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Sunshine State voters strongly dislike both candidates. Hillary Clinton is viewed unfavorably by 55 percent of poll respondents, and Donald Trump is nearly as bad with 53 percent. (AP Photo)

Poll: Clinton lead slips nationally as Trump climbs

Al Weaver · August 26, 2016 9:00 pm

Former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson doesn't think Donald Trump's should label Hillary Clinton a "bigot." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Ben Carson to Trump: Stop calling Clinton a ‘bigot’

Al Weaver · August 26, 2016 6:37 pm

"I want to give him the best birthday present ever — the gift of retirement." (AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)

Primary opponent attacks McCain over age: ‘He’s gotten weak’

Al Weaver · August 25, 2016 10:37 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's sudden signal that he's ready to soften his approach on immigration has split his backers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Trump’s immigration shift splits his supporters

Al Weaver · August 25, 2016 5:05 pm

Pierson: Trump not changing immigration stance, just the ‘words’ he uses

Al Weaver · August 25, 2016 2:27 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump welcomes Nigel Farage, left, ex-leader of the British UKIP party, to speak at a Wednesday campaign rally in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump calls up Brexit’s Farage to bash Clinton

Al Weaver · August 25, 2016 1:33 am

Giuliani railed against the Justice Department for not suggesting charges against Clinton. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Giuliani: Clinton Foundation scandal will be ‘bigger than Watergate’

Al Weaver · August 24, 2016 6:45 pm

Nigel Farage, former leader of the U.K. Independence Party, will reportedly appear at Donald Trump's rally Wednesday night in Jackson, Miss. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)

Key Brexit supporter to appear with Trump at Mississippi rally

Al Weaver · August 24, 2016 4:05 pm

Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said that Donald Trump would make good on his promise to build a wall on the southwestern U.S. border. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Pence: Trump will build the wall, but ‘stay tuned’ for other immigration plans

Al Weaver · August 24, 2016 2:53 pm

Facing questions about his ties to Indiana as he seeks to return to the Senate, former Sen. Evan Bayh was unable to correctly state his Indiana address. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Evan Bayh gets his own address wrong

Al Weaver · August 23, 2016 9:55 pm

Reince Priebus predicted Tuesday that Donald Trump will be at least tied with Hillary Clinton by Labor Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Priebus predicts Trump will take lead from Clinton after Labor Day

Al Weaver · August 23, 2016 7:19 pm

"One of the problems, quite frankly — no disrespect to anybody, but with the 24-hour news cycle, everybody has to be a little bit more sensational to last," Eric Trump said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Eric Trump: I wish my father would focus on Clinton, not ‘Morning Joe’

Al Weaver · August 23, 2016 2:44 pm