How Democrats won the presidency

Hillary Clinton - who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren't sure - is on a book tour with her campaign memoir, Donald Trump - who is still campaigning despite having won - is chatting up Democrats to try to get something done. Anything! By week's end, he was recanting every mean thing he ever said about illegal immigrants and was softening his vow to send Dreamers back to their point of conception.

Singapore’s Lee looks to patch up China relations on official visit

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in China Tuesday amid tensions with Beijing and unease in southeast Asia over China's increasingly muscular foreign policy. Lee was not invited to China's One Belt, One Road conference in May, despite the city state's strong support for Beijing's sprawling economic and trade initiative.

Rhode Island Governor raises $170,000 to pay for DACA renewal fees in her state

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Monday she had helped secure more than $170,000 to cover the renewal fees for people in her state covered by the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals policy. The status of the program, better known as DACA, is in question after President Donald Trump said he would scrap it , potentially leaving in limbo 800,000 people living in the US illegally after migrating to the country as children.

Obama asked Clinton during the campaign if she was sleeping, eating right, exercising

Former President Barack Obama checked in with Hillary Clinton during last year's campaign to see if she was sleeping and eating properly, Clinton said Monday night. "He was an extraordinarily supportive and helpful friend throughout the whole campaign," Clinton said at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. "He would call me periodically and he would say, 'Are you getting enough sleep? Are you, you know, eating well?' I'd say 'Oh, I think I'm getting enough sleep.

Chelsea Manning denies betraying the U.S., feels like she lives in a ‘dystopian novel’

The question has dogged Chelsea Manning ever since she walked out of prison four months ago - nearly three decades short of a 35-year sentence, courtesy of a commutation from Barack Obama in the last days of his presidency. Is she a traitor? Had the Army private betrayed her country in 2010, when she passed tens of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks? Or had Manning, as many believe, demonstrated loyalty to the American public by exposing its government institutions? At least once, the question was put to Manning herself.

Cassidy, Graham leading final push to erase Obama health care law

In this July 13, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, talk while walking to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans are planning a final, uphill push to erase President Barack Obama's health care law.

(Emmy Awards) Politics, ex-White House press secretary Sean Spicer take center stage

Weeks after leaving his job, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, , was onstage at the Emmy Awards on Sunday joking about one of his first - and more dubious - claims from the press room. Host Stephen Colbert, playing the straight man in his opening monologue, said it was difficult to tell how many people would be watching the show.

EU official says U.S. re-engaged on Paris climate deal, White House denies shift

A European Union official said Saturday the United States has re-engaged the Paris climate deal, but the White House quickly responded that there has been no change in President Donald Trump 's intention to pull the country out of the deal. European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete told reporters the United States plans to review the deal more closely for a better understanding of the terms agreed to by former President Barack Obama in 2015.

NYT Furious GOP Doing Exactly What NYT Wanted Dems To Do In 2013

The New York Times editorial board ripped into the GOP Friday for trying to prevent Democrats from obstructing the appointments of federal judges after supporting Democrats' efforts to do the same in the past. "Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, are itching to eliminate the last remaining tool the minority party has to influence a president's picks for the federal courts - the so-called blue slip."