As It Happens

Hillary Clinton's Sunday entrance into the 2016 presidential race didn't mute the lesser-known Democratic contenders -- nor the committees trying to draft a heavyweight challenger for the party's nomination.

Republican White House contenders are doing their best to capitalize on Hillary Clinton's big day.

Hillary Clinton's campaign kick-off video features a same-sex couple that's set to get married, a new retiree and a college student searching for a job.

Rand Paul isn't endorsing same-sex marriage, but said Sunday that "people ought to be treated fairly under the law."

Hillary Clinton's campaign has kept the media waiting for her official announcement -- but two top aides sought to smooth things over by bringing pizza to the reporters waiting outside her Brooklyn headquarters.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is holding off on endorsing Hillary Clinton, saying he wants to see "a clear, bold vision" first.

Saturday Night Live sketched the return of the Clinton family -- "such a fun, approachable dynasty," in comedian Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton portrayal -- on the eve of Clinton's entrance into the 2016 presidential race.

Rand Paul says he won't let the heat he's faced over testy interviews with female journalists stop him from attacking Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail.

If you don't know Diana Walker, you certainly know her work.

Lincoln Chafee is making a bid to be Hillary Clinton's anti-war foil on the left.

If Hillary Clinton gets elected, what would we call a husband and wife who are both presidents? Gloria Borger posed the question to some leading Democrats.

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past thirty years—or on another planet—you know who she is. And you probably have an opinion.

Martin O'Malley told reporters in Iowa on Friday that inevitability -- a term bandied about regarding Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton -- is not unbreakable.

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Hillary Clinton's campaign-in-waiting met on Saturday in its Brooklyn headquarters, a day before before the former secretary of state officially announces her campaign for president, according to a Democrat who attended the meeting.

A member of the Uniformed Division of Secret Service was arrested Friday by the DC Metropolitan Police Department, a law enforcement official tells CNN, and will be charged with one misdemeanor count for destruction of property.

Shots were fired on the west front of the U.S. Capitol building Saturday afternoon, Capitol police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider said