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The Democratic Party on Thursday rolled out its latest trick to pressure Donald Trump to release his tax returns, sending a mascot known as "Donald Ducks" to follow the Republican presidential candidate along the campaign trail.
Seeking to paint rival Donald Trump as an ally of Wall Street and Democrats as champions for the middle class, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday touted an economic plan that relies heavily on tax increases for major U.S. companies, Wall Street firms and rich Americans.
The presidential campaign veered far off course Wednesday as Donald Trump's political opponents called for him to be investigated over inciting violence against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton -- and Mrs. Clinton faced her own questions about corruption during her time in the State Department.
Saying that Donald Trump has once again "crossed the line" and demonstrated he's unfit to be president, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday made a naked appeal to Republicans, urging them to reject the billionaire businessman and cross the aisle in November.
Just a few months after being accused of ducking primary debates with Sen. Bernard Sanders, Hillary Clinton now finds herself on the opposite side of the ledger, trying to pull a reluctant opponent onto the stage for the high-stakes fall forums.
Reliably red states such as Arizona and Georgia already could be slipping out of Donald Trump's hands, but the Hillary Clinton campaign now believes it can make a real play for another grand prize: Texas.
Hillary Clinton said Monday that voters must reject Donald Trump's attempts to reboot and rebrand his presidential campaign, telling a Florida crowd that "what you see is what you get" with the Republican White House candidate.
As he slides further down in the polls, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump must dramatically alter his campaign approach or he stands no chance of winning key battleground states like Ohio this fall, and he could even lose reliably red territory such as Arizona, top Republicans warned Sunday.
Despite being thoroughly rebuked by fact-checkers and the FBI, Hillary Clinton continues to give her critics fresh ammunition by claiming she never sent or received any information marked classified in her private email account, keeping alive a controversy that's dogged her throughout her presidential bid.
Predicting that she can succeed where President Obama failed, Hillary Clinton on Friday said flatly that she will be able to "force" the Republican-led House to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill, including a path to citizenship, if she becomes president.
Telling the Fourth Estate that it has a "special responsibility" in an election cycle like this one, Hillary Clinton on Friday urged journalists to keep up tough coverage of Donald Trump, and said that any news organization targeted by the Republican presidential nominee should be proud.
For the second time in a week, Hillary Clinton on Friday again directly contradicted FBI Director James Comey, defending her use of a private email server while secretary of state and telling an audience of journalists that "I never sent or received anything that was marked classified."
Faced with the brutal reality that two-thirds of voters believe her to be dishonest, Hillary Clinton and her campaign surrogates are intent on launching an all-out assault on Republican Donald Trump's character and credibility, aiming to convince voters that he's even more untrustworthy than the former first lady.
Democrats on Wednesday kept the heat on Donald Trump for refusing to release his tax returns, charging that the New York billionaire must have something to hide and arguing that his reluctance to divulge the financial information should lead voters to question his honesty.
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday tried to reassure skeptical gun owners that she's not interested in rolling back Second Amendment rights or hatching a scheme to take Americans' firearms.