Man dead after exchanging gunfire with Baltimore officers

Baltimore police officers responding to the sound of gunshots near an apartment b... Baltimore police officers responding to the sound of gunshots near an apartment building fatally shot a man who fired at them with an "AR-15-style" gun, authorities said early Friday. Baltimore police officers responding to the sound of gunshots near an apartment building fatally shot a man who fired at them with an "AR-15-style" gun, authorities said early Friday.

The Latest: Northeastern delegates get the prime RNC seats

The Northeast might not be the most fertile ground for Republican candidates for national office, but New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will be front-and-center at next week's Republican National Convention. Delegates from those states will have prime seats to watch billionaire businessman Donald Trump accept the GOP's nomination for president.

The Latest: Gingrich calls for Sharia ban after Nice attack

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is responding to Thursday night's truck attack in France by arguing for the expulsion from the U.S. of any Muslim who believes in Sharia law. The former Georgia congressman said on Fox News Channel's "Hannity" that the U.S. "should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Sharia, they should be deported.

The Latest: Clinton says ‘we will not be intimidated’

Hillary Clinton says Americans stand "in strong solidarity with the people of France," after a truck attack in Nice, France, adding, "We will not be intimidated." A truck carrying weapons and hand grenades plowed through a group of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice late Thursday, killing at least 80 people.

Polls: Young voters seek a ‘reset button’ on 2016

Hillary Clinton tops Donald Trump in two new polls of younger voters, but both surveys suggest that many young voters are inclined to choose someone other than the two major party candidates or to stay home entirely on election day. That could be troubling news for Clinton's campaign, despite her overall lead in the group.

Trump’s VP Pick? Anti-Gay Holy Roller

The Indiana governor and culture warrior would balance the ticket with a twice-divorced, proud philanderer at the top-except he legalized discrimination against LGBT people with a law so extreme other GOP states rejected it. In choosing Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump has shored up the GOP's religious base.

‘Pokemon Go’ finds its way onto the campaign trail

The Clinton campaign announced it will hold an official event on Saturday to register voters at the "Madison Park Pokestop & PokeGYM" in Lakewood, Ohio. "Join us as we go to the Pokestop in Madison Park and put up a lure module, get free pokemon, & battle each other while you register voters and learn more about Sec. Hillary Clinton!!!" the event page reads.

Tim Kaine Campaigns For Clinton By Playing High-Stakes Game of ‘Would You Rather?’

Everyone is pretty sure Donald Trump is going to select Mike Pence as a running mate and they're pretty sure Hillary Clinton will go with Tim Kaine , too. Ahead of Trump's official announcement, which is slated for tomorrow, Kaine appeared at a campaign event with Clinton today.

Susan Estrich: Ginsburg v. Trump

"I can't imagine what this place would be - I can't imagine what the country would be - with Donald Trump as our president," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in The New York Times this week. Trump responded in his usual unpresidential way, tweeting : "Justice Ginsburg has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me.

New York wind farm part of larger offshore energy ambitions

A New York utility plans to construct a wind farm off eastern Long Island that would be the nation's largest offshore wind energy project, three times larger than one due to go online this year off Rhode Island. A New York utility plans to approve a wind farm off eastern Long Island that it says would be the nation's largest offshore wind energy project built to date.

Congress leaves Washington, its dysfunction on display

Congress exited a sweltering Washington on Thursday, its dysfunction on full display as it left behind must-do legislation to combat the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a stalemate over lawmakers' basic job of fulfilling agency budgets. The twin failures highlighted the one step forward, two steps back nature of the bitterly-divided Congress, even as Senate Majority Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan trumpeted victories on drug abuse legislation and other, more modest bills.

Poll: Clinton, Trump Tied Nationwide Going Into Conventions

NEW YORK - The race for president is a dead heat with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied with voters nationwide heading into the two parties' conventions, according to a new poll. The CBS News/NY Times poll out Thursday shows both candidates each getting the support of 40 percent of registered voters nationwide.

Clinton vows to expand Obama’s immigration executive actions

Clinton vows to expand Obama's immigration executive actions Hillary Clinton will announce Thursday her plans to expand President Obama's executive actions on immigration. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/29ECzVI Clinton will address the LULAC National Convention and Exposition in Washington on Thursday, where "she will discuss her plans to keep families together.

Polls in 3 crucial states show Trump improving

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are deadlocked in the crucial swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, according to new polls showing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee gaining strength on his Democratic rival because of doubts about her honesty. Surveys from Quinnipiac University show the two candidates statistically tied in the states going into their party conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia this month.