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Hillary Clinton stood on the cusp Monday of having enough delegates to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, having overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in a pair of weekend elections in the Caribbean. Yet the former secretary of state barely noted her commanding wins Saturday in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Sunday in Puerto Rico, instead remaining focused on Tuesday's contests in California and five other states - and a general election matchup to come against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
With Hillary Clinton on the verge of securing the Democratic nomination for president, Obama is on the verge of formally endorsing his former secretary of state and starting to aggressively make the case against Republican Donald Trump. White House officials say the announcement could come within days, although not before Democrats in New Jersey, California and four other states vote Tuesday in contests expected to solidify Clinton's claim.
Hillary Clinton stands on the cusp of having enough delegates to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, having overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in a pair of weekend elections in the Caribbean. Yet the former secretary of state barely noted her commanding wins Saturday in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Sunday in Puerto Rico, instead remaining focused on Tuesday's contest in California and five other states - and a general election matchup to come against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
A soul-searching exercise awaits Democrats opposed to Hillary Clinton, who is on the cusp of securing their party's presidential nomination Tuesday. They'll soon be asked to support her in the general-election showdown against Donald Trump if she concludes the last big batch of primaries with an insurmountable lead, as expected.
Washington, June 6 : Democratic party front-runner Hillary Clinton won Puerto Rico's primary on Sunday, putting her on a trajectory to claim the party's presidential nomination on Tuesday. At the time the race was called, she had 64 per cent of the vote to 34 per cent of the vote for rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
President Barack Obama opened a determined fence-mending mission Wednesday, hoping to use his popularity among Democrats to unite the party behind Hillary Clinton and draw in Bernie Sanders supporters reluctant to give up after a grueling primary fight. In his first public remarks on the primary since Clinton clinched the nomination, Obama acknowledged the lingering bruised feelings and sought to shower praise on both candidates.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a major address on national security, saying her Republican rival Donald Trump is "temperamentally unfit" to be president. Washington: Hillary Clinton cruised to victory in Puerto Rico's Democratic primary on Sunday, putting her on the cusp of mathematically clinching the party's nomination and becoming the first woman to lead a major US presidential ticket.
Hillary Clinton is on the cusp of clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, and could move closer as Puerto Rico's primary results are announced Sunday night. The former secretary of state is competing with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to win a majority of Puerto Rico's 60 delegates.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has achieved a lot in his campaign, but his run is also a story of missed opportunities. Even if he wins the California primary, it won't be enough to unseat Hillary Clinton as the front-runner.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, May 23, 2016, in Los Angeles. Bernie Sanders made a direct appeal to supporters in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," imploring them not to engage in violence after a week in which protesters - some apparently loyal to the Democratic underdog - attacked Donald Trump backers in California.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have been barnstorming furiously across the state in recent days, stopping at burgs big and small, as if the Democratic presidential nomination was at stake in Tuesday's California primary. It's very likely that won't be the case.
Wisconsin democrats voted in favor of ending the superdelegate system for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at their state convention on Saturday. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a separate motion asking superdelegates to vote according to the state primary results this year was also passed.
Supporters await the arrival of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a campaign stop in Fresno, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake Washington/Long Beach, California - If Hillary Clinton ends up losing California to Bernie Sanders, it will be because of voters like Nallely Perez.
With the primary season near its end, a defiant Bernie Sanders declared Saturday that the Democratic presidential process should not be decided by party leaders and elected officials, predicting a contested summer convention against rival Hillary Clinton. Speaking to reporters three days before the California primary, Sanders showed few signs of surrender, vowing to take his bid to the Philadelphia convention in July.
Hillary Clinton fought on two fronts in California on Saturday as she sought to wrap up her battle with Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination, taking aim at him and at Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, with attacks on their immigration stances. Both Clinton and Sanders campaigned across California, stopping in immigrant communities, big cities and the agricultural heartland on the final weekend before Tuesday's primary in the nation's biggest state.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday vowed to continue his fight for the Democratic nomination beyond the primary season, telling reporters at a news conference in Los Angeles that he plans to go after Hillary Clinton's superdelegates. Clinton currently has 2,313 total delegates -- 1,769 of which are pledged and 544 of which are superdelegates -- and she is expected to cross the 2,383-delgate threshold in the next few days to clinch the nomination.
In this June 1, 2016 photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally at the Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto, Calif. With the end of the primaries looming, Bernie Sanders is focused on victory in California yet offering signals about what he will do next to shape the party's platform at the convention, help down-ballot Democrats and defeat Donald Trump.
A North Bergen woman and a veteran law enforcement officer are both challenging current Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari in an election race to lead the department. Schillari, who has worked in law enforcement for 38 years, is seeking his third term in office.
Democrats in Washington have begun discussing how to encourage Sen. Bernie Sanders to end his campaign without alienating his legions of supporters, as party leaders grow eager to unite the party behind Hillary Clinton and provide a more robust defense for her candidacy. In private conversations on Capitol Hill, senior Democrats are weighing how to persuade Sanders to step aside without appearing as if they are trying to strong-arm him out of the race.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump's foreign policy platform as "dangerously incoherent" in a speech on Thursday that cast her Republican rival as both a frightening and laughable figure. In remarks that at times resembled a comedy roast, Clinton unleashed a torrent of polished zingers and one-liners to attack Trump's policies and character, suggesting Trump might start a nuclear war if elected to the White House simply because "somebody got under his very thin skin."