Michael A. Memoli

Hillary Clinton speaks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis on June 26, 2016.

After Brexit vote, Clinton calls for ‘steady, experienced leadership’

August 19, 2019 at 5:25 a.m.

Hillary Clinton pitched herself as an example of "steady, experienced leadership" and bipartisanship Sunday, just hours after the Senate's Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, declined to say whether he thought Donald...

Bernie Sanders campaigns in Silver Lake on June 7, 2016, the day of the California primary.

Clinton had her historic moment. Next up: Get Sanders supporters on board

August 21, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

Now comes the hard part. Or maybe the harder part. Having made history as the first woman to lead a major-party ticket, Hillary Clinton now enters a critical period of...

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 2016 Health Datapalooza's annual national conference in Washington on May 9, 2016.

Biden ‘confident’ Clinton will be Democratic nominee and next president

August 19, 2019 at 5:24 a.m.

"I feel confident that Hillary will be the nominee. And I feel confident that she'll be the next president." That was the assessment of Vice President Joe Biden when asked...

Pope Francis shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden at the Vatican on April 29, 2016.

Joe Biden spending his last year in office trying to help cure disease that killed his son

June 21, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.

A few months after Vice President Joe Biden's eldest son died of an aggressive form of brain cancer, he traveled to Philadelphia to see off Pope Francis after his first...

President Barack Obama meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, Cameron's official residence, in London on April 22, 2016. The president was on a six day trip to strategize with Saudi Arabia, England and Germany on a broad range of issues, including a focus on how to rein in Islamic State.

The presidential election has Obama explaining it to concerned foreign leaders

May 18, 2019 at 4:45 a.m.

The American presidency is often called the most powerful job in the world. And perhaps in this election, more than most, many outside the U.S. would like a say in...

President Obama is expected to sit out the Democratic primary altogether in order to preserve party unity, according to senior White House advisors.

Obama likely to sit out Democratic primary altogether, White House aides say

May 14, 2019 at 11:08 a.m.

President Obama is likely to sit out the entire presidential primary season amid concerns about the damage he could do by stepping too soon into a contentious Democratic contest running...

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland en route to meet his first Republican senator, Mark Steven Kirk of Illinois, on Capitol Hill.

White House says it’s chipping away at GOP resistance to considering Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland

June 25, 2019 at 2:16 a.m.

Never before has a Supreme Court nomination fight been won or lost in a photo op. But little about this Supreme Court nomination fight is ordinary. And so the scene...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, March 21, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington.

Clinton challenges Trump over ‘dangerously wrong’ views on Israel in AIPAC address

May 14, 2019 at 11:04 a.m.

Donald Trump's stated willingness to enter Mideast peace talks from a position of neutrality make him unfit to be commander in chief, Hillary Clinton told a major pro-Israel group Monday....

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks as Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, and Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, look on during a Republican presidential primary debate in Houston.

Cruz and Rubio release tax returns and demand Trump do the same

June 23, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz released summary pages of their recent tax filings on Saturday, seeking to capitalize on GOP front-runner Donald Trump's refusal to release similar...

President Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House onWednesday.

Obama: If Republicans won’t consider my Supreme Court pick, judicial system is at risk

June 11, 2018 at 9:08 a.m.

President Obama vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a Supreme Court appointment despite Republicans' insistence that he leave the choice to his successor, calling their position so unprecedented it risked...

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