Florida shooting: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump react on America’s worst mass shooting incident

Washington, Jun 12: The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton today said she was "devastated" by America's worst mass shooting incident at a gay nightclub in Orlando while her Republican rival Donald Trump said it was an act of "possible terrorism." Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state, offered a tweet signed "-H" to indicate it was from her personally.

updatedSanders to meet with Clinton Tuesday after final Dem primary

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday he won't endorse Hillary Clinton for president until they meet and he measures her commitment to battling Wall Street, wealth inequality and other priorities that powered his rogue presidential campaign. "I look forward to sitting down with Secretary Clinton and see what kind of platform she is going to support and how aggressive she is going to be," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Bernie Sanders to meet with Hillary Clinton about Democratic platform

Bernie Sanders will meet with Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., as a step toward working with his Democratic presidential rival. "I look forward to sitting down with Secretary Clinton to see what kind of platform she is going to support and in fact how aggressive she is going to be in addressing the major crises that we face," the Vermont senator said in an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation.

Pulse shooting investigation

President Barack Obama will give a statement Sunday afternoon following the shooting rampage at an Orlando nightclub that killed 50 people and sent dozens more to the hospital. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said the attack is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, and that intelligence officials are working to determine whether it was connected to ISIS.

Rubio: Orlando shooting ‘new face of the war on terror’

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said attackers like the shooter in the Orlando massacre are "the new face of the war on terror." "They have said openly that they intend to target us here, and one of the hardest parts of this war is the individual who carries out an attack by themselves in a soft target like this, basically, in Orlando, Florida," Rubio said in a phone interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday.

Harry Reid Striving to Win 1 Last Campaign Before He Retires

So the canny 76-year-old is doing the next best thing as he heads into retirement after more than three decades: working the inside game as only he can, to ensure he leaves Democrats in control of the Senate, the White House and his home state of Nevada next year. Reid hand-picked the Democratic candidate to replace him, former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.

Clinton vs Trump: battle of the New Yorkers

Perhaps the only guarantee in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's epic fight for the White House is that Americans will get their first New Yorker president since World War II. On a likely freezing January 20, 2017 either the adopted daughter who served twice as state senator or the Queens-born, Manhattan billionaire will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

Brownback approach during schools dispute diverges from 2015 tax debate

When Gov. Sam Brownback strode out before a bank of television cameras this past week to speak about the special legislative session he had just called to address school finance, he did something he doesn't always do. Brownback, the second-term Republican chief executive, faced withering criticism a year ago for his apparent lack of public engagement as the Statehouse became mired in gridlock over how to solve a gaping budget deficit.

Trump’s no-apologies campaign tour hits hard on Romney, Warren

Donald Trump on Saturday kicked his unapologetic presidential campaign into high gear -- saying he won't apologize for his personal attacks on Sen. Elizabeth Warren and extending his feud with GOP establishment leader Mitt Romney. "The guy's a stone cold loser, a choker," Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, said about Romney at a rally in Tampa, Fla.

The Latest: No mention of Clinton at Sanders rally in DC

Bernie Sanders is making no mention of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at his rally in Washington, capping a day of meetings with President Barack Obama , Vice President Joe Biden and Senate leaders as the primary season nears the end. The rally comes hours after Obama announced his endorsement of Clinton in an online video and Clinton picked up the backing of prominent liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

Mitt Romney critical of ’16 field for losing to Donald Trump

An at-times emotional Mitt Romney lashed out at the slate of 2016 Republican presidential candidates for failing to stop Donald Trump , saying what's become of the GOP "is breaking my heart." CNN and Politico reported Romney appeared to tear up during the closed-door gathering when making the comment at a summit he's hosting for many of his top supporters and donors from the 2012 campaign.

Jill Stein: Clinton will ‘fan the flames’ of right wing

Voters should not have to choose a "lesser evil" of the two major parties' nominees, likely Green Party nominee Jill Stein said to about 70 people on Saturday. She argued in an afternoon speech that the party has been "ahead of the curve" on racial equality, climate change and LGBT issues.

Sanders’ hometown proud, but resigned he won’t be president

People in this lakeside city that Bernie Sanders helped transform as mayor before embarking on a career in Congress are proud of the mark he's left in the 2016 presidential race even as they recognize that his White House bid is almost certainly going to fall short. The senator returned to Burlington, his hometown, after a week of major developments in the campaign: Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination, President Barack Obama endorsed her after meeting with Sanders at the White House, and the party kept up efforts to ease Sanders from the race while trying not to offend his many supporters.

Road to 270: Where Trump, Clinton start their race

Graphic shows how states have voted in presidential elections since 1992; 2c x 4 inches; 96.3 mm x 101 mm; No matter the 2016 presidential matchup after the primary campaigns, the Democratic nominee was likely to have an edge over the Republican candidate once the election turned toward the November race. In the past six presidential elections, 32 states and the District of Columbia have voted solidly Democratic or solidly Republican.