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Associated PressMarch 13, 2017

Rachel Maddow can trace the mood of her audience by looking at the ratings. Her MSNBC show’s viewership sank like a stone in the weeks following Donald Trump‘s election, as depressed liberals avoided politics, and bottomed out over the holidays. Slowly, they re-emerged, becoming active and interested again. Maddow’s audience has grown to the point […]

Associated PressFebruary 13, 2017

Teachers from elementary school through college are telling students how to distinguish between factual and fictional news — and why they should care that there’s a difference. As Facebook works with The Associated Press, FactCheck.org and other organizations to curb the spread of fake and misleading news on its influential network, teachers say classroom instruction […]

Associated PressFebruary 10, 2017

Around 6:30 each evening, Secret Service agents gather in the dim hallways of the West Wing to escort Donald Trump home. For some presidents, the short walk between the Oval Office and the White House residence upstairs is a lifeline to family and a semblance of normal life. Others have used the grand residence for […]

Shane MurphyJanuary 22, 2017

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Martin DyckmanJanuary 21, 2017

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Finding ourselves in the neighborhood, we made a point of visiting a most famous site Friday to pay our respects to a First Couple who truly did make America great again. No matter what anyone else pretends, the nation is still great. Whether we can remain so is in some doubt. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterNovember 29, 2016

Donald Trump’s transition finance committee will host a major fundraiser in New York next week, and several well-known Florida politicos are among those supporters listed on the invitation. The fundraiser, which was first reported by POLITICO, is scheduled for Dec. 7 in New York. According to POLITICO, the $5,000 per person fundraiser will benefit Trump […]

Associated PressNovember 28, 2016

The drama, disputes and falsehoods that permeated Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign are now roiling his transition to the White House, forcing aides to defend his baseless assertions of illegal voting and sending internal fights spilling into public. On Monday, a recount effort, led by Green Party candidate Jill Stein and joined by Hillary Clinton‘s campaign […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterNovember 16, 2016

Florida is going through a growth spurt. The Sunshine State’s population grew by 333,471 between April 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016. That marks the greatest annual increase in residents since 2006, according to a report by the Office of Economic and Demographic Research. The state’s population was more than 20.1 million as of April […]

Associated PressOctober 20, 2016

Bitter presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have one more face-to-face showdown before Election Day. And they’re supposed to make it funny. The venue just 24 hours after their third and final debate is the annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York, a white-tie gala that every four years becomes a […]

Associated PressOctober 3, 2016

In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts and talked about which ones he’d like to have sex with. The Associated Press interviewed more than 20 people — […]

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Fueled by Donald Trump opponents, Rachel Maddow’s popularity rises

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For Donald Trump, a solitary start to life in the White House

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A visit to Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park home gives insight, solace

Several top Florida fundraisers among those listed as hosts for Donald Trump transition event

Donald Trump drama rolls on: Disputes, falsehoods hit transition

Florida sees greatest annual increase in population since 2006

Day after debate, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton square off again at roast

How Donald Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism