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Donald Trump

Poll: Americans happy at home, upset with federal government

CHICAGO (AP) — All that talk of an angry America? An Associated Press-GfK poll finds that most Americans are happy with their friends and family, feel good about their finances and are more or less content at work. It's government, particularly the federal government, that's making them

Donald Trump

House Speaker Ryan rules out presidential bid, again

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is definitively ruling out a bid for president this year, telling the GOP, "Count me out." In a statement at the Republican National Committee, Ryan said if the party can't choose a nominee on the first ballot, the eventual choice

trump

Most voters say ‘meh’ — at best — on presidential field

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most American voters say "meh" — at best — about the 2016 field of presidential candidates in both parties. That's according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which shows that a majority of Americans believe none of the remaining candidates for president represents their opinions at

Donald Trump

Boston Globe attacks Trump with fake front page

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has the Boston Globe in a tizzy. On Sunday, the paper published a fake front page with "news stories" from a day-in-the-life of America under an imagined Trump presidency. The page, published as part of the paper's Ideas section, appeared

Democrats

Run against Obama

When a Republican has been in the presidency for eight years, as George W. Bush was, Democrats run against the Republicans. When a Democrat has been in office for eight years, as Barack Obama will soon have been, Republicans run against Republicans. This is a year in which the multiple

Donald Trump

Voters turned off by Trump, Clinton, poll shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — In any other election year, more than half the country holding an unfavorable impression of a candidate for president would be cause for alarm. This is not a normal year.

hillary clinton

Sanders’ hit on Clinton not the first, or likely the last

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders' claim that Hillary Clinton isn't qualified to be president landed with a boom this week. The blow was far from the first — and won't likely be the last — from the candidate who pledged to stay away from negative campaigning.

Barack Obama

Do our leaders have the political will to fight ISIS?

President Obama is signaling his plans for an extensive effort aimed at getting Merrick Garland confirmed to the Supreme Court. A front-page New York Times article lays out what it describes as "a deliberate White House strategy," consisting of three phases, including "speeches, interviews and other public