Trump campaign pitches — then deletes — food safety changes

Trump campaign pitches — then deletes — food safety changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign pitched rolling back food safety regulations in a fact sheet, arguing they are burdensome to farmers and "overkill." But the campaign later deleted the proposal from its website and offered no explanation.

After sending out the fact sheet Thursday, the campaign issued a new release that did not include the food safety language. The fact sheet was sent out to supplement a speech the billionaire businessman gave to the New York Economic Club that touted fewer regulations but did not specifically mention food safety.

Amid tighter race, Clinton and Trump trade barbs over health
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Amid tighter race, Clinton and Trump trade barbs over health

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton returned to campaigning without offering apologies for keeping her pneumonia a secret, focusing on criticizing opponent Donald Trump instead of how she handled her health problem and the three-day rest ordered by her doctor.

To the strains of James Brown's "I Feel Good," the Democratic presidential candidate returned to the campaign trail Thursday at a rally in North Carolina. It was her first public outing since she stumbled and needed support from aides while leaving a 9/11 memorial in New York last Sunday. The episode, caught on video, was attributed to dizziness and dehydration. And it led to an acknowledgment by the Clinton campaign that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia two days earlier.

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