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We have to consider that Trump is stupid
'It's the economy, stupid' was the slogan behind Bill Clinton's 1992 White House triumph; but in Campaign 2016 it's becoming more about stupid – and his name is Donald Trump.
'It's the economy, stupid' was the slogan behind Bill Clinton's 1992 White House triumph; but in Campaign 2016 it's becoming more about stupid – and his name is Donald Trump.
After complaining to local and regional campaign leadership, Vincent Bordini learned that at least four other people had experience the same thing with the staffer.
Patti Davis responded to the GOP presidential nominee's suggestion that "Second Amendment people" could maybe find a way to stop Hillary Clinton.
Workers' anxiety over trade deals has become a central theme in the 2016 election, and Clinton has pledged to do more for workers and the middle-class.
"ISIS will hand her the MVP award," said Donald Trump. "Her only competition is Barack Obama."
WikiLeaks and Russia just seem to keep crossing paths - here is a list of highlights.
Polls say that for each Democrat voter who shifts to Trump, two Republicans are getting behind Clinton, raising a real possibility of a wave of Clinton Republicans.
Clinton's comments added to a growing outcry over Trump's remarks on Tuesday at a North Carolina rally.
Trump's seemingly reckless words provoked this warning from a former CIA director.
The families say Clinton's "'extreme carelessness' in handling confidential and classified information" while secretary of state contributed to their sons' deaths.
Feeling overwhelmed by the barrage of Donald Trump news may in fact be part of the strategy for the candidate's campaign.
The statement on Monday was the latest repudiation of Trump's candidacy by veteran Republican national security specialists, and was remarkable for the harshness of its language.
Donald Trump reiterates his criticism of NAFTA and TPP trade deals and even says "we'll put our coal miners and our steel workers back to work".
Some of Mr Trump's economic ideas stray from conservative orthodoxy, but despite his populist proposals, he also seems ready to take cues from Wall Street.
Five months after Donald Trump used his time on the national debate stage to tell America that his hands - and therefore a certain other body part - were properly sized, the controversy has finally been resolved.
Donald Trump's candidacy had electrified America's far right, which is hoping his outspokenness will give them better access to the political mainstream
'She is a totally unhinged person. She's unbalanced. And all you have to do is watch her, see her, read about her'
Ronald Reagan's notions that policies that benefit the rich and big business lift all incomes now appear outmoded in a new era of rising wealth inequality and stagnant wages.
Michael Morell said Mr Putin drew on his training as a career intelligence officer to manipulate the Republican presidential nominee from afar.
Donald Trump unveiled an economic team that's a mirror image of the candidate and his campaign: They're mostly outside the Republican, Wall Street and academic establishments, and they're all men.
Donald Trump once owned a professional American football team, and nearly bought another. He's also hosted several professional boxing bouts.
The trade protectionism advocated by the US presidential candidates may have several dangerous ramifications.
Trump has shown that he is not a normal candidate. He is a political rampage charging ever more wildly out of control.
Early on, some pundits argued that Donald Trump's candidacy was just a fleeting effort that would leave little impact on the race, but could ultimately bring more attention and revenue to the Trump business empire. Now, both of those ideas may be wrong.
In the week since Khizr Khan, the father of an Army captain killed in Iraq in 2004, made an impassioned call to elect Hillary Clinton, some of her supporters have found another person they'd like to see in public office: Khan.
Perhaps Donald Trump will come to America's rescue after all. The past week leaves no doubt, at least, that the biggest threat to Trump's campaign for the presidency is Trump.
A difficult week for Donald Trump has gotten tougher with the release of several new polls in swing states showing him trailing Hillary Clinton by wide margins.
Clint Eastwood has stopped short of endorsing Donald Trump but says the Republican presidential candidate is "on to something".
Trump campaign was also embroiled in fresh controversy on Wednesday after a news anchor claimed Trump asked about the possibility of using nuclear weapons during a foreign policy briefing.
In other developed democracies, reform means getting more voters to the polls, but in the US it means suppression of voting by minorities.
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