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Obama hits campaign trail for Clinton in Philadelphia

September 13, 2016, 10:58am Election

President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail Tuesday to rally support for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, a state that has served as a firewall for her party in the past six general elections but is now viewed as competitive. Read story

Gov. Brown gets $250,000 donation from Bloomberg

September 13, 2016, 10:43am Election

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has received a $250,000 campaign contribution from New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Read story

President Barack Obama meets with, from left, the Senate Judiciary Committee&#039;s ranking member Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev., Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 1, 2016 file photo. Budget and trade top the agenda as President Barack Obama meets with the top Republicans and Democrats in Congress on Monday. The president is intent on ending his presidency with a win on trade, but leaders say it&#039;s not happening now or in a lame-duck session.

Obama, McConnell strike hopeful tone on issues

President Barack Obama meets with, from left, the Senate Judiciary Committee&#039;s ranking member Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev., Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 1, 2016 file photo. Budget and trade top the agenda as President Barack Obama meets with the top Republicans and Democrats in Congress on Monday. The president is intent on ending his presidency with a win on trade, but leaders say it&#039;s not happening now or in a lame-duck session.

September 12, 2016, 8:28pm Election

Striking a conciliatory tone after an Oval Office sitdown, President Barack Obama and the top Senate Republican declared themselves hopeful Monday that an agreement can be reached to keep the government running and to provide money to take care of the worsening Zika crisis. Read story

Lawmaker issues subpoena to FBI for Clinton probe records

September 12, 2016, 6:43pm Election

A senior House Republican on Monday escalated the GOP’s battle with the FBI over its decision not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email system, serving a top FBI official with a subpoena for the investigation’s full case file. Read story

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton walks from her daughter&#039;s apartment building Sunday in New York. Clinton unexpectedly left Sunday&#039;s 9/11 anniversary ceremony in New York after feeling &quot;overheated,&quot; according to her campaign.

Pneumonia brings Hillary Clinton’s health back as hot issue

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton walks from her daughter&#039;s apartment building Sunday in New York. Clinton unexpectedly left Sunday&#039;s 9/11 anniversary ceremony in New York after feeling &quot;overheated,&quot; according to her campaign.

September 12, 2016, 10:41am Election

Hillary Clinton’s stumbles as she left a 9/11 memorial ceremony put her health at the forefront of a presidential campaign in which the two major party nominees are among the oldest ever and have disclosed a limited amount of information about their medical history. Read story

Cyrus Habib, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor

Washington to choose first new lieutenant governor since 1997

Cyrus Habib, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor

September 12, 2016, 5:55am Election

For the first time in two decades, a new lieutenant governor will hold the gavel in the Washington state Senate. Read story

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, second from right, departs after attending a ceremony at the Sept. 11 memorial, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Clinton falters at 9/11 memorial; doctor says she has pneumonia

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, second from right, departs after attending a ceremony at the Sept. 11 memorial, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

September 11, 2016, 3:53pm Election

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fell ill during a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and left abruptly, inserting new speculation about her health into a presidential campaign in which Republican Donald Trump has called her weak and unfit. Read story

Donald Trump speaks before the funeral for Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. Schlafly's sons Andrew and John, right, join Trump on the altar.  (Robert Cohen/St.

Trump joins mourners at Phyllis Schlafly’s funeral

Donald Trump speaks before the funeral for Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly at Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. Schlafly's sons Andrew and John, right, join Trump on the altar.  (Robert Cohen/St.

September 10, 2016, 3:38pm Election

Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump said Saturday at the funeral for conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly that the “movement has lost its hero.” Read story

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, is welcomed to the stage by Laverne Cox, right, at a LBGT For Hillary Gala at the Cipriani Club, in New York, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016.

Clinton: ‘Deplorables’ comment was ‘grossly generalistic’

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, is welcomed to the stage by Laverne Cox, right, at a LBGT For Hillary Gala at the Cipriani Club, in New York, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016.

September 10, 2016, 3:32pm Election

Hillary Clinton said Saturday that she was wrong to put half of Donald Trump’s supporters in a “basket of deplorables,” but didn’t back down from a description of his campaign the Republican nominee said smeared many Americans and would take a political toll. Read story

Clinton: ‘Rethinking’ of U.S. approach to North Korea needed

September 9, 2016, 8:54pm Election

Hillary Clinton said Friday it was time for a “rethinking” of America’s strategy for North Korea following the regime’s latest test of a nuclear weapon. Donald Trump and his campaign chief, meanwhile, refused to outline the Republican presidential candidate’s plans for defusing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Read story