Michael A. Memoli

HIllary Rodham Clinton speaks with a supporter after the Democratic debate in Las Vegas. Her strong performance reassured anxious Democrats and solidified her place atop the party's presidential field.

After Clinton’s strong performance, a Biden bid looks more debatable

June 24, 2019 at 1:38 p.m.

Almost as quickly as Democrats cleared the debate stage, the talk that has swirled for weeks in party circles — from the Washington Beltway to the moneyed salons of Hollywood...

A pope, a president and a pop star: White House is busy this week

June 21, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

The White House waved goodbye to one high-profile world leader Thursday afternoon, but another was arriving so quickly that their planes nearly passed each other at the airport. It was...

President Obama meets with Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, left, Anthony Sadler and Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Obama: Paris train heroes are ‘the very best of America’

June 25, 2019 at 5:35 a.m.

President Obama hailed the courage and quick thinking of three high school friends who helped avert tragedy on a Paris-bound train last month as they came to the White House...

In emotional interview with Stephen Colbert, Joe Biden opens up about son’s death

August 21, 2019 at 10:51 p.m.

After delivering an address in Denver in July, Vice President Joe Biden was shaking hands with members of the audience when someone yelled out to him. "Maj. Beau Biden. Bronze...

Donald Trump appears on a video screen above the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Republicans try to find footing in race by attacking Trump, each other, in 1st debate

August 21, 2019 at 10:48 p.m.

The leading Republican presidential candidates used their first face-to-face encounter Thursday night to accuse Donald Trump – and one another – of diverging from conservative principles as they tried to...

Cheney urges Obama to launch ‘immediate’ assault on Islamic State

June 23, 2019 at 7:03 a.m.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney called Wednesday for launching "immediate, sustained, simultaneous action" to defeat the Islamic State, arguing that President Obama bore responsibility for the danger the jihadist group...

Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam, R-Ill (Left) and U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) during press conference on a balanced budget amendment at the U.S. Capitol on July 14, 2011.

Illinois delegation split on Roskam’s bid for whip

November 4, 2021 at 1:54 a.m.

As Rep. Peter Roskam campaigns for the No. 3 spot in the House GOP leadership, he can't count on unanimous support from his five Illinois Republican colleagues. Two Illinoisans in...

Illinois delegation split on Roskam’s bid for whip

December 24, 2018 at 12:15 a.m.

As Rep. Peter Roskam campaigns for the No. 3 spot in the House GOP leadership, he can't count on unanimous support from his five Illinois Republican colleagues. Two Illinoisans in...

Senators’ doubts persist as administration explains Bergdahl deal

June 22, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl appeared "drugged" and "very weak" in a Taliban video shown to senators Wednesday during a classified briefing, the administration's most broad-ranging consultation with lawmakers after a...

President Barack Obama names Sylvia Mathews Burwell (R), his current budget director, to replace Heath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L) in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington.

Obama names budget chief as new health secretary

June 17, 2018 at 8:51 p.m.

President Obama named White House budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to take over the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday, saying there was "no manager as experienced and...

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