Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former Secretary of State and New York Senator, is set to announce her intent to run for the democratic nomination in the 2016 Presidential election this Sunday in a low key noontime Iowa event.
Though the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, access to health care remains a challenge in many parts of the country. The issue is getting more attention this year as a contentious talking point in the presidential race.
Marco Antonio Rubio, Florida's Junior Senator, has made it official, announcing to donors this is morning in a conference call his intent to seek the Republican nomination for the President of the United States.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to dominate the fundraising race during the presidential primaries, bringing in close to $46 million in March alone, according to the most recent data available from the Federal Election Commission making him number one in fundraising.
Ben Carson, retired Pediatric Neurosurgeon, and Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett Packard, coming off strong showings in Republican Leadership Summit have each announced their intent to seek the presidential nomination for the Republican Party.
An estimated 20 million people have gained insurance since health care reform was signed into law in 2010, but in the six years since, a significant group of Americans remain uninsured.
Potential Republican Candidates for the 2016 GOP Presidential Party nomination has swollen to a robust 26 candidates who have declared or formed exploratory committees with another five candidates showing interest in the nations’ top position.
Nearly three-quarters of likely California voters say the economy and jobs are among the most important issues in deciding their vote ahead of the June 7 presidential primary, according to a USC Schwarzenegger Institute/Field Poll.
On Thursday, August 6, the first Republican presidential primary debate was held in Cleveland, Ohio. Now, Mitchell S. McKinney, professor of political communication at the University of Missouri, and a nationally and internationally recognized scholar of presidential debates, offers his remarks on the debate.
Donald Trump clawed to his first lead in a general election matchup against the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee, Hillary R. Clinton, surpassing the former secretary of state by 0.2 percent as of May 21.
It’s a popular strategy for any presidential candidate: compare yourself—and your opponents—to past commanders in chief. For Republicans, this means constantly identifying with Ronald Reagan. For Democrats, it’s all about avoiding overlap with Jimmy Carter.
Money and politics, the push-pull in every election shifted dramatically in 2010 when super PACs entered the fray, courtesy the Supreme Court Case Citizens United v. FEC. Citizens United v. FEC. The new setup has political prognosticators anticipating a presidential election that costs upwards of $5 billion.
California Gov. Jerry Brown spoke with "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd today, addressing the email controversy plaguing Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign: "It's almost like a vampire. She's going to have to find a stake and put it right through the heart of these emails in some way."
NBC Exclusive to Haute-Lifestyle.com: Margin between Clinton, Sanders Narrows to Only One Point among All Party Voters in State; Calif. Attorney General Kamala Harris Leads with 37 Percent for Sen. Boxer Seat; 61 Percent Approval for President Obama; 56 Percent for Gov. Jerry Brown.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has received her first endorsement from a member of President Barack Obama Cabinet with former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack citing her leadership and loyalty among the many reasons behind his endorsement.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to the Associated Press, has secured the delegates necessary to clinch the democratic Presidential nomination outright, announcing just hours before the California voters took to the polls in a highly contested Primary race.
The 2016 Presidential politics continue the shifting process as both parties firm up the potential candidates. The Democratic Party, still dominated by Hillary Clinton, is waiting as Vice President Biden has reiterated his feelings over the possibility of a Presidential run.
After a long and contentious primary process, Hillary Clinton became the first woman in American history to be a major party’s presidential nominee. A string of victories on the final Super Tuesday of the primary calendar pushed her total delegate count past the 2,383 threshold.
George "Duf" Sundheim announced his intention to seek the California United States Senate seat currently held by Senator Barbara Boxer. The Sundheim campaign released a video to accompany the announcement.
The 2016 election is all about frustration — with politics, with people running for office, with Democrats and Republicans alike. Irritation with politics as usual fueled the rise of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and sustained Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ so-called political revolution deep into the Democratic Party’s primary.
When filling up a car with gas, most feel the familiar pang of dread start to set in. The price seems to race up, unrelenting, with no signs of stopping.
Like many Bernie fans, now that our man has finally given in and endorsed "that woman," I'm working today on feeling that old "unity" thing that Hillary's supporters have been talking about ever since they prematurely wrote the writing on the wall our side was supposed to have read over a month ago.
Republican Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton in the critical general election swing states of Florida and Pennsylvania, according to the latest polling data from Quinnipiac University released Wednesday. The poll reveals Trump and Clinton are tied in Ohio.
The issue of immigration has come to the forefront of the 2016 election. While some Republican candidates, like Trump, have supported a hardline stance on the issue, others, like Bush and Rubio, have taken more moderate positions.
Donald J. Trump, Republican Presidential Nominee, has offered the Vice-Presidential spot on the GOP ticket to Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, who has accepted. Trump announced he would delay the official press conference due to the Nice attacks.
