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No one knows for sure whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing in the U.S. election. If he is,

President Barack Obama on Tuesday instituted a new directive on cyberattack coordination that aims to make clear how the federal government handles cyber incidents and better informs the public on what to do once they have been hacked.

Nearly 44 years after Hillary Clinton visited this state as a law student, the cruel injustices of its past still lingering, she walked onto the campus of historically black Miles College and delivered a message: I haven't forgotten.

Hillary Clinton's image is now at its lowest point in her 24-year career on the national political scene, a new poll shows.

Violent crime is on the rise so far this year in major cities across the US compared to the number of homicides, rapes, robberies, assaults and shootings that occurred in the same cities by this point in 2015, a new report has found.

It was supposed to be the boring convention -- but the Democrats suddenly found that their Philadelphia party had turned into a Cold War-style espionage thriller.

Democrats kicked off their convention Monday night amid tension between Bernie Sanders' supporters and Hillary Clinton's allies. Speakers on the first night sought to unify the party and highlight differences with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Federal investigators tried to warn the Democratic National Committee about a potential intrusion in their computer network months before the party moved to try to fix the problem, US officials briefed on the probe tell CNN.

Anastasia Somoza stole the spotlight at the first night of the Democratic National Convention with a moving speech on Americans with disabilities. Somoza was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia when she was born and uses a wheelchair. She responded to Donald Trump's apparent mocking of a New York Times reporter in November 2015.

Comedian Sarah Silverman said her on-stage denunciation Monday night of Bernie Sanders supporters who aren't yet backing Hillary Clinton as "ridiculous" was unplanned.

Elizabeth Warren takes the center stage at the Democratic convention Monday as both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face new challenges in unifying a party base torn apart by divisive primaries and, more recently, the leak of damning DNC emails.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will go to bat for Hillary Clinton Monday night, using his primetime speech on the convention's opening night to attempt to heal the party after a divisive primary and a dramatic weekend.

A huge thunderstorm has forced hundreds of journalists out of a media tent next to the Wells Fargo Center -- the host of the Democratic National Convention.

GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence will not attend the summer donor summit organized by Charles and David Koch, now unable to commit to an event after he was added to the ticket with Donald Trump

The bounce is back.

And now he takes over the DNC.

President Barack Obama on Friday responded to Donald Trump's convention speech, specifically disputing the Republican presidential nominee's view that the country is being threatened by rising crime rates and illegal immigration.

Nearly 20,000 emails sent and received by Democratic National Committee staff members were released Friday by Wikileaks, with one message in particular raising questions about the committee's impartiality during the Democratic primary.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders tried Monday to calm a crowd skeptical of Hillary Clinton, using a rally in advance of his convention speech to call for the party to unify against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday with a host of Democratic stars, including Sens. Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as first lady Michelle Obama. Follow along with CNN's livestream and live updates from the convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.