Maryland officials set announcement on school starting date

Gov. Larry Hogan and Comptroller Peter Franchot are scheduled to make an announcement regarding the starting date of Maryland schools in future years.

Weiner's wife is leaving him amid a new sexting scandal

Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said Monday that she is leaving her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former New York congressman was accused in yet another sexting scandal.

Trump rebukes racism claims as Clinton warns of radicalism

Donald Trump confronted head-on allegations that he is racist on Thursday, defending his hard-line approach to immigration while trying to make the case to minority voters that Democrats have abandoned them.

Bill Clinton defends work of Clinton Foundation

Former President Bill Clinton defended the work of his charitable foundation Monday, telling supporters that it had "improved millions of lives around the world" but needs to change if his wife, Hillary Clinton, wins the White House.

Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama's transgender rules

A federal judge in Fort Worth is blocking the Obama administration’s new guidelines on transgender students in schools.

Republicans to query firms that ran Clinton's private server

The State Department says it is reviewing nearly 15,000 previously undisclosed emails recovered as part of the FBI's now-closed investigation into the handling of sensitive information that flowed through Hillary Clinton's private home server.

Va. Gov. McAuliffe restores voting rights of 13,000 felons

Around 13,000 convicted felons in Virginia who have served their time have been restored their voting rights. Governor Terry McAuliffe made the announcement Monday afternoon.

Donald Trump makes first Minnesota stop as candidate, with no public events

Donald Trump is making his first visit to Minnesota as a presidential candidate, but the Republican nominee doesn’t have any public events scheduled.

Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns

Donald Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned on Friday in the wake of campaign shake-up and revelations about his work in Ukraine.

US says $400 million to Iran was contingent on release of prisoners

The Obama administration said Thursday that a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of American prisoners.

Clinton's foundation to alter donations policy if elected

Hillary Clinton's family foundation will no longer accept foreign and corporate donations if she is elected president, and will bring an end to its annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting regardless of the outcome of the November election.

Trump posts cryptic 'Mr. Brexit' tweet

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has been called lots of names, but this time it's a name he's coined for himself that has social media buzzing.

Trump receives first classified intelligence briefing

Donald Trump is receiving his first national security briefing. The celebrity businessman and Democrat Hillary Clinton are entitled to receive the briefings as their parties' presidential nominees. Trump received the briefing Wednesday afternoon in a secure room at a FBI office in New York City.

How the Trump and Clinton tax plans would affect Americans

For America's wealthiest families, the presidential campaign presents a stark choice: A big tax increase if Hillary Clinton wins the election — or a big tax cut if Donald Trump wins.

Congresswoman launches petition for Donald Trump to take psych evaluation

Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.) said Wednesday "Donald Trump isn’t mentally equipped" to be president -- and the congresswoman launched a petition demanding that he take a psych evaluation.   

Giuliani says no Islamic terror before Obama, overlooks 9/11

Rudy Giuliani, who earned the moniker "America's mayor" for his leadership in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, bizarrely seemed to forget about those very tragedies when stumping for Donald Trump Monday while also blaming President Obama for not stopping terrorism.

John McLaughlin, host of TV show 'The McLaughlin Group,' dead at 89

John McLaughlin, the conservative political commentator and host of the namesake long-running television show that pioneered hollering-heads discussions of Washington, D.C., politics, has died. He was 89.