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The real estate billionaire leads the retired neurosurgeon by one percentage point.

Despite an impressive showing at the last Republican debate, Carly Fiorina trails Ben Carson.

A quarter of Americans who are registered Democrats or lean that way said Biden now is their top choice for president.

The bill would have banned all abortions at 20 weeks, with limited exceptions

You know him as a grumpy socialist, but Vermonters know Bernie Sanders is also a pol who brings home the pork.

Biden has been evaluating whether to challenge Clinton, the current front-runner for the nomination to represent the Democratic Party.

Presidential contender Hillary Clinton shrugged off her slumping poll numbers on Monday.

The former Maryland governor aims to cut in half deaths from gun violence within 10 years.

Vermont senator edges ahead in early 2016 presidential primary states.

In a moving interview, the vice president suggests he isn't emotionally ready to run for president.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz fights off the charge that she's biased for Clinton.

The U.S. senator holds a one percentage point lead in the state over the Democratic frontrunner.

Survey says 41 percent of Democratic voters would back Sanders with Biden in race.

In recent weeks, there has been widespread speculation about Biden running for president next year.

Candidates like Bernie Sanders seek to speak on their terms

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig says if he can crowd-fund a million dollars, he'll seek the Democratic nomination.

Five major Democratic candidates have declared their 2016 bids for the presidency.

Congress will take up the "No Child Left Behind" law this month.

At a forum on faith, 2016 candidates shied away from mentioning the racially-charged attacks on a church in Charleston.

Republican Senator Joni Ernst and Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushed their policy priorities with votes on their amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley made his name winning black votes in Baltimore, but the recent riots might have gutted his support.

Who Jeb, Hillary, Lindsey, Marco and the rest want on their side.

He backed Hillary over Obama, backs comprehensive immigration reform and is a Roman Catholic.

The 69-year-old Republican is positioning himself as a Washington outsider and moderate.

The planned "debates" are a sham and may backfire on the almost certain Democratic nominee.

Newt Gingrich's 1994 version was limited in scope and rode an anti-Clinton wave. The New York Mayor is trying something harder.

Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Jim Wright, a Texas Democrat known for hardball politics who quit amid accusations of financial impropriety, has died at the age of 92

Rather than expect to win the White House, some presidential candidates are content to highlight issues.

The democratic socialist senator from Vermont wants to give Hillary Clinton a run for her money.

Marco Rubio and other Republican lawmakers seem eager to take a quixotic stand on the nuclear agreement with Tehran.