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In 2008, she fended off accusations of being racist. This time, she's embracing the plight of minorities as a key campaign message.

A WSJ/NBC poll shows Hillary Clinton not only has a firm lead in the race for the Democratic nomination, but also leads her three GOP rivals.

Berkeley County voted 5-0 in favor of a resolution calling on the state legislature to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds.

Sen. Mitch McConnell put repeal of the medical device tax on the fast track Monday evening. Repeal would blow a $25 billion hole in annual Obamacare funding.

A new report says climate change could undo the global health progress made in the past 50 years.

Governor Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the state Capitol was punctuated by some unforgettable quotes.

Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday called on the Legislature to remove the flag from the state house grounds.

In the face of growing pressure, the administration is lifting a longtime hurdle in marijuana studies. But advocates say more can be done.

Leaked drafts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal reveal that big business could use secret tribunals to sue sovereign governments over public-interest policies threatening corporate profits.

"The debate over the role of medical marijuana laws in adolescent marijuana use should cease," researchers said of their 24-year study of teens.

A former adviser to Hillary Clinton says people “shouldn’t be surprised” if Bernie Sanders wins in the New Hampshire U.S. presidential primary election.

The economy customarily tops the list of voter concerns, but Republicans are seeking to discuss ISIS and Iran this cycle, and a former ambassador wants to get them ready.

Jeb Bush says South Carolina should follow Florida's example when it comes to handling the Confederate flag.

"Once again, racist rhetoric has metastasized into racist violence,” the presidential candidate says at a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Conservative Republicans aren't embracing Jeb Bush as the most electable candidate, but they are focusing on a nominee who can outdistance Hillary Clinton.

A second prison employee has been put on administrative leave in connection to the June 6 escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat.

Ten employees of a Mexican beer hall are reported dead after a Friday afternoon shooting.

Hillary Clinton is in a tough position for her former embrace of trade reform between the Americas and Pacific nations as Democrats abandon the measures.

President Obama spoke about shaping public opinion about gun violence on Friday in San Francisco.

Two men were given jail time and a fine for kissing each other to protest strict anti-gay laws in Morocco.

After losing the gubernatorial campaign in 1994, the presidential candidate converted to Catholicism.

The New Jersey governor didn't alter his regular message for the conservative crowd at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” event in D.C.

The Supreme Court Ruling on gay marriage, expected this month, could make it easier to end unions, too.

As Florida governor, Bush backed land deals for a timber company. Then it hired him.

The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are expected to unveil rules to lower the carbon emissions of trucks on Friday.

The uncle of the man accused of killing nine in a church shooting Wednesday night said he didn't know Dylann Storm Roof to be racist.

After being captured in North Carolina, nearly 300 miles from the church where he allegedly murdered nine people, Dylann Roof is heading back to Charleston.

Dylann Storm Roof reportedly told neighbors that he planned a murderous attack before proclaiming during the shooting that he was there to “kill black people.”

The Treasury announced that a woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill in the new redesign of the currency.