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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with customers during a campaign stop at the Union Diner in Laconia, N.H., on Sept. 17, 2015. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton laughs at possible criminal charges in email scandal

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton burst into laughter when asked Thursday about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie saying she should be prosecuted for using a private email account and home-based email server for official business as secretary of state.

September 18, 2015
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

House GOP offers anti-abortion bills to avert shutdown

House Republican leaders gave conservative lawmakers the hard sell Tuesday on two anti-abortion bills that will get a vote this week, hoping the measures will appease members whose demand to end federal funding of Planned Parenthood threatens a government shutdown at the end of the month.

September 15, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to a crowd of women voters at University of Northern Iowa, Monday, a demographic where her poll numbers are slipping but who are key to her securing the Democratic nomination. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton targets women voters in Iowa as poll numbers slide

Hillary Rodham Clinton added passion and verve to her speech Monday for a crowd of women voters in Iowa, laboring to stop a skid in the polls among a demographic that is key to her campaign strategy for winning both the Democratic presidential nomination and the White House.

September 14, 2015
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent and Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a town hall meeting in Grinnell, Iowa, on Sept. 3, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bernie Sanders courts conservative, religious voters at Liberty University

Democratic presidential contender Sen. Bernard Sanders on Monday sought to make inroads with conservative voters with a speech at Liberty University, telling students at the Christian-based college that they should be able to find common ground on his economic justice agenda.

September 14, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead has fallen precipitously, but her campaign is attempting to soften her image in an effort to bounce back. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton will come roaring back, top Dem adviser says

Hillary Rodham Clinton's rapid fall in the polls and her struggle to escape the email scandal hasn't shaken the confidence of veteran Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, who says the former secretary of state is poised for a comeback.

September 11, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, on Sept. 7, 2015, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Hillary Clinton breaks with Obama, threatens war to enforce Iran deal

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton tempered her support for President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran by pledging Wednesday that, if elected, she would back it up with the threat of military action, subtly breaking with the war-averse president she served as secretary of state.

September 9, 2015
Baltimore Police try to control protesters while detaining activist Kwame Rose. Demonstrators marched to Pratt Street and the Inner Harbor on Wednesday during the first court hearing in the case of six police officers criminally charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Six Baltimore police officers face charges. (The Baltimore Sun via Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democrats rejected by black activists in Baltimore protests

Outside the courthouse where pretrial hearings began Wednesday for six officers accused in the death of a black man in their custody, demonstrators gathered to voice outrage over police brutality and race relations tearing the city apart -- but their antagonism was just as intense when asked about the leading Democratic presidential candidates.

September 2, 2015
New emails show Hillary Rodham Clinton's family foundation's aims may have steered her foreign policy while secretary of state. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails show foundation shaped policy

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's emails reveal how prominently the Clinton Foundation factored into her thinking as America's top diplomat, raising questions about where she drew the line between official business and aiding the family charity run by her husband and daughter.

September 1, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland during a 'Commit to Vote' grassroots organizing meeting on Aug. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Hillary Clinton bows to left, takes swipe at Wall Street

Bowing to pressure from liberal activists, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday threw her support behind legislation that would close the "revolving door" between Wall Street and the federal government.

August 31, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Bernard Sanders is gaining support, but polls show a significant gender and racial gap with front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders’ voter base is growing but narrow

Sen. Bernard Sanders has become a force in the Democratic presidential race this year with a base of supporters who would look at home on a university quad -- young, wealthy and college-educated voters -- many of them getting involved in politics for the first time in their lives.

August 30, 2015