The Latest: Trump says he’ll speak Wednesday on immigration

Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, center, talks with Christie Aldana, far left, her daughter Chloe Aldana, and husband Hector Aldana at Millie's Diner in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Pence made the unplanned stop during breakfast hours.

The Latest: Pence sidesteps questions on gun trafficking

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is sidestepping questions about the flow of guns into Illinois from his state as the U.S. presidential campaign delves into the issue of Chicago violence. The Republican vice presidential nominee would not answer direct questions Sunday about guns from Indiana coming into Chicago during CNN's "State of the Union" show.

Clinton scores a hit on EpiPen drugmaker

Give Hillary Clinton credit for calling out Mylan NV for price-gouging on its Epi-Pen emergency allergy shot. While a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators initially raised a ruckus over the drug's 400 percent cost increase, it was Clinton's voice that brought pressure to bear on the company to reduce prices.

Maine Gov. Leaves Vulgarity-Laced Voicemail for Lawmaker Who Accused Him of Insensitive Remarks

After Maine Rep. Drew Gattine charged Gov. Paul LePage with making racially insensitive comments, LePage left a vulgar, raging voicemail on the lawmaker's phone Thursday. Camila Domonoske of NPR reports : The hostile remarks follow - and are directly linked to - a series of widely-criticized remarks the Republican governor made on race.

The Latest: Iowa governor says Trump can win on agriculture

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad says Donald Trump can beat Hillary Clinton in Iowa by focusing on agriculture, pointing to his support for a renewable fuel standard important to the state's corn growers. Branstad told The Associated Press on Saturday that he's going to personally deliver that message to Trump when they share a ride to a campaign stop at the state fairgrounds.

Hillary Clinton receives first intelligence briefing as nominee

The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday for a national security briefing. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. >> Hillary Clinton received her first national security briefing Saturday as the Democratic presidential nominee, meeting with intelligence officials for an overview of the major threats facing the nation around the globe.

The Latest: Trump tweet on Chicago shooting prompts backlash

The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, for a national security briefing. The motorcade carrying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives at an FBI office in White Plains, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, for a national security briefing.

Mike Pence Carves Familiar Path Across Swing States for Donald Trump

With 73 days left until the November election, strategizing the daily movements of Donald Trump and Mike Pence - from their campaign stops to their fundraisers - would seem to be key for the GOP duo in their comeback bid to cut into Hillary Clinton's lead in the polls . But after a week in which Trump questionably spent days in Austin, Texas, and Jackson, Mississippi, the schedules of the running mates are under scrutiny with new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway indicating that the newly installed brass would not have made the same decisions.

Presidential candidates capitalize on the ever-powerful ‘religious vote’

Republican Donald Trump has told conservative evangelical pastors in Florida that his presidency would preserve "religious liberty" and reverse what he insists is a government-enforced muzzling of Christians. The same afternoon, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine praised another, more liberal group of black church leaders in Louisiana for their "progressive values that are the values of Scripture," and he urged them to see Hillary Clinton as a kindred spirit.

Gov. Paul LePage apologizes for obscene language in voicemail

Gov. Paul LePage is apologizing to "the people of Maine" for leaving a vulgar voicemail for a Democratic legislator and says he was using a metaphor when he said he wished he could challenge the lawmaker to a duel and point his gun "right between his eyes." LePage said in a written statement Friday that he takes it "very seriously" when someone calls him a racist and that it made him "enormously angry" when he heard from a reporter that Rep. Drew Gattine, D-Westbrook, had called him one.

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The fir... Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has unleashed an obscene tirade on a Democratic legislator, leaving him a message that said "I am after you" and telling reporters he wished he could point a gun between the... Maine's bombastic Republican governor has built a reputation on his unfiltered comments, but his obscene tirade unleashed on a liberal lawmaker prompted Democratic lawmakers Friday to warn that the governor was coming... A judge whose six-month sentence in the sexual assault case of a former Stanford swimmer has removed himself from handling criminal matters, but efforts to recall him remain.

How Clinton, Trump plan to woo ‘religious vote’

Republican Donald Trump has told conservative evangelical pastors in Florida that his presidency would preserve "religious liberty" and reverse what he insists is a government-enforced muzzling of Christians. The same afternoon, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine praised another, more liberal group of black church leaders in Louisiana for their "progressive values that are the values of Scripture," and he urged them to see Hillary Clinton as a kindred spirit.

Political Happy Hour: Friday, August 26, 2016

Here's your vintage yabba-dabba-doo! mug of politics, from Joshua Miller of the Boston Globe at the Massachusetts State House. PAUL LePAGE OF MAINE, THE NATION'S MOST MEASURED, CALM GOVERNOR, via Eric Russell and Scott Thistle of the Portland Press Herald: "A top Democrat has called on Gov. Paul LePage to resign over a profanity-laced and threatening voicemail he left a day earlier for a state representative from Westbrook.