PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh company that enrolls more than 100,000 students at for-profit trade schools and colleges across the U.S. is not admitting wrongdoing as part of a $95.5 million settlement with the Obama administration. The settlement was announced by the Justice Department on Monday. It resolves allegations that Education Management Corp. used illegal … Continue reading
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he would consider closing U.S. mosques with radical leadership because of the Paris attacks. “I would hate to do it, but it’s something that you’re going to have to strongly consider,” Trump told MSNBC on Monday. He said the government should increase surveillance in and … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton underplayed the role of big money in her campaign and Bernie Sanders leaned again on outdated stats on his signature issue, income inequality, in the weekend Democratic presidential debate. A look at some of the claims Saturday night and how they compare with the facts: SANDERS: “I am running … Continue reading
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said he would cut down on illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border by cutting all benefits that he says attracts illegal immigration. The comments came during a press availability Sunday after he and his wife spent the day campaigning in southern Nevada. He spoke at an … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly Paris attacks have intensified Republican opposition to letting thousands of Syrian refugees come to the United States. Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio on Sunday said the United States cannot do so because it’s impossible to know whether people fleeing Syria have links to Islamic militants — an apparent shift from … Continue reading
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Fresh from the second Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton has suggested that Bernie Sanders would raise middle-class taxes and “scrap” President Barack Obama’s health care law, in an escalating critique of the Vermont senator. Joined by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, at a fall barbecue, the front-runner said Sunday … Continue reading
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican David Vitter has turned to reality TV star Willie Robertson to try to help him move past a years-old prostitution scandal that has been revived in the Louisiana governor’s race. Robertson, one of the bearded men of “Duck Dynasty,” is featured in Vitter’s latest TV ad, which begins airing … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to deport millions of undocumented immigrants is unrealistic and would cost the nation hundreds of billions of dollars. In an interview Thursday with ABC News, Obama suggests imagining the images on screens flashed around the world as parents are dragged away from … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential rivals Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are backpedaling furiously as they try to outmaneuver each other on immigration. Rubio co-wrote a massive 2013 immigration bill that passed the Senate. He disavows it now, but Cruz won’t stop talking about it. Cruz opposed the bill, but he offered amendments to … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — For most presidential candidates, a compelling personal history is an essential item in the campaign tool kit. Think Hillary Rodham Clinton and her campaign statements about fighting for women. Marco Rubio and his biography of the immigrant family that made good. Carly Fiorina and her “secretary to CEO” career path. Ben Carson … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two-thirds of Virginia’s Democratic superdelegates are publicly backing Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid, including all of the state’s Democratic congressional delegation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe, also a superdelegate, is another public Clinton supporter. He has been friends with Clinton for many years and helped manage her unsuccessful 2008 campaign. Ten out of … Continue reading
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, brushing aside any recent claims of civility, has equated Ben Carson’s childhood “pathological temper” to the illness of a child molester, questioned his religious awakening and berated voters who support him. “How stupid are the people of Iowa?” declared Trump during a rally at Iowa … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has locked up public support from half of the Democratic insiders who cast ballots at the party’s national convention, giving her a commanding advantage over her rivals for the party’s presidential nomination. Clinton’s margin over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is striking. Not only … Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is using a Southern campaign swing to outline criminal justice proposals she says would treat black Americans more fairly. The trip to Georgia and South Carolina comes as Clinton works to solidify her advantage in the African-American community over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Both candidates have … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump raised nearly $4 million in contributions in three months despite eschewing traditional fundraising. Documents filed with federal regulators Thursday show the billionaire businessman raised $3.9 million between July 1 and the end of September. Trump often boasts that he’s self-funding his campaign and has not engaged in … Continue reading
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