We shouldn’t have to remind a presidential nominee to be decent and show respect for others.
Donald Trump
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Ukrainian documents show payments allegedly earmarked for Paul Manafort
Earlier, the Associated Press reported that confidential emails ran counter to the Trump aide’s contention that he never lobbied in the United States on behalf of Ukrainian political figures.
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Trump campaign chairman’s firm directed covert lobbying
The operation promoted Ukraine’s pro-Russian ruling party in Washington, but didn’t register as required.
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Weary Republican Party hopeful Trump’s staff shake-up triggers new momentum
The moves are aimed in part at marginalizing campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a longtime party operative who pushed Trump to moderate his tone and improve relations with skeptical Republican officials.
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Our View: Poliquin tries to have it both ways on Trump
The congressman appears to send signals to the Republican nominee’s backers without declaring how he’ll vote.
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Campaign team shakeup won’t change Trump, Clinton says
‘There is no new Donald Trump. This is it,’ she says at a rally in Cleveland where she also contrasted his tax program with hers.
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Trump aide Manafort secretly channeled pro-Russian money to D.C. lobbyists
The campaign chairman and Rick Gates, another Trump strategist, were working in 2012 on behalf of the political party of Ukraine’s pro-Russian president at the time, Viktor Yanukovych.
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Donald Trump shakes up campaign, adds ‘big people’ at top
The move comes as opinion surveys show Trump now trailing Clinton nationally and in a host of key battleground states.
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Maine Voices: Yes, Somalis and other refugees are fleeing danger. No, that doesn’t make them a threat
Unlike Donald Trump, most Mainers realize that immigrants have a lot to offer their new neighbors.
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Eric Trump echoes father in testimony over golf club
Defending against club members’ claims that they were ripped off, the younger Trump says, ‘We took something that had really gone bad and we made it great again.’