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What Clinton, Bush Told Their Successors Released

Both men had plenty of encouraging words in letters left behind

(Newser) - It may be many years before the contents of the letter President Obama will leave in the White House for Donald Trump Friday morning are known to the public, but the notes from the two previous presidents to their successors can now be seen for the first time. In letters...

Clintons Have RSVP'd to Trump's Inauguration

George W. Bush will also be there

(Newser) - For a while there, it looked like Jimmy Carter was going to be the only ex-president at Donald Trump's inauguration . But CBS News reports a spokesperson for George W. and Laura Bush said Tuesday the couple will be attending. "They are pleased to be able to witness the...

Trump Went to White House; Clinton Walked in the Woods

Clinton supporter shares photo of chance encounter on Facebook

(Newser) - Two days after the election upset that shocked America, President-elect Donald Trump met with President Obama at the White House—and Hillary Clinton went on a walk in the woods with her dog and her husband. Clinton supporter Margot Gerster, feeling "heartbroken" after her candidate was defeated at the...

In NYC Society, Clinton, Trump Weren't Friends Exactly

Their relationship was more of a 'transaction,' writes Maureen Dowd

(Newser) - One angle of this year's election that might be lost on all but those around Manhattan: This is the first time in more than 70 years that two New Yorkers have squared off for the presidency, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times Magazine . In her lengthy piece,...

FBI Stuns Clinton Campaign With New Document Release

Files relate to controversial 2001 pardon

(Newser) - The FBI has followed up its October surprise for Hillary Clinton with another shocker: the release of 129 pages of internal documents related to Bill Clinton's highly controversial pardon of financier Marc Rich. The heavily redacted documents were released Monday and the agency drew attention to them with a...

Leaked Memo Reveals Workings of 'Bill Clinton Inc.'

Aide would solicit donations for Clinton Foundation while getting paid gigs for Bill

(Newser) - A 13-page memo detailing what an aide calls "Bill Clinton Inc." was made public Wednesday by WikiLeaks and will only add to Republican criticisms of the Clinton Foundation, the Washington Post reports. The memo, sent by Douglas Band, lays out how he and his company, Teneo, helped secure...

Bush Letter to Clinton Has People Longing for Civil Politics

'Your success now is our country's success'

(Newser) - A 1993 letter from George HW Bush to Bill Clinton is suddenly back in the news, being hailed as a great example of grace in defeat and a reminder of what a peaceful transition of power looks like. The letter, which is mentioned in autobiographies by both former presidents, was...

Clinton Apparently Got Debate Handshake Protocol Changed

Campaign apparently wants to play it safe

(Newser) - Traditionally, the spouses and family members of the two presidential candidates shake hands as they enter the debates and cross each other's paths on their way to their seats. That could change tonight: Two sources tell the New York Times that after the last debate, when Donald Trump attempted...

Trump Appears With Bill Clinton's Accusers

Clinton campaign dismisses 'destructive race to the bottom'

(Newser) - In a stunningly brazen move, Donald Trump met Sunday night with several women who have accused Bill Clinton of rape and unwanted sexual advances, just over an hour before he was to step on the debate stage with Hillary Clinton. The Trump pre-debate event was the clearest sign yet that...

Bill Clinton Changes Tune After Calling ObamaCare 'Crazy'

He says he supported it, but there are gaps

(Newser) - Bill Clinton seems to have belatedly realized that calling ObamaCare a "crazy system" isn't going to help his wife's campaign. He chose his words more carefully on the campaign trail Tuesday after a backlash to his remarks on Monday, when he told an audience in Flint, Mich....

Chelsea Clinton Has Words for Donald Trump

After Trump was proud he didn't bring up Bill's 'indiscretions' in front of her

(Newser) - After Monday's debate, Donald Trump noted that "everything I wanted to say I got out, except for the transgressions of Bill [Clinton]." He explained that he didn't want to bring up Gennifer Flowers or Monica Lewinsky "with Chelsea in the room," and that he...

Report: Bill Clinton Pays Aides With Taxpayer Money

But so do the other ex-presidents

(Newser) - Bill Clinton used taxpayer money to pay the partial salaries of 10 of his aides, including one who helped set up Hillary Clinton's infamous private email server, according to a Politico investigation into thousands of pages of documents. The money comes from the General Services Administration through the 1958...

Clinton's Foundation to Alter Donation Policy if She's Elected

No money from foreigners or corporations

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's family foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if she is elected president, and will bring an end to its annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting regardless of the outcome of the November election, the AP reports. Former President Bill Clinton made the announcement at an...

4 Takes on Bill&#39;s Speech
 4 Takes on Bill's 'Love Letter' 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Jul 27, 2016 6:03 AM CDT

4 Takes on Bill's 'Love Letter'

Maybe there was a reference to 1998...

(Newser) - There was no shortage of history made on Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention: Hours after Hillary Clinton became the first female major-party nominee , Bill Clinton delivered the first convention speech from a would-be "first gentleman," offering a heartfelt account of his life with the woman he...

Bill Clinton&#39;s 5 Biggest Lines
 Bill Clinton's 5 Biggest Lines 
democratic convention
Jul 26, 2016 11:33 PM CDT

Bill Clinton's 5 Biggest Lines

He recounts courtship in deeply personal DNC speech

(Newser) - Tuesday night marked the 10th time Bill Clinton had addressed a Democratic National Convention—but it was the first time Bill, or anybody, had made a speech as the husband of the nominee . The Wells Fargo Center seemed completely absorbed as Bill recounted the early years of his life with...

Bill Clinton to Battle 'Bernie or Bust' on DNC's 2nd Night

Plus, mothers of Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner speak on gun violence

(Newser) - The name organizers hope will be on everyone's mind during the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday—besides Hillary Clinton's, of course—is that of her husband. Bill Clinton will headline the evening four years after giving what CBS News calls a better pitch for...

Dowd: Just Think of Hillary as Daisy Buchanan
Dowd: Just Think of Hillary
as Daisy Buchanan
OPINION
Jul 10, 2016 4:15 PM CDT

Dowd: Just Think of Hillary as Daisy Buchanan

This is not a compliment

(Newser) - FBI chief James Comey called Hillary Clinton " extremely careless" over her use of a private email server, and Maureen Dowd goes him one better in the New York Times . She likens Bill and Hillary Clinton to Tom and Daisy Buchanan of the Great Gatsby in that their "vast...

Official: AG to OK What Prosecutors Want in Hillary Email Case

This after a controversial meeting with Bill Clinton on a plane in Arizona

(Newser) - Attorney General Loretta Lynch intends to accept whatever recommendation career prosecutors and federal agents make in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, a Justice Department official speaking on condition of anonymity said Friday, per the AP . The revelation comes amid a controversy surrounding an...

Dems Facepalm Over AG's Meeting With Bill Clinton

Loretta Lynch is heading federal probe into Hillary Clinton's email woes

(Newser) - As the FBI and Justice Department probe the Hillary Clinton email saga , two people who probably shouldn't have met did just that Monday. Bill Clinton was waiting to depart Phoenix's airport when Attorney General Loretta Lynch landed for a community event—and so Clinton ambled across the tarmac...

Hillary's Bro-in-Law Busted on DUI Charge in California

Roger Clinton's 2nd DUI arrest comes 2 days ahead of state's primary

(Newser) - In what TMZ calls "impeccable timing," Bill Clinton's baby brother, Roger, was arrested Sunday in California on DUI charges—just two days before Hillary Clinton goes up against Bernie Sanders in the state primary there. Roger Clinton, 59, was busted around 8pm in Redondo Beach and is...

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