Marco Rubio fared well in last night’s GOP debate on CNBC. He deflected an attack by former governor Jeb Bush on his voting record and made Bush look petty. But Rubio’s biggest moment was arguably when he shifted the topic of money in politics to the mainstream media, pointing out that corporate news outlets provide…
Guy Bentley on October 7, 2015 Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio has given a vigorous defence of Uber and the sharing economy, calling for a cull of federal regulations stifling new businesses. Rubio slammed federal and local regulators for restricting competition and failing to recognize the changing nature of the economy in a pitch to…
by Andrew Follett Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has ended his campaign’s field operation in Virginia, effectively conceding the state to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a Trump campaign adviser told The Wall Street Journal. Trump’s campaign has long been trailing Clinton in Virginia, and likely never considered the state’s 13 electoral votes as crucial to his…
Connor D. Wolf Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson walked back his opposition to raising the minimum wage Wednesday, just a day after adamantly opposing it. Candidates fielded questions on the minimum wage during the Republican debate Tuesday, and Carson was among those opposed to raising it. The next day he got a little mushy, noting he…
It’s a bit ironic; the people making Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ hats are mostly immigrants — people who don’t fit into Trump’s vision for America. For any other candidate this would be a non-issue. But for Trump, who has constantly lamented immigration and cheap labor as sources of economic hardship for Americans, it…
by Ian Tartt This morning at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, Hillary Clinton allegedly left the ceremony early due to a bizarre medical episode. In what is now turning out to be an apparent long series of incidents, Clinton apparently left due to feeling overheated, appearing to almost faint as she stepped off the curb and into her…
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