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Donald Trump’s campaign confirmed that the candidate is off the campaign trail Sunday to get ready for his first presidential debate with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but was mum on preparation strategy or likely tactics. “He's the unpredictable X factor,” campaign manager Kellyae Conway said on “Fox News Sunday” about Trump and his unconventional debate style. To be sure, Trump, despite being a first-time candidate, performed well enough in the primary debates -- which included seasoned debaters like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie -- to capture the GOP nomination. However, whether his aggressive style can prevail against Clinton, a seasoned politician, re...

Donald Trump’s campaign confirmed that the candidate is off the campaign trail Sunday to get ready for his first presidential debate with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton but was mum on preparation strategy or likely tactics. “He's the unpredictable X factor,” campaign manager Kellyae Conway said on “Fox News Sunday” about Trump and his unconventional debate style. To be sure, Trump, despite being a first-time candidate, performed well enough in the primary debates -- which included seasoned debaters like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie -- to capture the GOP nomination. However, whether his aggressive style can prevail against Clinton, a seasoned politician, re...

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, ousted last month from her perch atop the Democratic Party, is fighting to hold onto her House seat and now is facing criticism for scheduling a weekend debate with a surging challenger that few voters may have actually seen -- while indicating she won't face him again before their Aug. 30 primary. In the South Florida race, even the local Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Sun-Sentinel took a shot at Wasserman Schultz for setting debate “terms” that resulted in the incumbent facing off against primary challenger Tim Canova early Sunday moing. “The 8 a.m. start time fuels the argument that Wasserman Schultz only wants to hold debates at inconvenient hours with limi...

The Libertarian Party ticket, facing what polls show are two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in mode American history, is seeing a bump in support as the general election race moves into full swing – and a surge in interest that could carry nominee Gary Johnson onto the prized debate stage this fall. Despite Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s popularity issues and trust gap with voters, few expect the Libertarian ticket to pose a Ross Perot-style threat this year. But the party is far more than a political curiosity in 2016. Rumors are swirling in the wake of the major-party conventions that high-profile Republicans are now considering backing the ticket; a recent video f...

The Libertarian Party ticket, facing what polls show are two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in mode American history, is seeing a bump in support as the general election race moves into full swing – and a surge in interest that could carry nominee Gary Johnson onto the prized debate stage this fall. Despite Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s popularity issues and trust gap with voters, few expect the Libertarian ticket to pose a Ross Perot-style threat this year. But the party is far more than a political curiosity in 2016. Rumors are swirling in the wake of the major-party conventions that high-profile Republicans are now considering backing the ticket; a recent video f...

The Libertarian Party ticket, facing what polls show are two of the most unpopular presidential candidates in mode American history, is seeing a bump in support as the general election race moves into full swing – and a surge in interest that could carry nominee Gary Johnson onto the prized debate stage this fall. Despite Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s popularity issues and trust gap with voters, few expect the Libertarian ticket to pose a Ross Perot-style threat this year. But the party is far more than a political curiosity in 2016. Rumors are swirling in the wake of the major-party conventions that high-profile Republicans are now considering backing the ticket; a recent video f...

The Commissionon Presidential Debates on Sunday issued another statement in an apparent effort to end criticism by Donald Trump’s campaign about two of the events being scheduled during televised NFL games -- and suggested Trump is fighting a losing battle. “It is impossible to avoid all sporting events, and there have been nights on which debates and games occurred in most election cycles,” the commission wrote. “A debate has never been rescheduled as a result.” Two of the three debates scheduled in September and October will be televised during NFL games. On Sept. 26, the night of the first debate, ESPN will carry the Monday night game featuring the Falcons vs. the Saints. On Oct. 9...

The Commissionon Presidential Debates on Sunday issued another statement in an apparent effort to end criticism by Donald Trump’s campaign about two of the events being scheduled during televised NFL games -- and suggested Trump is fighting a losing battle. “It is impossible to avoid all sporting events, and there have been nights on which debates and games occurred in most election cycles,” the commission wrote. “A debate has never been rescheduled as a result.” Two of the three debates scheduled in September and October will be televised during NFL games. On Sept. 26, the night of the first debate, ESPN will carry the Monday night game featuring the Falcons vs. the Saints. On Oct. 9...

The Commissionon Presidential Debates on Sunday issued another statement in an apparent effort to end criticism by Donald Trump’s campaign about two of the events being scheduled during televised NFL games -- and suggested Trump is fighting a losing battle. “It is impossible to avoid all sporting events, and there have been nights on which debates and games occurred in most election cycles,” the commission wrote. “A debate has never been rescheduled as a result.” Two of the three debates scheduled in September and October will be televised during NFL games. On Sept. 26, the night of the first debate, ESPN will carry the Monday night game featuring the Falcons vs. the Saints. On Oct. 9...

