QU Poll numbers show Clinton, Trump gap narrowing in swing states among voters

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows the presidential race between presumptive democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her republican counterpart Donald Trump is close in some key swing states. What it found is that Trump has a three point lead over Clinton in Florida, the two are tied in Ohio, and in Pennsylvania, Trump leads Clinton 43 to 41. University of New Haven Political Science Professor Joshua Sandman says he is not surprised by what the poll found.

Poll: In tumultuous summer, young Americans in a dour mood

SAN FRANCISCO >> In a summer of political and racial tumult, young Americans are in a dour mood: pessimistic about the fairness of their economic system, questioning the greatness of the United States and deeply skeptical of the way the nation picks its leaders. A new poll of young people between the ages of 18 and 30 finds that an overwhelming 90 percent think the two-party political system has real - though fixable - problems or that it is "seriously broken."

Gingrich is a vice-presidential finalist, but his last campaign is still millions in debt

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich leaves after a closed-door meeting in March with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Washington. As Newt Gingrich vies for the chance to be Donald Trump's running mate, he is still dealing with a financial mess left over from his ill-fated presidential run four years ago.

Democrats’ Latest Platform Is A Huge Win For Teachers Unions

President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India in the Oval Office at the White House on June 7, 2016 in Washington, D.C. The Democratic Party is proposing a big overhaul of its official position on education, one which would give a huge victory to teachers unions while also repudiating almost all of President Barack Obama's legacy on K-12 schooling. The Obama administration has long aggravated teachers unions by favoring education reform policies, such as tying teacher evaluations to test scores and expanding the use of charter schools.

Bernie Sanders Told His Supporters To Get Behind Hillary Clinton, And They’re Doing It

After Bernie Sanders endorsed Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, die-hard fans of the senator threatened that they wouldn't be as willing to transfer their allegiances to the presumptive nominee. But for all the talk of Sanders supporters moving to the Green Party, staying home or even voting for GOP candidate Donald Trump instead, already some of his backers are lining up behind Clinton.

The Latest: Clinton calls for ‘better listening,’ empathy

In this photo taken March 14, 2016, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie after Christie introduced him at a plane-side rally in an aircraft hanger at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio. Christie would give Trump a well-known running mate who's quietly become an expert on Trump's unusual presidential campaign operation.

7-13-16 Clinton in Springfield

Hillary Clinton is calling on the country - including herself - to "do a better job of listening" rather than fueling political and other divisions after a series of high-profile shootings. In a speech heard live on WTAX , Clinton says the country must address both gun violence, criminal justice reform and find ways to better support police departments.

Clinton: ‘Party of Lincoln’ becoming ‘Party of Trump’

Hillary Clinton, standing inside the same chamber that helped shape Abraham Lincoln into the father of the Republican Party, argued Wednesday that Donald Trump was perverting what his party once stood for. Clinton, flanked by American flags and standing beneath a portrait of George Washington, said Trump is dividing the United States and is a far cry from Lincoln, who argued against slavery in the same chamber in 1858, famously telling the assembled lawmakers that "a house divided against itself cannot stand."

Who said 2016 was unusual? For religious groups, it looks like 2012 all over again.

For all the talk about 2016 being a wildly unusual election cycle, it's looking a whole lot like 2012. When it comes to how religious and non-religious voters appraise candidates, the prospective Clinton-Trump matchup resembles the Obama-Romney choice, the Pew Research Center found in a new poll, the results of which it announced Wednesday.

Clinton lambastes Trump as unfit to lead a country dealing with race, violence

A painting of President George Washington hangs behind Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as she speaks at the Old State House in Springfield, Ill. Hillary Clinton excoriated Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday for running a campaign based on "fear mongering," arguing that he is unfit to lead a country grappling with the difficult issues of race and violence.

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.

Sanders explains the long wait for his Clinton endorsement

Just a day after Bernie Sanders gave his full-throated support to presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the Vermont senator discussed the thought process behind his decision in an interview with "CBS This Morning." "I'm standing up for working families and the middle class in saying that Donald Trump would be a disaster for the future of this country," Sanders said early Wednesday.

How presidents can succeed by disappointing their base

President Obama speaks at the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at National Harbor in Maryland in December 2011. Regardless of whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton wins November's election, the next president faces what looks to be a nearly impossible task when it comes to governing: Persuading the other side to compromise.

Trump seeks to block release of Trump University testimony

A federal judge who has been a target of Donald Trump's unending scorn must decide whether to release videos of the presumed Republican presidential nominee testifying in a lawsuit about the now-defunct Trump University - images that Trump's attorneys worry will be used to tarnish the campaign. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel faces Trump's attorneys Wednesday for the first time since he permitted the release of unrelated documents in a class-action lawsuit alleging fraud, a move that led Trump to intensify his unusual attacks on the judge that included mention of his Mexican heritage.

Poll: Most young people dislike GOP’s Trump, say he’s racist

Donald Trump is wildly unpopular among young adults, in particular young people of colour, and nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 believe the presumptive Republican nominee is racist. That's the finding of a new GenForward poll that also found just 19 per cent of young people have a favourable opinion of Trump compared to the three-quarters of young adults who hold a dim view of the New York billionaire.