AMY CHOZICK The parents of two Americans killed in the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, filed a lawsuit Monday against Hillary Clinton, saying that her “’extreme carelessness’ in handling confidential and classified information” while secretary of state contributed to the conditions that led to their sons’ deaths. In the wrongful-death […]
ALAN RAPPEPORT Donald Trump will look to move past a week of turmoil Monday as he heads to Michigan to deliver a policy address on a subject that he considers his strong suit: the economy. Trump, who will be joined by his running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, will speak at a Detroit Economic […]
NICK CORASANITI GREEN BAY, Wis. — Moving to heal a deepening rift within the Republican Party, Donald Trump belatedly endorsed the primary campaign of Speaker Paul D. Ryan here Friday, giving his backing to the re-election effort of the nation’s most powerful elected Republican. “I support and endorse our speaker of the House, Paul Ryan,” […]
NICHOLAS CONFESSORE Donald Trump all but erased his enormous financial disadvantage against Hillary Clinton in the span of just two months, according to figures released by his campaign on Tuesday, converting the passion of his core followers into a flood of small donations on a scale rarely seen in national politics. Trump and the Republican […]
EDUARDO PORTER It may be hard to remember, but Americans once appreciated the government that serves them. That’s long gone. Over the past six years, according to the Pew Research Center, four out of every five — or more — have said the government makes them feel either angry or frustrated. In March, the ranks […]
STEVE EDER and DAVE PHILIPPS Kitty Bennett contributed research. In 1968, at the age of 22, Donald Trump seemed the picture of health. He stood 6 feet 2 inches with an athletic build; had played football, tennis and squash; and was taking up golf. His medical history was unblemished, aside from a routine appendectomy when […]
Donald Trump, confronting a daunting electoral map and a significant financial disadvantage, is preparing to fall back from an expansive national campaign and concentrate the bulk of his time and money on just three or four states that his campaign believes he must sweep to win the presidency. Even as Trump has ticked up in […]
AMY CHOZICK PHILADELPHIA — Who did Hillary Clinton’s team turn to to create the biographical story of her life? The creator of the TV show “Scandal,” of course. The TV powerhouse Shonda Rhimes, who created the ABC drama about a Washington fixer caught up in a steamy web of sex and betrayal, has made the […]
Democrats Make Hillary Clinton a Historic Nominee PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTIN PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic convention formally nominated Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday, making history by choosing a woman to be the first standard-bearer of a major political party, a breakthrough underscored by a deeply personal speech by Bill Clinton calling her “the best […]
Why I Am Running? By Joshua S. EldenBrady Candidate for 60th District Court AN INDEPENDANT JUDICIARY The prosecutor shouldn’t pick our judges. It is critical that we select a judge who has experience representing everyday people not just governments or corporate interests. I am the only candidate without ties to the Prosecutor’s Office or the […]