NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The presidential candidates are getting ready for Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, and GOP front-runner Donald Trump is aiming for his first win. Trump is facing intense pressure to perform after coming in second in the Iowa caucuses. But he says although he’d like to win in New Hampshire, he doesn’t need to. Democrat Hillary Clinton faces an…
(ABC News) — Hillary Clinton’s strong national lead over Sanders is essentially gone and, instead, the Democratic race is incredibly close, according to a national Quinnipiac poll released today. Clinton received 44 percent of support while Sanders can boast about 42 percent, his highest support in any national poll to date. The former secretary of state’s 31 point lead over the…
(ABC News) — President Obama said the “durable” U.S. economy has continued to grow this year despite what Republican presidential candidates have been claiming on the campaign trail. “I know that’s still inconvenient for Republican stump speeches as their doom and despair tour plays in New Hampshire. I guess you cannot please everybody,” Obama said. Employers added 151,000 new jobs…
(ABC News) — Donald Trump says he will now attend Fox News’ March 3 debate moderated by Megyn Kelly despite last week’s boycott. “I’ll be there, I have no objection to being there,” Trump told NewsMax’s Steve Malzberg. “That had nothing to do with Megyn Kelly, it had to with the memo sent out by Fox that was a little…
U.S. employers added 151,000 jobs in January, a sharp deceleration from recent months. Getty Images WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC News) — The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in January, a slowdown from recent months but still a sign of a solid job market. Employers raised pay, more people felt confident enough to look for work and the unemployment rate dipped to…
(ABC News) — Just five days before New Hampshire voters will have their say in their state’s first-in-the-nation primary, there was another first in the Granite State: Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanderswent toe-to-toe on a debate stage, just the two of them. The intimate setting led to some of the most heated exchanges of the campaign so far, reflecting the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A month into the legislative session state senators are no closer to finding a way to fix South Carolina’s crumbling roads but they spent hours arguing over their inability to officially debate the issue. Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler criticized his colleagues Thursday for “dilly-dallying” on the public’s top priority. The Gaffney Republican says it’s time…
(ABC News) — Marco Rubio said he already knows what the outcome would be in matchup with Hillary Clinton in the general election. “If I run against her, I’d beat her. And they know it too. Hillary Clinton does not want to run against me,” he told ABC News’ Jon Karl. “They don’t want to run against me,” he added. “I…
MANCHESTER, NH (ABC News) — After disappointing finishes in the Iowa Republican caucuses Monday, the three remaining current and former governors in the presidential race have less than a week to win over voters in New Hampshire, a state on which all have pinned their campaigns. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich…
(ABC News) — It wasn’t an official debate, but it was close. Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton took the stage separately Wednesday night in a “presidential town hall” forum on CNN. Moderator Anderson Cooper and New Hampshire voters peppered them with questions ranging from the political to the personal. Each candidate got an hour to themselves, dedicating…
