Tag: 2016 Elections

"And if we shrug this off as just another gaffe from Trump, folks across this country will think there is nothing wrong with this blatant discrimination," Keith Ellison said. (AP Photo)

Ellison urges Muslims to unite behind Clinton for fear of Trump

Ryan Lovelace · July 28, 2016 7:33 pm

Hillary Clinton's nomination is widely hailed as the breaking of, in Eleanor Clift's words, "America's 240-year glass ceiling." (John Taggart/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

A glass ceiling overdue for breaking

Michael Barone · July 28, 2016 7:22 pm

"My fear now is not what Trump might do, it's what we might not do," the civil rights leader said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jesse Jackson: My biggest fear isn’t Trump

Ariel Cohen · July 28, 2016 7:13 pm

Putting all of the GOP's dirty laundry on display at the convention last week may have helped Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Was Trump’s poll rise because of, not despite, the convention?

Sean Higgins · July 28, 2016 6:57 pm

Democrats and the press got upset about Donald Trump's comments about Russia and Hillary Clinton's emails. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Limbaugh: Dems, media thought they won on Clinton emails

Rudy Takala · July 28, 2016 6:53 pm

A top environmental group added Donald Trump to its list of top anti-environmentalists. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Energy and Environment

Clinton needs to focus on climate change, environmentalist says

Kyle Feldscher · July 28, 2016 6:49 pm

CORRECTS DATE IN SECOND SENTENCE - FILE - In this March 21, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Washington. Republican and Democratic presidential candidates clashed over the role of government, and its limitations, in enforcing U.S. national security Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following deadly attacks on the Brussels airport and metro system. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

WH: Trump and Clinton will get intel briefings

Susan Crabtree · July 28, 2016 6:35 pm

Chelsea Clinton’s big task: Examining Politics day 4 preview

Chelsea Clinton’s big task: Examining Politics day 4 preview

Lisa Ruhl · July 28, 2016 6:33 pm

Nancy Pelosi thinks she has white men figured out

Beltway Confidential

Nancy Pelosi thinks she has white men figured out

Ashe Schow · July 28, 2016 6:26 pm

"This is the monster they created. This is their Frankenstein," said Rep. Adam Schiff. (Wikimedia Commons)

Schiff: Trump is the Republicans’ Frankenstein

Mariana Barillas · July 28, 2016 6:05 pm

As the Sony Pictures hack revealed a couple of years ago, cyber attacks aren't limited to "critical infrastructure" targets, and hits on soft targets like a movie studio or the offices of a political party can have major consequences.

Does the U.S. have a credible cyber deterrence policy?

Charlie Mitchell · July 28, 2016 5:52 pm

"It is not treason," the New York Times said of Donald Trump jokingly inviting Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails. "It is constitutionally protected free speech." (AP Photo)

NYT: Trump’s Russia comment is ‘not treason’

Eddie Scarry · July 28, 2016 5:43 pm