Saturday Night Live mocks Trump and Clinton in final debate sketch

The people at "Saturday Night Live" are probably the only ones in America who don't want this election season to end anytime soon. Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon returned to play Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton again last weekend and, as we're come to expect, it was hilarious.

Republican scandals not helping Alabama Democrats

Republican leaders of two branches of state government have been removed from office, while the head of the third branch, Gov. Robert Bentley, is facing an impeachment investigation sparked by a scandal that shows no signs of fading. The three distinct controversies involving high-profile Republicans have dominated state political headlines for many months, but it's not clear they have helped the rival party at all.

As Medicaid loses stigma, its fate rides on stormy election

The federal-state program for low-income people has been scarcely debated in the turbulent presidential election, but it faces real consequences depending on who wins the White House in the Nov. 8 vote. Under President Barack Obama, Medicaid has expanded to cover more than 70 million people and shed much of the social stigma from its earlier years as a welfare program.

Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on race and policing

Hillary Clinton has a detailed plan on how to stop police brutality, especially when it comes to the killing of unarmed African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement. Donald Trump hasn't said much about the issue, other than that he's the "law-and-order" candidate and police officers are "the most mistreated people in the country."

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A surrogate for Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump told a group of urban school superintendents on Friday that Trump would seek to do away with "corrupted, incompetent" public school systems in America's cities, replacing them with charter schools and vouchers for private schools. Such an approach would "encourage competition in the marketplace and eventually dismantle the corrupted, incompetent urban school districts that we have in America today," said Carl Paladino, Trump's New York State co-chairman, drawing audible boos from an audience composed largely of people who run the school districts Paladino criticized.

Schumer’s re-election race short on drama, big on contrasts

New York's Senate race this year pits an established incumbent in line to become the top Democrat in the Senate against a little-known lawyer who lost her last race in a landslide. Republican Wendy Long has attracted scant attention and polls show her with little chance of defeating three-term Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer.

Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton as a SNLa tackles third presidential debate with Tom Hanks

As fall brings cooler temperatures to Central Illinois, one of the things to keep in mind is natural gas safety. Democrats are counting on U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth to defeat Illinois Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk as the party looks to reclaim the majority in the chamber.

AT&T set to buy Time Warner for $85bn

AT&T Inc has announced it has agreed to buy Time Warner Inc for $85.4 billion , in the most significant move yet by a telecommunications company to acquire content to stream over its network to attract a growing number of online viewers. The biggest deal in the world this year will, if approved by regulators, give AT&T control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets.

Long Beach Election 2016: Alan Lowenthal and Andy Whallon face off again in 47th District

Even as the presidential election has entertained and enraged American voters for more than a year, there are key races closer to home that, while muted in comparison to the noisy national campaign, will shape the region and state after the Nov. 8 decision day. The race for a seat in the 47th Congressional District, which is anchored in Long Beach and spreads through Lakewood, Signal Hill and cities in western Orange County, pits incumbent Democrat Alan Lowenthal against Republican Andy Whallon , two opponents who have clashed previously.

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Donald Trump on Saturday pledged postelection lawsuits against every woman who has accused him of sexual assault or other inappropriate behavior, and he charged Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic Party with orchestrating the allegations. ''Every one of these liars will be sued once the election is over,'' Trump said, adding, ''I look so forward to doing that.'

Hell’s Kitchen Rapper Films Election-Themed Video in ‘Oval Office’

"So obviously I didn't actually film it in the White House," 23-year-old Marlon Craft said of his latest video, "Politickin,'" which has garnered more than 8,000 views on YouTube since it dropped ahead of Wednesday's presidential debate. An online music hub he's collaborating with called TeamBackPack works out of the YouTube Space inside Chelsea Market , which has a studio set up as the presidential office for election season, he said.

The Latest: Kaine taps a transition director

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine has hired a transition director to help him prepare to take office should he and running mate Hillary Clinton win the election. Turnage was Kaine's chief of staff when Kaine was governor of Virginia.