On eve of convention, an underwhelming rollout of GOP ticket

While the Donald Trump-Mike Pence presidential ticket made its debut at a weekend event that was awkward at times, it highlights a pairing designed in part to bring together fractious elements of the Republican Party on the eve of its national convention. Trump spent more time talking about himself, "crooked" Hillary Clinton and standard policy positions than he did praising running mate Mike Pence in a nearly 30-minute introduction.

8 years after hope and change, voters are angry, anxious

Eight years ago, Barbara Conley was one of the millions of Americans swept up in Barack Obama's promises of hope and change when he accepted the Democratic nomination at a packed football stadium a few miles from her home in the Denver suburbs. With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton preparing for their own nominating conventions, the 68-year-old independent is filled with so much frustration at the candidates and the political system that propelled them to victory that she can't even imagine voting in November.

The servants behind Hillary’s server: Meet the staffers tied up in the email debacle

Before Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, an aide to Bill Clinton set up a private email server in a " " in the basement of his and Hillary's suburban New York home. Mrs. Clinton says she used email from that server out of " ," as she wanted to use her personal BlackBerry smartphone for all messages.

NY Times: Trump’s Grounded Plane Proves to Be Lucky Break for Pence in VP Race

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence won the No. 2 slot on Donald Trump's ticket over a frenzied three weeks that began in earnest on Tuesday after the presumptive Republican nominee's private plane was grounded in Indianapolis because of mechanical problems.

Anti-Trump delegates consider several attempts to upend convention

A sign prohibiting drones is seen amid preparations for the arrival of visitors and delegates for the Republican National Convention on July 16 in Cleveland. CLEVELAND - Delegates to the Republican National Convention infuriated with top party leaders are mulling several ways to upend carefully-laid plans for the start of the nationally televised party meetings Monday.

Portman’s Ohio campaign a sharp contrast to Trump’s

Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman and his re-election team have been beating the bushes and sifting through reams of data for more than a year. Republicans say Trump needs to take a page from Portman's playbook, and they worry that Trump's flyby approach to one of the most important states on the electoral map won't give him the edge he needs over Democrat Hillary Clinton, who already has a strong Ohio operation.

Trump presents ‘partner’ Pence, but no doubt who’s the star

Donald Trump presented running mate Mike Pence to the nation Saturday, hailing the Indiana governor as his "first choice" and "my partner in the campaign." But he left no doubt in a sometimes awkward event that Pence's role will surely be as sidekick to the at the top of the ticket.

Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days

Hillary Clinton will pledge on Saturday to introduce an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision within the first 30 days of her administration, an aide said Saturday. Clinton first made the pledge to overturn the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United, which opened the floodgates for outside money in politics, while campaigning in Iowa in 2015.

Political outsider Trump introducing insider Mike Pence as running mate

His running mate largely unknown to the public, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is introducing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a steady conservative with governing experience inside and outside of Washington. Trump and Pence will appear together Saturday morning at a midtown Manhattan hotel, an unofficial kickoff event to the Republican National Convention two days before it opens in Cleveland.

Trump, Pence set to make debut as Republican ticket

Donald Trump publicly introduces new running mate Mike Pence on Saturday, two days before the start of the Republican National Convention. "Look forward to introducing Governor Mike Pence ," Trump tweeted Saturday.

Hillary Clinton, the candidate we know so well _ and don’t

"It was the first time I had hit an obstacle I couldn't overcome with hard work and determination, and I was outraged," she would write in her book, "Living History." More than a half-century later, and after much hard work, much determination, and most of all, many, many obstacles - some undeniably of her own making - Clinton is no closer to actual space travel.