Trump as president would endanger America, Clinton says

In a full-throated general election attack, Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump's foreign policy vision Thursday as one of war, international turmoil and economic crisis. She contrasted that with what she portrayed as her optimistic, inclusive and diplomatic view of the world, born from her long experience in public life.

The Latest: NY’s Collins applauds Ryan’s Trump endorsement

The Latest on House Speaker Paul Ryan's endorsement of presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump : One of Donald Trump's top House backers is applauding Speaker Paul Ryan's decision to throw his support behind the presumptive GOP nominee. Congressman Chris Collins of New York says in a statement that Ryan's endorsement "reinforces the fact that Republicans are united in our fight to defeat Hillary Clinton."

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Hillary Clinton presented a stark contrast Thursday between what she said are her own extensive qualifications to command American foreign policy and Donald Trump's reckless ignorance about national security. In an afternoon speech here in which she described Trump's ideas as "dangerously incoherent," Clinton offered a sharply worded preview of a general election argument that will frame her as a well-prepared commander in chief and Trump as unfit.

Hillary Clinton: Trump dangerous, unfit

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton tore into her likely election rival Donald Trump as never before Thursday, saying his foreign policy is dangerously incoherent and labeling him unfit for office. "He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility," Clinton said, cranking up the rhetoric on what is already a deeply acrimonious election.

Speaker Paul Ryan: a Ia ll be voting fora Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed Donald Trump on Thursday, ending an extraordinary public split between the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee and the nation's highest-ranking Republican office holder. “I had friends wishing I wouldn't support him.

Clinton making a fool of Trump on foreign policy

Clinton takes on Trump over U.S. foreign policy U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will berate Republican Donald Trump for being too friendly with North Korea and too harsh on European allies in a foreign policy speech on Thursday aimed at portraying the billionaire businessman as unfit for the White House. The speech in San Diego comes as the former secretary of state seeks to shift her attention to the Nov. 8 presidential election against likely rival Trump and away from Bernie Sanders, the U.S. senator from Vermont who is continuing his long-shot bid for the Democratic nomination.

6 Things to Know About Prospective Third-Party Candidate David French

David French talks on C-SPAN about his piece in the National Review, ??G.I. Jag: The Scandal of Our Rules of Engagement,? in which he examines rules of engagement governing U.S. troops as they combat terrorism overseas, on Jan. 6, 2016. "Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate - -an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance," "Weekly Standard" editor Bill Kristol teased ahead of Memorial Day .

Coal miners PAC backs Portman over Strickland for US Senate

A coal miners' union influential in Appalachian Ohio is backing Republican Rob Portman over rival Ted Strickland in the closely watched contest for U.S. Senate. The announcement Thursday by the United Mine Workers of America's National Council of Coal Miners PAC comes as a political blow to Strickland.

Clinton campaign suggested intros, questions prior to events

For Hillary Clinton, the presidential campaign has been about building an approachable image: She's often eschewed big arenas in favour of town halls, peppered her ads with personal stories and planned less-scripted gatherings with voters. But emails obtained by The Associated Press reveal a careful, behind-the-scenes effort to review introductory remarks for college presidents and students presenting the Democratic front-runner as a speaker, as well as suggesting questions that happened to be aligned with her campaign platform.

Clinton, Sanders Make Final Push in California

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders continued their efforts to court California voters in a final push ahead of next week's primary election. After making what her campaign bills as a "major national security address," in San Diego Thursday, Clinton will head to a get-out-the-vote event in El Centro in Imperial County, and will then hold a meeting with community leaders in Perris in Riverside County.