Kelly Riddell

Fact checking the media — yes, the Clinton machine did start the birther movement

On evaluating whether or not GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump can win over African-American voters after he demanded President Obama show his birth certificate, MSNBC's Joy Reid didn't like what one panelist had to say.

August 22, 2016

The strategic banality of Hillary Clinton’s presidential run

Hillary Clinton has been parading around this country giving stump speeches about why she should become the next president of the United States.

August 22, 2016

How might Hillary Clinton win battlegrounds Virginia and Florida? Ex-felons and Puerto Ricans

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a long-time friend and fundraiser to the Clinton family, will announce Monday a plan to restore the voting rights of 200,000 felons in the state -- right in time for the November election.

August 22, 2016

Trump’s security stance requires adjustment

The pollsters and pundits overwhelmingly thought the British people were going to vote to "Remain" in the European Union, much like the political establishment class is now calling the U.S. presidential race for Hillary Clinton.

August 18, 2016

Obama puts vacation above American people amid deadly Louisiana flooding

Three days of heavy downpours have brought historic flooding to Louisiana, where 30 parishes have declared to be a disaster, and the death toll has climbed to 13.

August 18, 2016

The gradual transition to a single-payer health care system

A single-payer system has always been the goal. We just needed some time to transition there.

August 17, 2016

Brad Thor, a #NeverTrumper, surrenders

One by one, the #NeverTrumpers will fall, as they realize the only two people who have a shot at winning the White House are GOP nominee Donald Trump or his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

August 17, 2016

Donald Trump is in it to win it

Donald Trump wants to win. This shouldn't be news, but it is, thanks to the mainstream media pushing an absurd narrative that he may surrender before the November election.

August 17, 2016

Cities with the highest income-equality gaps run by Democrats

Nine of the 10 cities with the largest income gaps have Democratic mayors at the helm, and their inequality gaps have only widened since 2007, according to the Brookings Institute.

August 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s minimum-wage hike: Insanity

They say the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

August 15, 2016

Clinton Foundation profited from Clintons’ personal charity, returns show

The same year Bill and Hillary Clinton gave $42,000 in charity to the Desert Classic Charities, that charity turned around and cut the Clinton Foundation a $700,000 check, according to Desert Classic Charities' tax returns.

August 15, 2016

Clintons’ ‘charity’ is to themselves

Bill and Hillary Clinton gave $1,042,000 to charity in 2015. One million of it went to the Clinton Foundation.

August 12, 2016

Trump’s trump card may be his view on America

Although Donald Trump is trailing Hillary Clinton in most head-to-head matchups and is getting berated by the media and GOP establishment on a daily basis, one statistic is holding true: Americans feel he has a better sense of what's happening in the world than Mrs. Clinton.

August 12, 2016

How does the GOP think it’s going to win down-ballot, if it can’t win the presidency?

There's a narrative the media is pushing quite forcefully: That establishment Republicans and #NeverTrumpers have given up on GOP nominee Donald Trump -- essentially conceding the presidency -- but think they can save Congress through split-ticket voting.

August 12, 2016