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CNN Announce Debate Patricipants

CNN’s debate on September 16 will be set up fairly similarly to Fox News’s. However, there are two changes in candidates. Carly Fiorina has been bumped up the main primetime debate while former Governor Jim Gilmore failed to make either stage.  Candidates had to hit at least one percent in […]


Hillary Clinton Apologizes to Supporters Over Email Use

 Following her apology on ABC World News Tonight, Hillary Clinton sent an email to supporters, apologizing for using a personal email for work-related business. Clinton reaffirmed that she did nothing wrong in having one email. However, she admitted to not handling the controversy properly, “I could have — and should […]


Hillary Clinton Apologizes for Private Email Usage

In an interview with ABC News’s David Muir, Hillary Clinton apologized for using a private email for her work emails. This comesĀ a day after Clinton had told the Associated Press that she would not apologize because everything she did was on the up-and-up. She told Muir, “But in retrospect, as […]


2016 Presidential Race Enters New Phase

The political year tends to be divided into two parts, before Labor Day and after Labor Day. For presidential and midterm elections, Labor Day marks the start of fall and the general election season. For off-years (especially the off-year before a presidential election), it still carries a special significance. Summer […]


Lawrence Lessig Reaches Goal, Will Run for President

Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig announced on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos that he will run for the Presidency. The campaign finance reform activist had a self-imposed goal of one million dollars. He said that if he didn’t reach the goal, he would not run for the Presidency. Lessig’s main, […]