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Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump is shrinking, with a new poll released Wednesday showing her margin down to 4 points. Clinton notched 44 percent to Trump’s 40 percent in the Bloomberg Politics poll, which had Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson at 9 percent, while Green Party candidate Jill Stein tallied 4 percent. The same poll last month had Clinton with a much larger lead, with the Democrat at 49 percent, Trump at 37 and Johnson at 9 percent. -------------------------------------------- A majority of voters (60 percent) do not believe the election is rigged, while only 34 percent agree that it is....

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Islamic movement and the founder of Hamas, has set up a network of political parties around the country that eclipse the following of the middle class activists that overthrew the regime. On the extreme fringe of the Brotherhood, Islamic groups linked to al-Qeada are organising from the mosques to fill the vacuum left by the collapse of the dictatorship. The military-led government already faces accusations that it is bowing to the surge in support for the Muslim movements, something that David Cameron warned of in February when he

BAGHDAD—Army Brig. Gen. Qassim Atta Al-Moussawi, Fardh Al-Qanoon spokesman, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark I. Fox, a Multi-National Force-Iraq spokesman, held a press conference Sunday on the progress of Iraqi Security Forces. Fox detailed how Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces are working together in various locations throughout Iraq. Coalition forces have helped train and equip more than 349,000 ISF soldiers and added 8,700 Soldiers since June 24. Fox says the ISF is getting stronger every day. “The steady growth of the ISF, combined with the additional surge in Coalition forces is making a difference on the ground,” Fox said....

Fallujah worker at new Al Askari water treatment plant. FALLUJAH -- Water is a precious resource in Iraq...clean, drinking water even more so.Fallujah residents last spring celebrated the opening of a new water treatment facility, the first such investment in their community in a quarter-century. The main treatment plant was built in 1981 and could produce 2,000 cubic meters per hour. But over the years, little was invested in maintenance and today that outdated facility produces only half what was originally intended. Fallujah city officials participated in an open house and dedication of the Al Tahadi water treatment plant...

Maj. Brian Payne, Battalion Executive Officer, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, addresses the Hawija District’s police chiefs. Photo taken by 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs. KIRKUK -- Imagine a city where police didn’t investigate crimes for fear their families would be targeted by criminals for retribution. Imagine a city where police refused to leave the station because doing so put their lives at risk? That was Hawija. Today, international police liaison officers (IPLO) and 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldiers are working together in the district of Hawija...

CHINO - When the sun finally sets and the fast of Ramadan ends for the day, Luqman Malik joins the faithful at the Baitul Hameed Mosque for a feast of chicken, rice, potatoes. And Mexican food. Islam is a tapestry, says Imam Shamshad A. Nasir, a religion that attracts men and women of many cultures. More Latinos are embracing the faith, said Hussam Ayloush, a Corona man who is spokesman for the Southern California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. While he has has no exact numbers, he said the shift is clear. "Go to the mosque in downtown...

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2006 – While the enemy will continue to resist the will of the government and more violence is expected, the Afghan National Army and National Police are gaining capability by the day, a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan spokesman said today. At a news conference in the Afghan capital of Kabul, Army Col. Thomas Collins said Afghan and coalition forces are working with the local government and international aid organizations. The combined forces "continue their efforts to enable the Afghan people with opportunities for a brighter future despite the enemy's futile attempts to stop the march of progress,"...

Wednesday, July 12 home | news | COVER STORY | 7/12/2006 RED DAWN Forget about blue Oregon: The Republicans are taking over. BY NIGEL JAQUISS | IMAGE: LUKAS KETNER & THOMAS COBB The May primary election hit Kevin Looper like a head-butt. Looper, 36, is a genial, grizzly-sized political consultant who moved to Portland six years ago and is now perhaps the state's top voter-turnout guru. If you want to know how often the average unregistered slacker changes addresses, opens his mail or is likely to be home and lucid enough to sign a voter registration card, Looper is your man....

MEXICO CITY - The leftist former front-runner in this nation's presidential race is watching his advantage crumble to the conservative ruling-party candidate, raising doubts that Mexico will be the latest Latin America nation to veer to the left. Two months before the election, a series of polls show a steady decline for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The former Mexico City mayor is idolized by many poor Mexicans and feared by many of the rich, who worry he would set Mexico on the anti-free market path of Venezuela and Bolivia. Poll after recent poll has shown Lopez Obrador's lead declining or...

WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 – As the Iraqi security forces grow in number and capability, so too does the logistical support system that will sustain them, the commander of 3rd U.S. Army Corps Support Command told Pentagon reporters today from Balad, Iraq. Army Brig. Gen. Rebecca S. Halstead reported progress in building the Iraqis' logistics capability - ensuring that the proverbial "tail" can support the "teeth" of the fighting force. The 3rd COSCOM, deployed to Logistics Support Area Anaconda from its Weisbaden, Germany, headquarters, is carrying out its traditional logistics support mission for U.S. forces at more than 50 bases...

