News Guide: 6 States Casting Presidential Primary Ballots

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.

Pelosi endorses Clinton as California primary voting begins

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday as her home state of California began presidential primary voting, ending months of artful fence-sitting during which Pelosi praised both Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders. "I'm a voter in California and I have voted for Hillary Clinton for president of the United States," Pelosi told ABC's "Good Morning America," saying she is "proud to endorse her for that position."

Pelosi Not Yet Saying if She’s Endorsing Clinton or Sanders

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi isn't saying yet whether she endorses Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nominee, and has hinted she won't say who she supports before her home state's primary on Tuesday. "I will make an endorsement, and I'll decide when that is," the California Democrat told reporters in San Francisco in May, reports The Hill.

Liberal Jews plan a summer of opposing Donald Trump

Jewish liberals are ready to sow a summer of Donald Trump discontent in ways that aim both to bludgeon and entertain. Bend the Arc, an advocacy group, is convening its first national conference here next week aimed in part at finding a strategy to keep the billionaire real estate magnate, who has secured the Republican nomination, from becoming president.

GOP conservatives scuttle energys pending measure over LGBT rights

In this May 17, 2016 file photo, a new sticker is placed on the door at the ceremonial opening of a gender neutral bathroom at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle. Conservatives in Congress angered by the inclusion of LGBT protections in an otherwise routine spending bill scuttled the measure Thursday.

House reverses course on LGBT rights for federal contractors

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.

Another anti-LGBT vote in the GOP House

A box of cupcakes are seen topped with icons of same-sex couples at City Hall in San Francisco. Shouts of "Shame, shame, shame," erupted in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as Republican lawmakers narrowly defeated legislation to protect the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees of government contractors.

Capitol Hill Buzz: Gowdy remarks stir partisan Benghazi feud

It's a question congressional investigators have long been seeking to answer: Could the military have reached the besieged diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, in time to prevent the killings of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, the night of Sept. 11, 2012? "Whether or not they could have gotten there in time, I don't think there is any issue with respect to that.