Furious Sanders backers weighing challenge to Kaine nomination

Bernie Sanders delegates, furious over Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick and leaked emails showing the Democratic Party was helping Hillary Clinton, said Sunday they're seeking their own vice presidential candidate and weighing protests on the floor. They have no alternative to Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Clinton's running mate in mind yet.

Trump Jr. Rips Clinton Campaign Managerfor Suggesting Trump-Russia Link: – Disgusting’

Donald Trump Jr. got pretty fired up this morning in response to a suggestion from Hillary Clinton's campaign manager. Robby Mook told CNN's Jake Tapper this morning that they've been informed by "experts" that Russia was behind the DNC email leak to cause maximum damage ahead of their convention for the purposes of electing Donald Trump.

After convention, Clinton and Kaine to visit Ohio

After convention, Clinton and Kaine to visit Ohio One of Hillary Clinton's first stops after the Democratic National Convention this week will be - where else - Ohio. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/2aaQ1pa Hillary Clinton arrives with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at a rally at Florida International University Panther Arena in Miami on July 23, 2016.

Wasserman Schultz Out at DNC After Leaks

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will not be speaking or presiding at this week's Democratic National Convention - a huge blow caused by the leak of internal DNC emails that suggested favoritism toward Hillary Clinton over Sen. Bernie Sanders during the primary. Instead, Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio will chair the convention, gaveling in and out each day's proceedings, CNN reported Sunday.

Trump Jr. on Mayoral Run: Keeping Options Open, ‘Love to Do It’

Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday he's open to running for public office some day - quoting his father's advice that ""we always like to keep our options open." In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union," the eldest son of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said his "100 percent focus" is to help his father win in November amid buzz about his political future.

Editorial: Fight against terror must be collaborative

In the aftermath of the heinous terror attack in Nice, France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls made a jarring comment: "The times have changed, and France is going to have to live with terrorism." Prime Minister Valls, upset at the most recent attack on his homeland, undoubtedly feels like most of his compatriots -- afraid, frustrated and grief-stricken.

Sanders Calls DNC Leak ‘Outrageous,’ Calls For New DNC Chair

Sen. Bernie Sanders called the leak of Democratic National Committee emails suggesting a bias against his presidential campaign "outrageous" and reiterated his call for DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign. "It is not a great shock to me," Sanders said during an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday morning.

[Newsmaker] Kaine wows as Clinton running mate

Tim Kaine made a big splash Saturday in his first appearance as Hillary Clinton's running mate for the White House, savaging Donald Trump's foreign policy ideas as dangerous and wowing a Miami crowd with fluent Spanish. Kaine, a 58-year-old senator from the battleground state of Virginia, won many a cheer and laugh and frequent applause as he addressed a campaign rally one day after being tapped for the Democratic ticket.

Email controversy dogsClinton to convention

The biggest impediment to Hillary Clinton's run for the White House is the controversy that has dogged her presidential campaign from the start: her use of a private email server as secretary of State. Republicans have hammered Clinton over the issue, and the persistence has taken a terrible toll on her poll numbers.Only 28 percent of Americans view her as honest, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll earlier this month.

Could Clinton’s VP pick hurt her chances with Israel supporters?

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's recent Vice Presidential pick of Tim Kaine has in many ways been regarded as a "safe choice", nominally aiding her White House bid without the risk some more outspoken running-mates, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, could potentially have posed. A former governor and current senator for the swing-state of Virginia, Tim Kaine worked as a missionary in Honduras and speaks fluent Spanish, an asset in an election where Hispanic voters could tip the scales in critical battleground states like Florida, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona.

Your Opinion: Repulsive exploitation comments

The amount of time the Republicans spent the first two nights attacking Hillary Clinton as secretary of state for disproven criminal negligence at the consulate in Benghazi is disheartening. Where is there an Eisenhower or a Taft or a Ralph Flanders when the Party of Lincoln needs them so badly? Instead, the 21st century Republican Party is defined by unrestrained hatred.

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CNN political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes on Saturday criticized Tim Kaine for speaking in Spanish, saying it contrasted with this week's Republican convention in which "I didn't have to get a translator." Hughes, who supports Donald Trump, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "CNN Newsroom" that Kaine's appearance with Hillary Clinton in Miami - in which Kaine frequently spoke in Spanish - highlighted the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties.

Colorado sends 78-member delegation to the DNC, but two sit it out

As Democrats prepare to nominate the country's first progressive Democratic woman for president, Hillary Clinton, two progressive Colorado women vying for the national stage won't be in Philadelphia. Morgan Carroll is running against Republican Mike Coffeman for a seat in the U.S. House, and Gail Schwartz is running against Scott Tipton in District 3. Rather than court national party operatives and donors, Morgan Carroll, who is running against Republican Mike Coffman in U.S. House District 6, as well as Gail Schwartz, vying to unseat Scott Tipton in District 3, will be home campaigning, their representatives said.