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The New York Times published a story over the weekend detailing the "shadow" campaign underway among ambitious Republicans to be prepared in the event that President Donald Trump doesn't run for a second term in 2020.

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is publicly touting a proposal to shake up the US military strategy in Afghanistan.

On Sunday, in the midst of a self-proclaimed working vacation, President Trump took to Twitter to insist his many accomplishments in his first 6 months in office were being overlooked by the media.

Vice President Mike Pence sought to bat down a report from The New York Times on Sunday that said he would plan to run for president should President Donald Trump not seek a second term.

It's a lesson for the social media history books.

States are passing substantially more immigration-related bills and resolutions than last year, according to a new report, which state lawmakers say is a sign of how the lack of federal immigration reform is forcing states to act.

The Pentagon has issued new guidelines giving the military the go-ahead to down drones flying near or over select US military bases.

Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is heading into his re-election fight as a top target for Republicans, but to hear him tell it, he does not care about the pressure on his seat.

There's no shortage of senior advisers in President Donald Trump's White House, yet one office remains vacant: communications director.

A suite of pressures on the policy that protects young undocumented immigrants is brewing -- and it could mean the program soon either becomes permanent or disappears entirely.

Actor and martial artist Chuck Norris has endorsed former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in next week's primary election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' old Senate seat.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel defended his city's lawsuit against the Justice Department on Monday, telling CNN the DOJ's new stipulations against so-called sanctuary cities "undermines our actual safety agenda."

At 7:47 a.m. ET Monday morning, President Trump tweeted this: "Interesting to watch Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut talking about hoax Russian collusion when he was a phony Vietnam con artist!"

What's Sean Spicer been up to since he left his White House lectern? Enjoying the great American pastime, apparently.

Hillary and Bill Clinton attended a special screening of "Wonder Woman" at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema movie theater in Brooklyn over the weekend.

On President Donald Trump's 200th day in office, he still lags far behind his predecessors in staffing up his administration, both in terms of nominations and confirming those positions.

The top US diplomat told his Russian counterpart that Moscow's alleged meddling in US election has seriously damaged the relationship between the two countries.

The Australian Navy has located a missing US military aircraft that crashed off Australia's east coast on Saturday, Defense Minister Marise Payne said in a statement Monday.

Republican senators left Washington for the annual August recess last week, devoid of the kind of monumental accomplishments many of them had hoped for.