Sen. Kelly Ayotte is stuck between Donald Trump and a hard place

At a rally here last week, Mike Pence showed the crowd a clip of Gov. Maggie Hassan awkwardly trying to defend Hillary Clinton's honesty. "Gov. Hassan, let me help you out - the answer's no," the Republican vice presidential nominee riffed on Hassan's non-answer to whether Clinton was honest, drawing applause and laughs from the crowd.

LA Gov Checks CNN’s Dana Bash: ‘You Mischaracterized What I Said’ [VIDEO]

Louisiana's Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards was forced to correct the record during a Sunday morning interview with CNN's Dana Bash. Bash, filling in for Jake Tapper on State of the Union, stated that "Trump and Mike Pence came down to Baton Rouge on Friday."

Obama returning from summer vacation

President Barack Obama is returning from vacation rested and ready for a busy fall, including pressing Congress for money to protect against the Zika virus and fending off lawmakers' attacks over the administration's $400 million "leverage" payment to Iran. Obama was due at the White House late Sunday after a 16-day getaway to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha.

Obama returning from summer vacation ready for busy fall

President Barack Obama returns from vacation rested and ready for a busy fall, including pressing Congres... . President Barack Obama is seated in the presidential vehicle as his motorcade leaves his family's rented vacation home in Chilmark, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016.

Donald Trump campaign manager no longer wants him to release his tax returns

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Louisiana newspaper say ‘glad’ Obama has now decided to visit flood damage, after vacation is over

The editor of the major Louisiana newspaper that urged President Obama to cut short his summer vacation to see the devastating flooding that has damaged roughly 40,000 home said Friday he's pleased that the president will visit the state. "Our feeling is that this is a crisis that calls for presidential leadership, and we're glad to see the president is coming," Advocate Editor Peter Kovacs told Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren."

Search for living, dead: Louisiana fights back from flooding

"Everything is gone. School is gone. Home is gone. Church is gone," s... . Amanda Burge looks at flood damage with two of her three children Aiden, right, and Hudson, left, at her home in Denham Springs, La., Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.

Trump steps down from campaign pulpit to visit Louisiana flood victims

The visit comes as the Republican presidential nominee attempts to shift his public image from that of a bombastic entertainer to a presidential figure. Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and his wife Karen , talk to Louisiana officials including Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry , after arriving at the Baton Rouge Airport in Baton Rouge, La., Friday.

Can This Woman Stop Trump’s Trainwreck?By Patricia Murphy

Donald Trump's new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway is a respected professional in Republican politics-but, her colleagues say, she can only help so much. Donald Trump is bleeding women voters out of his wherever, hemorrhaging support from this crucial piece of the electorate as fast as he can find new ways to frighten and offend them.

Trump, Pence headed to Baton Rouge

Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, will travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Friday to tour flood damage, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. The mammoth flooding in the area - 6.9 trillion gallons of rain pummeled Louisiana between August 8 and 14 -- damaged more than 40,000 homes and killed at least 13 people.

Echoing Trump, Hezbollah accuses Obama of creating Islamic State

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group has accused the U.S. and President Barack Obama of creating the Islamic State group, using the words of presidential hopeful Donald Trump as proof. Quoting the Republican candidate, Hassan Nasrallah also accused Mr. Trump's Democratic Party competitor Hillary Clinton of helping create the militant group.

The Latest: Trump’s foreign policy to focus on destroying IS

Republican Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations. Trump is also expected to propose a new immigration policy under which the U.S. would stop issuing visas in cases where adequate screenings can't be performed.

Trump would stop issuing visas if screenings were inadequate

" Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations. In a speech the Republican presidential nominee will deliver on Monday in Ohio, Trump will argue that the country needs to work with anyone that shares that mission, regardless of other ideological and strategic disagreements.

Trump lashes out at ‘crooked media’

Donald Trump, clearly angered by news reports that he has grown depressed and sullen over his fading presidential prospects, has issued some of his sharpest attacks on the media. "I am not running against Crooked Hillary Clinton," the Republican presidential candidate said in a speech late Saturday in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Mike Pence may release his tax returns – Donald Trump still refuses

Donald Trump looks at Indiana Gov. Mike Pence during a joint interview aired on '60 Minutes' on July 17, 2016. The American public could see vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's tax returns before getting to read Donald Trump's, as the GOP running mate suggested he would release his documents before Election Day.

Trump goes on tear against media, not Clinton

Donald Trump's campaign on Sunday went on a new tear against the media, blaming the "disgusting" press for a week of distractions at a time when Republicans have urged him - again - to focus on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Trump will get another chance to reset his campaign on Monday when he is expected to lay out his plan for defeating what running mate Mike Pence on Sunday called, "radical Islamic terrorism" with "real specifics" on how to make the United States safer.