Trump Rips Clinton's "Deplorables" Remark As Divisive
Donald Trump is fighting back against Hillary Clinton's comments characterizing his supporters as belonging to a "basket of deplorables."
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Donald Trump is fighting back against Hillary Clinton's comments characterizing his supporters as belonging to a "basket of deplorables."
A new issue is taking center stage in the final weeks of the 2016 Presidential campaign.
The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks with a solemn roll call of the dead Sunday but couldn't keep the presidential campaign from intruding on what is traditionally a politics-free moment of remembrance.
Hillary Clinton verbally banished half of Donald Trump's backers to a "basket of deplorables" and the Republican presidential nominee quickly responded Saturday, saying she had smeared many Americans and would pay a heavy political price.
With a new promise of $20 million to help defeat Donald Trump, billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has become one of the top Democratic donors of the election.
With a new poll showing the presidential race in a dead heat in Florida, the campaigns of Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump continue a steady stream of events aimed at rallying voters.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are locked in critical swing states just 60 days before election day, according to a new poll.
Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday saying he "failed" to prove he can be commander in chief after he praised the Russian president and expressed condemnation of American military generals.
President Bill Clinton spoke to about 170 community and faith leaders inside the Miramar Civic Center weighing in on the controversy surrounding Donald Trump and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and the importance of Broward County in this year's election.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off on the same stage for the first time Wednesday night.
Donald Trump spoke to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi before his charity cut a 2013 check to support her re-election effort, but his campaign said Tuesday the two never discussed whether her office would join a lawsuit against Trump University.
Donald Trump is unveiling a plan for a major increase in defense spending as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he's ready to lead the world's most powerful military.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his campaign are trying to distance themselves from a campaign contribution his charity made to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi who was seeking re-election.
In the final stretch to the November presidential election, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have turned their attention to the battleground states in the South.
Miles apart from each other in Ohio, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made competing Labor Day pitches - setting the stage in a critical month for their campaigns.
Former President Bill Clinton warns that Donald Trump's economic policies could cause millions of Americans to lose their jobs.
Donald Trump's campaign says that FBI documents concerning Hillary Clinton's private email use "reinforce her tremendously bad judgment and dishonesty."
Just two months before Election Day, early voting is set to kick off next week in North Carolina.
Donald Trump's immigration plan is getting backlash from some of his strongest Latino supporters.
Some Hispanic leaders who have been advising Donald Trump say they feel betrayed after Trump's big immigration speech.
Vice President Joe Biden stepped in for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail Thursday.
Donald Trump seems to have retreated on his vow to deport everyone living in the United States illegally even though he still has an aggressive tone on illegal immigration and is still committed to building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
Flanked by the president of Mexico, Donald Trump firmly defended the right of the U.S. to build a massive border wall but did not repeat his frequent promise to have Mexico to pay for it.
Mike Pence says that Donald Trump's trip to Mexico demonstrates what a "decisive leader" he would be if elected president.
News that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is set to meet Republican candidate Donald Trump Wednesday is causing some negative feelings among many Mexicans.
Residents in Fort Lauderdale's Victoria Park neighborhood say a string of car break-ins and burglaries has left them frustrated and fearful after multiple failed arrests.
A rescue group says the French bulldog mix dubbed "Miracle" may need weeks of treatment after being found severely malnourished behind a local drug store.
A mother says her two young sons are still recovering after the blast that injured 11 people and killed the boat operator.
With inflation hitting its highest point since 2023, Kiana Powell told CBS News, "I cannot let a deal go to waste if it's something that I am using daily."
A new state report shows Florida recorded 694 reportable boating accidents in 2025, with officials pointing to increasingly congested waterways.
Residents in Fort Lauderdale's Victoria Park neighborhood say a string of car break-ins and burglaries has left them frustrated and fearful after multiple failed arrests.
A rescue group says the French bulldog mix dubbed "Miracle" may need weeks of treatment after being found severely malnourished behind a local drug store.
A mother says her two young sons are still recovering after the blast that injured 11 people and killed the boat operator.
With inflation hitting its highest point since 2023, Kiana Powell told CBS News, "I cannot let a deal go to waste if it's something that I am using daily."
A new state report shows Florida recorded 694 reportable boating accidents in 2025, with officials pointing to increasingly congested waterways.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.
The Trump administration announced it's restricting people who don't have U.S. passports from entering the country if they have been in Congo, South Sudan or Uganda amid the Ebola outbreak.
The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Cuba's communist leadership.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
President Trump had accused the Treasury Department and IRS of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.