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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.
An Arizona jury on Wednesday convicted a founder of the Minuteman border-watch group of molesting one young girl, but it acquitted him of engaging in sexual conduct with another. Christopher Allen Simcox was found guilty on charges that he molested a 5-year-old girl and showed her pornography.
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.
Bernie Sanders, shown here at a campaign rally in Santa Maria, California on May 28, is considering his next step. Despite Sen. Bernie Sanders' vow to fight for the Democratic presidential nomination all the way to the party convention, "the end could be approaching," The New York Times reports.
Donald Trump is sparking a "mixture of fear and loathing" in the Senate, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona said. Flake, who has said he will not support Trump, was critical of the candidate for "appealing to what he called white 'identity politics,'" BuzzFeed says .
Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a primary night event on June 7, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Hillary Clinton claimed victory on primary night Tuesday as the first woman to be a major party's presumptive nominee for president.
Hey Californians, here are your options to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate come the fall: You can vote for a Democratic progressive liberal currently serving as the state's attorney general, Kamala Harris; or you can vote for a Democratic progressive liberal 10-term member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Loretta Sanchez. You can thank California's relatively recent implementation of a top-two primary system.
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."
During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his frustrations of being forced to call a special session to prevent schools from being closed due to the supreme court's ruling in the Gannon case. During a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Sam Brownback discusses his frustrations of being forced to call a special session to prevent schools from being closed due to the supreme court's ruling in the Gannon case.
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.
Internet legislation proposed Wednesday in the Senate would prohibit the U.S. government from relinquishing its role with respect to overseeing the web's domain name system, or DNS, unless explicitly authorized by Congress. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration , a division of the Commerce Department, currently oversees control of the DNS, a virtual phonebook of sorts that allows internet users to easily browse the web by allocating domain names to websites the world over.
Gov. Sam Brownback on Wednesday set Thursday, June 23 as the date for the special session to address school finance. Lawmakers will return with limited time to work before running up against a court-imposed deadline to enact a constitutional school funding system.
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 .
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders pauses during an election night rally at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California, U.S., on June 7, 2016. While Bernie Sanders vowed on Tuesday night to continue the "very, very steep fight" for the Democratic nomination, some of his congressional supporters - recognizing Hillary Clinton's primary victory - are instead turning their attention to how the Vermont Senator can unify and influence the party outside the nomination.
Economic outlook not so good for Downtown gambling says a report from Central Atlanta Progress . Yes, casinos might generate hundreds of millions in tax revenue, but it's difficult to tell how much of that is actually new money.
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.
The former first lady, US 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 women's rights movement. "Thanks to you, we have reached a milestone," Clinton said in a speech."
JUNE 7: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives onstage during a primary night rally at the Duggal Greenhouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 7, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Clinton has secured enough delegates and commitments from superdelegates to become the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee.