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Libertarian vice presidential hopeful Bill Weld spent part of Thursday cleaning up comments his running mate, Gary Johnson, made the previous night when he struggled to name a single foreign leader he respected.

Top congressional leaders from each party expressed buyer's remorse Thursday about a controversial new law that was enacted over President Barack Obama's objections that allows 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia.

Gary Johnson is the new punching bag of the 2016 campaign.

The mayor a small Pennsylvania borough is being pushed to resign by other municipal officials following racist Facebook pictures West York Mayor Charles Wasko apparently posted over the summer, including ones aimed at the first family.

Asked to name a world leader he admires and would like to emulate, Donald Trump on Thursday pointed to the foreign head of state he has most vigorously criticized on the campaign trail.

The Republican presidential candidate's comments about former Miss Universe Alicia Machado weren't the only ones he's made about weight.

Hillary Clinton's top-dollar super PAC, Priorities USA, is planning to knock Donald Trump for comments the Republican presidential nominee made mocking a reporter's disability as part of their largest ad buy of the campaign.

Donald Trump's supporters in Congress are urging him not to bring up Bill Clinton's personal infidelities as he looks to rebound after the first presidential debate.

Gary Johnson is trying to be a major figure on the world stage, and it doesn't sound like he's doing it for the company.

A new report says Donald Trump sought to invest in Cuba in the late 1990s, raising the possibility that the GOP presidential nominee violated US law.

Donald Trump's campaign manager acknowledged Thursday that she reprimanded the Republican presidential nominee over his past comments on women.

Monday's debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has become a laughing matter for the Democratic nominee.

President Barack Obama answered questions from servicemen and women and military family members Wednesday regarding national security and other related issues at CNN's presidential town hall moderated by Jake Tapper.

With tears in her eyes, holding her microphone with a shaky hand, Amanda Souza told President Barack Obama about her husband who committed suicide after not treating PTSD caused by his deployment.

President Barack Obama has taken a lot of criticism from political opponents over his rhetoric when it comes to terrorism. But on Wednesday at a CNN presidential town hall, he was asked to defend why he refuses to say "Islamic" terrorism to a Gold Star mother.

Mitch McConnell has been unrivaled as a Senate leader in his grip on judicial nominations, and has worked to block President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court

Donald Trump wanted to fire female employees he considered unattractive and replace them with better-looking women at a golf resort he owned, according to court documents from a 2012 lawsuit.

A new poll shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in the traditional Republican stronghold of South Carolina -- but not by much.

Donald Trump, touting the support he's received from evangelicals in this battleground state, called on his supporters at a rally here to identify themselves as "Christian conservatives."

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid continued Thursday his verbal assault against Donald Trump, this time broadening his attacks to include Republican lawmakers and dubbing the GOP presidential nominee "Frankenstein."