New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken his firmest step yet toward running for president, launching an organization that allows him to raise money for a potential 2016 campaign.

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(CNN) -- President Obama on Sunday dismissed Republicans opposed to same-sex marriage as ?living in another era, saying the national conversation had moved beyond whether gays and lesbians deserve equal marriage rights.

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(CNN) -- The ancient Greeks established a path to winning a debate long ago. The effectiveness of an argument, or its persuasiveness, according to Aristotle in his "Art of Rhetoric", can be determined by analyzing three types of appeals: ethos (character), logos (reasoning) and pathos (emotion). All were on display in the first Republican primary debate Thursday in Cleveland.

Speaking at a lecture on American citizenship Thursday evening, Sept. 24, at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, former U.S. Congressman Barney Frank said he is backing Hillary Clinton’s campaign to capture the Democratic Party’s nomination.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has locked up public support from half of the Democratic insiders who cast ballots at the party's national convention, giving her a commanding advantage over her rivals for the party's presidential nomination.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki has ended his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with just over a month to go before the first nominating contests begin.

ATLANTA (AP) - The GOP's crowded 2016 presidential field has shifted sharply, with Paul Ryan, the party's last vice presidential nominee, bowing out, two-time presidential hopeful Mitt Romney marching toward his third campaign and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stepping closer to his first.

(CNN) -- The odds of Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic nomination rose after her debate performance, according to the Political Prediction Market.

With more and more rights secured, the LGBT community is becoming harder to herd into one corner.

Two prominent Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they would seek a second term in the U.S. Senate, although their announcements had dramatically different implications on the 2016 presidential contest.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The principal of a suburban Philadelphia Catholic school plans to hold a meeting with parents next month about a gay teacher fired over her same-sex marriage.

The super PAC urging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president said Thursday that it raised $1.7 million in the first three months of the year, almost all of it from small-dollar donors.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman won't run for President in 2016, he announced late Monday night in a statement.

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Turning up the temperature, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday night's presidential debate over who's tougher on gun control and Wall Street and how to steer the future of health care in America. It was the last Democratic matchup before voting begins in two weeks, and both sides were eager to rumble as polls showed the race tightening in the leadoff states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Republican candidates for president gathered in Las Vegas for their fifth debate Tuesday, and CNN's Reality Check team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.

Former gay porn star Johnny Hazzard co-stars in gay family drama

The 9-year-old Kentucky girl calls the woman "nommy" and bears her middle and last name. They lived in the same household until the girl was 4, and "nommy" once carried the child on her insurance plan.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is staking out ground to Hillary Clinton's left, but he said Thursday he's also winning over support from Republicans who identify with his impassioned criticism of income inequality.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton cast herself as the heir to President Barack Obama's agenda and the antidote to Republicans before thousands of Iowa Democrats at a high-stakes party fundraiser.

For a year, The Associated Press has tracked the movements and machinations of more than a dozen prospective presidential candidates. The latest presidential prep checklist:

(CNN) -- Bryce Williams voiced a host of anger-laced grievances, as well as some praise, in a disjointed 23-page document that authorities say he faxed after shooting two WDBJ-TV journalists live on air Wednesday -- killings that he attempted to explain.

(CNN) -- Four years ago, Neo Sandja decided to get drunk and throw himself in front of a speeding car.

Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry gave a confident, wry smile beneath flawless hair for his mug shot. Then he went out for a vanilla ice cream.

Setting the record straight on the origins of pizza

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Democrat with White House ambitions is furiously criss-crossing the country to help the party's candidates -- and it's not Hillary Clinton.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Another hopeful to become chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party for the next two years would make history with a victory as a transgender candidate.