Thursday, October 20, 2016

Donald Trump's Week of Misrepresentations, Exaggerations and Half-Truths and other top stories.

  • Donald Trump's Week of Misrepresentations, Exaggerations and Half-Truths

    As August ended, a new Donald Trump emerged. Coached by his third campaign management team, he stayed on message, read from a teleprompter, and focused on policy. It lasted about a month. After he lied on Sept. 16 that he was not the person responsible for the birtherism campaign to delegitimize Barack Obama’s presidency, POLITICO chose to spend a week fact-checking Trump. We fact-checked Hillary Clinton over the same time too.Story Continued Below We subjected every statement made by both the..
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  • The FBI Investigation of EmailGate Was a Sham

    The FBI Investigation of EmailGate Was a Sham
    FBI Director James Comey. From the moment the EmailGate scandal went public more than a year ago, it was obvious that the Federal Bureau of Investigation never had much enthusiasm for prosecuting Hillary Clinton or her friends. Under President Obama, the FBI grew so politicized that it became impossible for the Bureau to do its job – at least where high-ranking Democrats are concerned. As I observed in early July, when Director James Comey announced that the FBI would not be seeking prosecution..
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  • Police: California stabbing suspect lashed out at party

    Police: California stabbing suspect lashed out at party
    PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A 21-year-old man stabbed six people early Saturday at a California house party, lashing out after he bumped into someone and a fight erupted, authorities said. Two people were critically injured and four others were hospitalized in stable condition, police said. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please click the button below to manage your account. Subscribe ..
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  • Three found dead in Southern California home after child calls 911, teen missing

    Three found dead in Southern California home after child calls 911, teen missing
    Police in Southern California found three people murdered inside a home Saturday and are searching for a 17-year-old girl who also lived there. Officers responded to the home in Fullerton, 26 miles southeast of Los Angeles, at around 8:20 a.m. local time after a child called 911 to report that her parents had died. Inside, first responders discovered the bodies of two men and a woman. Two young children were found unharmed. "Anytime someone loses their life it's a tragedy," Fullerton Police Sgt..
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  • Native Hawaiians: Is change in federal status a sign of progress?

    Native Hawaiians: Is change in federal status a sign of progress?
    A change in federal policy Friday, as the Department of Interior announced that it had finalized a rule that would allow a native Hawaiian government to form a formal government-to-government relationship with the United States.The rule “provides the Native Hawaiian community with the opportunity to exercise self-determination,” US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said in a statement. It is the result of several years of meetings in Hawaii and across the rest of the US, and takes into con..
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  • Baltimore Shooting: Gunmen Wound Eight, Including 3-Year-Old Girl

    Baltimore Shooting: Gunmen Wound Eight, Including 3-Year-Old Girl
    BALTIMORE — Three gunmen shot and wounded eight people including a 3-year-old girl on an east Baltimore street Saturday night, police said, adding the suspects fled and the victims were all expected to survive. The shooting erupted outside some rowhouses about 8:30 p.m. after the three armed men converged on the group from different points, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said at a news conference. Baltimore police work the scene of Saturday's shooting. Steve Ruark / AP ..
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  • Clinton leans on Obamas to pull off a win

    Clinton leans on Obamas to pull off a win
    President Barack Obama’s third term? Sure, Hillary Clinton will take it, if that’s what it takes to get African-Americans and millennials to show up on Election Day in the numbers her campaign now thinks she needs to defeat Donald Trump. After months of carefully wording her speeches and answers to praise Obama while stressing her differences, Clinton’s campaign this weekend began an Obama-centric push that will carry through Nov. 8. From hiring Obama campaign alums to cutting ads and fundrais..
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  • Journey From Class Clown to Suspect in Chelsea Bombing

    Journey From Class Clown to Suspect in Chelsea Bombing
    No surprise, but Ahmad did what he wanted. By senior year, Maria was pregnant. The teenagers were excited, holding hands in the hallways, grinning and touching each other. In a prom picture, Maria is pregnant, wearing a shy smile and a white dress. Ahmad seems happy, too, wearing a shiny pink vest and a matching tie over a white shirt.His father had had enough. One day, Ahmad came to school upset, Ms. Podhradsky said. His parents were forcing him to move back to Afghanistan after graduation.In ..
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  • Suspect charged in Washington mall shooting

    Suspect charged in Washington mall shooting
    Arcan Cetin, 20, was taken into custody Saturday night after a nearly 24-hour manhunt, authorities said.Four women and one man died in the shooting Friday night at a Macy's store at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, just north of Seattle.The victims' identities have not been released. Authorities arrested Cetin as he walked down the street near his home in Oak Harbor, Washington. When officers confronted him, he did not run, said Lt. Mike Hawley of the Island County Sheriff's Office. Instead, he f..
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  • The Latest: Protests expected around Charlotte Panthers game

    The Latest: Protests expected around Charlotte Panthers game
    This image made from video provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 shows Keith Scott on the ground as police approach him in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 20, 2016. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department via AP) less This image made from video provided by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 shows Keith Scott on the ground as police approach him in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 20, 2016. ... more ..
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