Rand Paul Attacks Trump For Praising Democrats, But Paul's Done That Too
Praise for the fiscal conservatism of Carter and Clinton over Bush and Reagan. Scott Olson / Getty Images Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul released an ad earlier this week essentially accusing his presidential...
View ArticleClinton Casts Email Scandal, Benghazi As Sequel To "Hillary: The Movie"
Win Mcnamee / Getty Images CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Fifteen minutes and one standing ovation into one of the most impassioned speeches of her campaign, Hillary Clinton was leaning into the podium and...
View ArticleSame-Sex Couples Still Cannot Marry In Small Pockets Of The U.S.
Karen Roberts (center) and her partner April Miller speak with Rowan County Clerk Kim Russell in an attempt to obtain a marriage license at the Rowan County courthouse in Morehead, Kentucky, Thursday,...
View ArticleTrump Fundraising Spreads Through Conservative Email Lists
Bill Pugliano / Getty Images WASHINGTON — Email fundraising appeals using Donald Trump's name are spreading through conservative email lists, despite the fact that Trump has said he doesn't need to...
View ArticleHere's Every Photo Of The Presidential Candidates Eating At The Iowa State Fair
Did you know it’s illegal to run for president without first stopping at the Iowa State Fair to stuff your face with junk food? The Iowa State Fair is happening this weekend. Charlie Neibergall / AP...
View ArticleBack In The Bunker: Emails, Benghazi, It's "Partisanization" To Hillary Clinton
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images DES MOINES, Iowa — On Friday night — with one quick, subtle transition during a speech in northern Iowa — Hillary Clinton made a defiant shift in her approach to the...
View ArticleCivil Rights Leader Julian Bond Dies At 75
“With Julian’s passing, the country has lost one of its most passionate and eloquent voices for the cause of justice,” Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder Morris Dees said in a statement. Former...
View ArticleA Brit Tries To Understand Iowan Politics
Presidential candidates are hitting the road and doing everything to impress ordinary Iowans. BuzzFeed UK’s Jim Waterson attempts to understand US politics. Win Mcnamee / Getty Images DES MOINES, Iowa...
View Article21 Ways The Iowa State Fair Is Utterly Baffling To A British Person
It’s time for the Iowa State Fair. BuzzFeed UK’s Jim Waterson attempts to understand U.S. politics. It's the Iowa State Fair, where a million people descend on Des Moines showgrounds and are joined by...
View Article17 Unanswered Questions About Hillary Clinton's Card Metaphors
Since she announced her run for president, Hillary Clinton has often included a populist line about how the middle class has been left out — a metaphor about how the "deck is stacked." Darren...
View ArticleNationwide Marriage Equality, It Turned Out, Was The Denouement Of A...
“It isn’t ‘special’ to be free from discrimination — it is an ordinary, universal entitlement of citizenship,” Julian Bond said of gay rights in 2007. Jacquelyn Martin / AP WASHINGTON — Fifty days ago...
View ArticleQuiet Ben Carson Takes Iowa State Fair By Storm
Joshua Lott / Reuters DES MOINES, Iowa — Ben Carson isn’t a politician, and it shows. At the Iowa State Fair on Sunday, Carson spent a good portion of his 17 minutes on the Des Moines Register soapbox...
View ArticleHow Voters Try, Fail, And Sometimes Succeed To Talk To Hillary Clinton
Win McNamee / Getty Images News DES MOINES, Iowa — There is a white wooden fence that lines the southeastern corner of the Iowa State Fairgrounds. On one side, just after 11 a.m., Bonnie Crispin...
View ArticleTrump Mocks Warren’s Native American Heritage Claim, But Falsely Claimed His...
Swede and low. Win Mcnamee / Getty Images Donald Trump, who on Saturday mocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren for making unsubstantiated claims that she had Cherokee and Delaware Native American heritage,...
View ArticleHere's Audio And Video Of Carly Fiorina's Forceful Praise Of Hillary Clinton...
Fiorina on Clinton in 2008: “She was a great candidate. She has helped millions of women all over this country. Women of any political party owe a debt of gratitude to Hillary Clinton and I will bet...
View ArticleBen Carson: My Role In 1992 Fetal Tissue Study Similar To Being An Archaeologist
“I’m the surgeon, I obtained the tissue, I turn it over to the pathologist, and then they examine it, compare it with other specimens and try to get more information of where it came from.” Justin...
View ArticleTed Cruz: My Rivals "Take A Stick To Donald Trump," But "I Like" Him
“I don’t think the people are interested in the battle of personalities and the soap opera.” Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Ted Cruz continued defending Donald Trump last week, saying that, unlike...
View ArticleRand Paul's Very Libertarian Favorite Movie And Song
“We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx” Scott Olson / Getty Images w.soundcloud.com Rand Paul's taste in music and movies are very much in line with his political beliefs. "When I was growing up...
View ArticleReferral Of Clinton Emails To Intelligence Agencies Doesn't Mean They're...
State Department lawyers said Monday that 305 emails from Hillary Clinton’s emails have been referred to intelligence agencies thus far. Win Mcnamee / Getty Images WASHINGTON — As the State Department...
View ArticleScott Walker Says The U.S. Needs A Border Fence Like Israel's
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker continued his rightward shift on immigration Monday in Iowa — part of his anti-establishment pitch to...
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