State Department official ‘pressured’ FBI to declassify Clinton email: FBI documents
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A senior State Department official sought to shield Hillary Clinton last year by pressuring the FBI to drop its insistence that an email on the private server she used while secretary of state contained classified information, acco…
North Carolina police probe arson, graffiti threat at Republican office
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Police in North Carolina sought leads on Monday about a fire they believe was deliberately set at a local Republican headquarters over the weekend and a graffiti message warning the political party to “leave town or else…
New Jersey ‘Bridgegate’ defendant says he was duped
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – After days of complaints about traffic jams at a major New York bridge in 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s associate demanded to know if lane closures were political retribution, he testified on Monday.
Trump foundation stops fundraising in New York state
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s charitable foundation has stopped fundraising in New York state, the state attorney general’s office said on Monday, weeks after the office warned that a failure to do so would const…
Trump hovers over tight U.S. House race in Florida
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Ask John Mica why he sticks by Donald Trump, amid the defections of many fellow Republicans, and the U.S. congressman from central Florida instead touts his own work on easing traffic congestion in this tourism Mecca.
Lockheed Martin wins $743 million U.S. defense contract: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp unit Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co is being awarded a $743.17 million modification to a previously awarded initial production contract for F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, the Pentagon said on Monday…
Trump’s son-in-law held talks to set up Trump TV network: FT
(Reuters) – Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, informally approached LionTree Advisors Chief Executive Aryeh Bourkoff about setting up a Trump TV network after the presidential election, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing sources.
Trump charges U.S. election results being rigged ‘at many polling places’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump dug deeper in his efforts to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the U.S. election, saying on Twitter on Sunday that he believed the results were being “rigged” at many polling places.
Trump: Sexual-assault accusers ‘want to stop our movement’
CHARLOTTE, N.C./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday charged that the women accusing him of sexual misconduct fabricated their stories to damage his campaign after two more women came forward with allega…
Republican office in North Carolina hit with flammable material: authorities
(Reuters) – The local Republican Party headquarters in Orange County, North Carolina, was struck overnight with a flammable material thrown through a front window of the building, local authorities said in a statement on Sunday.
