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Republican candidate for governor, Ed Gillespie, center, gestures during a news conference with his running mates, Lt. Gov. candidate Jill Vogel, left, and Attorney General candidate John Adams, right, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

Northam, Gillespie denounce neo-Nazis

Both of the major candidates for governor in Virginia say racists have no place in the Old Dominion — but Democratic nominee Ralph Northam said President Trump's response to the ugly events is also an issue for state voters.

August 15, 2017
Ed Gillespie was optimistic about Virginia’s ability to tackle hate groups. “We have stared down racism, and Nazism and white supremacy before, and we will stare it down again,” Mr. Gillespie said. (Associated Press)

Ralph Northam, Ed Gillespie denounce racists, neo-Nazis

Both of the major candidates for governor in Virginia say racists have no place in the Old Dominion -- but Democratic nominee Ralph Northam said President Trump's response to the ugly events is also an issue for state voters.

August 14, 2017
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., speaks during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) ** FILE **

Keith Ellison demands Donald Trump ‘condemn the terrorist attack’ on Muslim center

Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Wednesday that it is an "outrage" that President Trump has refused to "condemn the terrorist attack" on an Islamic center in Minnesota and even more appalling that one of his aides has floated the notion that the event is an example of "fake hate crimes."

August 9, 2017
"In past years, the budget has only been a vision, but now, with the Republican Congress and a Republican White House, this budget is a plan for action," said Rep. Diane Black, Tennessee Republican. (Associated Press/File)

House budget blueprint boosts military, cuts benefits

House Republicans unveiled a budget road map Tuesday that lays the groundwork for a tax code rewrite, shifting focus from the Senate's stalled effort to repeal and replace Obamacare and setting up another intraparty battle with conservative lawmakers.

July 18, 2017
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he is on a fact-finding mission to look into the lives of his customers, but politicos say the visits look like the sort of activity of someone preparing for a presidential run. (Associated Press/File)

Mark Zuckerberg travels path of presidential candidates

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has stood in the pews at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina, where in 2015 a deranged teenager with an affinity for white nationalism killed nine people, sparking a national debate over gun control and Confederate symbols.

July 10, 2017