Michael A. Memoli

Vice President-elect Mike Pence reacts after speaking at a public rally on Nov. 10, 2016, in Indianapolis.

Trump replaces Christie with Pence as head of transition team amid bumpy first steps

August 22, 2019 at 1:54 a.m.

President-elect Donald Trump named Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the vice president-elect, to head their transition team, abruptly replacing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday amid increasing signs that the...

President Obama speaks at a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton in Kissimmee, Fla. on Sunday.

Obama seeks to settle scores with Republicans as he campaigns for Clinton

May 14, 2019 at 11:35 a.m.

Campaigning for Hillary Clinton at a Florida baseball stadium, President Obama lamented Sunday that the nature of this year's presidential race has become so negative that even "Saturday Night Live"...

Hillary Clinton hops in an SUV to depart a fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel in New York on Oct. 6, 2016.

Hillary Clinton keeps fishing for big money, lags far behind Trump with smaller donors

August 22, 2019 at 1:31 a.m.

Shortly after Michelle Obama finished a rousing speech denouncing Donald Trump's behavior toward women, Hillary Clinton's campaign texted supporters asking them to "chip in $1 to fight for women." But...

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), left, and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) will share the biggest and most hazardous stage of their careers when they face off for the season's only vice-presidential debate.

A lot of people might watch the vice presidential debate, but will it affect the race?

August 22, 2019 at 1:23 a.m.

More Americans will likely watch Tuesday's vice presidential debate than watched the summer political conventions, President Obama's final State of the Union address or even the last Oscars or clinching...

Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, the latter two vice presidents who became president.

How irrelevant is the vice presidency? For nearly a fifth of U.S. history, no one held the office

May 14, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

Here's an amazing statistic to consider as you watch Tuesday's vice presidential debate: The U.S. has gone without a vice president for more than a fifth of its 240-year history....

Congress has second thoughts on veto override and may fix Sept. 11 bill

August 22, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

Less than a day after Congress overrode President Obama's veto of a bill that would let 9/11 victims' families sue Saudi Arabia, top GOP leaders said they might need to...

In this photo taken Sept. 22, 2016, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. The move sets Obama up for a possible first veto override by Congress.

Obama vetoes 9/11 bill that would have allowed families to sue Saudi Arabia

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

President Obama vetoed legislation Friday that could allow Americans to sue Saudi Arabia over whether it supported some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, potentially triggering the first veto override of...

Chinese President Xi Jinping jokes with President Barack Obama before their meeting ahead of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, on Sept. 3, 2016.

U.S. and China ratify sweeping climate deal and urge other nations to follow their lead

August 22, 2019 at 12:58 a.m.

President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping formally joined a sweeping global agreement to cut greenhouse gases Saturday, moving the world toward a dramatic reduction in climate-warming emissions on a...

Hillary Clinton appears at a journalists convention on Aug. 5 in Washington, D.C.

Hillary Clinton’s post-convention bounce runs into a familiar wall: Emails

August 22, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

Friday could have marked the end of what has been arguably the best week of Hillary Clinton's campaign. Coming off a successful Democratic convention, combined with some of the most...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton introduces running mate Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine at Florida International University in Miami on Saturday, July 23, 2016.

A locked office, getaway car and secret flight: The final steps in Clinton’s VP pick

August 22, 2019 at 12:21 a.m.

It was early evening Friday, when four of Hillary Clinton's top aides, including campaign chairman John Podesta, snuck out of her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, using a freight elevator to...

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