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Ted Mondale delivers a moving tribute at Jimmy Carter's funeral, highlighting Carter's leadership and friendship with Walter Mondale.

Friends, family and a long-deceased former rival honored Jimmy Carter at the late president’s state funeral at Washington National Cathedral. 

Vice presidential picks can’t help a presidential candidate, but they can hurt one, according to political scientists. Presidential campaigns still spend a fair amount of time thinking about running mates and the ways in which they might boost the ticket – or at least not hurt it.

After a rare Biden presser, detractors still want him gone

‘Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know,’ Obama said after Biden’s debate night blunder, showing there is time for the incumbent to bounce back

Incumbents tend to do worse in the first debate of the presidential election season as they step out of their ‘protected bubble’

History shows that when the major party nominees for president have not cleared the field of notable challengers before summer, they tend to lose in the fall.

“The first thing you’ll notice is the haircut,” the Maine independent says, handing over a laminated badge featuring a shaggy style from the 1970s.

Besides being first, Iowa's caucuses have marketed the element of surprise. Since their start in 1972, the caucuses' big story has most often been news because it caught many in the media off guard.