Clinton’s challenge: Rebuilding Obama’s coalition

The Democratic nominee's effort to win over voters who twice put Barack Obama in the White House -- and who represent her best chance of victory in November -- will reach new intensity this week in the run-up to her first crucial debate clash in seven days. Young, college-educated and minority voters formed the backbone of Obama's majority in 2008, helping to put once reliably Republican states like Virginia and North Carolina in the Democratic column and shore up the battered incumbent in swing states like Ohio and Florida in 2012.

Donald Trump: John Kasich is not on board because ‘he got beaten so badly’

Donald Trump said Monday he doesn't really care if people like Ohio Gov. John Kasich endorse him - but he also didn't contradict Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, who on Sunday hinted at possible retribution for such holdout Republicans. "I really don't care.

Debate over whether Columbus is really the ‘safest big city’

In this Jan. 13, 2013, file photo, visitors examine a model of downtown Columbus, Ohio, built with Lego construction toys, made by the Central Ohio Lego Train Club and displayed in an exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio. In many ways, Columbus appears to be a city on the upswing, with cranes dotting the skyline of America's 15th largest city, but some neighborhoods continue to struggle with poverty, crime and tensions with police.

Congress works to finish Zika aid, prevent shutdown

Driven by a desire to free up endangered lawmakers to campaign, congressional negotiators are working to quickly complete a spending bill to prevent an election-season government shutdown and finally provide money to battle the threat of the Zika virus. The stopgap measure would keep the government running past the end of the budget year this month.

Senate’s odd couple forge unlikely alliance on environment

In this May 19, 2016, file photo, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., embraces the committee's ranking member Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. One is a Brooklyn-born, northern California liberal who carved out time in a two-decade Senate career to write a politics-sex-and-power thriller or two.

Side by side: How Clinton and Trump respond to attacks

The contrasting styles of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are on display each time the two presidential nominees are forced to react to a national security event. Trump is often loose with his language in describing what has taken place, and couples it at times with bragging about his own calls for toughness.

Priebus: Candidates who don’t support Trump could be penalized

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told "Face the Nation" that former presidential candidates who do not endorse Donald Trump for president could find themselves penalized if they run for president again. "Those people need to get on board," he told CBS' "Face the Nation."

N.Y.-area bombings raise immigrant screening concerns

Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2df0S2R Suspected bomber Ahmad Khan Rahami is taken into custody after a shootout with police on Sept. 19, 2016, in Linden, N.J. The revelation that the suspected New York City bomber was born in Afghanistan before becoming a U.S. citizen prompted Republicans to attack the U.S. government's immigrant screening process.

Heavy hitters go to bat for slumping Clinton

As Hillary Clinton's once-sizable lead has evaporated in national surveys and must-win swing states, her supporters are speaking out with a new urgency, urging core followers to set aside any qualms and get behind Clinton with enthusiasm. President Obama, in a speech Saturday night before the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, bluntly stated that African-Americans need to affirm his legacy by helping put another Democrat in the White House.

Brisbane police hunt two men after recent crime spree

Red, white and blue! Priyanka Chopra, Sofia Vergara and Emily Ratajkowski lead best dressed at the Emmys in stunning gowns All FIVE bombs that were found in the New York area used flip phones as a detonator: Fears grow of link between failed New Jersey attack and IED blast in Manhattan that injured 29 'I could destroy America in half an hour or less': The moment Putin casually bragged about Russian military might in 2011 Feeling tired Hillary? The moment a weary-looking Clinton scolded Trump for immediately calling Manhattan explosion a bomb - but she now says it was an IED and an 'apparent act of terrorism' Obama says a low turnout from black voters in upcoming presidential election would be 'a personal insult' to his legacy Hillary Clinton's computer server has been targeted by hackers in Russia and China at least four times, claims report 'Can't get enough of these moments!' Ivanka ... (more)

a Un and tribal takeover?

A massive 792-page Senate Energy Committee bill threatens to authorize federal bureaucrats to cede extensive control over western state water and property rights, energy development and forest management to Native American tribes, local UN sustainability councils and radical environmentalist groups. Certain provisions could undermine the foundations of our nation from within our nation.

Former Pro-Hillary Journo Describes Sid Blumenthal s Slimy Rumor-Mongering in 2008

Another journalist --the second one in two days -- came out Saturday to confess that Sid Blumenthal aggressively shopped the rumor to him in 2008 about then-Senator Barack Obama being born in Kenya. In "Confessions of a Hillary Insider," Larry Johnson of No Quarter said that he is "shocked at the audacity of Hillary Clinton to decry Donald Trump as a birther because her campaign not only pushed that item in a bid to discredit Barack Obama, but mounted a sustained campaign attack Obama on a broad array of issues."