Hillary Rodham Clinton

US Senator Bernie Sanders holds a news conference after he announced his candidacy for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination in Washington on April 30, 2015.

What can a socialist candidate achieve in America? Bernie Sanders will find out

Global Politics

Bernie Sanders is a longtime US representative and senator from Vermont — and a self-described “democratic socialist.” And despite the baggage that label carries in the United States, Sanders is running for president in 2016, hoping to bring his populist views into the party’s mainstream.

The World

Hillary Clinton becomes Obama’s best asset on world stage

Global Politics

The RNC Versus CNN and NBC

Clinton combative, ‘commanding’ during testimony to Congress on Benghazi attack

Global Politics

Bill Clinton delivers rousing speech to fired up Democratic National Convention crowd

Global Politics

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng leaves U.S. Embassy after negotiations

Negotiations brought a satisfactory conclusion to human rights activist Chen Guangcheng’s stay at the U.S. Embassy in China. Chen campaigned on behalf of women forcibly sterilized in China.

Hillary Clinton makes social media waves by sending her own Text From Hillary

Environment

Hillary Clinton’s gone viral. Or her text messages have gone viral. Or her imaginary text messages have gone viral. A Tumblr blog imagining what Clinton’s text message conversations would be like sprouted up recently and became popular on the web but got a dose of mainstream credibility when Clinton herself made a submission to the site.

Iowans struggling with a legacy of never electing women as governor, to national office

Global Politics

As Iowans prepare to head to the cacaus, some people are questioning just why this state that is the first in the nation to pass judgment on presidential candidates have never elected a woman to the state’s most powerful positions.

Clinton unveils foreign policy shift to promote LGBT rights

In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled a new part of U.S. foreign policy: the promotion and protection of the rights of the LGBT community.

New Obama cabinet picks announced

Global Politics

Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates selection as national security team says a lot about how Obama administration plans to project America’s image abroad.