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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Lynden, Wash.

Donald Trump’s latest campaign shifts are not likely to be his last

August 19, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

One of the top reasons voters have flocked to Donald Trump's campaign has been because the tough-talking businessman "tells it like it is," polls have shown. But what, exactly, Trump...

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland arrives for a breakfast meeting with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 12, 2016.

Top GOP senator meets Obama’s Supreme Court pick to tell him there will be no vote

June 19, 2019 at 7:16 p.m.

The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee sat down for breakfast with President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Tuesday as a courtesy meeting, to tell the judge there would be...

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland en route to meet his first Republican senator, Mark Steven Kirk of Illinois, on Capitol Hill.

White House says it’s chipping away at GOP resistance to considering Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland

June 24, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

Never before has a Supreme Court nomination fight been won or lost in a photo op. But little about this Supreme Court nomination fight is ordinary. And so the scene...

John Kasich, Ohio governor, announced July 21, 2015, that he will seek the Republican nomination for president.

Republicans want to cut government spending? Not these Trump supporters

June 21, 2019 at 4:28 a.m.

Retired cop Bruce Everitt displays a Confederate flag in his frontyard, patrols the neighborhood in a golf cart to watch for suspicious strangers and dons a "Make America Great Again"...

Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio (left) and Ted Cruz.

Rubio, Cruz scramble to scoop up donations as Republican race broadens to more states

August 19, 2019 at 12:21 a.m.

As the rambunctious race for the Republican presidential nomination transforms into a more nationally oriented contest, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are battling not only for political dominance but also...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton signs her autograph for a supporter at a campaign event Friday in Las Vegas.

Trump, turnout and 4 other things to watch for in Nevada and South Carolina

August 19, 2019 at 12:21 a.m.

Voters in Nevada and South Carolina — two very different states — will make their choices Saturday in this year's unpredictable presidential nominating season, with Democrats in Nevada appearing surprisingly...

Donald Trump supporters in South Carolina: ‘We’re voting with our middle finger’

August 19, 2019 at 12:21 a.m.

Robert Bowers, a 50-year-old debt collector, conceded that Donald Trump may have gone "overboard just a little bit" when he attacked President George W. Bush, saying he lied about weapons...

Rising consumer demand is expected to boost the economy this year and next, potentially encouraging growth in both wages and employment, the nonpartisan<a data-topic-id="ORGOV000034163" href="#">Congressional Budget Office</a>said.

Economy grows, but so does deficit, thanks to tax breaks, budget office says

June 11, 2018 at 5:47 a.m.

The U.S. economy is on track to expand "solidly" this year, but the federal deficit is creeping up again, thanks in large part to a package of tax breaks enacted...

Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois leads a rally outside the White House to urge President Obama to grant temporary protected status to some immigrants already ordered to be deported.

Obama’s ‘Deporter-in-Chief’ label revived in recent weeks, angering Dems

May 14, 2019 at 5:46 a.m.

President Obama endured the "Deporter-in-Chief" label for months, only shedding it in 2014 when he used executive action to stop the removal of otherwise law-abiding immigrants in the U.S. illegally....

Reporters for the Las Vegas Review-Journal broke the story about the buyers of their own newspaper.

A defiant Las Vegas newspaper stands up to casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson

June 22, 2019 at 6:08 p.m.

"Get ready to write a story about this," Las Vegas Review-Journal Deputy Editor Jim Wright told his two best reporters as newspaper employees gathered for a mysterious staff meeting this...

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