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Details: Written by GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press; Published: 29 June 2016

Dark and ‘gray’ money spending is rising faster in state elections than it is in federal races

Details: Written by SAM HANANEL, Associated Press; Published: 27 June 2016

In a Wednesday, April 27, 2016 file photo, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington, after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the corruption case of McDonnell. A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday, June 27, 2016, has overturned the corruption conviction of McDonnell in a ruling that makes it harder to prosecute elected officials accused of bribery. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell

Details: Written by MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press; Published: 27 June 2016

Video: Abortion rights activists celebrated the victory

Details: Written by LISA LERER, Associated Press; Published: 27 June 2016

VIDEO: Warren lends her progressive street cred to the Clinton campaign

Details: Written by MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press; Published: 27 June 2016

The Agenda? Texas abortion laws; gun control and a corruption case

Details: Written by By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press; Published: 26 June 2016

The policy endorses steps to break up large Wall Street banks, advocating a $15 hourly wage

Details: Written by By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press; Published: 24 June 2016

VIDEO: Vermont senator says he will vote for Clinton if she wins nomination

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 24 June 2016

In this May 29, 2014 file photo, a man passes The Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village. President Barack Obama is designating the Stonewall Inn in New York a national monument, the first to honor gay rights. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

President Barack Obama created the first national monument to gay rights on Friday

Details: Written by By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press; Published: 23 June 2016

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks in the White House briefing room in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016, on the Supreme Court decision on immigration. A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama's immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Vote sets no national precedent but leaves in place ruling by lower court

Details: Written by JOSH BOAK Associated Press; Published: 23 June 2016

In this Thursday, April 14, 2016, photo, renter Nicole Caverlyat gets settled at her home in the Piedmont Park neighborhood in Apopka, Fla., a former agricultural hub now crowded with housing developments. Where one in 10 homes was once a rental, now more than a third are. Caverlyat just moved into the neighborhood. Her home was purchased by an investment group in January and then put on the rental market. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Renters hampered by stagnant wages, surging costs and rising home values