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The news comes just one day after the campaign raised over $1 million (AP). Bernie Sanders passes Obama fundraising mark By Gabriel Debenedetti 12/20/15 01:28 AM EST Updated 12/20/15 02:34 PM EST Bernie Sanders has gotten more individual donations than any other presidential candidate ever through the campaign’s off-year — topping President Barack Obama’s mark…
The Senate is heading toward a battle over Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) “Audit the Fed” legislation, giving the GOP presidential candidate a long-desired floor fight. Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) — who said he was acting on behalf of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — set up a procedural vote on Paul’s legislation for Tuesday,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham ended his 2016 campaign for president Monday, saying he remains committed to working to achieve security for the American people and helping the GOP expand its base. With just over a month to go until voting begins, the South Carolina senator — the only candidate from one of…
Facebook has gone out of its way this year to clarify its hate speech policy, explaining in March that it aims to be consistent with the type of content it removes. So why has the social network appeared to have made an exception for Donald Trump, who recently posted a video saying Muslims should…
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a qualified endorsement of Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, saying he hoped Trump’s election could improve Moscow’s relations with the United States. “He’s a really brilliant and talented person, without any doubt. It’s not our job to judge his qualities, that’s a job for American…
From calls to ban non-American Muslims to pledges to carpet bomb densely-populated cities, the rise of hateful rhetoric among 2016 presidential candidates—and the real, violent consequences for those communities targeted—has raised widespread concern. But also on display during the fifth GOP debate on “national security” was the role of corporate media outlets such as CNN…
More The Republican Debate Was the 3rd Most-watched EverHow Republicans Finally Got Under Donald Trump’s Skin 0 minutes. CNN told you to start watching this debate 10 minutes ago. Sucker. “We’re just moments away from the main event,” says Wolf Blitzer at 40 minutes past the hour, because the rules don’t apply to the only…
Within minutes of reports that a social services center in San Bernardino, California, had been the target of the nation’s 355th mass shooting of 2015, the Twitter feeds and Facebook timelines of senators and representatives flooded with expressions of condolences. Elected officials offered thoughts, prayers or both to the shooters’ victims and their families, while…
Ibrahim Hashi, a Muslim veteran of the U.S. military, is pictured in his American University dorm room on Dec. 2. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Emir Hadzic was a Muslim refugee. “The way Americans welcomed us made such a huge impression on me that I felt like I owed something back,” said…
Photo Students cheered as the statue of Cecil Rhodes was removed from the University of Cape Town. Credit Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images Johannesburg — NOT long after I moved from the United States to South Africa six years ago, I took a walk in a city called Bloemfontein. The scale of the downtown is huge, reflecting…