COMPLETE INTERVIEW: Jake Tapper Interviewes Paul Manafort On "State of the Union" (8/14/2016)
Want to know whats happening in Ohio government and politics from Columbus to Washington,D.C.? The Columbus Dispatch has you covered.
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will appear at a rally at Youngstown State Universitythis afternoon expected to give a majorforeign policy speech.
What you can expect: "He"s going to lay out his vision and his strategy fordefeating radical Islamic terrorism," runningmate Mike Pence told Fox News Sunday.
Team Clinton already on the attack: Over the course of the campaign, Trump hasput forth one falsehood after the next, trash-talking America and our leaders with ridiculoussmears and using outrageous lies to stoke fears and division for personal gain. Trumps foreignpolicy comments range from long-debunked false attacks on Hillary Clinton to fact-free rhetoricabout global issues that makes us less secure, the campaign for Democratic nominee Hillary Clintonsaid in a release sent out Sunday.
Reminder: The Mahoning Valley is Trump-friendly territory. He won there and alongOhios eastern border counties in the March primary even while Ohio Gov. John Kasich won the restof the state.
But will Trump address this New York Times story? Under the headline Secret ledger in Ukraine lists cash for Donald Trumps campaign chief, Andrew E. Kramer, Mike McIntire and Barry Meier write:
On a leafy side street off Independence Square in Kiev is an office used for years by Donald J. Trump s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, when he consulted for Ukraines ruling political party.His furniture and personal items were still there as recently as May.
And Mr. Manaforts presence remains elsewhere here in the capital, where governmentinvestigators examining secret records have found his name, as well as companies he sought businesswith, as they try to untangle a corrupt network they say was used to loot Ukrainian assets andinfluence elections during the administration of Mr. Manaforts main client, formerPresident Viktor F. Yanukovych .
Handwritten ledgers show $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments designated for Mr.Manafort from Mr. Yanukovychs pro-Russian political party from 2007 to 2012, according to Ukraines newly formed National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Investigators assert that the disbursements werepart of an illegal off-the-books system whose recipients also included election officials.
Well be there to see: Dispatch Public Affairs Editor Darrel Rowland will be atthe Youngstown event. You can follow him on Twitter for the latest updates and check back with Dispatch.com.
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Happening later this week: Clinton will stop back in Cleveland to talk about tospeak about "tax fairness and investing in Ohio, according to Dispatch reporter Randy Ludlow.
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In case you didnt know: Ohio is kind of a big deal in the election and you canexpect to see the candidates here quite a bit. You can see where theyve been already with our interactive map thatincludes stories, photos and videos from their stops.
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At the Columbus Festival Latino: Dispatch reporter Catherine Candisky talked to people about the election thisweekend at the Columbus Festival Latino.
What they said: "I could never vote for someone as inhumane and immoral as Trump," saidJessica Rodriguez, a 40-year-old Columbus immigration lawyer and independent voter. "He"s a bully.He scares people."
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Talk of child care and the election: Both Trump and Clinton have releasedambitious plans aimed at cutting the costs of child care in America, signaling that in thiselection, one of the most hotly contested groups might be those pushing strollers, Dispatch Washington reporter Jessica Wehrman writes.
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Circus show: Rowland was on hand last week for a focus group of Wal-mart moms inColumbus where 10 women talked about this years election.
When asked how they feel about the election, the used words like Worried. Frustrated. Messy.Divided. Ridiculous. Disrespectful. Circus show, Rowland writes.
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Lets talk about the Senate race: You may not know much about Rob Portman or TedStrickland yet, but chances are, their campaigns know about you, Wehrman writes. Thanks to increasingly sophisticated methods of using data tocategorize and target voters, their campaigns are having incredibly specific conversations withvoters.
And then there is this: Ohios U.S. Senate race, where $33 million and thatsjust spending from outside groups has already been dumped into web, radio and TV ads. The race,said campaign watchdog Center for Responsive Politics, is the most expensive one in the nation. Thebulk of that nearly $19 million has been spent opposing Strickland, Wehrman writes.
But lets talk about issues: Wehrman breaks down where Strickland and Portman stand on economic issues.
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On the countdown: 85 days until the general election.
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A look at ECOTs history with the state: Todays legal battle potentiallyinvolving hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars paid to online charter schools in Ohio beganmore than 15 years ago with an audit, an unusual agreement and a mysterious scrawled signature followed by years of legislative inaction, Dispatch reporters Jim Siegel, Catherine Candisky and Bill Bush write.
This isnt a new issue. Its just come to a head, said Steve Burigana, former chiefoperating officer and head of the Department of Educations Office of Community Schools. Thedepartment is trying to do the right thing ... and once again, ECOT is saying no.
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A look at whats happening with Agile Networks and the state: State officials areforfeiting hundreds of thousands of dollars annually by allowing a contractor to lease stateproperty to another company and keep the money, Ludlow writes.
But, they say, that was the price to be paid to comply with federal tax laws while alsoexpanding internet connectivity to rural areas, particularly in southeastern Ohio.
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On this day: According to the Dispatch library, on this day in 2008, Formereastern Ohio Congressman Bob Ney walks out of a Cincinnati halfway house, ending his 17 months infederal custody for trading legislative acts for meals, a golf trip and other perks from adisgraced Washington lobbyist.
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