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PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic National Convention, which begins Monday, has one huge goal: Make people like Hillary Clinton. Make her warm, gentle, compassionate. It won’t be easy. Clinton’s negatives have been consistently, historically high. Polls show that most people don’t trust her. Her public image is that of a humorless technocrat comfortable only with briefing […]

MIAMI — Tim Kaine made his first appearance as Hillary Clinton’s running mate Saturday, taking the stage at Florida International University with the soon-to-be Democratic presidential nominee in bilingual Miami so he could show off his Spanish. “Bienvenidos a todos,” he said. Turning to Clinton, he added: “We’re going to be companeros del alma.” Soul

“He’s a progressive who likes to get things done!” Hillary Clinton had the pride that all new presidential candidates have when they introduce their nominees. She was in Miami, making her first joint appearance with Virginia Senator Tim Kaine since naming him to be her running mate. With the cheerful manner of a friendly high

LOS ANGELES — Orange County Rep. Loretta Sanchez said in an interview with a Spanish-language television station that she believes President Barack Obama may have endorsed rival Kamala Harris in California’s U.S. Senate race because they are both black, injecting a dose of racial politics into a historic contest that in November will elect the

TAMPA, Fla. — Hillary Clinton has tapped Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate, adding a well-liked swing-state moderate with broad governing experience to the Democratic ticket. Clinton’s choice of Kaine, 58, reflects her calculation that voters with doubts about both her and Republican nominee Donald Trump will respond to a doubling-down of her

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. | Two female Army officers will make history when they report to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in their first step toward earning the Special Forces tab and becoming Green Berets. The female officers, whom Army officials declined to identify, could attend their first Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) class as early as

MIAMI — The attorney for the mental health care worker shot by a North Miami cop isn’t buying the police union’s explanation that the officer was trying to save his client’s life, but accidentally shot him instead. Hilton Napoleon, who is representing behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey, said Friday that it was implausible that a trained

CLEVELAND — Ivanka’s dad for president! Now that’s a man a lot of people could get behind. Ivanka Trump’s introduction of her father Thursday night was almost enough to forget what the real candidate is like. If Donald Trump had given Ivanka’s speech, he would have come out of his convention on a roll. Instead,

CLEVELAND — Fresh off his marathon Republican convention acceptance speech, Donald Trump looked backward Friday, rekindling his feud with onetime chief rival Ted Cruz. Trump, in classic style, essentially said he couldn’t care less that Cruz declined to endorse him in a dramatic snub at the convention. “I don’t want his endorsement,” Trump said at

Just hours after Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke announced he is running for a U.S. Senate seat representing Louisiana under an “America first” campaign slogan. It’s a two-word phrase that Trump also used in his speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. “I’m overjoyed