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| Donald Trump announces his childcare proposal – campaign live | Donald Trump announces his childcare proposal – campaign live |
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| New York attorney general opens inquiry into Trump Foundation | |
| Ben Jacobs | |
| New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman has opened an inquiry into the conduct of the Donald J Trump Foundation, the personal charity of the Republican presidential nominee, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to the Guardian. | |
| In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Schneiderman said Tuesday that he had been “looking into the Trump Foundation to make sure it’s complying with the laws governing charities in New York”. | |
| The source said that Schneiderman “opened an inquiry on the Trump Foundation based on troubling transactions that have recently come to light.” | |
| Schneiderman said “my interest in this issue really is in my capacity as regulator of nonprofits in New York state, and we have been concerned that the Trump Foundation may have engaged in some impropriety from that point of view.” | |
| “We’ve had correspondence with them. I didn’t make a big deal out of it or hold a press conference.” | |
| The comments come a week after the IRS fined the Trump Foundation $2,500 for making an illegal campaign contribution to Florida attorney general Pam Bondi, a longtime Trump supporter who decided not to investigate Trump University. | |
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| Jason Miller, the communications adviser for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has released a statement about the reported inquiry into the Donald J. Trump Foundation by the New York attorney general: | |
| Attorney General Eric Sneiderman is a partisan hack who has turned a blind eye to the Clinton Foundation for years and has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. This is nothing more than another left-wing hit job designed to distract from Crooked Hillary Clinton’s disastrous week. | |
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| Donald Trump, outlining his child care policy, tells an audience in Aston, Pennsylvania, that his plan would free Americans from “the baskets” that politicians put them in - an oblique reference to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment last Friday. | Donald Trump, outlining his child care policy, tells an audience in Aston, Pennsylvania, that his plan would free Americans from “the baskets” that politicians put them in - an oblique reference to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment last Friday. |
| “I think you know what I’m talking about. While my opponent slanders you as deplorable and irredeemable, I call you hard-working American patriots,” Trump continues. “It’s time to end the rule of special interests and begin the rule of the American people - that’s what it’s all about.” | “I think you know what I’m talking about. While my opponent slanders you as deplorable and irredeemable, I call you hard-working American patriots,” Trump continues. “It’s time to end the rule of special interests and begin the rule of the American people - that’s what it’s all about.” |
| “It’s time to stop fighting about the smallest words,” Trump says. “It’s time to start believing in America again. Together, I promise you, together, we will make our country strong again. We will make our country prosperous again. We will make our country great again - greater than ever before.” | “It’s time to stop fighting about the smallest words,” Trump says. “It’s time to start believing in America again. Together, I promise you, together, we will make our country strong again. We will make our country prosperous again. We will make our country great again - greater than ever before.” |
| And with that, he’s out - a mere 20 minutes after he began his speech. | And with that, he’s out - a mere 20 minutes after he began his speech. |
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| Net, Trump says, “to open up a dependent-care savings account,” similar to a health care savings account, in which pre-tax income can be saved in an account to be used for child care. | Net, Trump says, “to open up a dependent-care savings account,” similar to a health care savings account, in which pre-tax income can be saved in an account to be used for child care. |
| “These accounts will be available to all Americans - you won’t have to depend on your employers to have them,” Trump continues. “The money that is put into these accounts can also be spend not only on child care, but also on child-enrichment activities.” | “These accounts will be available to all Americans - you won’t have to depend on your employers to have them,” Trump continues. “The money that is put into these accounts can also be spend not only on child care, but also on child-enrichment activities.” |
| The funds, Trump says, would not revert at the end of the year, but can roll over every year “to create substantial savings - tremendous savings, actually.” | The funds, Trump says, would not revert at the end of the year, but can roll over every year “to create substantial savings - tremendous savings, actually.” |
| “The funds will remain in the account until the age of 18,” at which point the remaining funds can be used to pay for higher education. | “The funds will remain in the account until the age of 18,” at which point the remaining funds can be used to pay for higher education. |
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| “For many families in our country, child care is now the single largest expense,” Trump continues. “My opponent has no child care plan - she never will, and if it ever evolves into a plan it will never get done anyway. All talk, no action.” | “For many families in our country, child care is now the single largest expense,” Trump continues. “My opponent has no child care plan - she never will, and if it ever evolves into a plan it will never get done anyway. All talk, no action.” |
