Libertarian VP Candidate Bill Weld Gives Up, Will Focus on Preventing Trump Presidency  —  As some presumably small portion of Americans sat through a dull debate between the Republican and Democratic vice presidential nominees on Tuesday night, a far more interesting drama was unfolding within the Libertarian ticket.

The Mike Pence vs. Tim Kaine vice-presidential debate transcript, annotated  —  Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence met face-to-face for the first time Tuesday night, as the running mates took part in the only vice-presidential debate of the 2016 election.

Mike Pence's Galling Amnesia  —  Back when Mike Pence hosted a talk radio show in the 1990s, he described himself as “Rush Limbaugh on decaf.”  —  For much of Tuesday night, he was like Forrest Gump on chamomile, squarely and steadily plodding forward, seldom tugged from his talking points and never particularly rattled.

Trump's campaign manager denies he's irked at being upstaged by Pence  —  Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said her boss was “excited” and “proud” after Mike Pence's debate performance Tuesday night, pushing back against reports that the Manhattan billionaire felt upstaged by his running mate's superior showing.

Donald Trump sniped at Megyn Kelly as the vice presidential debate began  —  Anyone wondering whether Donald Trump's live tweeting would distract from Tuesday's vice presidential debate didn't have to wait long for an answer: Yes.  —  Just as the rhetorical contest between Mike Pence …

VP Picks Favored More than Trump and Clinton in Fairleigh Dickinson University National Poll;  —  Results Put Clinton Over Trump by Double Digits  —  In the race for the White House, the most recent national survey of likely voters from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind finds …

Insiders: Pence outclassed Trump  —  Mike Pence didn't just defeat Tim Kaine in their only debate — he also outshined Donald Trump.  —  A majority of the battleground-state insiders who comprise The POLITICO Caucus gave Pence the edge over Kaine in their vice presidential debate …

The internet loses it after Pence accuses Kaine of ‘whipping out that Mexican thing again’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  In a vice presidential debate that was long on interruptions and short on point scoring, it took until the last minute before a candidate said something …

6 things Trump definitely said that Pence claimed he didn't  —  Tim Kaine came into the vice presidential debate with a clear goal: make Mike Pence own all of Trump's most controversial moments.  —  But Kaine was unable, with Pence successfully parrying his attacks as the debate dissolved …

Mike Pence says Clinton-Kaine is an “insult-driven” campaign as Trump tweets insults  —  The irony wasn't lost on Hillary Clinton.  —  Mike Pence laughed off his opponent's accusation that he and Donald Trump are running an “insult-driven campaign” during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate.

Bill Clinton goes way off message on ­ObamaCare  —  and the White House struggled on Tuesday to explain Bill Clinton  —  's blistering critique of ­ObamaCare, which exposed divisions in the Democratic Party over the healthcare law.  —  The former president's surprisingly strong criticism …