The U.S. senator from Skowhegan, perhaps best known for standing up to Joseph McCarthy in 1950, was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at a major party convention.
Hillary Clinton
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Trump allies cite Clinton email probe to attack classified records case. There are big differences
To press their case, Trump’s backers are citing the Justice Department’s decision in 2016 not to bring charges against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent in that year’s presidential race.
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Clinton campaign lawyer acquitted of lying to the FBI about Trump, Russia ties
The case was the first courtroom test of special counsel John Durham since his appointment 3 years ago to search for government misconduct during the investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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‘Hillary and Clinton’: A play’s title and its preview guest list
NEW YORK — Before theater critics were invited to “Hillary and Clinton” on Broadway last month, the production made an unusual offer to the two people who above all others might have been expected to rake it over the coals. “Bill and Hillary should have the chance to see it, but there’s no way they […]
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Clinton says she won’t run for president again
But the former secretary of state said she would continue to speak out publicly on issues.
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Packages to DeNiro, Biden intercepted, similar to other pipe bombs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The mail-bomb scare widened Thursday as law enforcement officials seized three more suspicious packages — two addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and one to actor Robert De Niro — and said they were similar to crude pipe bombs sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and CNN. None of […]
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Nationwide manhunt for serial pipe bomb suspect targeting Democrats
The discovery of five pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats, CNN and a liberal billionaire put the country on edge Wednesday and sent law enforcement officials scrambling to prevent any more packages from reaching their targets. The hunt for a serial mail bomber began late Tuesday night when Secret Service personnel conducting standard mail screenings […]
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Hillary Clinton says she meant no disrespect by comments about white women who voted for Trump
Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she did not mean to offend Trump-supporting white women when she repeated findings suggesting that many of them took their voting cues from their husbands. But, Clinton said, she deeply believes that some women did not support her because of her gender. She wrote in a Saturday Facebook […]
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Have respect for women
Astonishing revelations that more and more men have abused women — with, I am certain, countless incidents unpublicized across our society — add more weight to what Hillary Clinton accomplished by winning the popular vote by nearly three million. She triumphed despite her gender and the now undeniable fact that women are often disrespected as […]
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Resist the urge to chase Hillary's non-scandal
Whenever the legal walls start closing in on Donald Trump, the president releases a bad rabbit on the political field, a creature invisible to all but the haters of Hillary Clinton. The most recent example is his attorney general’s call to “evaluate certain issues” regarding the sale of a majority stake in Uranium One and […]