North Carolina a snapshot of Trump’s shrinking trade appeal

Hillary Clinton "owes the state of North Carolina a very big apology," Donald Trump thundered, condemning the loss of manufacturing jobs due to free-trade deals supported by the Democratic presidential nominee. In the state that may be the most pivotal to Trump's White House bid, the audience for the Republican's chief economic pitch is shrinking by the day.

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.

Twitter celebrates Obama hitting 10 million users with video highlights

The era of Barack Obama as U.S. president is gradually winding down, with less than six months left before we get either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in the White House. One of the memories of Obama's tenure will be his presence on social media, a dynamic highlighted on Saturday by Twitter as Obama's verified presidential account, @POTUS , hit the 10 million follower mark.

US expects to surpass Syrian refugee admissions target

The Obama administration expects to mark a major milestone in the coming weeks, admitting more than 10,000 Syrian refugees into the US within 2016 Fiscal Year, a State Department official told CNN Friday. The official said the administration can -- and likely will -- accept more than 10,000 applicants, as the goal is "a floor, not a ceiling," and admissions are expected to continue at their current pace for the remaining six weeks.

Repeal or retain? Election opens final act for ‘Obamacare’

Election Day 2016 will raise the curtain on the final act in the nation's long-running political drama over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. "We have an obligation to the people who voted for us to proceed with 'repeal and replace,'" said Sen. John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican.

McGinty criticizes ransoms, but not U.S. payment to Iran

Katie McGinty, Pennsylvania's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, says the United States should never pay ransoms for prisoners, but she's not criticizing the Obama administration's $400 million cash delivery to Iran seven months ago. McGinty said Friday that she expects "further facts" will come out about the payment and she still stands by President Barack Obama's nuclear accord with Iran.

Repeal or retain? Election opens final act for a Obamacarea

Election Day 2016 will raise the curtain on the final act in the nation's long-running political drama over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. "We have an obligation to the people who voted for us to proceed with 'repeal and replace,'" said Sen. John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican.

Poll: Should President Obama cut short his vacation to tour flooded areas in Louisiana?

President Barack Obama and Cy Walker, left, leave the first green during a round of golf at Farm Neck Golf Course in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard on Sunday. The photos of President Obama playing golf in Martha's Vineyard while Louisiana is reeling from its worst natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina have made the calls for him to cut his vacation short louder.

Trump to black voters: ‘What the hell do you have to lose?’

Republican Donald Trump again made a direct appeal to black voters Friday night, urging them to abandon the Democratic Party and give him a chance. Speaking at a rally in Dimondale, Michigan, an overwhelmingly white suburb outside of Lansing, the GOP nominee argued that Democrats, including his rival Hillary Clinton, have taken advantage of African-American voters and taken their votes for granted.

Giuliani on Trump’s La. Visit: ‘More Presidential Than the President’

Donald Trump was more presidential than President Barack Obama in going to the flooded areas in Louisiana Friday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said. "Today, Donald Trump acted more Presidential than the President himself, by immediately going to Louisiana while President Obama chose to continue playing golf and Hillary Clinton phoned in her views," Giuliani said in a statement, according to The Hill.

Trump’s spiral from convention bounce to campaign overhaul

Twenty-seven days after his coronation in Cleveland and post-convention bounce, Donald Trump's prospects appear to be dwindling -- a precipitous decline he sought to reverse on Wednesday with a major shakeup of top campaign staff. Weighed down by a dizzying string of successive and overlapping controversies, verbal spats, and political missteps, Trump saw his brief advantage evaporate in a haze of conflicts with everyone from the parents of a slain Muslim-American war hero and the most powerful elected official in Republican politics to a crying baby.