Patrick Gannon: McCrory, Cooper fight to a draw in first debate

In the days following North Carolina's first gubernatorial debate of 2016, polls show Gov. Pat McCrory and N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper neck-and-neck in one of the more closely watched governor's races in the country. A Public Policy Polling survey released in late June showed the candidates deadlocked at 41 percent.

Senate Democrats block GOP’s Zika funding bill

AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion emergency request to combat a potential public health crisis from the Zika virus is more than 4 months old, but congressional dysfunction appears likely to scuttle a scaled-back version of the president's request, raising the prospect that Congress may leave on a seven-week vacation next month without addressing Zika.

The Latest: PM Valls: No quick fix, Europe needs reinvention

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says in an impassioned plea for Europe that there is no quick fix for fractures exposed by the British referendum because the reasons that nations adhere to the European Union must be reinvented. He says some aspects of Britain's EU exit must be dealt with urgently but "the process of re-founding Europe will take time."

Obama Says He Doesn’t Anticipate Huge Change From EU Exit

President Barack Obama isn't expecting "major, cataclysmic changes" as a result of Britain's pending exit from the European Union. Speaking to NPR, Obama also said there are more differences than similarities when it comes to Britain's election compared with the current presidential election in the United States where discontent has fueled Republican Donald Trump's rise.

Clinton pledges not to repeat failed ‘Brexit’ campaign strategy

Hillary Clinton pledged she will not repeat the failed strategy of Britain's "remain" campaign in the wake of the country's stunning vote to leave the European Union in her own campaign against Donald Trump. Clinton said in an interview with the social medium LinkedIn on Monday there are parallels between the "leave" campaign that prevailed in the country's EU referendum and the Trump campaign's focus on skepticism of political institutions and the effects of immigration.

House Republicans’ report faults Obama on Benghazi attacks

Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee faulted the Obama administration Tuesday in a report on the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. The panel's chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, and other Republicans accuse the Obama administration of stonewalling important documents and witnesses.

House Republicans fault US military response to Benghazi

House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks during a TV news interview with MSNBC, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, to discuss the release of his final report on the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where a violent mob killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., gestures during a TV news interview with MSNBC, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, to discuss the release of his final report on the 2012 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, where a violent mob killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

Congressional dysfunction likely to stall Zika funding bill

President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion emergency request to combat a potential public health crisis from the Zika virus is more than 4 months old, but congressional dysfunction appears likely to scuttle a scaled-back version of the president's request, raising the prospect that Congress may leave on a seven-week vacation next month without addressing Zika. Senate Democrats say they will block a $1.1 billion Republican-drafted measure to combat the virus, arguing that it contains unfair spending cuts and limits which groups can deliver health care and provide contraception to women in Zika-infested Puerto Rico.

Dems: Clinton never personally denied Benghazi security

In this Oct. 22, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional security at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, according to Democrats on a select House panel who absolved the former secretary of state and the U.S. military of wrongdoing in the deadly Sept.

Why do We Let Politicians Deceive Us?

Here in the United Kingdom we have just had a referendum which has led to an outcry about the honesty of our politicians with accusations from those on both sides of the debate that the other side told lies to influence the voters. Whatever one thinks about the results of the referendum, the fact that we are now talking about the honesty of our politicians strikes me as a good thing.

Hey amigo: Mexico president arrives today for state visit, Trudeau-Obama summit

Enrique Pena Nieto is heading to Quebec City first before dining with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Toronto and then hitting the national capital on Tuesday for an official state visit. The Mexican president will then join Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama for Wednesday's North American Leaders Summit in Ottawa, commonly known as the Three Amigos.