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Hillary Clinton promotes $275 billion infrastructure plan in Florida visit

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Republican rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio would “slash” spending on projects to fix aging roads and bridges, urging Congress to pass a plan to rebuild the nation’s transportation system. Appealing to a bellwether region in one of the nation’s top swing states, Clinton promoted her plan to spend $275 billion to fix the nation’s crumbling bridges, highways and airports, saying it would create tens of thousands of “good-paying” jobs in Florida…

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Hillary Clinton files paperwork to be on New Hampshire ballot

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Hillary Rodham Clinton signed the paperwork Monday that establishes her as a Democratic presidential candidate in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. And as such, she’s highlighting her work for the party and on behalf of Democratic candidates ā€” an implicit swipe at rival Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist who has drawn support from the party’s liberal wing. “Well, I’m a Democrat. I just signed papers saying I’m a Democrat. He has to speak for himself,” Clinton told reporters just after…

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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley to headline Southern forum

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Three Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to attend a Nov. 6 forum in South Carolina. The nationally televised event at Winthrop University isn’t a debate. Instead, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow will conduct separate conversations with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The forum is sponsored by 12 state Democratic parties stretching from Virginia to Texas, along with the Democratic National Committee and South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn. The South…

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For Hillary Clinton, October presents series of risks and rewards

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With a presidential debate and a contentious appearance in Congress coming, Hillary Rodham Clinton faces an October full of opportunity and risk for her presidential campaign. The former secretary of state has spent months watching her poll numbers sink in crucial early voting states and faced endless questions about her email practices at the State Department. The first Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas and her congressional testimony before a Republican-led panel investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya,…

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Analysis: An apology at last for Hillary Clinton over her email use

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It took three interviews and five days for Hillary Rodham Clinton to say “I’m sorry.” After resisting apologizing for using a personal email account run on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state, Clinton shifted course Tuesday. “That was a mistake,” she said of her email practice. “I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility,” the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination said in an interview with ABC News. Clinton’s late-arriving mea culpa came just 24 hours…

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Data: Nearly five dozen give a third of all 2016 campaign cash

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It took Ted Cruz three months to raise $10 million for his campaign for president, a springtime sprint of $1,000-per-plate dinners, hundreds of handshakes and a stream of emails asking supporters to chip in a few bucks. One check, from one donor, topped those results. New York hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer‘s $11 million gift to a group backing the Texas Republican’s White House bid put him atop a tiny group of millionaires and billionaires whose contributions already dwarf those…

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Jeb Bush swipes Hillary Clinton’s economic plan, says his will grow jobs

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush dismissed new economic proposals from Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday, saying her plan would not grow the economy or boost wages. During an Iowa campaign stop, the GOP presidential hopeful said Clinton’s new economic agenda is a “continuation of the Obama economics, which has been a complete disaster.” Before more than 100 people gathered at Morningside College, Bush said he wanted to overhaul taxes and regulations to grow the economy. He said he wants people…

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