Pence says Trump will offer specifics on making country safer

Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, says the Republican presidential candidate will offer "real specifics" this week on how make the country safer. Pence declined to preview Trump's plan in an interview on "Fox News Sunday," saying only that Trump will offer a "change of direction" in counterterrorism policies.

The Latest: Trump camp goes on tear against the media

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Sacred Heart University, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Fairfield, Conn. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Sacred Heart University, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in Fairfield, Conn.

Question Pence doesn’t answer: Will he release tax returns?

Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, spends much of his time on the campaign trail responding to questions about Donald Trump, the party's presidential nominee. A day after Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, released their 2015 tax returns as a way to put pressure on Trump to release his own, Pence was visiting a farmer's market in his hometown, Columbus, Ind., when two reporters asked if the public would get to see the governor's returns.

In Connecticut, Trump promises a major push in a blue state

" Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made an unusual foray Saturday night into deep-blue Connecticut, pledging to make "a big play" for the Democratic stronghold. Connecticut has not voted for a Republican in a presidential election since 1988, when it went for George H.W. Bush, but Trump was undeterred.

The Latest: Pence suggests he may release tax forms

Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, is suggesting he may release his tax returns before the election in November. That would put him at odds with Trump, who has refused to make public any information about the taxes he and his companies have paid.

Kaine Questions Trump’s Charity Giving in Salvo Over Tax Returns

Tim Kaine, Democratic nominee for vice president, said Saturday that Donald Trump won't make public his tax returns because they may show the Republican presidential candidate hasn't been the generous charitable giver he claims to be. "What doesn't he want to show?" the Virginia senator said at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, the only public event by the Clinton campaign this weekend.

Gop Us Rep. Rokita back on Indianaa s November ballot

Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita got back on Indiana's November ballot Saturday after he withdrew his congressional candidacy last month in a bid to run for governor to replace Mike Pence, who joined Donald Trump's ticket. Rokita was selected for the ballot during a caucus to fill the vacancy his withdrawal created in the 4th Congressional District.

The Latest: Trump pondering ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy

Donald Trump says he plans to meet with Cuban-Americans to help determine whether he'll support continuing the "wet foot, dry foot" immigration policy. The Republican presidential nominee says the meeting will take place in about a week and that he'll probably have a decision "pretty quickly" about the federal policy, which generally allows Cubans who reach U.S. soil to remain in the country.

The Latest: Trump ‘fine’ with trying Americans at Gitmo

Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks during a campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. LOCAL PRINT OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; WKEF-TV OUT; WRGT-TV OUT; WDTN-TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT Republican vice presidential candidate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence speaks during a campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.

Trumpa s Chances in 14 States He Says He Can Win in November

Donald Trump says he will go "after places that no other Republican goes after," but can he compete in those states? Ticking off lists of states throughout the GOP primary process, the Republican nominee said he would flip the electoral map on its head, threatening to win in even the most reliably Democratic states, like California and Washington. But he still has spent no money on general election television ads across the country, and polls show no signs yet of a changing tide in deep blue states.

Trump ignites firestorm with remarks on gun rights, Clinton

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that gun rights activists could act to stop his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices, igniting yet another firestorm of criticism just as he sought to steer clear of controversy. "If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks," Trump said at a rally.

Firestorm as Trump says gun-rights backers can stop Clinton

Donald Trump said Tuesday that Second Amendment advocates might find a way to stop Hillary Clinton from rolling back gun rights if she's elected, setting off a political firestorm as Democrats quickly accused him of encouraging violence against his opponent. Speaking at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, the Republican nominee said incorrectly his general election opponent wants to "abolish, essentially, the Second Amendment."

After controversy, Gov. Mike Pence defiant on Trump campaign style in Lancaster stump speech

After a punishing week for his campaign and internal rumblings over its direction, Indiana governor and Republican nominee for vice president Mike Pence was defiant and nothing short of optimistic in a Lancaster town hall event on Tuesday. In front of a crowd of supporters at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center, Pence portrayed a wholly unified front as his campaign looks to galvanize the GOP base in this, a conservative stronghold in a crucial swing state.

Mike Pence Encouraged Tolerance Toward Muslims After 9/11. Now He’s On Team Trump.

Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, implored the public in 2003 to "practice justice and kindness toward every American citizen and visitor of Middle Eastern descent," according to a speech unearthed Monday on Right Wing Watch , which is run by the progressive advocacy group People For the American Way. Pence, at the time a member House of Representatives, took to the floor and read from some statements he'd made just after the Sept.

Revamping econ plan, Trump vows tax cuts to ‘jump-start’ US Updated at

Trying to turn the page after a tumultuous campaign stretch, Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton's approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity. Trump's speech to the Detroit Economic Club reflected the Republican presidential nominee's attempt to reboot and redirect the conversation to his strength: the economy.