Obama leaves behind legacy of promise

If you glance at the news, you might see legions of politicians, researchers and talk show hosts dissecting why young people often don't vote. But while Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump struggle to rally young people to their causes, President Barack Obama, in the last few months of his term, is enjoying a 58 percent approval rating, partially thanks to under-25 voters who support him the most of any age group.

Photograph of Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore; illustration by Manyun Zou.

The balloons hadn't even begun to drop after Hillary Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention this summer when pundits started scoring the way she sounded. There was Brit Hume of Fox News complaining about Clinton's "not-so-attractive voice" and saying, "She tends to accelerate her delivery and speak louder and sterner."

Poll: Debates Will Be Major Influence for a Third of Voters

Some 34% say matchups between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be very important in picking a candidate to support The first of the presidential debates comes as the campaign heads into the home stretch, with Hillary Clinton narrowly leading Donald Trump in polls. One-third of voters say the presidential debates will be very important in helping them decide whom to support for president, with slightly more Republicans than Democrats saying so, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found.

Clinton Team Hopes ‘Birther’ Flap Will Motivate Black Voters

Democrats wasted no time looking for political opportunity after Donald Trump falsely accused Hillary Clinton of starting the rumor that President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. Just hours later, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York was on Philadelphia R&B station, WDAS, critiquing Trump's behavior. Days later Clinton's North Carolina state organizers met in Raleigh, in part to chart how to use negative reaction to Trump's statement to motivate the state's disproportionately high black voting bloc to turn out.

No debate: Doritos is latest to tie promotion to election

No debate: Doritos is latest to tie promotion to election Advertisers look to cash in on the election while being careful not to offend either side. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2dtV4mk Doritos is going to put messages on video screens on vending machines to try to drum up interest in voting If they get their way, the big winners in the presidential debate Monday night won't be be Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

I am incredibly enthusiastic about voting for Hillary Clinton. Here’s why.

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

Trump says he’ll do more for women as president than Clinton

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to make the case Saturday that he'd do more to help women from the White House than Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a lifelong champion of women's rights who would become the nation's first female president. "My opponent likes to say that for decades she's been fighting for women, that she's been fighting for children.

Clinton campaign responds to Trump’s threat to bring Gennifer Flowers to debate

Hillary Clinton 's campaign is firing back after rival Donald Trump threatened to bring a woman who had a relationship with former President Bill Clinton to Monday's presidential debate. , the Republican presidential nominee tweeted Saturday, "If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Jennifer [sic] Flowers right alongside of him!" If dopey Mark Cuban of failed Benefactor fame wants to sit in the front row, perhaps I will put Gennifer Flowers right alongside of him! Trump was responding to an earlier tweet from Cuban, a billionaire and Clinton supporter, who said he will be sitting in the front row at the debate.

Every Voice endorses Hillary Clinton for president

Every Voice, a national advocacy group fighting for a democracy that works for all of us, has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Citing Hillary Clinton's comprehensive plan to give everyday people a bigger voice in our elections and Donald Trump's dangerous anti-democratic policies and rhetoric, national money-in-politics reform group Every Voice announced its first-ever presidential endorsement.

Hofstra pushes front-line learning with presidential debate

Monday night's verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of the student body, entered the lottery for only a few hundred tickets to witness the cycle's first presidential debate, being held Monday night in a campus basketball arena.

Welcome to Trumpton: Why billionaire Trump is getting the vote of poverty-stricken Americans

IF Donald trump wins in Pennsylvania he will almost certainly become president. So pivotal is the swing state that one recent analysis concluded that the entire election could probably be held there.

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump to meet separately with Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu

White Plains , Sep 25 : Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are expected to meet separately with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today ahead of their first presidential debate on Monday night. Netanyahu was expected to meet in New York with the presidential nominees of the two major parties in what could set the tone for future relations between Israel and the next White House administration.

As Clinton focuses on debate, Trump says he’d champion women

Sen. Ted Cruz acknowledges the applause from the crowd as he is introduced by Evan Smith, co-founder and CEO of the Texas Tribune, left, as they prepare for a one on one as part of the Keynote North at the Texas Tribune Festival in Hogg Memorial Auditorium on the University of Texas campus Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.

Netanyahu opposes Palestinian state, Israeli minister says ahead of U.S. visit

Benjamin Netanyahu opposes a Palestinian state, a senior Israeli cabinet member said on Monday, but left it unclear whether the prime minister would say that publicly in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington this week. Netanyahu has never explicitly abandoned his conditional support for a future Palestine, and his spokesman did not respond immediately to a request to comment on Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan's remarks.

Trump says hea ll do more for women as president than Clinton

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to make the case Saturday that he'd do more to help women from the White House than Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a lifelong champion of women's rights who would become the nation's first female president. "My opponent likes to say that for decades she's been fighting for women, that she's been fighting for children.

The Latest: Trump, Clinton to meet with Netanyahu

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are expected to meet separately with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York on Sunday ahead of their first presidential debate on Monday night. Netanyahu has sought to project neutrality in this year's U.S. election after there were perceptions that he favored Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama in 2012.