Hewlett-Packard recently announced a 33,000-employee layoff, a reduction that represents approximately 10 percent of the company’s workforce. As the PC market has declined, HP has struggled to find a foothold in key markets like mobile and software.
The Republican National Convention, the convocation for Donald J. Trump and his presumptive Vice-Presidential Candidate Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, is set to begin Monday in Cleveland, Ohio, declaring the themes of Making America Great Again.
Donald Trump remains ahead in the early Republican nominating contests of Iowa and New Hampshire, but his lead has shrunk from a month ago, according to brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls of these two states.
Republicans and the reporters who buzz around them will descend on Cleveland July 18 for the GOP National Convention, a four-day event that will culminate in the party’s official nomination of businessman Donald Trump for president.
Ohio voters resoundingly rejected a ballot measure that would have legalized medicinal and recreational marijuana in their state, with 64 percent voting against it.
The Democratic Coalition Against Trump, an arm of Keep America Great PAC, a grassroots coalition aimed at making sure that Donald Trump never becomes President, filed a federal campaign complaint against Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign with the Federal Elections Commission.
Let's face it: you already know all the basic info about Donald Trump. He's a business magnate worth billions. He's the star of NBC's "The Apprentice." And yes, he's running for president.
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has named Virginia Senator and former governor, Tim Kaine as her Vice-Presidential choice. Throughout the vetting process, Kaine had remained the top choice by odds makers, pundits and political watchers.
Although legalized since the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, abortion is far from a settled issue in the United States. While the topic pops up on the national level as a rallying cry during presidential debates and campaigns, the real action takes place on the state level.
The Democratic National Convention kicks off its four-day meeting on Monday, July 25, just a few days after the dust settled on the Republicans’ respective gathering. Democrats will rally the faithful in Philadelphia, finalizing their presidential nominee as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and marking the first time a woman will sit at the top of the ticket for a major political party.
Sen. Marco Rubio has been in politics since 2000, when he was first voted into the Florida House of Representatives during a special election. That means political reporters have been tracking Rubio since he was 28, from his years in the state House to his first term in the U.S. Senate.
It's official -- America has its general election tickets. Last week, Hillary Clinton tapped Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, bringing a swing-state centrist to the first woman-led presidential ticket for a major party. As a level-headed moderate, Kaine stands out in an election that's set both parties on fire with impassioned rhetoric and talk of political revolutions. The country will meet him during his prime-time speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz may be best known for his anti-Obamacare Senate speech that lasted over 21 hours and included a reading of “Green Eggs and Ham” (more on that later). But the fiery first-term senator played the politics game long before he trounced his establishment-backed rival, former Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, in the Republican Senate primary in 2012.
Hillary Clinton's polling numbers bounced up in the days following the Democratic National Convention, giving her a 4.4-point lead as of August 1, according to the latest data from RealClearPolitics.
Like many of the pacesetters in this cycle's presidential race, you either love her or you hate her. Hillary Clinton, the leading hopeful for the Democratic nomination, has an extensive résumé that encompasses a tenure as the U.S. Secretary of State, a senator representing New York, and the first lady of both the United States and Arkansas.
Today, Food Policy Action, an organization dedicated to educating the public about the votes their elected leaders take on critically important food issues, endorsed candidates in twelve of the most competitive Congressional races in the country as well as in the Presidential race.
Although Twitter isn't the end-all-be-all metric of influence, it can provide a number of insights regarding public opinion. Who are people interested in? Whose rhetoric has the greatest reach? Who are people engaged with? At the very least, a candidate can stay on voters’ minds using this tool.
A group of thirty former Republican members of Congress today released a statement that they will not vote for the GOP nominee for president, including half who had not previously announced their opposition to Trump.
The FBI designated the recent shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., a terrorist attack, but President Barack Obama used his Oval Office address on the events to include a reference about the need for more gun control.
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump seemed unfamiliar with what Brexit meant, but in the days since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union, the presumptive Republican nominee has found himself right in the middle of the debate.
From the beginning of 2015 — when former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., to rise pac, Onset up his Right to Rise organization with the goal to raise $100 million in six months — news outlets proclaimed this the year of the super PAC.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi exclusively joined "Meet the Press" live on set this morning, telling moderator Chuck Todd that Hillary Clinton doesn't need advice about how to respond to Trump's comments about Bill Clinton.
Cities like New York and Los Angeles have long been hailed the go-to places for those wanting to dive into big-city life. They're the glamorous industrial and business meccas of the country.
Results of a debate-viewing study held at the University of Missouri and campuses across the country revealed that, among college-aged students, Hillary Clinton again outperformed Donald Trump on the debate stage with data compiled by internationally recognized presidential debate scholar.
