Nurse Nina Pham's dog tests negative for Ebola, both will be reunited Saturday

When Dallas nurse Nina Pham left hospital after treatment for Ebola last week, all she wanted to do was hug her dog.She'll get a chance to do that Saturday, when she's reunited with Bentley, her beloved King Charles Spaniel.The puppy got a third negative test for Ebola, and the two are meeting after his 21-day quarantine  the incubation period for the deadly virus.All three samples came back negative today," said Sana Syed, the Dallas city spokeswoman. "We're planning the big reunion for Saturday -- Nina is ready!"Pham was released from the National Institutes of Health in Maryland after undergoing treatment for the virus. She contracted it while caring for Duncan Eric, the first patient diagnosed in the United States. He died on October 8.

Global threats shredded Dem midterm playbook

GLOBAL THREATS SHREDDED DEM PLAYBOOKHow did Scott Brown push the New Hampshire Senate race from long shot to toss-up? Why did the Democratic plan to roil the election with an executive order on amnesty disappear? What explains the shift toward the GOP among women, Latinos and now even young adults? When did the Democratic effort to make this an election about social issues fall apart? The answer is as simple as a look at today’s biggest story. A series of national security catastrophes, starting this summer, reset the election and left Democrats in retreat instead of merely on defense. Russian aggression, chaos at the southern border, Ebola’s arrival in America and, most of all, the unraveling of Iraq and Syria at the hands of Islamist militants shredded the Democratic playbook. When things got real, a strategy based on micromarketing of wedge issues was untenable.

7 things Hillary Clinton says at almost every speech

By Election Day in November, Hillary Clinton will have stumped for candidates in over 15 states, with sometimes multiple events at each destination. As most politicians have some formula of commonly used phrases and lines of attack, the former secretary of state has started to shape a stump speech with similar wording for praise of those she endorses and jabs for her Republican opponents.

The lines are more than just ideas, however. They shed light on the type of campaign Clinton would have if she decided to run for president in 2016, and highlight what she will focus on and how she has learned from many of the mistakes that caused her to lose to Barack Obama in 2008.

How the 'war on women' is changing

The so-called war on women that Democrats love to talk about on the campaign trail may be losing some of its luster. The attack line  aimed at painting Republicans as out of sync with women on contraception, abortion and other issues  isn't resonating like in 2012, when Democrats hurled it at the GOP with a devastating effect. Instead, Republicans have improved their standing among women during this election cycle, narrowing the gender gap in key races that could decide control of the Senate.The dynamic reflects the painstaking efforts among Republicans to avoid the mistakes of 2012. This time around, there aren't any candidates talking about "legitimate rape" or "binders full of women." And the GOP put up strong female candidates in states like Iowa and Michigan, making it harder for Democrats to attack them as opposed to the interests of women.

New Hamshire Midterm october 22nd 2014 New Hampshire candidates debate Ebola, Obama

In the New Hampshire Midterm Democratic incumbent Jeanne Shaheen faced republican nominee and former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown. This was on the sad Ebola case, abortion, and immigration.The very first question in the debate was about Ebola. Brown directed his criticism almost exclusively to Obama, even praising Shaheen after she cited her experience handling anthrax threats when she was governor of New Hampshire. It was to much criticism towards the president.