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President Barack Obama publicly wished his oldest daughter Malia Obama a "happy birthday" on Monday, as she turned 18 on Independence Day.

Daniel Scavino was working a high school job cleaning golf clubs at the Briar Hall Country Club in New York's Hudson Valley when a man who would change his life pulled into the parking lot in a stretch limousine.

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 6 percentage points, according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll.

Britain has been hit by an epidemic of resignations, and it's not showing any signs of stopping.

Donald Trump announced he would meet with Sen. Joni Ernst on Monday, one of several recent names dropped on his Twitter feed that are fueling speculation over his highly-anticipated vice presidential selection.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message to President Barack Obama in honor of Independence Day, the Kremlin government said Monday.

Donald Trump on Saturday deleted a tweet critical of Hillary Clinton after he came under fire for evoking anti-Semitic stereotypes with a graphic that included dollar bills and a six-pointed star.

Bernie Sanders is back to his old day job, trading the booming applause of his campaign rallies to the far more tedious work of the Senate.

The White House is banning Cabinet secretaries from speaking at this month's Democratic National Convention, pointing to a need to separate politics from members official duties.

Hillary Clinton's famous reserve, often seen as a political obstacle, could become a major asset in her race for the presidency against Donald Trump, says her longtime friend and super PAC strategist.

Move over, July 4. There might be a new Independence Day.

Donald Trump is increasingly staking out hawkish positions on Israel -- and that has some conservative activists thinking they have an opening to pull the GOP platform further to the right on the issue.

In the two centuries since our nation's founders wrote of their goal to "form a more perfect union" in the U.S. Constitution, Americans have made more than 11,000 attempts to change it.

Donald Trump's vice presidential selection will "come down to one person's comfort level" -- Trump himself -- former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Sunday.

The optics could hardly be worse.

Donald Trump's vice presidential search. His challenges in swing states like Colorado. And the Clinton campaign's alternative to GOP convention protests.

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is among the candidates being considered to become Donald Trump's running mate, a source with knowledge of Trump's vice presidential selection process tells CNN.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie -- a former Donald Trump rival turned top defender -- is being vetted as a possible running mate for the presumptive Republican nominee, a source confirmed to CNN on Thursday.

Trump is turning to his family, sports figures and business leaders to fill speaking slots at the Republican National Convention.

Huddled around a corner table during happy hour at the swanky St. Regis Hotel bar in downtown Washington, five young Republicans busily brainstormed how they could help Hillary Clinton become the next president of the United States.