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The biggest story of the 2016 election is undoubtedly the rise of Donald Trump, and behind the Republican nominee is a group in its last throes as the biggest force in politics: The white working class.

Donald Trump said Wednesday he was "very troubled" by the fatal police shooting late last week in Oklahoma of an unarmed black man and suggested the officer in question "got scared" or was "choking."

Even though Donald Trump has said he does not exercise, his supporters can still break a sweat in campaign style.

It's becoming an election year tradition: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is hammering away at the Republican presidential nominee on his taxes.

Donald Trump bragged Tuesday there's "nothing like" using other people's money, hours after a report said he used more than $250,000 from his charitable organization to litigate lawsuits against his business interests.

Even if their preferred candidate wins, a new poll released Wednesday found that supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will feel more relief than excitement.

Democratic Sen. Chris Coons said Wednesday that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sought a meeting with Donald Trump during the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week but was ignored.

Hillary Clinton expects to spend much of the upcoming presidential debate correcting Donald Trump, her campaign manger said Wednesday.

Donald Trump's children are often touted as his most effective and polished surrogates. Unlike so many other political sons and daughters, they are active campaigners, promoting their father's agenda and candidacy on television and in print, across social media and at campaign rallies.

Donald Trump has said he now believes President Barack Obama was born in the United States -- but one of his most prominent supporters says he isn't giving up on the investigation and doesn't know "how it's going to turn out."

Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer in the civil rights movement, wants the Obama administration to appoint observers for the November election in certain states.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked in North Carolina, according to a new poll released Tuesday.

Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend is under fire from colleagues on the bipartisan Points of Light Foundation after she revealed on Facebook that former President George H.W. Bush will vote for Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump's personal philanthropy used over $250,000 to litigate lawsuits against Trump's business interests, according to a new Washington Post report.

For Donald Trump, winning the state of Pennsylvania is an uphill fight.

Sen. Mark Kirk's campaign falsely asserted on its website that the Illinois Republican was a veteran of the Iraq war, a misstatement that comes six years after exaggerations over his military record nearly cost him his state's Senate seat.

Drawing enormous support from the state's non-white voters, Hillary Clinton holds a 5-point edge over Donald Trump in Florida, according to a new poll from Monmouth University out Tuesday.

Rock star Bono said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has the potential to be "the worst idea that ever happened to America."

Republicans are preparing for the penalty phase of the 2016 election.

A group of 375 "concerned" scientists -- including famed physicist Stephen Hawking -- released an open letter Tuesday sharply criticizing Donald Trump, citing the threat of climate change and blasting his push for the US to leave the Paris Accord.