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Massachusetts

Romney blasts Trump as ‘phony’ unworthy of presidency

SALT LAKE CITY – The Republican Party's presidential choice for 2012 unleashed a scathing attack Thursday on the frontrunner to claim this year's nomination in an historic "first" in presidential politics. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney amped up the current GOP Civil War, decrying the

new hampshire

Bill Clinton steps into New Hampshire campaign

NASHUA, N.H. – Bill Clinton made his first campaign appearances of 2016 on behalf of his wife, Hillary, and immediately provided fodder for wags across the Atlantic, who focused on some young women standing behind him rolling their eyes, frowning and grimacing as he delivered his remarks at a community

second amendment

Obama defends forthcoming gun-control orders

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended his administration's plans to tighten the nation's gun-control restrictions without going through Congress, insisting Monday that the steps he'll announce fall within his legal authority and uphold the constitutional right to own a gun. Flanked by his attorney

Donald Trump

Trump, Sanders tap common themes to sway voters

The dynamics fueling the surging campaigns of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are more similar than not, as the success of the upstart Sanders, running for the Democratic nomination, and the outsider Trump, in the Republican race, shows how turned off some American voters are by "establishment&

Donald Trump

Trump says criticism of Bill Clinton’s affairs is fair

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is reviving memories of Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern and his turbulent interactions with black voters during South Carolina's 2008 primary as the ex-president campaigns for his wife in New Hampshire. Trump's latest broadsides on the Clintons

Donald Trump

Trump trails the GOP pack in one key race

Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in Republican presidential polls. The most recent CNN poll shows Trump with a 20-point lead over his GOP challengers.

Barack Obama

Obama vows an active role in 2016 presidential race

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama closed his next-to-last year in office with rare praise for congressional Republican leaders who helped orchestrate a bipartisan budget deal Friday, then vowed to work hard to beat the GOP and get a fellow Democrat elected to succeed him in the White House. "I

new hampshire

In New Hampshire, Christie touts role as prosecutor, tears into Cruz, Paul and Rubio

WEARE, N.H. – For Chris Christie, Nov. 13 marked a turning point – one that was reinforced Dec. 2 – to focus his presidential campaign on terrorism and fighting the Islamic State. "Three week ago, everything changed," said the New Jersey governor and contender for the Republican presidential nomination, speaking