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Bernie Sanders assured his outraged supporters that he intends to win Tuesday's primary in California and beyond as Hillary Clinton secured the commitments of enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Campaigning in San Francisco Monday, Sanders declined to speculate to reporters about what a poor showing in Tuesday's primaries might mean to his presidential campaign.
In a stunning bit of punditry television, McConnell was confronted on Sunday by Chuck Todd of Meet the Press about Trump's declaration that Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge presiding over a case against the now-defunct Trump University, should be disqualified because of the judge's Mexican heritage, seeing as how the Republican standard-bearer has called for the building of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Todd read McConnell words recently penned by the right-wing blogger and Red State website founder Erick Erickson, who on June 4 at The Resurgent wrote the following about Trump's repeated claims regarding Judge Curiel: The attacks are racist.
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, and Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton spar during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by MSNBC at the University of New Hampshire Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, in Durham, N.H. less Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, and Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton spar during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by MSNBC at the University of ... more
It has been nearly a year since Hillary Clinton formally launched her second White House bid from an island with sweeping views of the New York skyline. But as Clinton prepares to accept the mantle of presumptive nominee Tuesday with a similar backdrop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, her campaign staffers are looking at another speech eight years ago to the day as they try to put a sometimes-bitter Democratic primary race behind them.
History already in hand, Hillary Clinton will celebrate becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party Tuesday following votes in California, New Jersey and four other states - contests Clinton hopes send her into the general election in strong standing. Clinton reached the 2,383 delegates needed to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on the eve of Tuesday's voting, according to an Associated Press tally.
People cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Sacramento City College, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. People cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Sacramento City College, Sunday, June 5, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday reached the number of delegates required to notch the Democratic nomination, according to the Associated Press's latest delegate count. The tally included the overwhelming support by unpledged delegates or superdelegates for her.
The Nation magazine recently declared that the 2016 election "may be the most important election of our lives." This really shouldn't be surprising, since nearly every presidential election has been accompanied by similarly breathless promises that it will be one of the most important of our lives.
When Kansas enacted the largest income-tax cut in U.S. state history in 2012, Gov. Sam Brownback called it a first step on the path to eliminating the state's income tax altogether. The hope was that the tax reform would attract people and jobs to Kansas and that this economic growth would generate enough new revenue to pay for the cuts.
Bloomberg Businessweek's Josh Eidelson discusses the race to fill Sen. Barbara Boxer's seat in California. He speaks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu and Mark Halperin on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)
The Latest on the presidential campaign a day before voters choose their candidates in six states : Speaking at a star-studded fundraising concert at Greek Theatre in Griffith Park Monday, the presumptive Democratic nominee is urging people to vote in the California primary. The sold-out concert lineup included John Legend, Christina Aguilera and Stevie Wonder.
March 10, 2015: Hillary Clinton speaks during the Step It Up For Gender Equality event at the Hammerstein Ballroom on March 10, 2015, in New York JStone / Shutterstock.com) Newly released State Department emails show that in the days after Hillary Clinton's exclusive personal email use made international news, officials with the agency's legal department were urged by the former head of that division to make it clear that the bureau did not sign off on the former secretary of state's arrangement. But that advice, which came from John Bellinger, the State Department's Legal Adviser during the George W. Bush administration, appears to have gone unheeded, at least publicly.
Those words were spoken by Newt Gingrich - a man believed to be on Donald Trump's Vice Presidential shortlist - during an interview on "Fox News Sunday." The controversy erupted when Trump told CNN's Jake Tapper that Gonzalo Curiel - the judge in the Trump University class action lawsuit - might not give him a fair shake because of the judge's connection to Mexican political activism.
The prediction is likely to stir controversy among Sanders supporters and critics of the superdelegate system, which has been branded "anti-democratic." The race between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton is not even over yet, but the latter has already won the Democratic nomination, according to the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES Hillary Clinton has secured enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, according to The Associated Press, emerging from a long and bruising primary to become the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the White House.
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Democrats on Monday chastised Republicans for not defending Hoosier Gonzalo Curiel against attacks from GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton has captured the Democratic White House nomination according to US delegate counts released Monday, hours before the last major primaries of 2016, taking a historic step towards becoming America's first female commander-in-chief. Passing the milestone of 2 383 delegates secures Clinton's status as the presumptive nominee, ensuring she will go head-to-head with Republican real estate tycoon Donald Trump in an unprecedented showdown for the White House.
Once again, the extremist Republican Kansas Legislature in cahoots with the equally extremist Gov. Sam Brownback has made a dangerously irresponsible decision against public education and our third branch of government. Apparently, it was insufficient to decrease funding for higher education - they now seek to further damage our elementary and secondary school children by defying another Kansas Supreme Court order to give children quality educations by an equitable distribution of funds throughout the state.
Hillary Clinton greets supporters at a rally at Long Beach City College on the final day of California campaigning on June 6, 2016. Hillary Clinton greets supporters at a rally at Long Beach City College on the final day of California campaigning on June 6, 2016.