Pence's task has perhaps never been more critical than on the debate stage at Virginia's Longwood University, where he'll face off against Sen. Tim Kaine.

On this occasion, the often dour Clinton gave way to beaming smiles and occasional chuckles. Trump had just one salient objective - to project a calm and presidential air - yet struggled with it.

More choice, no Common Core, and a gutting of the U.S. Education Department.

As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off in the first presidential debate showdown NPR will fact check the candidates' statements live.

The presidential candidates traded barbs over their economic and trade plans, national security and race relations in the U.S.

In a speech Thursday, Donald Trump said he would allocate $20 billion to states to support school choice opportunities.

In the limited polling Indiana has seen so far in the presidential race, Republican Donald Trump has a sizeable lead over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The Indiana-based co-chairs of Trump's agriculture committee represent three of the largest and most well-connected farm businesses in the state and the country.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence warned that the November election would be a "fork in the road." If Clinton is elected, he said, her administration could stack the U.S. Supreme Court with appointees who would damage constitutional protections of on "sanctity of life", the Second Amendment and the overall "rule of law" for the next 40 years.

Wendell Willkie was born in the Madison County town of Elwood, and later lived with his wife on a farm in her hometown of Rushville. But - and here's where the similarities with the 2016 nominee begin -- he'd built a career and a fortune in New York City.