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Mark Margavage said he’s had enough of “polished politics.” Margavage, an Edwardsville resident, said he believes Republican Donald Trump is a better presidential candidate than Democrat Hillary Clinton, regardless of the sexually charged comments Trump was recorded as saying about women in 2005. Margavage said many men make similar comments about women. And he’s not alone in his support for Trump. In an informal Times Leader poll Saturday on Facebook, an overwhelming majority of Trump backers said they still plan to vote for him despite his lewd comments 11 years ago. The poll had reached nearly 7,000 readers over the...

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, a critic of President Barack Obama, said in a radio interview Thursday he is exploring options available to Congress that would allow members to file civil or criminal actions against members of the Obama administration. The former U.S. attorney chided Obama’s “unilateral” decision regarding the Congress-approved Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, that included delaying one mandate that was set to begin without first seeking congressional approval. Last week, the Obama administration announced a delay until 2015 a requirement that businesses with 50 or more workers provide health insurance for their employees....