President Obama held a press conference Thursday ahead of his August vacation where he talked about his meeting with the Pentagon on the administration's strategy to counter ISIS.
NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with longtime Village Voice investigative reporter Wayne Barrett about Donald Trump's mentor and lawyer, Roy Cohn, who is said to have taught Trump the strategy of attack, counterattack and never apologize. Barrett is author of the 1991 biography of Trump, Trump: The Deals and the Downfall.
Usually foreign diplomats try to stay out of U.S. politics. But for Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., this is a hard time to stay silent. He's worried about what Donald Trump is saying about Ukraine and Russia on the campaign trail.
Donald Trump, who has begun to slip in the polls, has charged that the outcome of November's election will be "rigged." President Obama blasted that as "ridiculous" in a wide-ranging news conference.
Hillary Clinton campaigned in Nevada Thursday where she focused on how union workers without college degrees can get good jobs. In Maine, Trump focused on a cash payment sent to Iran by the U.S.
NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Joerg Lau, foreign editor of Die Zeit, about how Germany views the U.S. presidential election. He says Donald Trump raises much confusion and concern among Germans.
"We want the government out of your pocketbook and out of your bedroom, and the polling shows that a majority of Americans think that," vice presidential nominee Bill Weld said in a CNN town hall.
A look at the senate races this year reveals Republicans playing defense in many states, but Democrats need a serious bounce to take control of the chamber.