The Republican candidate struggles to balance a message that appeals to his white, working-class base with one that improves his standing with minority voters.
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Poll shows presidential race tight in Maine
Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 5 percentage points in a head-to-head vote, but the race is a virtual tie if Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are included.
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Tightening race has Democrats unnerved
As Trump gains ground, the Clinton strategy remains negative ads and voter recruitment.
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Trump used $258,000 from his charity to settle legal problems
In one case, from 2007, he sent a $100,000 check from the Donald J. Trump Foundation to settle a dispute resulting from the size of a flagpole at his Palm Beach, Fla., club.
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Florida attorney general defends accepting $25,000 Trump donation
Pam Bondi says it would have looked like a ‘bribe’ if she had chosen to return the money once questions arose.
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Biggest beneficiaries of Trump plan to erase ‘death taxes’ may be families like his
The candidate’s claim that the estate tax hurts small businesses and farms is untrue, tax experts say.
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Clinton says ‘there’s no erasing’ Trump’s ‘birther’ view
‘Barack Obama was born in America, plain and simple,’ she says, ‘and Donald Trump owes him and the American people an apology.’
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Trump admits Obama born in U.S. but falsely blames Clinton for starting rumors
Trump famously continued to stoke the issue even after Obama released his birth certificate in 2011.
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More of the same from confident Trump
The Republican nominee reiterates some of his past stances and says he’s physically fit to serve.
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Letter from doctor says Trump takes cholesterol-lowering drug, is overweight
Trump disclosed the one-page letter from his longtime doctor, Harold N. Bornstein, to The Washington Post today.