Barr, Kemper meet in hard-hitting debate

Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Democratic challenger Nancy Jo Kemper sparred Monday night over issues from health care to Donald Trump 's fitness to lead America's foreign policy in a hard-hitting televised debate, two weeks from Election Day. Kemper, a pastor, went on the offensive at the start of the hour-long debate, accusing the two-term Republican congressman of running a TV ad in Kentucky's 6th District that took her words from a television interview out of context.

Biden Calls Out Trump in Ohio, Wants to Talk About ‘Critical Issues’

Vice President Joe Biden no longer wants to take Donald Trump "out behind the gym," but still sees high school dynamics at play in the 2016 election. "Donald Trump and the Republican establishment supporting hima they're the kind of guys we grew up with in high school who, because they either had money or they were popular or they were a big athlete," Biden said during a campaign rally Monday night in Dayton, Ohio.

Poll: Young voters now coming through for Hillary Clinton

In this June 21, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with supporters after speaking at Fort Hayes Vocational School in Columbus, Ohio. A new poll finds that young voters are starting to come through for Clinton, particularly among whites ages 18 to 30. In the final days of the campaign, Clinton is shored up what was once a troubling weakness in a key voting bloc, a sign of strength that helps explain how the former secretary of state may be able to expand her campaign into traditionally Republican states.

Election law doesn’t care if Trump (or Clinton) ever concede

The prospect of election night drama seems to dwindle with each new round of polling. But Donald Trump, perhaps trying to author a campaign cliffhanger, is determined to provide Americans with at least a measure of "suspense" on November 8. During the third presidential debate, and in speeches and tweets before and after, the Republican nominee has repeatedly hinted, if not outright declared, that he has no intention of conceding a lost race to Hillary Clinton.

Obama increasingly looks to boost down-ballot Democrats

Entering the last two weeks of the campaign, President Barack Obama is putting more emphasis on helping Democrats in close Senate and House races with a strategy that ties their Republican opponents to Donald Trump - regardless of whether they support the GOP nominee. With Hillary Clinton leading in the polls, Obama said Monday that Republicans are arguing they need to provide a check on her agenda in Congress.

Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on transparency

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have both broken from tradition during their campaigns for president by sharing less information with the public than did their predecessors, although the Democratic nominee is more forthcoming than her Republican rival. Both candidates are secretive when it comes to fundraising.

Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on veterans

Lifetime health care and other benefits are part of the bargain for millions of Americans who put their lives on the line in the armed forces, and it's become clear the Department of Veterans Affairs isn't holding up its end. Veterans care has gained prominence since a 2014 scandal in which as many as 40 veterans died while waiting for care at a Phoenix VA hospital.

The Boogeyman of Voter Fraud Does Not Exist

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is President of the North Carolina NAACP, founder and president of Repairers of the Breach , and co-author of The Third Reconstruction As early voting opened in my home state of North Carolina last week, Donald Trump continued to dominate headlines, despite Hillary Clinton's six-point lead in a national poll . The third and final presidential debate covered several areas of substantive difference between the two candidates, and millions of Americans are already voting for the future they want.

Donald? I don’t even think of him any more: Clinton switches focus…

Donald Trump, shown in Gettysburg, Pa., on Saturday, is now all but certain to lose the presidential race, polls show. President Barack Obama is campaigning furiously for Democrats in tight local races, such as in Las Vegas on Saturday, shown here.

Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton latest presidential poll: Trump leads among veterans,…

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a 6-point lead over Republican challenger Donald Trump, with more GOP voters seemingly abandoning their party's nominee. A Fox News poll of likely voters showed Clinton is leading Trump 45 percent to 39 percent.

Trump’s claim that Clinton ‘allowed thousands of criminal aliens to be released’

"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton allowed thousands of criminal aliens to be released because their home countries wouldn't take them back, because they're smart. They don't want to take back killers and drug dealers and all of the people that we're sending back.

Arizona, long a Republican bastion, targeted by Clinton

There is palpable momentum for Democrat Hillary Clinton in Arizona, a state so traditionally Republican that her party's nominee for president has carried it just once in the past 64 years. Encouraged by Donald Trump's failure to unite the GOP in Arizona, long-hungry Democrats are scrambling to capitalize in the campaign's final weeks.

Policy Prescriptions: Trump and Clinton on immigration

In tone, Republican Donald Trump often highlights violent crimes perpetrated by immigrants in the country illegally, with aggressive rhetoric that emphasizes nationalism. Democrat Hillary Clinton features a softer approach that embraces diversity and the value of keeping immigrant families together, even as her critics accuse her of promoting "open borders."