How Trump Could Win The White House While Losing The Popular Vote

OK, before I say anything, a quick disclaimer: This piece is not a prediction. In fact, I’m a religious (maybe fanatical) adherent of FiveThirtyEight’s 2016 election forecast model, which I find to be both methodologically rigorous and intellectually honest. I don’t dispute …

Trump Criticizes Flint Pastor — But Misstates Key Facts About Their Encounter

“Something was up,” Trump told Fox and Friends on Thursday morning. “I noticed she was so nervous when she introduced me.”When she got up to introduce me she was so nervous, she was shaking. I said, wow, this is kind of strange. …

Fed Sees Job Market Picking Up

The nation’s economy continues to expand at a less-than-blistering pace, according to the latest regional round-up prepared by the Federal Reserve. At the same time, the Fed’s latest Beige Book survey of economic activity notes that the job market has tightened in …

A tax loophole for U.S. companies operating overseas just got tighter

The Treasury Department sought Thursday to limit the benefits that U.S. companies can claim when they pay taxes overseas, an effort to cushion the blow from Europe’s demand that Apple pony up $14.5 billion in unpaid taxes.In new guidance, the department tightened …

Sen. McCaskill calls Trump and Dr. Oz a ‘marriage made in heaven’

For Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, Donald Trump’s sit-down with television host and doctor Mehmet Oz is a “marriage made in heaven” of “two snake oil salesmen.”The ardent Clinton supporter famously grilled Oz during a 2014 hearing for hawking “miracle” products.Story Continued Below”Yeah. …

Are You Dancing In The Market With Tina?

When weighing whether to stay in the market after the long run-up in stocks or bail for an alternative investment, people are following Tina’s lead at the dance. In investing shorthand, Tina stands for “there is no alternative.” “Tina … does not …

Trump’s Blue Collar Base Wants More Jobs And An America Like The Past

Graphics by Ella KoezeAllan Banner, an Ohio construction worker who supports Donald Trump for president.MADDIE MCGARVEYWARREN, Ohio — The description of Donald Trump’s voters compiled by Gallup — they “are older, with higher household incomes, are more likely to be male, white …

Is Arizona A Swing State This Year?

But now the Hillary Clinton campaign has started investing in the state, raising the question: Is Arizona actually a swing state this year?Arizona Democrats would like to believe so. They are encouraged by a growing Latino vote here that opposes Donald Trump …