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Rick Santorum: Only GOP Candidate to Show at Scheduled Labor Day Parade

GOP presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was the only GOP candidate—out of seven who had promised to participate in the Chapin Labor Day Parade in South Carolina—to personally show up and follow through on the commitment, according to a local ABC affiliate report.

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Five KY Schools Close Due to ‘Expected Traffic’ for Mike Huckabee’s Rally

Several students in one Kentucky county will have an extra long Labor Day weekend because their schools are closing on Tuesday in anticipation of GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s rally for Kim Davis, the Rowan County Clerk jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses due to her religious beliefs.

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Donald Trump Swings at Fellow GOP Candidates, but Not Carly Fiorina

No GOP presidential candidate competing with frontrunner Donald Trump was safe from criticism during Trump’s press conference Thursday afternoon from Trump Towner, where he announced he signed the Republican National Committee’s loyalty pledge vowing to support the Republican nominee and not run as a third-party candidate, other than Carly Fiorina. He didn’t say anything negative about the former Hewlett-Packard CEO.

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Huckabee: Jailing Kim Davis Is Christian Persecution

The decision by a federal judge to jail county clerk Kim Davis suggests that Christianity is being criminalized in America, says GOP presidential candidate and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

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Donald Trump Signs RNC Pledge, Won’t Run as Third Party Candidate

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is asking every GOP candidate to sign a loyalty pledge, agreeing to support the Republican Party nominee and not run as a third party candidate. GOP frontrunner Donald Trump signed the pledge Thursday afternoon, hours after fellow GOP candidate Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) signed it.

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Trump, Huckabee, Slam Democrats’ Deal with Iran

Donald Trump is denouncing President Barack Obama’s giveaway deal with Iran, following the announcement by Democrats that they have enough votes in the Senate to block any Senate pushback. “It’s time for a real negotiator,” Trump declares in a new

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Exclusive: Immigration Experts Trash Daily Beast Story Blasting Trump Supporters

The story notes that Trump’s wife Melania is expected to join him on the campaign trail and goes on to suggest that Trump supporters might not receive her well because she is an immigrant, attempting to lump legal and illegal immigrants under the same category in order to paint all Trump supporters as collectively “anti-immigrant.”

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President Obama’s Economy Faces Thousands of Looming Layoffs

The Obama economy is facing thousands of looming layoffs, according to multiple media reports. For example, the Associated Press reports ConocoPhillips is expected to layoff roughly 1,810 employees — 10 percent of its workforce — due to a decrease in oil prices, which are nearing all time lows.

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Hillary’s E-mail Secrets; Huckabee and Walker Reax

Hillary Clinton’s use of her personal email network for classified government work proves that she thinks she’s above the law, and has recklessly put the nation’s security at risk, say two of the GOP 2016 candidates.

Presidential Candidates Stump At Iowa State Fair

EXCLUSIVE: Businesses Fight Against Seattle’s ‘Discriminatory’ Minimum Wage Law

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments today on the International Franchise Association’s appeal to overturn a U.S. District Court judge’s previous decision that denied a preliminary injunction to halt the application of Seattle’s minimum wage law to franchisees. The Seattle law is drafted so that large businesses with more than 500 employees must pay a minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2017 or 2018. However, smaller employers have more time – until 2021 – to increase the minimum wage.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (C) celebrates with supporters and hands out ceremonial pens after

CARLY for America: RNC Stands with ‘Clinton News Network’ – Not Conservatives

Carly Fiorina and her campaign spoke to numerous media outlets within the past several days about the current CNN debate rules and how the way CNN is calculating the top 10 candidates is grossly unfair to Fiorina, as it could keep her off the main stage yet again even after her standout performance in the first GOP primary debate in early August.

Carly Fiorina

Ben Carson: War Is on ‘What’s Inside of Women’

GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is dismissing the Democrat mantra of a “war on women,” saying instead that he thinks the real war should be focused on “what’s inside of women.”

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson delivers a speech to supporters Tuesday, Aug.