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It's finally here: the last big primary night of the 2016 presidential race. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
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Profile: Hillary Clinton poised to be first female standard-bearer of major U.S. political party
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 Most Important Election Ever
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.
Outside the Box: Why Kansas conservatives should call the state’s big income-tax cuts unfair
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.
Why the California GOP Is Backing a Democrat
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: Clinton basks in celebrity glow at LA fundraiser
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Emails Show State Dept. Officials Were Warned Of Hillary Clinton Email Spin
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.
Donald Trump Is Correct To Hit – La Raza’ Judge For Latino Identity Politics
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.
Media calls Election for Hillary before California: Superdelegate System under Fire
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.
Clinton wraps up nomination
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.
Democrats: GOP silence ‘deafening’
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Democrats on Monday chastised Republicans for not defending Hoosier Gonzalo Curiel against attacks from GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.
.com | Clinton said to clinch nomination, but won’t cry victory
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.
Letter: Supreme Court orders aren’t voluntary
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.
Clinton clinches nomination, becomes first woman to be major party nominee: AP
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.
Trump’s ‘my African-American’ remark turns critics to target
In this photo taken Friday, June 3, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, talks to Gregory Cheadle as he leaves a campaign rally at the Redding Municipal Airport, in Redding, Calif. Cheadle, whom Trump singled out while calling him "my African-American," said Monday that he is now the target of harsh criticism, including comments he feels are more racist than the remark by the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Battle over Bernie in Brown-Schultz household? Read Story Deirdre Shesgreen, USATODAY
The Democratic presidential race has been a hot topic in Sen. Sherrod Brown's household - and not because the Ohio Democrat is rumored to be on front-runner Hillary Clinton's short list for vice president. Brown and his wife, columnist Connie Schultz, are both big Clinton supporters.
Hillary Clinton Has Enough Delegates To Clinch Democratic Nomination
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Hillary Clinton Clinches Democratic Nomination
Hillary Clinton made history Monday as she became the first woman to win a major party's presidential nomination, ending a grueling primary that suggested that her return to the White House will be anything by easy. Wins in Guam and Puerto Rico, along with superdelegates sliding her way, put the former Secretary of State, Senator from New York and First Lady of the United States and of Arkansas over the top, according to The Associated Press.
Clinton Will Wrap It Up
Sometime relatively early Tuesday night -- as soon as the first delegate allocations are determined -- Hillary Clinton will pass the finish line and emerge as the more-official Democratic presidential nominee. She needs only about 25 delegates, and given the party's proportional allocation rules, she'll get those even if the polls are wrong and she gets clobbered everywhere.
Obama, Sanders Speak as Endorsement of Clinton Planned
President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn after returning to the White House from New Jersey on May 15, 2016, in Washington. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as Obama prepares to endorse Hillary Clinton after she amasses the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination for president, according to people familiar with the matter.