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While Matt Lauer spent the last 24 hours getting raked over the coals, his colleague Lester Holt was focused on preparing for his own role as moderator of the first presidential debate.

A few days after an American and and Australian were kidnapped from American University in Kabul last month, US Special Operations Forces from SEAL Team 6 attempted to rescue them but failed to find them at the location they went to, according to three administration officials.

Fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans are increasingly worried that terrorists will strike in the days around the anniversary, and they are more likely than five years ago to feel fear and anger when they think about what happened that day, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.

Millennials looking for someone who truly understands the realities of being a twenty-something in the social media age can find support in the Instagram account Quarter Life Poetry, which pairs poems with cartoons.

Donald Trump might not have revealed state secrets, but his controversial description Wednesday night of the agents who gave him his recent intelligence briefings still caused waves.

On Wednesday, Nevada Republican Rep. Joe Heck told CNN he trusts Donald Trump to have his finger on the nuclear button.

One thing is now clear: Voters face the starkest choice in generations about America's place in the world and how it leads.

Donald Trump touted his work overhauling one of his South Florida golf clubs in a newly released deposition he gave just two months before he entered the race for the White House.

The race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has so far been marked largely by personal insults and character attacks.

When American presidents and vice presidents travel abroad, they are accustomed to a reception reflecting their status as leaders of the free world.

Donald Trump on Thursday once again sought to convince the public that he opposed the Iraq War by pointing to statements he made after the US had already invaded the country.

Chelsea Clinton engaged in a rare gaggle with reporters Thursday, praising her mother, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, in a short Q&A.

For Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson, the question is: Now what?

Hillary Clinton's super PAC almost raised more money in August than all of Donald Trump's super PACs have combined during the entire 2016 campaign, collecting more than $20 million in what the group called their most successful month so far.

Facing steep odds to keep their majority in November, Senate Republicans are leaning on House Speaker Paul Ryan for help even though he repeatedly emphasizes his biggest political responsibility is preserving the large GOP majority in the House.

Donald Trump holds a narrow edge over rival Hillary Clinton in North Carolina, according to a new poll, although nearly half of the state's voters think the Democrat will win the presidency.

Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not retry former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on public corruption charges, and will drop charges against his wife Maureen McDonnell.

Federal officials are dismissing the idea that hackers could manipulate US elections through a cyberattack of election systems and voter databases.

Americans say they expect Hillary Clinton to outperform Donald Trump when the two take the stage for the first presidential debate in less than three weeks, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.

Donald Trump bemoaned Thursday the resignation of Mexico's finance minister, praising Luis Videgaray as someone who could have made "wonderful deals" with the United States.