Carson’s transition from renowned neurosurgeon to frequent Fox News contributor to serious presidential candidate has been one of the most surprising turns of the 2016 presidential election.
Three Emerson College polls released today show Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump in Ohio, Virginia, and North Carolina. These states represent a total of 46 electoral votes or 17% of the 270 needed to win the presidency.
About this time every four years, we see a parade of complaints about the presidential primary system. It’s too fragmented. It gives too much power to a few states. It drags out the process. It doesn’t represent the nation.
The Democratic Coalition Against Trump revealed as part of its #TrumpLeaks revealed the GOP nominee may have stronger connections to Alfa Bank than originally thought. As reported by Slate, a Trump server maintained communications with a server at Russia's Alfa Bank.
The 2016 presidential race has been a raucous affair from the get-go, and recent events proved the trend will likely continue throughout the primary process. Despite resounding victories in the New Hampshire primary last week for contrarian candidates on either side of the aisle — Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders both won by double digits — a pair of feisty debates proved the nomination fight won’t be wrapping up anytime soon.
Californians are tackling the spread of STD’s with a referendum that mandates Porn actors cap it with a condom during performances; Cigarette smokers can count on a hefty increase per pack and recreational Cannabis in California may be legal soon.
The odds-makers at www.SportsBettingDime.com have set an over/under of 9.5 (out of 11) on the number of states Donald Trump wins on SuperTuesday and 10.5 states/territories (out of 12) for Hilary Clinton.
Faced with great need America’s Golden Era of Manufacturing rallied during World War II and culminated as it destroyed its enemies chiefly because it out-produced them. Its manufacturing capacity was enormous and efficient. Its workforce was inspired and committed.
Let the countdown begin. Super Tuesday, the first multi-state primary day of the presidential contest, throws the campaign into high gear as candidates vie for a huge chunk of delegates. By Tuesday night, political watchers will have a better idea of the shape of the race for the White House.
Amidst a general tightening race in key battleground states and a pattern of Democratic and Republican voters coming home to the major-party candidates, Emerson College Polling is predicting that Hillary Clinton will win the Electoral College by a landslide, 323-215.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has decided to scrap all plans for distribution of the James Franco Seth Rogan comedy slated for a Christmas Day release due to unsubstantiated terror threats allegedly made by a North Korean government loyalist.
ARES, the Italian automotive atelier, marked the start of another exciting chapter in its success story as they, in collaboration with distribution partners the STREIT Group, opened its first ever boutique showroom in the heart of London’s Mayfair.
Independence Day, the 1996 Sci-Fi epic from Director Roland Emmerich and Fox Home Entertainment, recently released a newly restored theatrical and extended cut Blu-Ray DVD with the Digital HD version out on June 6, 2016.
Hunter Biden, son of Vice President Joseph Biden has been discharged from his military service in the Navy Reserves after testing positive for cocaine. The discharge took place earlier in this year and information was recently released.
President Obama has sent Secretary of State John Kerry to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the first official state meeting since the illegal annexation of Crimea and violation of territorial sovereignty of neighboring Ukraine.
Alan Rickman, known as a diverse and generous talent, star of stage, television and the screen from the Harry Potter series to Love Actually, passed away due complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 69.
Ready for a digital detox? Looking for the perfect summer read, a purely fun, page turner, turned down corners, smudged pages, a no app necessary, trashy, romance novel or high brow biography; soft or hard a genuine book?
Eleven Madison Park in New York has secured the No.1 spot in the 2017 list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants. This year’s winners were revealed at an awards ceremony at the historic Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.
President Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly this week invoking laughter from world leaders as he explained, "in the last two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country."
The French government has announced the restrictions, which locked down 67 million people, are nearing the end of confinement, it also raises questions about what the French expect in the aftermath of the health crisis.
Noticias Telemundo announced its multiplatform coverage of the first presidential debate set to take place on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The coverage includes pre- and post-debate news and analysis, fact checks and a live blog with minute-to-minute updates.
Kiera Larsen, a vibrant and heroic ten year old, was tragically run over by an SUV as she and two younger children, whom she saved, played in the driveway of the family’s country home in Lakeside, California.
XOXO, a Netflix original film, presents a modern romance against the backdrop of a SoCal mega Rave festival filled with near misses, close encounters of the Coachella kind, vibrant, fluorescent winter gardens and the magic of music.
"Bound by Flesh," from Mistress, Inc. and Sundance Selects re-introduces the freak show stars, Daisy and Violet Hilton, with this fascinating, intriguing and absorbing historical account of the lives, loves and career of the conjoined Siamese twins.
