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Major Clinton Foundation donor and Nigerian-Lebanese billionaire Gilbert Chagoury is suing seven United States federal agencies over being denied a visa to enter the U.S., and is claiming reputational damage after a story leaked about the reason — namely, reports that he aided in funneling money to Islamic terror group Hezbollah.

Monday on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” former President Bill Clinton defended his wife, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and their family organization the Clinton Foundation, against allegations that donors were given special access to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s State Department.

For a giant, flashing sign that the Clintons’ influence-peddling will never end, look no further than Bill’s 70th birthday party Friday night at the Rainbow Room — which of course is a Clinton Foundation fundraising bash.

Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Clinton Foundation president Donna Shalala, also the former secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that requesting “courtesy appointments” impacted policy in anyway while Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. Shalala touted

Former President Bill Clinton has promised to step down from the Clinton Foundation should his wife win the presidency, but that is not stopping him from hosting one last fundraiser.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign released a statement Wednesday in response to news that the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), the Clinton foundation’s flagship project, plans to spin off into a “completely independent” charity should Hillary Clinton win the U.S. presidency in November.

When Hillary Clinton described half of the Americans supporting Donald Trump as a “basket of deplorables” made up of “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” people, she opened herself up to criticism about her own “deplorables”: The repressive regimes that gave millions to the Clinton Foundation, many of those high-dollar donations flooding in while Clinton was serving as Secretary of State.

President Barack Obama attempted Tuesday to defend the Clinton Foundation against criticism that Hillary Clinton and her husband used it as a vehicle for self-enrichment and bribery, accepting donations from foreigners and companies with business before the State Department.

During Saturday’s “AM Joy” on MSNBC, host Joy Reid argued with GOP National Committee for Florida Peter Feamen over the 181 Clinton Foundation donors who lobbied the State Department, calling that story “not accurate” and just “talking points.” “Actually, Peter, that story, what you

A review of FBI Director James Comey’s professional history and relationships shows that the Obama cabinet leader — now under fire for his handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton — is deeply entrenched in the big-money cronyism culture of Washington, D.C.

As part of an ongoing effort to defend his embattled family philanthropy, Bill Clinton spent the week pleading the case with swing-state voters that his troubled charity did not “solve every problem,” but what is important is that they tried.

Hillary Clinton will not attend the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) conference later this month, according to the Daily Mail. The Democratic party nominee’s aides said Clinton is not listed on the summit’s agenda, and is expected to avoid the New York-based confab.

Chelsea Clinton insisted it was important to keep her father’s work at the foundation intact, citing the millions of people who were receiving aid from her family’s legacy project.

Clinton is still the favorite to win in November, but mounting scandals will follow her to the White House — unless President Barack Obama pardons her, which looks both necessary and likely.

Buckling under the pressure from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, The Associated Press confirmed on Thursday that it is deleting a two week-old tweet that was critical of the Clinton Foundation.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton answered questions for 30 minutes during NBC’s “Commander-in-Chief forum” Wednesday tonight, and moderator Matt Lauer failed to ask the White House hopeful a single question about the myriad allegations that she used her position as secretary of state to sell access to major Clinton Foundation donors.

Laureate International Universities, the world’s largest for-profit college conglomerate with several ties to the Clinton Foundation, named Bill Clinton its “honorary chancellor” and paid him nearly $18 million while its affiliated nonprofit received millions in grants from Hillary Clinton’s State Department.

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), the Clinton foundation’s flagship project, has failed for years to disclose hundreds of millions in foreign government donations as required by New York State law, according to an investigative report by Scripps Washington Bureau.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto extended invitations to both major party presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but where Trump took the meeting, Clinton is now refusing to accept the neighboring country president’s invitation.

Writing for Scripps News, Mark Greenblatt takes New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to task for his reluctance to enforce state law against the Clinton Foundation and Clinton Health Access Initiative, which has ignored the requirements for documenting foreign donations for years.

After debuting at #1 on The New York Times graphic novel bestsellers list and slipping to second place, Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel is back on top, according to data released by the Times’ book review.

During an interview with ABC affiliate WEWS NewsChannel 5 in Cleveland, OH that was released on Tuesday, Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that the Clinton Foundation is not taking “foreign-connected contributions” “right now” in response to a

On Tuesday morning’s Breitbart News Daily, Colorado state Senator Ted Harvey, founder of the StopHillaryPAC, told SiriusXM host Alex Marlow that Hillary Clinton’s health was “something to be concerned about.”

“Here is what I did, I was sort of Robin Hood, except I didn’t rob anybody,” Bill Clinton said. “I just asked people with money to give it to people who didn’t have money and we tried to use it in America and around the world to save jobs, to create jobs and to save lives.”

Hillary Clinton’s determination to keep control of the scandal-plagued Clinton Foundation shows that she’s willing to sell favors if she’s elected to the Oval Office, says a spokesman for Donald Trump. “Given the repeated examples of Clinton Foundation donors and

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) called the Clinton Foundation’s fundraising “absolutely deplorable” in the years since the ranking Republican held up Hillary Clinton’s Senate confirmation over concerns of pay-to-play at her troubled charity.

On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’ “Washington Week,” TIME Magazine Executive Editor Michael Duffy argued that the Clinton Foundation “had a pay-to-play wing, or arm, where clearly, donors to the Foundation were able to at least apply for, and in some

A majority of Americans believe that Bill and Hillary Clinton failed to avoid conflicts of interest as millions of dollars flowed into their corrupt family foundation, according to a new national Suffolk University/USA Today poll.

Experts who’ve dedicated years to demanding government transparency say there are several serious issues with Bill Clinton’s promise to ban all corporate and foreign donations to his family’s troubled charity should Hillary win in November.

Matt Lauer, once listed as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, will moderate the first joint public appearance from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Former president Bill Clinton used taxpayer funds from cash provided to him as an ex-president to pay for employees to set up the family’s private email server, according to a new report from Politico.

Marine Le Pen has voiced her support for Donald Trump, warning that his rival Hillary Clinton would bring war and devastation to the world.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Washington Post Opinion Writer David Ignatius stated, “It is outrageous to have someone running for president of the United States, have her husband raising money from foreign governments, from wealthy foreign individuals who want to

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Bill Clinton told the staff of his global charity he would have to step down if Hillary Clinton won the White House, he was vividly clear about how that felt: Worse than a root canal, he said.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), who supported Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), but is now supporting Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that if the Clinton Foundation is “an extraneous

Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Hillary Clinton supporter, thinks that the Clinton Foundation should be “cut off” due to the pay-for-play scandal haunting Clinton’s campaign.