Zoe Callaway enjoys going to the rifle range to blow off steam, help fellow University of Delaware students lea gun safety and hone her sharp-shooting skills, but lately she and some classmates feel they are being targeted over their enthusiasm for firearms. Callaway, who grew up around guns and is president of the school’s Students for the Second Amendment club, first sensed the campus-wide opposition to her hobby when the group applied for an extracurricular grant for ammunition. They were denied, then appealed and eventually received a $500 stipend. The victory was short-lived, however, as outraged students successfully pressed school officials to explicitly prohibit ammo funding go...

The terror attack Thursday in Nice, France, that left at least 84 people dead has reignited the refugee debate in the 2016 presidential race, with Donald Trump blasting Hillary Clinton’s calls to let in thousands more and saying, “we’d better get awfully tough.” The terrorist behind the attack, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, was not a refugee but a French resident originally from Tunisia. The attack nevertheless has rekindled conces that accepting more refugees from Islamic State-occupied Syria raises the risk for the U.S. The Obama administration has pledged to accept 10,000 refugees from Syria by the end of September. The Wall Street Joual reported Wednesday that 5,211 refugees had been...

LAKESHIRE, Mo. – An off-duty St. Louis County police officer fatally shot a man as he was trying to enter the officer's home Saturday evening, police said. Police said the off-duty officer, who was not identified, shot and killed 20-year-old Tyler Gebhard after he threw a 50-pound concrete planter through a window to enter the Lakeshire home, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. According to police, Gebhard was known to the family and had recently made online threats toward it and "uninvolved members of the community." St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the officer is a three-year veteran of the department and has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation of ...

LAKESHIRE, Mo. – An off-duty St. Louis County police officer fatally shot a man as he was trying to enter the officer's home Saturday evening, police said. Police said the off-duty officer, who was not identified, shot and killed 20-year-old Tyler Gebhard after he threw a 50-pound concrete planter through a window to enter the Lakeshire home, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. According to police, Gebhard was known to the family and had recently made online threats toward it and "uninvolved members of the community." St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the officer is a three-year veteran of the department and has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation of ...

Democratic members of the Federal Election Commission, in a decision to be made public on Thursday, voted last month to punish Fox News over criteria changes for the network’s first Republican presidential primary debate – but were blocked by Republican commissioners. Commissioner Lee Goodman, one of those who voted to block the move, confirmed the details of the vote to FoxNews.com. He called the attempt to punish Fox News over the debate changes “astonishing” and described it as a move toward censorship. “All press organizations should be conceed when the govement asserts regulatory authority to punish and censor news coverage,” Goodman said in a statement. The vote conceed changes m...

Democratic members of the Federal Election Commission, in a decision to be made public on Thursday, voted last month to punish Fox News over criteria changes for the network’s first Republican presidential primary debate – but were blocked by Republican commissioners. Commissioner Lee Goodman, one of those who voted to block the move, confirmed the details of the vote to FoxNews.com. He called the attempt to punish Fox News over the debate changes “astonishing” and described it as a move toward censorship. “All press organizations should be conceed when the govement asserts regulatory authority to punish and censor news coverage,” Goodman said in a statement. The vote conceed changes m...

Democratic members of the Federal Election Commission, in a decision to be made public on Thursday, voted last month to punish Fox News over criteria changes for the network’s first Republican presidential primary debate – but were blocked by Republican commissioners. Commissioner Lee Goodman, one of those who voted to block the move, confirmed the details of the vote to FoxNews.com. He called the attempt to punish Fox News over the debate changes “astonishing” and described it as a move toward censorship. “All press organizations should be conceed when the govement asserts regulatory authority to punish and censor news coverage,” Goodman said in a statement. The vote conceed changes m...

Aug. 6, 2015: Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Dr. Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and John Kasich debate at the first official Republican presidential debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder ) Democratic members of the Federal Election Commission, in a decision to be made public on Thursday, voted last month to punish Fox News over criteria changes for the network’s first Republican presidential primary debate – but were blocked by Republican commissioners. Commissioner Lee Goodman, one of those who voted to block the move, confirmed the details of the vote...

June 8, 2016: House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. arrives at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) A day after a mass shooting in Orlando, Democratic lawmakers erupted on the House floor with loud criticism of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., and other Republican leaders for leaving the nation's gun laws untouched. The disruption came after Rep. Jim Clybu, D-SC, attempted to ask Ryan on the floor when bills curbing gun use would be considered after the House paused for 16 seconds to honor those killed in the terror attack. Clybu was going to note that Friday is the one-year aiversary of the Charleston, S.C. mass shooting. Before Clybu could finish, Ryan ru...

The terror massacre at a packed Orlando nightclub reverberated across the presidential campaign trail Sunday, as the candidates condemned the deadliest shooting in U.S. history -- and Donald Trump ripped President Obama and Hillary Clinton for avoiding the term “radical Islam” in doing so. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee went so far as to say Obama should “step down” for not using the term and Clinton should “get out of this race” if she won’t either. “If we do not get tough and smart real fast, we are not going to have a country anymore,” Trump said in a statement. “Because our leaders are weak, I said this was going to happen -- and it is only going to get worse. I am...