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Picking a liberal running mate would help the Democratic presidential front-runner unify the party, they say, driving young progressives to the polls against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump Libertarian Party eyes 2016 as breakthrough year Clinton urged to go liberal with vice presidential pick Sanders takes different position on superdelegates than he did in 2008 MORE "She needs to do something in the coming weeks to show that she's also trying to unify the party," one Clinton surrogate said. "And that would be a clear signal."
After nearly 12 years in the Senate, North Carolina Republican Richard Burr holds a dubious distinction: a lot of people in his home state don't know if he's any good at his job. The trouble for Burr was laid bare in a recent poll revealing 28 percent of his constituents cannot form an opinion about whether they approve of his job.
A raft of polls in recent days has shown a sharply tighter presidential race , with Hillary Clinton 's lead over Donald Trump shrinking to just a couple of points. Those polls have generated a lot of questions: Just how reliable is polling this far in advance of an election? What's causing the polls to shift? Can Trump actually win? Nope.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., defends Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server in the wake of a State Department oversight report today that stated she broke federal rules, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Congress prepares to get out of town for a week-long Memorial Day recess, Pelosi also said Republicans in Congress are dysfunctional and are responsible for the lack of funding to combat the Zika virus.
Hillary Clinton and her team ignored clear guidance from the State Department that her email setup broke federal standards and could leave sensitive material vulnerable to hackers, a department audit has found. Her aides twice brushed aside concerns, in one case telling technical staff "the matter was not to be discussed further."
BUENA PARK >> On the second day of a four-day swing through California, Hillary Clinton took the stage at a Buena Park union hall and focused attacks on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. “The final test is whether the president will unify us,” the Democratic front-runner told a pumped-up crowd of 500 that nearly filled the room.
"She doesn't talk often. And when she talks, you should listen to her," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday, a day after Warren delivered a much-noticed speech lashing Trump as a "small, insecure money-grubber who doesn't care who gets hurt, so long as he makes some money."
Hillary Clinton and her team ignored clear guidance from the State Department that her email setup broke federal standards and could leave sensitive material vulnerable to hackers, a department audit has found.
Donald Trump may be trying to unite the Republican Party, but he's still having fun mocking his former rivals. During a Wednesday rally in Southern California, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee ran through some of his most high-profile rhetorical attacks on Republican Party figures.
Calling the Obama administration guidelines "outside the bounds of the constitution," the McKinney Republican said that the state was taking action to protect a school district near the Oklahoma border that had passed a policy earlier this week requiring students to use bathrooms according to the gender cited on their birth certificates. "Harrold Independent School District fulfilled a responsibility to their community and adopted a bathroom policy puts the safety of their students first," said Paxton.
The state of Minnesota and Land O'Lakes announced a partnership Wednesday to improve water quality in farm country, leveraging the farmer-owned co-operative's retail network to help expand a state program that encourages farmers to voluntarily implement conservation practices. Land O'Lakes will promote the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program through its seed and crop protection business, WinField US, using its remote sensing technology to map the topography of fields to reduce erosion and better manage runoff.
Sen. Barbara Boxer embraces Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe during a news conference to announce bipartisan legislation on federal regulation of chemicals. Sen. Barbara Boxer embraces Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe during a news conference to announce bipartisan legislation on federal regulation of chemicals.
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The candidates in the race for the White House are making the case to voters across the country in a fight to win the Republican and Democratic nominations. Here's a look, as seen in images made by Associated Press photographers on the campaign trail.
The Massachusetts Democrat called the Republican presidential candidate a "small, insecure moneygrubber" who doesn't care whom he hurts, as long as he can make money. Warren pointed to comments Trump said in 2007 that he's always made more money in bad markets than in good markets.
A lack of a compelling statewide race at the top of either ticket kept participation in Tuesday's party primary runoff elections squarely at the lackluster level. The Republican race for a spot on the Railroad Commission drew the most participation with a bit more than 377,000 votes cast.
The Republican National Committee on Tuesday announced that Sen. John Barrasso will head the committee tasked with crafting the party's official policy positions at the GOP convention in Cleveland. As chairman of the Republican Platform Committee, Barrasso will have the challenging task of bridging the divide between traditional GOP priorities championed by House and Senate leaders and the shifting policy stances of Donald Trump, the party's presumptive nominee.
Early in the 2012 campaign, when top Democratic strategists were debating how to target Mitt Romney, they worked to hone their message about him down to a single, tight, pithy phrase. According to one senior Democrat in on the discussions, they finally settled on this: "When people like him do well, people like you get screwed."
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders dueled for support Tuesday ahead of California's presidential primary, as the Vermont senator showed few signs of backing off his efforts to boost his longshot odds for the nomination. Sanders' campaign launched a $1.5 million ad buy in the state and announced it would seek a recanvass in last week's Kentucky primary, where he trailed Clinton by less than one-half of 1 percent.