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A divided Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to temporarily block a lower court order that had cleared the way for a transgender male high school student to use the boys' bathroom in a Virginia public school this fall.

President Barack Obama granted a history-making 214 commutations Wednesday, the highest number granted on a single day in more than a century.

Thirty-three members of the US military have contracted the Zika virus overseas in countries where the virus has been identified, according to the Pentagon.

A top surrogate for Donald Trump admitted Wednesday she was wrong to say that President Barack Obama was responsible for Capt. Humayun Khan's death.

If you support a particular presidential candidate, it's likely that many of your friends feel the same way.

House Speaker Paul Ryan's Republican primary opponent said Wednesday he's not being used by Donald Trump and would gladly accept the Republican nominee's endorsement if it were offered.

An Irish pub has a new bar game for politics fans.

Donald Trump aides and people close to his campaign are increasingly frustrated by his insistence on waging various fights that steer him off message.

It's a red state that went blue in 2008. Then switched back to red again in 2012.

Not a Republican; not a Democrat. Gary Johnson on the what makes the Libertarian Party different.

Donald Trump is testing just how far he can push his unconventional campaign without wrecking it.

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's odds to win the White House are at 82%, according to CNN's Political Prediction Market.

A police officer with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority was arrested Wednesday and charged with providing material support to ISIS, according to two law enforcement officials.

The U.S. Air Force is sending bombers with thousands of hours of combat experience to Guam this week to bolster the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific, the service says.

Khizr Khan on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of dodging the Vietnam War draft, and said he shouldn't have accepted a Purple Heart given to him at a rally earlier in the day, deeming it the latest sign of his inability to empathize with parents of fallen soldiers.

Donald Trump, trying to reassure a distressed mother with a crying baby, said Tuesday that he loves hearing babies cry at his rallies and told her not to worry -- only to change his mind just a moment later.

Former President George W. Bush seemed to speak out against Donald Trump without mentioning him by name at a fundraising event Tuesday, warning against policies of "isolationism, nativism and protectionism" and urging the GOP to ensure that "everyone feels welcome"

Donald Trump, facing scrutiny this week over his multiple military deferments during the Vietnam War, said Tuesday that he regrets not serving in the military.

In June, CNN hosted former Govs. Gary Johnson and William Weld for a live town hall event. On Wednesday evening, the Libertarians will be back in prime-time for round two.

Donald Trump has built a political brand on his willingness to say just about anything that comes to mind at a given moment -- relying, he says, on his "gut." Sometimes that means contradicting himself on fairly basic ideas and sentiments, like as recently as Tuesday whether or not crying babies are fun to be around (Hint: less so over time).