Could Clinton’s VP pick hurt her chances with Israel supporters?

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's recent Vice Presidential pick of Tim Kaine has in many ways been regarded as a "safe choice", nominally aiding her White House bid without the risk some more outspoken running-mates, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, could potentially have posed. A former governor and current senator for the swing-state of Virginia, Tim Kaine worked as a missionary in Honduras and speaks fluent Spanish, an asset in an election where Hispanic voters could tip the scales in critical battleground states like Florida, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona.

Defining the passage of CARA

PORTSMOUTH – President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act this week, moving forward federal efforts to battle the nation's opioid addiction epidemic. CARA authorizes a comprehensive list of programs intended to help states add recovery services and to strengthen already existing programs.

Colorado sends 78-member delegation to the DNC, but two sit it out

As Democrats prepare to nominate the country's first progressive Democratic woman for president, Hillary Clinton, two progressive Colorado women vying for the national stage won't be in Philadelphia. Morgan Carroll is running against Republican Mike Coffeman for a seat in the U.S. House, and Gail Schwartz is running against Scott Tipton in District 3. Rather than court national party operatives and donors, Morgan Carroll, who is running against Republican Mike Coffman in U.S. House District 6, as well as Gail Schwartz, vying to unseat Scott Tipton in District 3, will be home campaigning, their representatives said.

Tim Kaine: Abortion is murder, and that’s totally fine

The Democrats are a morally incoherent party, and nothing captures with more perfection the feckless irrationality than Sen. Tim Kaine on abortion. Speaking to CNN, the irrational Kaine said, "I have a traditional Catholic personal position, but I am very strongly supportive that women should make these decisions and government shouldn't intrude[.] ... I'm a strong supporter of Roe v.

Clinton chooses Irish-American with Longford links as her vice-president

Presumptive Democratic US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has picked an Irish-American senator as her running mate ahead of November's election. Running mate: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her newly appointed vice president, Senator Tim Kaine.

Trump Says He Prevented Cruz Being ‘Ripped’ Off Stage in Cleveland

In his first interview since the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump said he prevented Ted Cruz from being ripped off the stage by entering Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena as hundreds of angry delegates lashed out at the Texas senator. "You know what, he's lucky I did it," Trump told Bloomberg Politics' Co-Managing Editor Mark Halperin in an interview to air Sunday night on Showtime's "The Circus."

In Kaine Pick, Clinton Shuns Glitz for Competence — and Strategy

Tim Kaine has been city councilor, mayor, senator, lieutenant governor, governor, and a former national party chair -- a life in politics that has never included a lost election. He's also a Harvard-educated civil-rights lawyer who did missionary work in Honduras, speaks fluent Spanish, was raised in two Midwestern states, and has attended a predominantly black Catholic church in Virginia for 30 years.

Effort to abolish superdelegates fails at DNC rules meeting

An effort to fully eliminate superdelegates in future elections failed at a meeting of the Democratic National Convention rules committee Saturday. At the gathering in a Philadelphia conference room, a delegate for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders offered an amendment to get rid of superdelegates - party insiders who can vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention.

Trump Details Entrance During Cruz Speech in First Post-Convention Interview

The Republican presidential nominee said he prevented Cruz from being "ripped" off the stage by entering Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena as hundreds of angry delegates lashed out. In his first interview since the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump said he prevented Ted Cruz from being ripped off the stage by entering Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena as hundreds of angry delegates lashed out at the Texas senator.

Clinton, Kaine make debut as running mates in Miami

Presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine spoke for the first time as running mates at a rally in Miami, Florida on Saturday, two days before the party's convention kicks off in Philadelphia. Kaine is "everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not," said Clinton, formally introducing her low-key Spanish-fluent ally to the crowd at Florida International University, where the student body is more than half Hispanic.

Hampton Roads community reacts to Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine ticket

JULY 23: Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Democratic vice presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine attend together a campaign rally at Florida International University Panther Arena on July 23, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine made their first public appearance together a day after the Clinton campaign announced Senator Kaine as the Democratic vice presidential candidate.

Clinton Formally Introduces Running Mate

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has formally introduced her vice presidential running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. At a rally in Miami on July 23, Clinton praised Kaine as the antithesis of the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Pundit cites ‘Dora the Explorer’ to criticize Kaine’s use of Spanish

CNN political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes on Saturday criticized Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine for speaking in Spanish, saying it contrasted with this week's Republican convention in which "I didn't have to get a translator." Hughes, who supports Donald Trump, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "CNN Newsroom" that Kaine's appearance with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Miami -- in which her VP pick frequently spoke in Spanish -- highlighted the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties.

Attacking Trump, Democrat Kaine makes campaign-trail debut

Democrat Tim Kaine made his first appearance on the campaign trail as Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate on Saturday, touting an optimistic view of America and leaping to attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's record. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts as Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Tim Kaine speaks at a campaign rally in Miami, Florida, U.S. July 23, 2016.

Trump nicknames Clinton VP pick ‘Corrupt Kaine’

So we've got Lyin' Ted, Little Marco and Crooked Hillary, and now Donald Trump has given Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick , Tim Kaine, a nickname: Corrupt Kaine . In a pretty unsurprising move, the GOP nominee has been bashing the Virginia senator on the $160,000 in gifts Kaine accepted during his time as governor and lieutenant governor of Virginia.