Sanders delegates plan to fight Kaine nomination at convention

Delegates for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention are planning to fight the nomination of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as the party's vice presidential nominee. At a news conference Sunday, Norman Solomon, a Sanders delegate from California and national coordinator of a group of Sanders delegates called the Bernie Delegates Network, said Kaine's positions on a range of issues were unacceptable to Sanders supporters.

Senator Sherrod Brown ‘flattered’ people suggesting him as Clinton’s VP pick

Political experts believe Hillary Clinton will announce her pick for vice president on Friday in Florida, ahead of the Democratic National Convention. "I don't have any plans to do anything, but be in Ohio this weekend," said U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown.

GOP convention protests small, peaceful on 1st day

While Donald Trump supporters and protesters held demonstrations in downtown Cleveland on Monday, there were few arrests and not much conflict between the groups on the first day of the Republican National Convention.a Demonstrators protesting against Donald Trump march through the streets of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, during the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016. Sondos Mishal, 17, of Akron, Ohio, attended an anti-Trump demonstration at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18, 2016, to show people that Muslims are not the "monsters" Trump portrays them as.

Blumenthal: Feds Should Deny Both ‘Mega-Mergers’

Without addressing recent conflict-of-interest allegations against state insurance regulators, Connecticut's senior senator wrote Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice should deny the mergers of Aetna with Humana and Anthem with Cigna. "These mega-mergers have potentially far-reaching and severely harmful effects on Connecticut, but they raise issues of national importance as well," U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote.

The Latest: Cleveland officials: Voinovich boosted Ohio

Officials in Cleveland are commending the legacy of former U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, a former two-term Ohio governor who's a native of the city and served a decade as its mayor. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said Voinovich served the state and city selflessly.

The Latest: Elder Bush mourns Voinovich as political ally

Former President George H.W. Bush says he's mourning the death of former U.S. Sen. and Ohio Gov. George Voinovich, whom he called one of his closest political allies. In a statement from Kennebunkport, Maine, Bush calls Voinovich "the quintessential public servant," someone who "brought people together, focused on results, and left his state and our country a better place."

Former GOP senator and Ohio Gov. George Voinovich dies

Former Republican U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, a two-term Ohio governor who preached frugality in his personal and public life and occasionally bucked the GOP establishment, died Sunday. He was 79. Voinovich, considered a moderate who opposed the size of former President George W. Bush's tax cuts and later questioned Bush's war strategy in Iraq, died peacefully in his sleep, his wife Janet confirmed.

Progressive senator expects Sanders will campaign with Clinton

As Bernie Sanders meets Thursday with top Democrats -- including President Obama and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid -- a leading Democrat is signaling it's time for Sanders to make peace with Hillary Clinton. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" he expects Sanders to throw his support behind Clinton and hit the campaign trail with her -- while also allowing for the possibility that may not happen until after the party's convention next month.

Battle over Bernie in Brown-Schultz household? Read Story Deirdre Shesgreen, USATODAY

The Democratic presidential race has been a hot topic in Sen. Sherrod Brown's household - and not because the Ohio Democrat is rumored to be on front-runner Hillary Clinton's short list for vice president. Brown and his wife, columnist Connie Schultz, are both big Clinton supporters.

Sherrod Brown, Rob Portman find common ground in U.S. Senate despite party differences

Ohio Sens. Rob Portman, left, and Sherrod Brown - seen together in January at the Martin Luther King Jr. ceremonies at the Columbus Convention Center - have developed a cordial relationship despite their partisan differences. WASHINGTON - You wouldn't think they like each other or have anything in common: the soft-spoken, button-down conservative Republican from Cincinnati who served as U.S. trade representative under President George W. Bush, and the gravel-voiced, rumpled Democrat from Cleveland who wrote a book called "The Myths of Free Trade."

Federal fund protecting pensions low on money

One of the nation's largest multi-employer pension funds said that it is out of ideas for ways to save itself from an impending failure. After the Treasury Department rejected its Hail Mary proposal, which would have substantially cut benefits for some retirees, the Central States Pension Fund has little choice but to turn to a federal insurance program that is supposed to offer a lifeline to troubled pension funds.

Clinton urged to go liberal with vice presidential pick

Picking a liberal running mate would help the Democratic presidential front-runner unify the party, they say, driving young progressives to the polls against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Libertarian Party eyes 2016 as breakthrough year Clinton urged to go liberal with vice presidential pick Sanders takes different position on superdelegates than he did in 2008 MORE "She needs to do something in the coming weeks to show that she's also trying to unify the party," one Clinton surrogate said. "And that would be a clear signal."

Focus on demolition cost Ohio millions in federal housing funds

Vacant-housing demolition took up 90 percent of Ohio's request, but critics say asking for more mortgage-assistance funds would have ensured the entire application was viewed more favorably by the federal government. As the days passed, Ohio's application for upward of $250 million in federal housing money asked for more of the money to be devoted to vacant-housing demolition and less for mortgage assistance.