| (This is not accurate - Clinton unveiled her plan in May.) | (This is not accurate - Clinton unveiled her plan in May.) |
| “Many Americans are just one crisis away from disaster: a sick kid, a lost job, a damaged home,” Trump says. “And this is what I’m going to be outlining tonight.” | “Many Americans are just one crisis away from disaster: a sick kid, a lost job, a damaged home,” Trump says. “And this is what I’m going to be outlining tonight.” |
| “Families with a stay-at-home parent will be able to deduct the average cost of child care from their taxes,” Trump says of his plan. “For low-income individuals who have no net income tax liability, we will expand the EITC... in the form of a child care rebate. Working parents can get an expanded EITC benefit that equals up to half of their total payroll tax.” | “Families with a stay-at-home parent will be able to deduct the average cost of child care from their taxes,” Trump says of his plan. “For low-income individuals who have no net income tax liability, we will expand the EITC... in the form of a child care rebate. Working parents can get an expanded EITC benefit that equals up to half of their total payroll tax.” |
| “This translates to as much as an extra $1,200 in EITC benefits for working families.” | “This translates to as much as an extra $1,200 in EITC benefits for working families.” |
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| Speaking in Aston, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is outlining his newly minted child care policy, which he vows will “make a lot of people really happy”. | Speaking in Aston, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is outlining his newly minted child care policy, which he vows will “make a lot of people really happy”. |
| After being introduced by daughter Ivanka, who headlined the issue of child care reform at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Trump tells the audience that his “detailed proposals” on the issue of child care and education will make clear for American voters that his campaign “is about ideas.” | After being introduced by daughter Ivanka, who headlined the issue of child care reform at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Trump tells the audience that his “detailed proposals” on the issue of child care and education will make clear for American voters that his campaign “is about ideas.” |
| “Child care is such a big problem,” Trump says. “And we’re gonna solve that problem.” | “Child care is such a big problem,” Trump says. “And we’re gonna solve that problem.” |
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| Donald Trump campaigns in Aston, Pennsylvania | Donald Trump campaigns in Aston, Pennsylvania |
| Watch it live here: | Watch it live here: |
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| Ivanka Trump introduces Donald Trump | Ivanka Trump introduces Donald Trump |
| Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, introduced her father at a campaign event in Aston, Pennsylvania, rolling out his child care proposals as “a woman, a mother and a woman who works.” | Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, introduced her father at a campaign event in Aston, Pennsylvania, rolling out his child care proposals as “a woman, a mother and a woman who works.” |
| “My father’s policy will give paid leave to mothers whose employers are among the almost 90% of US employers that currently do not offer this benefit,” Trump said. “My father understands the needs of the modern workforce, and is offering a new and innovative solution where others have not.” | “My father’s policy will give paid leave to mothers whose employers are among the almost 90% of US employers that currently do not offer this benefit,” Trump said. “My father understands the needs of the modern workforce, and is offering a new and innovative solution where others have not.” |
| “Raising children full-time is one of the hardest jobs anyone can do, and it’s essential that our policies... honor that reality,” Trump continues. “Ensuring its enactment will be one of my top priorities when he is elected come November. This is not a woman’s issue - it’s a family issue, it’s an American issue.” | “Raising children full-time is one of the hardest jobs anyone can do, and it’s essential that our policies... honor that reality,” Trump continues. “Ensuring its enactment will be one of my top priorities when he is elected come November. This is not a woman’s issue - it’s a family issue, it’s an American issue.” |
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| The Clinton campaign appears willing and able to engage on the “deplorable” fight - starting with this internet spot in which Republican running mate Mike Pence declines to call white nationalist and former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan “deplorable.” | The Clinton campaign appears willing and able to engage on the “deplorable” fight - starting with this internet spot in which Republican running mate Mike Pence declines to call white nationalist and former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan “deplorable.” |
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| Report: Colin Powell calls Donald Trump 'a national disgrace,' 'international pariah' in emails | Report: Colin Powell calls Donald Trump 'a national disgrace,' 'international pariah' in emails |
