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October 01, 2016

Talk of sex tapes take presidential campaign on sordid turn

Donald Trump is encouraging voters to check out a "sex tape" featuring the former beauty queen with whom he's feuding.

October 01, 2016

Mormons gather in Utah to hear guidance from leaders

Mormons are gathering in Salt Lake City to listen to speeches from church leaders at a twice-yearly conference. More than ...

October 01, 2016

Florida Senate: Underdog struggles against incumbent Rubio

A Democratic congressman with little name recognition is struggling to stop Florida's GOP Sen. Marco Rubio from being ...

October 01, 2016

Alabama chief justice suspended for defiance on gay marriage

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the bench Friday for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, more ...

September 30, 2016

Doctor's letter says Gary Johnson 'extremely physically fit'

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, a triathlete who has climbed Mount Everest, released a letter Friday from ...

September 30, 2016

Trump: Presidential campaign could be good for his hotels

Donald Trump suggests in a videotaped deposition released Friday that his presidential campaign could boost business at his ...

September 30, 2016

Clinton in a landslide _ in endorsements: Do they matter?

"A clear and present danger to our country." ''Xenophobia, racism and misogyny." ''Beneath our national dignity." Those ...

September 30, 2016

Clinton calls Trump Twitter tirade 'unhinged, even for him'

Hillary Clinton is criticizing Donald Trump's Twitter tirade against a former beauty pageant winner, calling it "unhinged, ...

September 30, 2016

Senators: Some mail-in voter registration deadlines defy law

Two Democratic senators say nine states are violating federal law with their mail-in voter registration deadlines for the ...

September 30, 2016

US official: Hackers targeted election systems of 20 states

Hackers have targeted the voter registration systems of more than 20 states in recent months, a Homeland Security Department ...

September 30, 2016

'Guac the Vote:' Houston taco trucks seek to register voters

At Tacos Tierra Caliente — a food truck parked in a section of Houston where Spanish is spoken as often as English — $1.

September 30, 2016

Alabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the bench Friday for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, more ...

September 30, 2016

13K people text woman, not C-SPAN, about presidential debate

A Virginia woman says she received more than 13,000 text messages and 600 calls after C-SPAN accidentally plastered her ...

September 30, 2016

The Latest: Ivanka Trump promotes dad's childcare proposals

The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 8:30 p.m. Donald Trump is out with a new ad starring his daughter, ...

September 30, 2016

Clinton's 'nasty' Trump ads are mostly his own words

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is making "nasty" ads about him. Most of Clinton's commercials about Trump, though, merely ...

September 30, 2016

Twitter, 'lies' and videotape: Trump shames beauty queen

Plunging deeper into campaign controversy, Donald Trump publicly shamed a former beauty queen on Friday for her "disgusting" ...

September 29, 2016

Duterte 'happy to slaughter' drug suspects; mentions Hitler

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised the rhetoric over his bloody anti-crime war to a new level Friday, comparing it ...

September 29, 2016

Pink Floyd alum Roger Waters slams Trump, Mexican president

Former Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters lashed out at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the first of three ...

September 29, 2016

In Charlotte, police shooting affects presidential politics

The killing of a black man by a Charlotte police officer, and the sometimes violent protests that followed, have intensified ...