• Hillary Clinton makes history tonight against high stakes

    Hillary Clinton makes history tonight against high stakes

    Jul 28, 2016 11:06 PM EDT

    ... gay and straight, young and old, white, black and Hispanic — cast Trump as out-of-touch with a diverse and fast-changing nation. Clinton's campaign believes there are opportunities to woo moderate Republicans who are unnerved by Trump. That effort was hammered home Wednesday by former New York Mayor ...

  • Her turn now: Hillary Clinton makes her case for presidency

    Her turn now: Hillary Clinton makes her case for presidency

    Jul 28, 2016 07:34 PM EDT

    ... campaign enraged Democrats and Republicans, even as he dismissed suggestions from Obama and other Democrats that Moscow already was intervening on his behalf. Hours later, Trump told Fox News he was being "sarcastic" although shortly after his remarks on Wednesday, he tweeted that Russia should share the emails with the ...

  • Mishaps overshadow message at the Republican National Convention

    Mishaps overshadow message at the Republican National Convention

    Jul 19, 2016 04:05 PM EDT

    ... the campaign’s response made things even worse -- yet another in a pattern of erratic reactions by the campaign in moments of crisis. First, the campaign issued a statement from a senior spokesman after midnight that ignored the plagiarism angle entirely. Then, hours later, Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort ...

  • Obama designates national monument to honor women's equality

    Obama designates national monument to honor women's equality

    Apr 12, 2016 02:30 PM EDT

    ... Alva Belmont and Alice Paul were figures in the women's rights and suffrage movements. The Democrats' focus on Equal Pay comes amid a presidential campaign where the Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, has alienated female voters in droves, leading to GOP fears he could diminish the party's standing ...

  • Rubio's political reckoning arrives in Florida primary

    Rubio's political reckoning arrives in Florida primary

    Mar 13, 2016 09:43 PM EDT

    MIAMI -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was among the Republican Party's biggest stars when he burst onto the national stage in the tea party wave of 2010. Now, he is facing a home-state showing on Tuesday that could devastate his 2016 presidential campaign and damage his political brand for ...

  • Most Reddit users rely on the site as a news source

    Most Reddit users rely on the site as a news source

    Feb 25, 2016 03:00 PM EDT

    ... In all, 165,000 comments mentioned the Vermont senator in three months, more than the combined total comments of Hillary Clinton (85,000) and Donald Trump (73,000). Sanders also benefitted from a dedicated subreddit "SandersForPresident" where the campaign set up grassroots efforts to connect with voters. Most comments that ...

  • Shields and Brooks on guns, Iran, and whether Clinton’s emails will turn into scandal

    Shields and Brooks on guns, Iran, and whether Clinton’s emails will turn into scandal

    Jul 24, 2015 11:27 PM EDT

    ... seconds left. Donald Trump, he's -- got into a big fuss with John McCain, insulted John McCain last weekend, Lindsey Graham this week. But Donald Trump is still alive and well, still out on the campaign trail. David, what has happened to the race and is he going to stay ...

  • Watch: Obama cracks jokes at White House Correspondents’ dinner

    Watch: Obama cracks jokes at White House Correspondents’ dinner

    Apr 26, 2015 06:28 PM EDT

    ... Clinton kicked things off by going unrecognized to Chipotle. Meanwhile, he said, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley went completely unrecognized at an O'Malley campaign event. Taking a playful poke at himself and at Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is considering a bid, Obama said: "Apparently, some folks want ...

  • No image

    President's Outreach to Hill Republicans Collides with CPAC

    Mar 14, 2013 01:11 PM EDT

    Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives in the basement of the Capitol for a meeting with President Barack Obama and House Republicans Wednesday. Boehner described the 80-minute session as a "very frank and candid exchange of ideas" that he found "productive." Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Here's a political pop quiz to start your Thursday....

  • No image

    New Poll, Same Story: Obama Holds Narrow Lead Over Romney

    May 23, 2012 01:21 PM EDT

    President Obama arrives at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday en route to Colorado Springs to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. For the second day in a row, a new national poll gives President Obama a narrow lead over Mitt Romney despite apprehension among voters...