has been interviewed Saturday by the FBI about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
Trump, Sanders rallies in Spokane racked up big police overtime costs
Donald Trump’s one-hour speech at the Spokane Convention Center in May cost the police department more than $65,000 in overtime.
Trump-Maples engagement ring fetches $300,000 at auction
A large diamond engagement ring that Donald Trump gave his second wife has sold for $300,000 at a New York City auction.
Donald Trump campaign broke law by soliciting foreign donations, complaint alleges
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has his own email scandal. In a complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, a pair of non-partisan campaign finance watchdogs alleged that the Trump campaign solicited campaign contributions from foreign government officials. Not only is it illegal for a candidate to accept money from foreign nationals, it’s also a violation of the law to ask for it.
Aide: Clinton opposed private emails accessible to ‘anybody’
Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said in a legal proceeding that Clinton did not want the private emails that she mixed in with State Department emails on her private computer server to be accessible to “anybody,” according to transcripts released Wednesday.
Evangelist Franklin Graham has ‘zero hope’ in Democrats or GOP
Evangelist Franklin Graham brought his 50-state tour to Olympia Wednesday, urging Christians to repent and get involved in politics to head off God’s judgment on America.
North America leaders urge against Trump’s isolationism
The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico convened a summit Wednesday intended to reaffirm their close cooperation on security, the environment and trade at a time of rising extremist threats around the globe and isolationist calls in the American presidential campaign.
‘Move on’ from Benghazi? Republicans say it’s unlikely
Hillary Clinton said it’s “time to move on” after a congressional report on the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks accused the Obama administration of lethal mistakes, but produced no new evidence pointing to wrongdoing by the former secretary of state. Not likely, especially in an election year with Clinton’s presidential rival – Donald Trump – lashing out.
Obama: No huge change anticipated from EU exit
President Barack Obama talks about Britain’s pending exit from the European Union.
Trump’s shifting position Muslim ban causes confusion
Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee with sliding poll numbers, his spokeswoman said he’s no longer seeking the ban on Muslims entering the U.S.
Clinton’s campaign likely to move past Benghazi investigations
House Republicans on Tuesday released their long-awaited report on the fatal attacks in Benghazi, concluding that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her team failed to act on intelligence that warned of the risks posed by violent extremists.
Trump emails: Can you spare $10 to help elect a billionaire?
With the simple tap of the “send” button one day last week, Donald Trump collected $3 million in campaign contributions – as much as he did in the entire month of May. He had asked for donations of $10 or more, with the promise of adding $2 million of his own money.
Trump’s failed Baja resort fits business pattern
When Stephenee Simms heard in 2006 that Donald Trump was building condo towers in Baja California, Mexico, the lure of a posh weekend getaway on the rustic coast just south of Tijuana was hard to resist.
More Clinton emails released, including some that were deleted
Another 165 pages of emails from Hillary Clinton’s time at the State Department surfaced Monday, including nearly three dozen that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee failed to hand over last year that were sent through her private server.
Trump’s budget, tax plans add at least $10 trillion to debt, study shows
A new Washington study says Donald Trump’s tax and budget plans would make the national debt skyrocket by $10 trillion or more over the coming decade, mostly because of his ambitious and expensive tax cuts.
Clinton, Warren event a VP preview?
Elizabeth Warren offered an impassioned endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Monday morning, symbolically unifying the Democratic Party behind the presumptive nominee and giving voters a rousing preview of what could be a historic joint ticket.
Business promotion and politics par for Trump’s golf tour
Donald Trump moved from hole to hole on his wind-swept Scotland golf course Saturday, not a club in hand but promotion on his mind, extolling North Sea views that are among “the great sights of the world.”
Here’s what Britain’s vote to leave the EU tells us about the U.S. presidential election
The Britons who voted to take their country out of the European Union were predominantly white, working class, older and deeply upset about immigration.
Trans-Atlantic Trend? Trump sees UK vote as validation
Britain’s stunning vote to bolt from the European Union sent political tremors across the Atlantic Friday, fueling Donald Trump’s confidence that frustrated U.S. voters will back similarly sweeping change and rattling Democrats who are banking on Americans ultimately choosing a more conventional leader in Hillary Clinton.
Sue Lani Madsen: Blue or red, state political conventions are ‘slightly crazy’
Sue Lani Madsen’s observations on attending the Washington State Democrats convention.