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In a speech this week, President Barack Obama called for an expansion of Social Security, saying "it's time we finally made Social Security more generous, and increased its benefits." Obama was undoubtedly influenced to some degree by the developments in the Democratic primary, where both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have expressed support for some form of expansion.
Polls didn't indicate she had such a large lead, but the AP's Monday night call could have affected the race. , which includes all publicly available polling, gave Clinton a 4 point advantage.
A decision after his Nevada loss set up a dynamic that would haunt the campaign for the rest of the race. Bernie Sanders' senior advisers were still in Las Vegas the day after the Nevada caucuses when they convened a conference call to plot their path ahead.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Chaos and violence continue, Today, the US Defense Dept announced: Strikes in Iraq Fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 15 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of the Iraqi government: -- Near Tal Afar, two strikes struck an ISIL modular oil refinery and destroyed an ISIL supply cache.
For the first time in 240 years, a woman - Hillary Clinton - has locked up a major party's nomination for president, and is now within shot of winning the White House itself in November. "I think we're close to that moment where we are finally going to break that glass ceiling," said former Vice President Walter Mondale, who as presidential nominee in 1984 selected the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.
President Barack Obama won't be attending Muhammad Ali's memorial service, but he and first lady Michelle Obama are sending a letter with a close aide to be read at Friday's service. White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett will represent the president at the service in Louisville, Kentucky.
Eight years to the day after she conceded the hard-fought Democratic primary to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton has achieved her long-awaited goal of becoming the first female presidential nominee of a major party. But the primary season isn't over yet -- voters are going to the polls in six states for the final Super Tuesday contest.
India will try to join a climate change deal within this year, the Obama administration said Tuesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Barack Obama at the White House and the two leaders played up their efforts to cooperate on issues of global concern. Stressing their "strong bonds," Obama said the world's two largest democracies had "joined forces" to bring about the landmark climate agreement that was reached in Paris last December.
Congress on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama a sweeping bill that would for the first time regulate tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture. In a rare display of bipartisanship in an election year, the Senate backed the measure on a voice vote after Republicans and Democrats spoke enthusiastically about the legislation.
... She explained how she had yet to commit to a candidate until Monday, when she received phone calls from three US news outlets. "If the popular vote is overwhelming and the delegates are very much in her camp, in my opinion, it's kind of crazy not to ...
On Monday June 7 2016... . FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2015 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama embrace, as first lady Michelle Obama speaks with an officer upon arrival at the Palam Air Force Statio... .
House Speaker Paul Ryan is proposing an overhaul of the nation's poverty programs, the first of several policy plans aimed at uniting Republicans fractured by a contentious election and Donald Trump's personality-driven politics. Ryan's proposal would make changes to welfare, food and housing aid programs, among others, to increase work requirements, make the programs more efficient and allow states to make more decisions about how the aid is distributed.
Eight years after conceding she was unable to "shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling," Hillary Clinton is embracing her place in history as she finally crashes through as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Throughout her surprisingly rocky primary campaign, Clinton has been cautious about emphasizing her trailblazer status.
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.
In this Jan. 25, 2015 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and U.S. President Barack Obama embrace, as first lady Michelle Obama speaks with an officer upon arrival at the Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi, India.
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.
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.
Clean energy and climate policy will be a dominant theme when the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico convene June 29 in Ottawa, a senior government official said Monday. But because Barack Obama's days in office are numbered, Canada isn't pursing any major initiatives beyond climate change for reinvigorating the complicated three-way relationship at the summit, said Kevin Thompson, executive director for North America policy and relations at Global Affairs Canada.