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2016On the surface, the Republican nominee is surprisingly close to Hillary Clinton in the Washington Post-ABC News survey: He trails by just four points. But he is actually in a particularly poor position to expand his support.
The Democratic presidential nominee is ahead in nearly all key battlegrounds and competitive in some traditionally red states. Will she try for a landslide or stick to the plan?
The Republican nominee is determined to rouse his most fervent supporters with dire warnings, gambling that igniting his army of working-class whites could do more to put him in contention than any sort of tempered appeal to undecided voters.
(Source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; graphic by The Post)
The candidates have proposed many plans to spend or save billions of dollars. But, according to an analysis by a debt watchdog group, neither of them has a plan to fully fund their changes, meaning they would need to borrow to make up the difference.
The age of Trump has complicated a rite of passage for many young conservatives, splitting college Republican clubs nationwide and turning those willing to stand up for Trump into targets for criticism and ridicule.
By sunrise, hundreds of Kurdish soldiers, known as peshmerga, were advancing in gun trucks and armored vehicles. But their movement was slowed by booby traps and roadside bombs, officers said.
The shared historical experiences of Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya have left them at risk of violent collapse.
An incalculable amount of animal waste was carried toward the ocean and it could be contaminating the groundwater for many people who rely on wells. The extent of the damage will not be known until environmental tests are conducted, but the conditions have renewed criticism of the state’s 2,100 hog farms.
The reformist Italian prime minister is young, charismatic and scrappy. And Obama is a fan.
A pickup truck plummeted 60 feet from an overpass, shattering a motorcycle festival. Attendees sprinted to the wreckage and lifted the battered truck to try to free the injured.
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States that have no business being competitive — Missouri, Alaska, Utah, to name three — are suddenly within the margin of error in credible polls.
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Glassdoor, the job search engine, analyzed more than 500,000 resumes and self-reported salaries to determine which majors pay the most during the first five years after graduation.
The museum launched a Kickstarter campaign — it's second ever — to raise money to repair the popular artifact. Last summer it raised almost $720,000 to conserve Neil Armstrong's spacesuit.
After the author mailed her friend her bridesmaid dress, she never heard from her again.
