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House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 20, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ryan warms to Trump, says he represents ‘real conservative reform’

He may have been lukewarm on Donald Trump at last week's GOP convention, but House Speaker Paul D. Ryan gives his party's presidential nominee a glowing recommendation in a new fundraising email Thursday, saying he will "forge a path for real conservative reform."

July 28, 2016
President Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd during the third day of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Obama passes baton to Hillary Clinton in speech to DNC

President Obama bequeathed his hope-and-change coalition to Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, saying the woman who was once his opponent, then his top diplomat, and now his best hope for a lasting legacy is better qualified than any other candidate in history to occupy the White House.

July 27, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton boards a plane in Orlando to attend a rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Friday. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton yet to make good on promise to go carbon-neutral

The day Hillary Clinton announced her plans in July to combat global warming, she was caught flying a greenhouse gas-spewing private plane — and her campaign quickly promised it would make amends by paying to offset whatever her campaign emits henceforth.

July 27, 2016
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., looks over the podium as he checks out the stage before the start of the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tim Kaine officially nominated as Democrats’ VP

Democrats officially nominated Sen. Tim Kaine to be their vice presidential candidate Wednesday, overcoming bitter opposition from the party's left wing, who views him as too moderate on trade and other parts of the liberal agenda.

July 27, 2016
Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., yell during a rally near City Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Sanders delegates say convention turning them away from Democratic Party

Supporters of Sen. Bernard Sanders at the Democratic National Convention say the first two days' worth of speakers have done little to win their support, and a majority say the haranguing from the stage has made them "less enthusiastic" about supporting the ticket in November.

July 27, 2016
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Bill Clinton: Hillary ‘best darn change-maker I ever met’

Former President Clinton took to the stage of the Democratic convention Tuesday seeking to soften his wife Hillary Clinton's hard edges and testify to her life of public service, saying she's the candidate who can deliver change.

July 26, 2016
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. Nearly two-thirds of Americans expressed support for stricter gun laws, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Saturday, July 23, 2016. A majority of poll respondents oppose banning handguns. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Concealed carry firearm permits hit new all-time high

More than 14.5 million Americans are now licensed to carry a concealed handgun -- a jump of 1.73 million in just a year, according to new research that says women and black Americans are among the most eager to sign up.

July 26, 2016
South Dakota put Hillary Clinton over the top, giving her a majority of the delegates awarded. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton secures nomination

The political glass ceiling shattered Tuesday as Democrats nominated Hillary Clinton to be their presidential nominee, surmounting still-simmering divisions to make her the first woman to head a major party's White House ticket.

July 26, 2016
A woman is helped from one boxcar to another, as Central American migrants wait atop the train they were riding north, hours after it suffered a minor derailment in a remote wooded area outside Reforma de Pineda, Chiapas state, Mexico, on June 20, 2014. Many migrants who say they are fleeing criminal violence generally are not eligible for political asylum, which is reserved for groups persecuted for their beliefs or identities. U.N. officials say there is no way of forcing the U.S. and Mexico to accept Central Americans as refugees, but a broad-based change in terminology could bring pressure on the two countries to do more. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House announces surge for Central American refugees

The Obama administration on Tuesday invited thousands of new Central Americans to apply for refugee status in the U.S., creating a new path to bring not only the vulnerable children fleeing the region, but also their parents, adult siblings and even aunts, uncles, grandparents or others "related" to the kids.

July 26, 2016
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, talks with friends as he has breakfast at a diner in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Effort to stop Tim Kaine nomination falters; Sanders backers blame DNC

Insurgent delegates to the Democratic convention admitted defeat Tuesday in their bid to try to deny Sen. Tim Kaine the vice presidential nomination, saying party officials gave them the runaround and prevented them from even getting the paperwork needed to get their pick on the floor.

July 26, 2016
Members of the secret service stand nearby as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Entertainment Hall at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on July 22, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Twitter issues collective shrug to Hillary Clinton

Even Democrats paid more attention to the GOP's convention than they did to the first night of their own party's shindig in Philadelphia, according to a professor who tracks reactions on Twitter.

July 26, 2016
Michigan delegates didn't have to utter a word Monday to express their feelings about the Democratic presidential contest. Despite calls for party unity, Hillary Clinton backers engaged in a war of words with supporters of rival Bernard Sanders. (Associated Press photographs)

Democratic convention: Party unity hopes fade at opening gavel

Democrats gaveled in their presidential convention Monday desperately trying to stitch together a semblance of unity amid an ongoing rebellion by the party's left flank, furious at what it sees as a rigged process that produced Hillary Clinton as the nominee.

July 25, 2016
Karla Ortiz, 11, left, and her mother, Francisca Ortiz, wave after speaking during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrants address Democratic convention

Blazing new ground for illegal immigrants, a mother here without authorization and her U.S. citizen child took to the stage of the Democratic convention Monday to demand legalization.

July 25, 2016