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Associated PressAugust 22, 2016

It was a very busy, very lucrative weekend for Hillary Clinton in the summer playground of the East Coast’s moneyed elite. She brunched with wealthy backers at a seaside estate in Nantucket, snacking on shrimp dumplings and crab cakes. A few hours later, she and her husband dined with an intimate party of thirty at […]

Associated PressAugust 22, 2016

President Barack Obama is returning from vacation rested and ready for a busy fall, including pressing Congress for money to protect against the Zika virus and fending off lawmakers’ attacks over the administration’s $400 million “leverage” payment to Iran. Obama also is expected to campaign doggedly to help elect Democrat Hillary Clinton as president. Obama […]

Associated PressAugust 22, 2016

More than 6,000 permits have been issued to hunt Florida alligators, and some 13,000 hunters have applied for permits. The Naples Daily News reported that each permit allows a hunter to kill two alligators during the hunting season which began last week. Florida has more than a million alligators, according to estimates, and they’re in […]

Associated PressAugust 21, 2016

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Donald Trump‘s campaign expenses more than doubled last month, even as the Republican presidential nominee held his payroll to about 70 employees, aired zero television advertisements and undertook no significant operational build out across the country. Instead, about half of the campaign’s $18.5 million in spending was vacuumed up by Giles-Parscale, a web design and […]

Associated PressAugust 20, 2016

Donald Trump is on the clock. He has about 80 days to reset and rally a presidential campaign that’s done little but stagger since the close of the Republican convention. The GOP nominee’s allies say the celebrity businessman and his new leadership team are “laser-focused” and ready to direct the billionaire’s venom against Democratic Hillary […]

Associated PressAugust 19, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott says officials have identified a second area of Zika transmission on the U.S. mainland. Scott told reporters Friday that five Zika infections have been linked to an area that encompasses most of tourist-friendly South Beach. Florida Department of health spokeswoman Mara Gambineri says officials believe the cases were transmitted by mosquitos. Another […]

Associated PressAugust 19, 2016

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A federal judge has turned down a request from Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart and six school districts to take over a lawsuit that challenges the state law preventing some students from being promoted to the fourth grade. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled Friday following an emergency hearing. His decision means that the dispute will […]

Associated PressAugust 19, 2016

Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort is resigning from the campaign. In a statement, Trump praised Manafort’s work on the campaign and called him a “true professional.” Manafort is stepping down in the wake of a campaign shake-up, as well as revelations about his work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. According to the […]

Associated PressAugust 18, 2016

For the first time since declaring his presidential run, Republican Donald Trump offered an extended apology to those who may have been hurt by his caustic comments, saying that he regrets some of what he’s said “in the heat of debate.” “Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you […]

Associated PressAugust 18, 2016

Gawker.com, the brash New York website that broke new ground with its gossipy, no-holds-barred coverage of media, culture and politics, is shutting down after 14 years, brought low by an unhappy, but deep-pocketed, subject. The news — appropriately enough, broken by Gawker itself — follows the sale of the site’s parent company to Univision. Founder Nick Denton reportedly told staffers Thursday […]

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As Hillary Clinton asks for money, what she says remains a mystery

Barack Obama returning from summer vacation ready for busy fall

13,000 hunters apply for gator permits

Donald Trump campaign doubles spending, not ground game

Donald Trump and new team have little time to execute new strategy

Confirmed: South Beach 2nd area of Zika transmission

Federal judge says ‘no’ to student promotions case

Paul Manafort to resign from Donald Trump campaign

A first for the Donald: Trump says he regrets hurtful comments he’s made in heat of debate

Gawker dies next week, killed by an unhappy subject