Republicans by more than a 20-point margin support Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States – but independents and Democrats oppose the idea by wide margins, producing a broadly negative reaction among Americans overall. All told, 36 percent of adults in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support Trump’s suggestion, while 60 percent say it’s…
(ABC News) — Throughout his improbable run for the White House, Bernie Sanders has boasted that he “has never run a negative ad.” That seemed to change over the weekend, when a Washington Post report noted a new digital advertisement from the Sanders campaign, portraying Hillary Clinton as a candidate funded by banks and “other big money interests.” Within hours…
Since Donald Trump and his helicopter descended on the Iowa State Fair back in August, the billionaire businessman has been the steady front-runner in Iowa, surviving attacks from fellow candidates, controversial proposals and a short-lived burst in two polls from Dr. Ben Carson. Now, seven weeks away from the Iowa caucus, Trump is fending off his biggest threat yet from…
(ABC News) — Following a private roundtable meeting with pastors and religious leaders in Chicago, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson addressed the healing that needs to happen in the city following the police-involved shooting death of Laquan McDonald, calling the shooting “despicable” and “abominable.” Chicago police have been under scrutiny since the public release of dash cam video that appears to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales without congressional approval. White House adviser Valerie Jarrett says the president has asked his team to complete a proposal and submit it for his review “in short order.” She says the recommendations will include measures to expand background checks. Jarrett spoke…
House Republicans have nominated Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan to become the chamber’s next speaker.
Just a day after Ben Carson blew open a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in the state of Iowa in a new Monmouth University poll, a new poll shows the New York real estate mogul’s national advantage is slipping away.
Lawyers for a former Republican staffer fired from the House Benghazi committee on Tuesday challenged comments by the panel’s GOP chairman, calling them “unequivocally false” in an escalating internal dispute just days before Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies.
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Gov. Nikki Haley has suspended Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet after he was indicted Thursday on a misconduct in office charge following an armed confrontation with his neighbor.
