Donald Trump Expresses ‘Regret’ For Sometimes Saying The Wrong Thing

Donald Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, said Thursday night that he had "regret" for choosing the wrong words that have caused "pain" during the 2016 campaign. In an effort to save his flagging presidential candidacy, and two days after shaking up his campaign, Donald Trump expressed "regret" for sometimes saying the wrong thing and causing "pain."

Divided America: Diverse millennials are no voting monolith

The oldest millennials - nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City's Twin Towers - are old enough to remember the relative economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton was running for president. The nation's youngest adults - now nearing 20 themselves - find it hard to recall a reality without terrorism and economic worry.

Stein hits Clinton on emails

Green Party candidate Jill Stein attacked Hillary Clinton on Monday for her use of a private email server as secretary of state, amid reports that notes from Clinton's interview with the FBI during its probe of the matter would be turned over to Congress soon. Declining to say whether she thought Clinton should have faced criminal charges from the FBI after its probe, Stein said that the issue "raises real questions about her competency."

Clinton widens lead over Trump in poll of NY voters Updated Aug 15, 2016 at

Hillary Clinton holds a giant lead over Donald Trump among New York voters in a Siena College poll released Monday, beating him by 30 percentage points in a two-way matchup and by 25 points when Libertarian and Green Party candidates for president were included in the choices.

In A Way, You Can’t Blame Trump For Thinking He Should Be Winning

Donald Trump is griping about a New York Times story that portrays him as an uncoachable amateur struggling to compete in electoral politics with a seasoned professional. Advisers who once hoped a Pygmalion-like transformation would refashion a crudely effective political showman into a plausible American president now increasingly concede that Mr. Trump may be beyond coaching.

Another fight over ‘skewed’ polls

Four years ago in the race for President, Republicans were complaining about polls that were "skewed" against Mitt Romney, much as many in the GOP are arguing now that polls are biased against Donald Trump in 2016, as Trump supporters charge pollsters and the media are out to stop their candidate. The answer - Mitt Romney and the Republicans - as most polls actually underestimated the support for President Obama, both nationally and in a number of states.

Clinton and Trump Aren’t Making Policy Concessions

With less than three months to Election Day, neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump is shifting to the ideological center, a break from modern presidential campaigns that's being driven by the decline of swing voters. In a speech on Thursday, Clinton again emphasized her progressive stances on economic issues such as raising the minimum wage, tuition-free public college, expanding Social Security, adding a public insurance option to the Affordable Care Act, and cracking down on Wall Street.

Why it Matters: North Korea

In this June 23, 2016, file photo, people watch a TV news channel airing an image of North Korea's ballistic missile launch published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea could soon be capable of targeting America with nuclear weapons.

Trump, and Changing Demographics, Are Helping Turn North Carolina Blue

Over the past three election cycles, Republicans in North Carolina won the governor's mansion, ousted Democratic Senator Kay Hagan, and built a veto-proof supermajority in the state legislature. But with Donald Trump imperiling down ballot candidates and population demographics in the state undergoing a shift, those gains could soon be reversed.

Echoing Trump, Hezbollah accuses Obama of creating Islamic State

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group has accused the U.S. and President Barack Obama of creating the Islamic State group, using the words of presidential hopeful Donald Trump as proof. Quoting the Republican candidate, Hassan Nasrallah also accused Mr. Trump's Democratic Party competitor Hillary Clinton of helping create the militant group.

CNN Pair: Clintons’ Tax Return Shows How ‘Middle-Classy’ They Are

The Hillary Clinton campaign released the 2015 joint federal income tax return filed by Mrs. Clinton and her ex-President husband Bill this week. Among other things, the Clintons reported total income of over $10.7 million, incurred income and self-employment taxes of over $3.6 million, and deducted $1 million for a charitable contribution to the Clinton Foundation.

The Latest: Trump’s foreign policy to focus on destroying IS

Republican Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations. Trump is also expected to propose a new immigration policy under which the U.S. would stop issuing visas in cases where adequate screenings can't be performed.

Trump would stop issuing visas if screenings were inadequate

" Donald Trump will declare an end to nation building if elected president, replacing it with what aides described as "foreign policy realism" focused on destroying the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations. In a speech the Republican presidential nominee will deliver on Monday in Ohio, Trump will argue that the country needs to work with anyone that shares that mission, regardless of other ideological and strategic disagreements.