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Politics - The Boston Globe

posted onOctober 31, 2018
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White House says Trumps to go to Pennsylvania on Tuesday | TheHill

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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on Monday, despite local officials' concern about such a visit. During a rare news briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday said the Trumps are visiting "to express the support of the American people and grieve with the Pittsburgh community." The trip comes amid a nationwide controversy over the president's heated rhetoric and how much it has fueled political and religious divisions. Sanders became emotional while delivering a lengthy defense of Trump's feelings toward the Jewish community, noting he is "the grandfather of several Jewish grandchildren

Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border | TheHill

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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The U.S. military will send more than 5,200 active duty troops to the southern border with Mexico by the end of the week, the Defense Department announced Monday. “By the end of this week will we deploy over 5,200 soldiers to the southwest border. That is just the start of this operation; we’ll continue to adjust the numbers and inform you of those,” U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command head Gen.

White House won't say which news outlets are 'enemy of the people' | TheHill

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday declined to name which news outlets or journalists, specifically, condemning her and Trump’s attacks on the press after the network received an explosive device in the mail last week. "The President, and especially the White House Press Secretary, should understand their words matter," Zucker said last Wednesday.

Trump: I’d be very happy with Hillary as 2020 Democratic nominee | TheHill

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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MORE ran against him again in the 2020 presidential election.  "Who’s your dream person to run against in 2020?" Fox's Laura Ingraham asked Trump in a pre-recorded interview set to air during her Fox News show.  "So far I like them all," Trump replied.  Ingraham asked how he would feel if Clinton ran again.  "I like her too, I’d be very happy with Hillary," Trump said.

Team Clinton says there’s no way Hillary’s running again | TheHill

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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MORE is not running for president again, longtime advisers and confidants said on Monday as they pushed back on reports that the 2016 Democratic nominee is weighing another White House run. The allies acknowledge Clinton is wistful about what could have been had she won the presidential election against MORE and wants to continue to help the Democratic Party.

Donald, Melania Trump Traveling to Pittsburgh After Synagogue Shooting

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders revealed the news at the White House press briefing on Monday. Sanders again condemned the anti-Semitic shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, calling the hatred that fueled the attack a “plague to humanity” and expressing solidarity with the police officers who were also shot and wounded. She reminded reporters that President Trump “cherished” the Jewish-American community. “He adores Jewish-Americans as part of his own family,” she said, recalling that Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump was Jewish and that he son-in-law Jared Kushner was the descendant o

Democrat Hurls Racial Slurs at African-American and Latino Republicans

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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The video, captured by the Republican National Committee, shows an African-American man holding a Menendez campaign sign telling a Latino Republican, “You’re going to be deported. You’re going to be sent back to your hometown. Believe that.” “You are a coon, man. You have to go,” said the Menedez supporter to the African-American Republican. “You gotta go. You have to go.” Amidst the racial slurs, the African-American Republican asks the Menendez supporter to “name one stance” of Menendez’s that he supports.

Democrat Hurls Racial Slurs at African-American and Latino Republicans

posted onOctober 30, 2018
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The video, captured by the Republican National Committee, shows an African-American man holding a Menendez campaign sign telling a Latino Republican, “You’re going to be deported. You’re going to be sent back to your hometown. Believe that.” “You are a coon, man. You have to go,” said the Menedez supporter to the African-American Republican. “You gotta go. You have to go.” Amidst the racial slurs, the African-American Republican asks the Menendez supporter to “name one stance” of Menendez’s that he supports.