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Trump visits D.C. hospital treating critically injured Rep. Steve Scalise

August 22, 2019 at 4:45 a.m.

President Donald Trump sat at the bedside of Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who is being treated for a gunshot wound at a Northwest Washington hospital on Wednesday night. The unannounced...

Former Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, seen here in October, 2016, criticized President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on May 9, 2017.

Ex-Clinton aides slam Trump’s firing of Comey: ‘This terrifies me’

August 22, 2019 at 4:17 a.m.

Former aides to Hillary Clinton expressed a combination of disbelief and outrage over President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday night, suggesting that the move was...

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, accompanied by their wives, first lady Melania Trump and Akie Abe, wave before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base Md., Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Trump is hosting Abe at his estate Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., for the weekend.

In visit with Japanese prime minister, Trump reaf?rms security alliance

August 22, 2019 at 3:07 a.m.

President Donald Trump pledged Friday that his administration remains committed to maintaining the United States' long-standing security alliance with Japan, aiming to calm jitters in Tokyo over his inflammatory rhetoric...

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, shown here on March 27, 2015.

Exxon CEO, who has ties to Russia, emerges as Trump’s top secretary-of-state candidate

August 22, 2019 at 2:17 a.m.

ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson has emerged as the top candidate for secretary of state, according to two people familiar with the deliberations. Tillerson and former Massachusetts governor and Republican...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 21.

Hillary Clinton postpones Charlotte visit at mayor’s request

August 22, 2019 at 1:14 a.m.

At the request of the city's mayor, Hillary Clinton will postpone her hastily planned visit to Charlotte that was scheduled for Sunday. Clinton had planned to visit the city, which...

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. speaks during a campaign stop Sept. 1, 2016, in Dover, N.H.

Tim Kaine says Donald Trump encouraged Watergate-like hack of DNC by Russians

August 22, 2019 at 12:59 a.m.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said Donald Trump is encouraging a cyberattack by the Russian government akin to the Watergate break-in.Speaking on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on Sunday,...

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders walks with his wife, Jane Sanders, in San Francisco on May 18, 2016.

DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession

August 21, 2019 at 11:23 p.m.

In an attempt to head off an ugly conflict at its convention this summer, the Democratic National Committee plans to offer a concession to Sen. Bernie Sanders - seats on...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at Mount Moriah AME Church during a campaign stop April, 10, 2016, in New York.

Hillary Clinton shoots down contested convention talk: ‘I expect to be the nominee’

May 14, 2019 at 11:07 a.m.

Talk of a contested convention has come to the Democratic presidential race. But Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) expressed sharply different views about whether such a scenario is...

Donald Trump, left, gives a thumbs up as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, waves to the crowd as they walk off the stage after a rally at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C., on March 14, 2016.

Clinton, caught on hot mic, wonders about Christie’s support for Trump: ‘Did he have a debt?’

May 14, 2019 at 11:02 a.m.

It isn't often that Hillary Clinton lets her guard down about what she really thinks about the Republican presidential race.But during a commercial break while taping an MSNBC town hall...

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. acknowledges his supporters on arrival at a campaign rally, Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Miami.

Sanders upsets Clinton in close Michigan primary

August 19, 2019 at 5:23 a.m.

Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled off a narrow upset in the Michigan primary Tuesday, buoying his challenge to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and giving him bragging rights to a big, diverse...

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