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David Wheeler: To counter the fear-and-loathing strategy of Trump, Democrats must take a page from Joe Biden and deploy amusing cuss words from a gentler time.

Donald Trump says he was only kidding when he appeared to encourage Russian intelligence agencies to find Hillary Clinton's thousands of deleted emails.

President Barack Obama will tell Americans Wednesday that no one has ever been more qualified to be in the Oval Office than Hillary Clinton, placing his legacy in the hands of his one-time bitter rival.

Melania Trump announced Thursday that she took down her website, acknowledging that it contained factual inaccuracies.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that Donald Trump wasn't being "sarcastic" when he suggested Russia hack into Hillary Clinton's campaign, but instead, "he's being dumb."

It was April 1910, a year after he left the White House, when former President Teddy Roosevelt arrived at the Sorbonne in Paris to deliver a stem-winder of a speech that at once offered an implicit defense his own legacy and a challenge to the citizenry of democratic states to trade in "sneering" judgment for action and engagement.

The Republican Party of North Carolina offered an "unqualified" apology Thursday to Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine over a tweet that appeared to question the Democratic vice presidential nominee's patriotism.

Donald Trump drew sharp criticism from Democrats and longtime government officials Wednesday when he called on Russia to dig up and release emails his general election rival Hillary Clinton deleted from her private email server.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson told CNN Thursday that Mitt Romney was considering endorsing him for president this fall.

Bernie Sanders delegates briefly took over the front of the room at the California delegation breakfast Thursday morning, chanting "Count our votes!" -- in the latest sign that despite the Vermont senator's best efforts, the Democratic Party still has unifying to do.

Jane Sanders, Bernie Sanders' wife and closest adviser, reflected Wednesday night on the long campaign her and her husband ran — and what's next.

Fighting back against charges that he mocked a reporter's physical disability, Donald Trump said this week that he spends "millions of dollars making buildings good for people that are disabled."

Donald Trump's former ghostwriter resumed his searing criticism of the Republican nominee Thursday, describing the Republican presidential nominee as a megalomaniac who cares only about himself.

For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books.

The Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia on Wednesday for the third night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.

Former President Bill Clinton's personal reflections of his wife in his "I met a girl" speech at the Democratic National Convention utilized a series of anecdotes to span Hillary Clinton's entire biography. Some of the earliest memories he shared were of the times early in their relationship when he tried repeatedly to persuade her to marry him.

A super PAC backing Donald Trump is directing its first advertising dollars toward wooing Bernie Sanders supporters on the grounds of the Democratic National Convention.

The Democratic A-list on Wednesday cast Donald Trump as a threat to the American dream -- and Hillary Clinton as the nation's only chance to save it.

Chelsea and Hillary Clinton speak to the Democratic National Convention on its final night, with Hillary Clinton formally accepting her nomination. Follow along starting this afternoon for a live stream and live updates from the last day of the DNC in Philadelphia.