Todd Zwillich

Just days after Univision announced that it would be acquiring Gawker Media, the news came that Gawker.com will cease to exist beginning next week after 14 years of operation.

Some believe that the GOP nominee is maneuvering to create his own conservative media empire should he lose in November. 

On Thursday, the Justice Department announced it would end the use of private prisons after determining they are less safe and effective than federally run prisons.

Supporters of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders protested throughout the Democratic National Convention, and their opposition helped shape the Democratic Party platform. 

Pennsylvania has always a battleground in presidential years, and in 2016, it could be the key difference between a President Donald Trump and a President Hillary Clinton.

We're coming to you LIVE from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia! Starting at 11:00 PM, we're inviting you to join the conversation for our special call-in program.

"He's dividing Americans. Didn't George W. Bush win his second election based on fear of foreign terrorism and fear of the LGBT community?" says Baldwin. "This is a tactic I've seen."

Though Bernie Sanders has called on his supporters to rally around Hillary Clinton, many are still digging in their heels. Can President Obama get the job done?

Both Republicans and Democrats have a chance to win Michigan this year. Debbie Dingell, a representative from The Great Lakes State, says Michiganders need to rally around Clinton.

"The DNC has disenfranchised our voters and done what they can to elect Hillary and not give Bernie a fair chance," one California delegate tells The Takeaway at the DNC.

Philadelphia will see tension this week after an email leak shows that Democratic Party leaders favored Hillary Clinton during the primary season and plotted to sabotage Bernie Sanders.

After the balloons dropped, anti-Trump delegates in vibrant hats packed up, while ecstatic members of Trump's New York delegation cut loose at the bar, and invited The Takeaway along.

President Obama has shown restraint when it comes to U.S. intervention in global affairs. A theoretical President Trump would likely do the same.

The Republican Party appears as divided as ever going into its final night, which has the fitting theme "Make America One Again."

The chair of the College Republican National Committee discusses the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the road ahead for the GOP.

Though some have rallied around GOP Nominee Donald Trump, classic conservatives on the ground in Cleveland say they feel "shut out" by the party. 

The Republican National Convention is underway. Takeaway Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich is on the ground and tours the RNC site to see how it stacks up to past conventions.

Trump may have won over 13 million votes in the Republican primaries, but for many delegates in Cleveland, Trump's success over the last year is seen as a hostile takeover of the party.

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