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Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico's Democratic presidential primary on Sunday, putting her within striking distance of capturing her party's nomination. After a blowout victory Saturday in the U.S. Virgin Islands and a decisive win in the U.S. territory, Clinton is now less than 30 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to win the nomination, according to an Associated Press count.
The Alaska Federation of Natives announced its two keynote speakers for this year's convention and both are from western Alaska. The AFN Board of Directors selected Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle to speak alongside Emil Notti.
The Fallen Roof granaries, constructed more than 800 years ago, still contain a dried corn cob. Maize accounted for roughly 80 percent of the ancestral Pueblo diet.
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to a campaign rally in Redding, California, U.S. June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Senior U.S. Republicans distanced themselves on Sunday from Donald Trump's comments about a Mexican-American judge, saying they were worried that the tone of his presidential campaign could enrage Latinos, who are a growing U.S. voting bloc.
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Senior Republicans distanced themselves Sunday from Donald Trump's comments about a Mexican-American judge, saying they were worried that the tone of his presidential campaign could enrage Latinos, who are a growing U.S. voting bloc. Trump has accused U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel of harboring a bias against him in lawsuits involving fraud allegations against Trump University, the New York businessman's now-defunct real estate school.
Gov. Mike Pence has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of a West Point cadet and Indiana native killed last week during training exercises at Fort Hood, Texas. Cadet Mitchell Alexander Winey, a 21-year-old Valparaiso native, died after an Army transport truck he was riding in was washed away in a rain-swollen creek Thursday.
The Libertarian Party's presidential nominee said in an interview early Sunday that he expects his candidacy will draw voters from both the Democratic and Republican parties. "I don't think I'm going to be a spoiler in this," Gary Johnson said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Presidential, Congressional races highlight Tuesday's primary The action in Central Jersey's primary election will be in the GOP race for the 7th Congressional District Check out this story on mycentraljersey.com: http://mycj.co/1sY3mpS General Manager/Editor Paul Grzella previews the stories we're working on for the weekend's editions of the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com. U.S. Representative Leonard Lance worked at the QuickChek store location in West Amwell, NJ on Wednesday, June 1 as part of a National Association of Convenience Stores In Store event that enables elected officials to experience first-hand the community experience at their local convenience store.
The original AFN president and a former Congressional staffer will be the two keynotes speakers when the largest gathering of Native people in the United States holds its annual convention in Fairbanks this fall.
Denali Borough School District Superintendent Dan Polta and students Victoria Saxe and Halle Venehuck are happy to accept a $20,000 donation to the school district from Holland America Lines.
There are seven candidates vying for the District 1 Congressional seat. The district includes all of Butte County and part of Glenn County, as well as all of Tehama, Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Plumas and Nevada counties, and part of Placer County.
Colorado's 2016 primary ballot will feature six Republican challengers to Democratic Senator Michael Bennet , as well as a write-in primary challenger to Second Congressioal District Democrat Jared Polis. Other candidates will be vying for State Board of Education and CU Regent, but none in Boulder County.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, a key member of the Communications and Technology subcommittee, said that Hillary Clinton put the identities of American operatives at risk when she exposed their names on her private email server. "Hillary Clinton chose to set up a system that was going to put the identities of these operatives at risk.
Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson said he can pull votes away from both the Democrat and Republican contenders in the U.S. presidential election once more Americans realize they agree with many of his views. "I'm trying to appeal to the majority of Americans whom I think are libertarian, it's just that they don't know it," Johnson said in an interview for CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" program to be broadcast on Sunday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sen. Rob Portman blasted Donald Trump for making personal, racially tinged verbal attacks against a federal judge. Trump has issued a litany of attacks on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing two class-action lawsuits against Trump University in San Diego.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi isn't saying yet whether she endorses Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nominee, and has hinted she won't say who she supports before her home state's primary on Tuesday. "I will make an endorsement, and I'll decide when that is," the California Democrat told reporters in San Francisco in May, reports The Hill.
The stakes are high even if attention and interest are low in a special election Tuesday to elect the successor to former House Speaker John Boehner in Congress. The 8th House District seat in western Ohio he vacated last year is heavily Republican, and is in a state where districts are all incumbent-friendly.