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Female politicians in Canada, where a woman became prime minister nearly 25 years ago, are having mixed feelings about whether Hillary Clinton becoming the U.S. Democratic party nominee should be considered a big deal. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, often a vocal champion of women in politics, was asked Tuesday what she thought of so much being made - for better or worse - of the prospect of the United States being one step closer to its first female president.
From right, Nicole Schutz and Marco Peter Serna, candidate for First Judicial District Attorney, campaign in front of Gonzales Community School during the New Mexico Primary Election in Santa Fe, on Tuesday, June 7, 2016.
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.
A sign at the Slide Plant Market is using profane language to lash out at presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. "I don't agree with what the Obama administration has done, and I can't imagine four years of Hillary," Lee said.
Hillary makes history: Clinton claims victory as the first woman Democratic nominee and urges Bernie to let her take on 'unfit bully' Trump in race for the presidency Trump promises a 'major speech' about the Clintons: The Donald ends primary season by blasting Hillary's 'politics of personal enrichment' and 'totally illegal private server' 'I think we've got a shot.'
Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory Tuesday night in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party and casting herself as the beneficiary of generations who fought for equality. "This campaign is about making sure there are no ceilings, no limits on any of us," Clinton said during an emotional rally in Brooklyn, eight years to the day after she ended her first failed White House run.
Hillary makes history: Clinton claims victory as the first woman Democratic nominee and urges Bernie to let her take on 'unfit bully' Trump in race for the presidency Trump promises a 'major speech' about the Clintons: The Donald ends primary season by blasting Hillary's 'politics of personal enrichment' and 'totally illegal private server' 'I think we've got a shot.'
Hillary makes history: Clinton claims victory as the first woman Democratic nominee and urges Bernie to let her take on 'unfit bully' Trump in race for the presidency Trump promises a 'major speech' about the Clintons: The Donald ends primary season by blasting Hillary's 'politics of personal enrichment' and 'totally illegal private server' 'I think we've got a shot.'
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.
Now that Paul Ryan has officially endorsed Donald Trump, following in the party-hack footsteps of little Marco, big Chris and so many others besides, we are left waiting to hear from our own a Cory Gardner. Yes, this is a long shot.
OK, Hillary Clinton has the right number of delegates for the Democratic presidential nomination, but that is not stopping stubborn Bernie Sanders from campaigning hard in California. So in light of today's California primary, here is a slideshow on the Democratic rivals and the Golden State.
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.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump will emerge from Tuesday's coast-to-coast contests the presumptive presidential nominees of their parties. On that, there's not much suspense: Trump has held that title for weeks, and Clinton clinched it on the eve of the votes.
After Monday night's estimate that Hillary Clinton had attained the minimum number of delegates to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, Tuesday's primaries are a little anti-climatic. Despite that, Bernie Sanders has said there is nothing to concede. Nancy Cordes has more.
The decree, issued the night before the California primary in which polls show Clinton and Bernie Sanders in a very close race, was based on the media organization's survey of "superdelegates": the Democratic Party's 720 insiders, corporate donors, and officials whose votes for the presidential nominee count the same as the actually elected delegates. AP claims that superdelegates who had not previously announced their intentions privately told AP reporters that they intend to vote for Clinton, bringing her over the threshold.
Barring a truly extraordinary turn of events, the seemingly endless presidential primary season will conclude Tuesday night with Hillary Clinton as the presumptive Democratic nominee. She and her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., deserve credit for competing largely on issues rather than insults.
For all the uproar over Donald Trump's attacks on U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, not one Republican has withdrawn support of the party's presumptive nominee, or even reconsidered the blanket excuse for backing him that Hillary Clinton is worse. Maybe the revelation on Monday of Trump's instructions to high-ranking supporters such as former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will change that.
Hillary Clinton is ready to savor this moment, sailing into the last big round of primaries as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Bernie Sanders isn't quite ready to go there, still hoping for a late, improbable course correction in the political passageways of 2016.
House Financial Services Cmte Chairman Jeb Hensarling's Dodd-Frank replacement plan is "ill-conceived" and "clear example of how much is at stake in this election," Hillary Clinton campaign adviser Gary Gensler says in statement.