WHY IT MATTERS: Guns
ATLANTA (AP) — THE ISSUE: The right to bear arms is fundamental to the U.S., carved into the Constitution and seemingly embedded in the national DNA. But after a...
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WHY IT MATTERS: Student Debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: More Americans are getting buried by student debt — causing delays in home ownership, limiting how much people can save and leaving taxpayers at...
Pentagon chief in Iraq to discuss Mosul offensive
Baghdad (AFP) – US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter arrived in Baghdad Saturday to review the six-day-old offensive to retake Mosul, the Islamic State group's last major stronghold in Iraq.
IS raid in Iraq's Kirkuk kills 46, mostly security forces
An ongoing attack by the Islamic State group in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk has killed at least 46 people, mostly members of the security forces, security and medical...
Clinton campaign ponders 'what if' Trump doesn't concede
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton's campaign is increasingly preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump may never concede the presidential election should she win, a development that...
WHY IT MATTERS: Islamic State
WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: The Islamic State group seized swaths of land in Iraq and expanded its territory in Syria in a dramatic blitz in 2014, taking advantage...
Clinton TV ad hits Trump hard; he promises an all-out effort
While Hillary Clinton unveiled an emotional television ad featuring the parents of a slain Muslim American Army captain, Donald Trump assured supporters he would have no regrets if he...
Emails show Clinton campaign weighing Keystone XL decision
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hacked emails show Hillary Clinton's campaign wrestled with how to announce her opposition to construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline without losing the support of...
Pence continues to massage Trump's controversial remarks
RENO, Nev. (AP) — It's become a familiar routine for Mike Pence.
WHY IT MATTERS: Beneath the fury, issues that matter
WASHINGTON (AP) — This is a presidential campaign about trust, temperament, honesty, judgment, character, personality and, some would say, a personality disorder or two.