| Former secretary of defense and retired four-star general Colin Powell referred to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a “national disgrace” and an “international pariah” in emails to a former aide, according to Buzzfeed News. | Former secretary of defense and retired four-star general Colin Powell referred to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as a “national disgrace” and an “international pariah” in emails to a former aide, according to Buzzfeed News. |
| Powell, who served under three Republican presidents but endorsed President Barack Obama twice, called the birther movement that Trump fomented “racist” in an email to Emily Miller, a journalist who once served as Powell’s deputy press secretary during his tenure in the second Bush administration. | Powell, who served under three Republican presidents but endorsed President Barack Obama twice, called the birther movement that Trump fomented “racist” in an email to Emily Miller, a journalist who once served as Powell’s deputy press secretary during his tenure in the second Bush administration. |
| Trump, Powell said in a June 2016 email, “is in the process of destroying himself, no need for Dems to attack him. Paul Ryan is calibrating his position again.” | Trump, Powell said in a June 2016 email, “is in the process of destroying himself, no need for Dems to attack him. Paul Ryan is calibrating his position again.” |
| Powell’s slams against Trump, unheard of intra-party attacks that would be unheard of in any other campaign cycle, may not make an impact - according to Powell himself. | Powell’s slams against Trump, unheard of intra-party attacks that would be unheard of in any other campaign cycle, may not make an impact - according to Powell himself. |
| “To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him,” Powell said in another email. | “To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him,” Powell said in another email. |
| In comment to Buzzfeed News, Powell did not deny sending the emails. | In comment to Buzzfeed News, Powell did not deny sending the emails. |
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| Choice of words... | Choice of words... |
| I had a blast with students and supporters in front of Iowa's Capitol on 9/11! #CancelStudentDebt #ItsInOurHands pic.twitter.com/96G3fHr95A | I had a blast with students and supporters in front of Iowa's Capitol on 9/11! #CancelStudentDebt #ItsInOurHands pic.twitter.com/96G3fHr95A |
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| Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail Thursday | Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail Thursday |
| The Associated Press reports: | The Associated Press reports: |
| Hillary Clinton will resume campaign travel Thursday after a bout of pneumonia. | Hillary Clinton will resume campaign travel Thursday after a bout of pneumonia. |
| Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill says the Democratic nominee spent Tuesday reading briefing material and making calls. She also watched President Barack Obama campaigning on her behalf in Philadelphia. | Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill says the Democratic nominee spent Tuesday reading briefing material and making calls. She also watched President Barack Obama campaigning on her behalf in Philadelphia. |
| She had planned to campaign Wednesday in Las Vegas. Former President Bill Clinton will headline the event in her place. | She had planned to campaign Wednesday in Las Vegas. Former President Bill Clinton will headline the event in her place. |
| Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia Friday. But her campaign didn’t disclose the illness until Sunday, after video emerged showing her stumbling and being held up by aides after abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial service in New York. | Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia Friday. But her campaign didn’t disclose the illness until Sunday, after video emerged showing her stumbling and being held up by aides after abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial service in New York. |
| Updated | Updated |
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| Libertarian presidential tickets achieves ballot access in all 50 states, District of Columbia | Libertarian presidential tickets achieves ballot access in all 50 states, District of Columbia |
| The presidential campaign of former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has announced that the ticket has achieved ballot access in all 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia. | The presidential campaign of former New Mexico governor and Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has announced that the ticket has achieved ballot access in all 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia. |
| “With a majority of Americans wanting a choice other than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, today we now know for certain that on Election Day, every voter in America will have that alternative option,” Johnson said in a statement. “And today we also know that the only other option on every American voter’s ballot will be myself and Gov. [Bill] Weld.” | “With a majority of Americans wanting a choice other than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, today we now know for certain that on Election Day, every voter in America will have that alternative option,” Johnson said in a statement. “And today we also know that the only other option on every American voter’s ballot will be myself and Gov. [Bill] Weld.” |
| Calling the ballot-access process “a monumental task,” Johnson slightly shaded Green party candidate Jill Stein by reminding followers that the Libertarian party “will be the only ticket other than the Republicans and Democrats to do so.” | Calling the ballot-access process “a monumental task,” Johnson slightly shaded Green party candidate Jill Stein by reminding followers that the Libertarian party “will be the only ticket other than the Republicans and Democrats to do so.” |