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Charles Koch warned his allies on Saturday that the country could "deteriorate" if like-minded people turned solely to politicians for salvation in dark times, another sign that the influential Republican patrons have little faith in today's elected leaders.

Take a look at the week in politics from July 24 through July 30.

Hillary Clinton, standing on a metal working factory floor here in Western Pennsylvania, tried to cut into Donald Trump's grip on white, working class voters by casting herself -- not the businessman-turned-Republican nominee -- as 2016's change candidate.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is set to pitch his agenda to the Koch brothers' powerful donor network gathered here this weekend. He's among the Republican politicians who scored invites to one of the nation's most sought-after political retreats.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is boasting about how his group's release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails is affecting the US presidential election -- and says it has unreleased information about Hillary Clinton's campaign.

Over four flag-waving days in Philadelphia, Democrats stole the Republicans' mojo.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which is the political arm for House Democrats, confirmed Friday it had been the subject of a cyberhack, raising the possibility that alleged Russian hackers might have breached a much broader swath of Democratic records than originally thought.

Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are hitting the road Friday as the Democratic Party's official White House ticket, launching a three-day bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio to highlight their economic vision.

Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine, sparked confusion Friday after saying he supports the anti-abortion Hyde Amendment and the Clinton campaign's call to repeal the measure.

With the Republican and Democratic nominees officially in place, White House officials are beginning their efforts to prepare both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to assume office in January.

Traffic-related accidents and unprovoked attacks account for a majority of police officer deaths from 2010-2014, according to a report released on Friday.

Donald Trump on Friday abandoned his modest dismissals of the "lock her up" chants his supporters have aimed at Hillary Clinton.

A federal appeals court Friday overturned parts of North Carolina's 2013 voting law, including provisions that required voters to show a photo identification card, saying they were enacted "with racially discriminatory intent" in violation of the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.

Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are on a three-day, 600-mile bus tour through right-leaning Rust Belt counties, with at least a partial goal of winning over some Republicans who are put off by Donald Trump.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine leaned over to Hillary Clinton on Thursday night right after she became the first woman to accept a major party's presidential nomination and marked the historic moment with a few words.

Now that the conventions are over, CNN's John King breaks down what both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump need to do in order to win.

After Hillary Clinton's speech accepting the nomination for the Democratic Party, hundreds of balloons fell from the rafters all over everyone in the audience -- including the Democratic presidential ticket and their families.

It's fair to say that 2016 has been a tough year for American Muslims.

Donald Trump said he did not produce the Republican National Convention but just "showed up for the final speech," distancing himself from how he previously characterized his relationship to the event.

At the same time that political tensions between Washington and Moscow were raging this week, the US and Russia calmly handled the emergency landing of a US military aircraft in western Siberia, according to the Pentagon.