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.

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.

Clinton-tied group files ethics complaint against Jeff Sessions

U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions joins Donald Trump on stage at a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala., on August 21, 2015. A "dark money ally" of Hillary Clinton is calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., alleging Alabama's junior senator violated Senate rules for casting doubt on the legitimacy of the upcoming election, according to a complaint filed by the group on Monday.

Former Sen. Jim Bunning Recovering From Stroke

Former Republican Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky is recovering from a stroke suffered Tuesday in his home in Southgate, Kentucky, his family said. "Thanks to the attention of the doctors and nurses at St. Elizabeth, he has been provided skilled care that is leading him on the road to recovery," the family said in a statement tweeted by grandson Patrick Towles.

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.

Senate control may be at stake in GOP-friendly Missouri

The clamor for change fueling Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful GOP senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a handful of competitive races around the country, the outcome in Missouri could help determine control of the Senate.

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 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."

Trump urges supporters to vote in GOP Congress

Donald Trump on Sunday linked the successful enactment of his policy agenda to the election of Republican majorities in the House and Senate, one day after he outlined his priorities for his first 100 days as president. The Republican nominee, who spends more time bashing establishment politicians than touting party unity, tied his agenda to "a Republican House and Senate" three times during his rally here on Sunday evening and urged voters to help him "reelect Republicans all over the place."