BAGHDAD (Army News Service, April 3, 2006) – The Iraqi army has proven that they're trained and capable of protecting the Iraqi people, and their nation recognizes that, according to Multinational Division – Baghdad Commander Maj. Gen. James Thurman in a teleconference with the Pentagon press corps March 31. Thurman assumed command of MND-B on January 7, 2006. He leads Coalition operations, which include U.S. forces and those from the Republic of Georgia, Macedonia, Estonia and about 33,000 Iraqi security forces. As the 4th Infantry division arrives at the 90-day mark in theater, Thurman pointed out key strategies and successes...

SACRAMENTO – Republican activists’ efforts to get their party to formally denounce Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s policies are gaining momentum, but not their proposal to yank the GOP’s endorsement of him for the November election. The chairman of the state party in recent days agreed to help get three proposed resolutions against the governor’s budget, public works and minimum wage hike plans a "full and fair hearing" at the GOP convention in San Jose later this month. Party chairman Duf Sundheim helped tweak the resolutions over the weekend so that they now avoid any direct attack against Schwarzenegger. "There are 1,400...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2005 – Iraqi security forces are growing in quality as well as quantity, a senior U.S. military officer told reporters at a Baghdad news conference today. Iraq's current 216,000 soldiers and police officers are being trained and equipped to assume the country's internal security needs and to prevent terrorists from using the country as a base for operations, Army Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, spokesman for Multinational Force Iraq, said. To imbue the Iraqi army with professionalism its officers, noncommissioned officers and enlisted soldiers are required to attend a number of military schools located across the country, Lynch...

TUCSON, Ariz. - The Minuteman Project was launched earlier this year amid fears that racist crackpots would rough up illegal immigrants trying to slip into this country. But there was no bloodshed when the hundreds of volunteers converged in the Arizona desert in April to watch for border crossers and report them to immigration authorities. Since then, the Minuteman movement has taken hold, with Minuteman-inspired organizations launched in several states. One of the movement's co-founders made a surprisingly strong showing in a bid for Congress earlier this month in California. And even critics of the movement acknowledge its participants are...

BAGHDAD (Army News Service, Nov. 9, 2005) – Iraqi and Coalition forces detained terrorists and found more than 1,000 rounds of munitions and explosive-device components this past week in and around Baghdad. Iraqi, U.S. forces nab terrorists After a Task Force Baghdad patrol struck an improvised explosive device northwest of Baghdad Nov. 3, two suspicious individuals were detained. U.S. Soldiers secured the site and notified an explosive ordnance disposal team. Three hours after the initial attack, two suspicious trucks driving with their headlights off tried to flee the area. The trucks drove into tangled wire and two terrorists were quickly...

From Yale to the University of North Carolina, liberal academia is being challenged by a new generation of conservative leadership. Credible tales of professors grading down conservative students have always run rampant. Biased lectures remain the unremarkable norm. One variable has changed, however. Liberal academia lacks its traditionally receptive audience. During the opening weeks of the Iraq war, professors were shocked by the absence of antiwar fervor among their pupils. Leading up to the 2004 elections, record numbers of undergraduates joined the College Republicans and other conservative organizations. Ingenious student protests, such as Berkeley’s affirmative action bake sale and Duke’s...

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) - Six officials accepted NASCAR tickets, clothes, a hunting dog and other bribes totaling $545,000 to steer disaster relief money to contractors, authorities charged Thursday. The accused in a 43-count federal indictment include former Buchanan County Board of Supervisors chairman Stuart Ray Blankenship, who faces up to 60 years in prison and a $1 million fine. At a news conference outside federal court, U.S. Attorney John L. Brownlee scolded the indicted officials, saying they stole from flood-ravaged families "in their time of great need." "Now, we learn that the very individuals who were elected to serve and...

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretarySeptember 20, 2003 President's Radio Address      Audio THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Every day, millions of Americans put in long hours building businesses of their own. Their hard work strengthens the economy, creates most of the new jobs in America, and supplies the innovation that drives our future prosperity. As we mark National Small Business Week, our nation honors the enterprise and hard work of small business owners and employees. Small businesses are a key to upward mobility, particularly for women and minorities. There are over 3 million minority-owned small businesses across America, and that...

<p>Some of Gov. Gray Davis' wealthy critics are believed to be interested in financing the recall effort against him.</p> <p>Anti-tax activists and conservative Republicans put out the word last week: They want to ask voters to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis.</p>