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Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to deliver a speech tonight at his annual retreat for his big-money donors, where the focus is likely to be the future of a GOP with Donald Trump as the presumptive nominee. But Boyd Matheson, head of the Utah-based Sutherland Institute, said today he hopes to hear more about policy during the three-day private event, not the politics of the controversial billionaire businessman and reality TV star.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is using Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge to launch a broadside against congressional Republican leaders and Trump himself, in her latest stinging attack on the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., have condemned Trump's claims that U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel can't preside fairly over a case involving Trump University because the U.S.-born Curiel is of Mexican descent and Trump wants to build a wall with Mexico.
President Obama says he hopes the Democrats "pull things together" after Hillary Clinton became the party's presumptive nominee for president. Her rival, Bernie Sanders, has vowed to fight on despite pressure to step down from party figures.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren will link Donald Trump's recent criticism of a federal judge to a larger indictment of the Republican Party's "full-scale assault" on the federal courts system during a speech Thursday. The progressive senator, set to speak to the American Constitution Society, will charge Trump and top Republicans -- including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell -- with attempting to delegitimize the judiciary in order to favor "the rich and powerful," according to a preview of Warren's remarks.
On the verge of endorsing Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama will pay tribute to Bernie Sanders' historic candidacy for presidency with an Oval Office meeting aimed at unifying the Democratic Party for a general election brawl with Donald Trump. Sanders, the runner-up for the Democratic nomination, was heading Thursday to the White House under intense pressure to drop out and clear the way for Clinton.
In December 2015, he told Business Insider he was confident Donald Trump would win the Republican nomination. Now, he says he's confident Donald Trump will win in November.
Hillary Clinton's search for a running mate is moving into a more intense phase, according to several Democrats, as aides contact a pared-down pool of candidates to ask for reams of personal information and set up interviews with the presumptive Democratic nominee's vetting team. Those on the shortlist include Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren , a favorite of progressives who has emerged as a blistering critic of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump; Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine , a well-liked lawmaker from an important general election battleground state; and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro of Texas, a rising star in the Democratic Party.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton adjusted their presidential politicking Sunday, first offering prayers and support to the victims of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. But they both infused their sympathy with statements that favor their presidential aspirations, and the presidential race rolled on.
Three of Donald Trump's female supporters are starting a new super political action committee to help the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Women Vote Trump is at least the fourth super PAC backing Trump, who has repeatedly called such groups "corrupt" because they can accept large checks from donors seeking to curry favor with candidates.
Bernie Sanders vowed to fight on for a political revolution but showed signs he would bow to the inevitable and bring his insurgent effort to a close. Under mounting pressure from Democratic leaders to abandon his presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders returned home to Vermont on Wednesday following dispiriting losses to Hillary Clinton.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles as supporters cheer during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen through the teleprompter as he speaks at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. President Barack Obama waves as he walks from the Oval Office to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2016, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
Hillary Clinton opened her general election campaign against Donald Trump on Wednesday by accusing him of behaving like a "demagogue," likening his attacks on judges, the media, his opponents and their families to dark moments in the world's history. "It's classic behavior by a demagogue," she said in an telephone interview with the Associated Press.
South Carolina's top Democrat is calling on elected Republicans to rescind their endorsements of Donald Trump, saying Wednesday that the presumptive GOP nominee is a racist and xenophobe, in part due to his race-based attacks on a Hispanic judge. During a news conference, party Chairman Jaime Harrison said that, while he respects Republicans and their party, he doesn't understand how officials including Gov. Nikki Haley can condemn Trump's divisive rhetoric, yet say they still feel he's the best choice to be president.
In his first interview since the end of Republican primary season, Donald Trump discussed the progress he's made in his search for a running mate. The presumptive Republican nominee for president told Bloomberg that he has narrowed the field to "four or five politicians from within the party's establishment."
Hillary Clinton has celebrated her triumph as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House, scoring big wins in California and New Jersey to cement her grip on the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination. The former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state spoke to supporters at a raucous event in Brooklyn, New York, and placed her achievement in the context of the long history of the women's rights movement.
Donald Trump stuck to the script during his victory speech Tuesday night and, in doing so, delivered some devastating blows to rival Hillary Clinton . " Hillary Clinton turned the State Department into her private hedge fund.
Energized by a final batch of primary victories, Hillary Clinton is setting out on the difficult task of uniting her fractured Democratic Party for the five-month presidential battle with Republican Donald Trump. Fellow Democrats urged Bernie Sanders to end his all-but-hopeless challenge to her, but still tried to give him space to make that difficult decision.
The Arizona senator, who has refused to endorse Trump, told KTAR's Bruce St. James and Pamela Hughes that there's little "enthusiasm" and plenty of "fear and loathing" among his Senate colleagues regarding the Trump candidacy. "Donald Trump did not receive a lot of - well, I guess there was one endorsement from the Senate prior to his claiming the nomination or being the presumptive nominee, just one," the Republican senator said, as first reported by BuzzFeed News .
The presumptive presidential nominees from both major parties are fighting to win over the supporters of an insurgent candidate who won significant popular support but fell short of the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination. Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, and Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, made appeals Tuesday night to supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has vowed to fight on for the Democratic nomination.