Weiner’s wife is leaving him amid a new sexting scandal

Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said Monday that she is leaving her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former New York congressman was accused in yet another sexting scandal. "After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," Abedin, vice chair of Clinton's presidential campaign, said in a statement issued by the campaign.

Mylan launching cheaper, generic version of EpiPen

Mylan says it will make available a generic version of its EpiPen, as criticism continued to mount over the price of its injectable medicine. By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Mylan will start selling a cheaper version of its EpiPen after absorbing waves of criticism over a list price for the emergency allergy treatment that has grown to $608 for... A bus full of construction workers hit a firetruck on an elevated highway Sunday, killing two people and injuring 36, several of them seriously, Louisiana State Police said.

Hillary Clinton Panders to Economic Illiterates: New at Reason

For the past year, the Republican Party has behaved as though it is determined to abandon its best principles and alienate voters for years to come. The derailment has been so spectacular that it's easy to miss that Democrats are also veering in a direction that is ominous for both themselves and the country.

News Guide: McCain, Arpaio draw interest in Arizona primary

" A challenge to longtime U.S. Sen. John McCain leads the lists of contests drawing attention in Tuesday's Arizona primary election. Here's a look at some of the races and issues: Sen. John McCain is seeking a sixth term, and his main challenger in the Republican primary is former state Sen. Kelli Ward.

Senate Democrats Get New Ally – Bernie Sanders

Sanders will help raise money, attend rallies for Senate candidates, but he won't turn over donor list to DSCC Sen. Bernie Sanders's post-Labor Day blitz will be the first time since his presidential run ended almost two months ago that he has helped Democrats as they try to win a majority in the Senate. The senator from Vermont is preparing a post-Labor Day blitz of campaign activity, according to three sources briefed on his plans, offering what Democratic leaders hope will be a late-in-the-race boost from the liberal icon to the party's slate of Senate candidates.

Gay Marriage Stand Won’t Cost Ohio GOP Senator His Seat

Citing his college-age son, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman became the first Republican senator to back marriage equality. When Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio announced his decision to support marriage equality in March of 2013, he explained that his change of heart on the issue came after learning that his college-age son, Will, is gay.

GOP presidential nominee Trump plans major ad buy Monday

Donald Trump's campaign is planning its biggest ad buy to date - upward of $10 million on commercials airing over the next week or so. The campaign is expects the ads to air as soon as Monday in nine swing states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida, where the campaign has already been on the air, along with New Hampshire, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.

It Takes a Ruling-Class Village to Staff the White House

Lloyd Blankfein, left, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, is greeted by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a panel discussion entitled "Equality for Girls and Women: 2034 Instead of 2134?" at the Clinton Global Initiative on Sept. 24, 2014 in New York.

How the Machine That Created Barack Obama Keeps Power in Illinoisby…

Spendthrift and incompetent government has turned Illinois into a basket case. Barack Obama's adopted state ranks 47th in the nation in fiscal health ; and, as the Huffington Post reported in March, it's dead last in how much it leaves in the pockets of middle-class taxpayers.

Clinton argues that Trump is no typical Republican

Hillary Clinton is working hard to prove Donald Trump isn't a normal Republican - and down-ticket GOP candidates are just fine with that. Clinton went full blast against Trump's racism last week, the latest in a series of high-profile speeches aimed at disqualifying the GOP nominee by showing that he's much worse than the run-of-the-mill Republican.

Near Total Media Blackout on Hillary Clinton’s Sunday Mega-Fundraisers

Hillary Clinton attended two mega-fundraisers in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York on Sunday where she raised well over $3 million-and the media is not reporting on the Democratic presidential nominee's activities for the days. There are no articles on Clinton's Sunday fundraisers, just a one line mention with no details by the AP buried deep in a story about Clinton's rival Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Other than that, nothing, even though Sunday marks the start of a three-day fundraising blitz in the Hamptons by Clinton.

PolitiFact Florida screens claims in the U.S. Senate primary races

After months of being bombarded with campaign ads and mailers, Florida primary voters will decide Tuesday which U.S. Senate candidates will move on to the general election. We've been tracking the most visible candidates in both parties on our Truth-O-Meter for months.

Guide to Florida’s primary election; early Panhandle voting totals in Updated at

Florida voters will go to the polls Tuesday and select the nominees for U.S. Senate, decide whether to amend the state constitution to give a property tax break to promote solar energy and have a say in who should represent them in the U.S. House.