May. 27, 2016 4:37 p.m. EDT
News: The Libertarian Ticket, Delegate Count Puts Trump Over the Top and Clinton Staffers Role in Email Investigation
On the Webcast Extra, while some establishment Republicans have been hoping for a third-party candidate to emerge to challenge Donald Trump, the Libertarian Party meets this weekend to pick its nominee, who will be on the ballot in all 50 states. The leading candidate is one-time Republican Gov. Gary Johnson.
May. 20, 2016 9:12 p.m. EDT
News: Obama will travel to Hiroshima, Supreme Court preview, criticism of DNC & RNC chairs and an expensive California primary
President Obama will become the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first nuclear bomb dropped by American forces. Before the end of the Supreme Court term in June, the justices will issue decisions on immigration, affirmative action and former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's conviction.
May. 20, 2016 9:10 p.m. EDT
News: Tensions rise in the Democratic Party, Trump names his SCOTUS shortlist and Obama acts on overtime pay
With a month left in the primary campaign, Hillary Clinton said she will be the Democratic nominee, but Bernie Sanders is vowing to fight until the convention . Will Sanders' supporters eventually support Clinton? Republicans are lining up to support presumptive nominee Donald Trump, who released a list of 11 people he would consider to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat.
May. 19, 2016 2:04 p.m. EDT
News: Continuing to fight for the Democratic nomination
With less than a month left until the last presidential primary, Hillary Clinton holds a nearly-insurmountable delegate lead over her rival Bernie Sanders. As her campaign frequently points out, her nearly-300 pledged delegate lead is greater than the less-than-200 delegates she trailed Barack Obama at the same point in 2008. Clinton refused to suspend her campaign until every state voted.
May. 13, 2016 9:15 p.m. EDT
News: Bernie Sanders & the Democratic convention, Congress passes opioid bill and House GOP wins Obamacare lawsuit
On the Webcast Extra, as Democrats begin to look to their convention in Philadelphia, Bernie Sanders supporters are trying to influence the party platform even if the Vermont senator is unable to claim the nomination. In Washington, Congress passed several bipartisan bills to combat the nation's opioid epidemic.
May. 13, 2016 9:12 p.m. EDT
News: Trump, Ryan try to unify the Republican Party while Clinton fights a two-front campaign. And the fight over transgender rights.
Donald Trump met with Republican leaders in Washington including House Speaker Paul Ryan to begin to unite the GOP after a contentious primary campaign. Meanwhile Hillary Clinton fights a two-front battle -- fighting off her Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders, who has gotten momentum in late-voting state, while trying to turn her attention the November election and Donald Trump.
May. 06, 2016 9:18 p.m. EDT
News: 2016 Veepstakes: Who will be the #2 on the party tickets?
With the presidential nominees all but officially decided, speculation has already started about who will be the second name on the tickets in November. Donald Trump has said he wants a VP with government experience. The Atlantic's Molly Ball says Trump is seeking to normalize his candidacy to make it palatable for the Republican establishment.
May. 06, 2016 3:13 p.m. EDT
News: Can Trump unify the Republican Party? Paul Ryan "not ready" to back Trump, Clinton calls Trump "loose cannon"
New York businessman Donald Trump defied conventional wisdom to outlast 16 GOP rivals to become the party's presumptive nominee, but now the reality TV star faces a new test: unifying the Republican Party. House Speaker Paul Ryan is just one of Trump's high-profile doubters, saying Thursday he is "not ready" to support Trump. The two will meet next week to discuss the GOP agenda.
May. 04, 2016 6:21 p.m. EDT
News: John Kasich suspends his campaign
John Kasich, the last man standing against Donald J. Trump in the Republican primary race, officially suspended his presidential campaign Wednesday, making the New York businessman the presumptive Republican nominee. "As I suspend by campaign today, I have renewed faith, deeper faith, that the Lord will show me the way forward and fulfill the purpose of my life," Kasich said in his home state Ohio.
Apr. 29, 2016 9:43 p.m. EDT
News: Campaign 2016's biggest spender, previewing the Democratic National Convention & Donald Trump's general election campaign
Who has spent the most money in the 2016 election? A large number of small donations have helped to push this candidate forward, explains CNN's Jeff Zeleny. Is Hillary Clinton a better officer-holder or candidate? Indira Lakshmanan wrote about covering Clinton as candidate vs. at the State Department.
