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Products labeled with Non Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) are sold at the Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins store in Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. The food industry is pressuring Congress to act before the state of Vermont requires food labels for genetically modified ingredients. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Obama signs bill overturning Vermont’s GMO labeling law

Anti-GMO activists are seething at President Obama's quiet signature last week of a bill governing labeling of genetically modified foods, saying he was "cowardly" for approving it as the country's attention was still focused on the Democratic convention.

August 2, 2016
This still image from Syrian state TV video shows young men with their faces covered surrendering to government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on July 30, 2016, Syrian state media is reporting that dozens of families have started leaving besieged rebel-held neighborhoods in the northern city of Aleppo after the government opened safe corridors for civilians and fighters who want to leave. The Russian military says 169 civilians have left through the corridors since they were set up, but Syrian opposition activists say no civilians have left besieged parts of the city. (Syrian State TV via AP)

DHS grants Syrians special protections in U.S.

Homeland Security granted a new temporary amnesty Monday to more than 8,000 Syrians living in the U.S. right now, saying they can remain for up to 18 months longer no matter what their legal status.

August 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton takes the stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton: 2016 election a ‘moment of reckoning’

Hillary Clinton grasped the reins of the Democratic Party as its presidential nominee Thursday night, putting the finishing touches on decade-long quest that's brought her one election away from becoming the first woman to win the Oval Office.

July 28, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 20, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ryan warms to Trump, says he represents ‘real conservative reform’

He may have been lukewarm on Donald Trump at last week's GOP convention, but House Speaker Paul D. Ryan gives his party's presidential nominee a glowing recommendation in a new fundraising email Thursday, saying he will "forge a path for real conservative reform."

July 28, 2016
President Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd during the third day of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Obama passes baton to Hillary Clinton in speech to DNC

President Obama bequeathed his hope-and-change coalition to Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, saying the woman who was once his opponent, then his top diplomat, and now his best hope for a lasting legacy is better qualified than any other candidate in history to occupy the White House.

July 27, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton boards a plane in Orlando to attend a rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa on Friday. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton yet to make good on promise to go carbon-neutral

The day Hillary Clinton announced her plans in July to combat global warming, she was caught flying a greenhouse gas-spewing private plane — and her campaign quickly promised it would make amends by paying to offset whatever her campaign emits henceforth.

July 27, 2016
Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., looks over the podium as he checks out the stage before the start of the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tim Kaine officially nominated as Democrats’ VP

Democrats officially nominated Sen. Tim Kaine to be their vice presidential candidate Wednesday, overcoming bitter opposition from the party's left wing, who views him as too moderate on trade and other parts of the liberal agenda.

July 27, 2016
Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., yell during a rally near City Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Sanders delegates say convention turning them away from Democratic Party

Supporters of Sen. Bernard Sanders at the Democratic National Convention say the first two days' worth of speakers have done little to win their support, and a majority say the haranguing from the stage has made them "less enthusiastic" about supporting the ticket in November.

July 27, 2016
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

Bill Clinton: Hillary ‘best darn change-maker I ever met’

Former President Clinton took to the stage of the Democratic convention Tuesday seeking to soften his wife Hillary Clinton's hard edges and testify to her life of public service, saying she's the candidate who can deliver change.

July 26, 2016