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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks as his wife Karen, looks on at the opening ceremony for the Cops Cycling for Survivors fundraising bike ride in Indianapolis, Monday, July 11, 2016. Pence is being considered as a possible running mate for GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, who is expected to decide this week, and the two are expected to attend a fundraiser and rally together Tuesday evening.
Visitors show their support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prior to his speech at Westin Town Center in Virginia Beach, Va., Monday, July 11, 2016. Visitors show their support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prior to his speech at Westin Town Center in Virginia Beach, Va., Monday, July 11, 2016.
Following a recruiting success in Indiana, Democrats are eyeing Kansas as they try to expand their playing field into red states and take back the Senate. GOP Sen. Jerry Moran is up for re-election in Kansas, Republican-friendly territory that's on few lists of competitive races this year.
The Gerald Ford Presidential Museum towers over the west bank of the Grand River here. The airport at the edge of town is named for the 38th president.
Clemson University and the National Park Service have released the Open Parks Network , a digital gallery of rare and unique material from the archives of the country's national parks, historic sites and battlefields. The network's website is growing perpetually and currently features more than 100,000 high-resolution, public domain images.
Donald Trump's campaign in Colorado is moving to secure endorsements from top GOP leaders before the Republican National Convention next week in Cleveland. Patrick Davis, the Trump Colorado director, recently named the former U.S. Senate candidate as a campaign co-chairman.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers remarks before presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks in Virginia Beach, Va., on July 11, 2016. Closing in on his choice for a running mate, Donald Trump spoke favorably Monday about tapping an experienced politician over a political outsider to help reassure and unite the fractured Republican Party.
Washington, July 12 - Republican Party members have formally asked the US Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation for perjury against the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton to determine if she lied to Congress. The evidence collected by the FBI during its investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a personal email system appears to directly contradict several aspects of her sworn testimony, chairmen of the US House Judiciary Committee and the Oversight Committee, Bob Goodlatte and Jason Chaffetz, said in a statement on Monday.
Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party's chances to win back the vacant seat, and Senate control along with it. Democrats have been courting Bayh for over a year to run for the seat now held by Republican Sen. Dan Coats, who is retiring.
The Republican chairmen of two U.S. House of Representatives committees on Monday asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation into whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton committed perjury during testimony to Congress about her use of a private email server. "The evidence collected by the FBI during its investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a personal email system appears to directly contradict several aspects of her sworn testimony" to Congress, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte said in a letter to U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips requesting the probe.
House Republicans are asking the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to investigate Hillary Clinton and determine whether she lied to Congress. Reps.
NYU spokesman John Beckman said Brademas' wife, Mary Ellen Brademas , told the university her husband died Monday in New York. The Democrat served 11 terms in Congress.
A young Jewish staffer for the Democratic National Committee was shot dead in an apparent robbery near his home in Washington, D.C. Seth Conrad Rich, 27, was shot early Sunday morning in the Bloomingdale neighborhood, near the Capitol, about a block from his home. Police in announcing the killing did not ascribe a motive, but his father, Joel, told the Washington Post that the police believe his son may have been the victim of a botched robbery.
Several U.S. congressmen introduced resolutions to honor the life and work of Elie Wiesel, including a proposal to create a memorial statue to be placed in the U.S. Capitol building. Three members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council - Reps.
Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party's chances to win back the vacant seat, and Senate control along with it. Democrats have been courting Bayh for over a year to run for the seat now held by Republican Sen. Dan Coats, who is retiring.
As the House Democrats run ads trying to tie him and other congressional Republicans to GOP's unpopular presumptive nominee, businessman Donald Trump, Garrett takes solace in the fact that the Democratic presidential candidate isn't that well-liked either. With former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also the bearer of negative approval ratings, Garrett is making sure voters in his district know that his Democratic challenger, Josh Gottheimer, wrote speeches at the White House for her husband, President Bill Clinton.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, says Americans have to put themselves in other people's shoes in order to overcome the tensions between police and the public. "We have to look at both sides of this and try to put ourselves in the place of the other," Cummings said in an interview Monday on " CBS This Morning ."
A small crowd held a vigil outside the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett Sunday following the deaths in Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas earlier this week. In times of social discord and national mourning - such as the nation is experiencing following this week's shootings in Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas - people tend to congregate in support of one another, sharing the hopes that that will carry them forward through dark times.
"Ultimately, if you're advertising, you're serious. If is truly competitive or had a chance to be competitive we would be seeing advertising," says Ken Goldstein, a political scientist with the University of San Francisco, and formerly with the University of Wisconsin.