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What Donald Trump would do on his first day in office
Donald J. Trump: What I would do on my first day in office....
Candidates react to Trump’s controversial abortion comments
Donald Trump has now walked back a statement he made just hours ago that women who undergo abortions, if there were a ban on the procedure, should be punished. The controversial statement was made during a taping of a town hall held by MSNBC, a portion of which was released by the cable network ahead of the full town hall,...
Teen No Longer Needs Lung Transplant After ‘Miracle’ Recovery
A high school senior is heading home after what she calls a "miracle" recovery from a lung disease, to the point that she no longer needs a lung transplant. Michelle Harris, of Chicago, has a rare autoimmune disease called granulomatosis with polyangiitis that affected her lungs. The 18-year-old high school...
State of California flouts its own enviro laws, claims county threatening multi-million-dollar suit
Sacramento County is threatening to fine Caltrans millions in taxpayer dollars for drilling hundreds of wells over a period of decades in violation of laws aimed at protecting groundwater, records show. The county set the possible fine at as much as $5.23 million per day to locate and follow proper procedures for a fraction of...
Clinton strategist on running against Trump
Donald Trump is an out-of-the-mainstream candidate vying to lead a fractured party whose nomination would make some traditionally Republican states competitive for Democrats, Hillary Clinton's chief strategist argues. But Joel Benenson also acknowledges none of that guarantees the billionaire businessman would lose in...
Jamar Clark death: No charges for police over fatal shooting
Minneapolis police officers will not be charged over the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old unarmed man. The prosecutor said evidence showed he was not handcuffed when he was shot, contrary to reports at the time. Police responded in November to an alleged assault by Clark and said he interfered with paramedics. His...
Threats Persist as Obama Hosts His Final Nuclear Security Summit
President Barack Obama will host his fourth and final nuclear security summit in Washington this week with tons of loose nuclear material still not sufficiently secured and still potentially accessible to terrorists or other individuals with malicious intentions. The White House says that while it is impossible to...
Piers Morgan wrecks Michelle Field’s claim
Nice one Piers! If a male reporter tried to claim this was 'battery', he'd be rightly mocked. Toughen up, @MichelleFields. https://t.co/JuysRTwRTJ — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 29 марта 2016...
Susan Sarandon: Donald Trump Might Be Better Than Hillary Clinton
Susan Sarandon is not sure she could bring herself to vote for Hillary Clinton if the Vermont senator fails to win the Democratic Party’s nomination — and besides, she says, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump may be the better option over Clinton, anyway. In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Monday, the...
Patty Duke Is Dead at 69
Patty Duke died this morning. According to her rep, Mitchell Stubbs, the cause of death was sepsis from a ruptured intestine. The actress, whose real name was Anna Pearce, was 69. "She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a mental health advocate and a cultural icon," Stubbs added in a statement. "She...
Ted Cruz dodges question about whether he’s ‘always been faithful’ to his wife
Texas senator Ted Cruz could have put the National Enquirer scandal to rest with a simple statement that he has never strayed in his 14-year marriage. But he didn't… As reported by Daily Mail: Ted Cruz declined to answer a question on Monday about whether he has ever been unfaithful to his wife Heidi. 'Senator...
Newt Gingrich warns GOP not to steal nomination from Donald Trump
.@newtgingrich: “You can’t steal the nomination from @realDonaldTrump w/out him potentially walking & taking almost all the party w/ him.” — Fox News (@FoxNews) 29 березня 2016 р. This is exactly what Trump supporters plan on doing if his nomination is stealing: They'll stay home during...