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June 7, 2016 7:40 p.m.

Ex-Clinton staffer files immunity agreements under seal

The former aide to Hillary Clinton who set up her private email server confirmed in a court filing Tuesday that the Justice Department had granted him limited immunity from prosecution, but filed copies of the deal under seal and asked a judge to keep them out of public view.

Hillary Clinton claims historic victory in Democratic primary

June 7, 2016 3:33 p.m.

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 then immediately taking aim at Republican Donald Trump.

June 7, 2016 3:31 p.m.

Voter Voices: Voters in 6 states speak out on their picks for president

Voters in six states cast ballots in presidential primary contests Tuesday, but many were looking ahead to the general election.

June 7, 2016 2:56 p.m.

Clinton seeks to cap nomination with wins in California, NJ

Already the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton pressed for victory in California and five other states Tuesday, while Bernie Sanders hoped a strong showing would raise doubts about her historic achievement and spur superdelegate to rally around him instead.

Ryan: Trump made ‘textbook definition of a racist comment’

June 7, 2016 2:04 p.m.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that Donald Trump’s comments about a U.S.-born judge of Mexican heritage are the “textbook definition of a racist comment.” The presumptive GOP presidential nominee said his remarks have been “misconstrued” and he is justified in questioning the legal proceedings.

June 7, 2016 12:42 p.m.

News Guide: 6 states casting presidential primary ballots

Spoiler Alert: Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump emerged from Tuesday’s coast-to-coast contests the presumptive presidential nominees of their parties.

June 7, 2016 9:40 a.m.

Idaho Sen. Crapo calls on Trump to withdraw comments on judge

Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo, pressed by Democratic challenger Jerry Sturgill to disavow presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s statements that a federal judge presiding over a fraud case involving Trump University can’t be fair because of the judge’s Mexican heritage, is now calling on Trump to retract his comments.

June 7, 2016 7:34 a.m.

Crapo calls on Trump to withdraw comments about federal judge Curiel

Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo, attacked yesterday by Democratic challenger Jerry Sturgill for backing presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump despite Trump’s statements that a federal judge presiding over a fraud case involving Trump University can’t be fair because of the judge’s Mexican heritage, is calling on Trump to retract…

AP says Clinton has enough delegates secured to win Democratic nomination

June 6, 2016 5:50 p.m.

WASHINGTON ( – Hillary Clinton has commitments from the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president, and will be first woman to top the ticket of a major U.S. political party. An Associated Press count of pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses and a survey of party insiders known as superdelegates shows Clinton with the overall support of the required 2,383 delegates. Now the presumptive nominee, she will formally accept her party’s nomination in July at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Florida AG asked Trump for donation, then backed away from fraud case against him

June 6, 2016 5:26 p.m.

Florida’s attorney general personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump around the same time her office deliberated joining an investigation of alleged fraud at Trump University and its affiliates

June 6, 2016 3:24 p.m.

President Obama preparing to endorse Hillary Clinton

President Barack Obama is ready to make it official. 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.

Trump orders surrogates to intensify criticism of judge and journalists

June 6, 2016 3:14 p.m.

An embattled Donald Trump urgently rallied his most visible supporters to defend his attacks on a federal judge’s Mexican ancestry during a conference call on Monday in which he ordered them to question the judge’s credibility and impugn reporters as racists.

June 6, 2016 2:10 p.m.

Donald Trump called a racist by Democratic congressman

Donald Trump’s criticism of a Latino judge overseeing a lawsuit involving Trump University shows that the presumptive Republican nominee for president is a racist, a Democratic congressman said Monday, and he told Trump to take his proposed border wall and “shove it up your ass.”

June 6, 2016 12:52 p.m.

Unfiltered Donald Trump gets boot as BuzzFeed likens ads to cigarettes

BuzzFeed terminated a deal to run “Trump for President” advertising on its website, likening the decision to rejecting spots for cigarettes.

Hillary Clinton adds delegates in Puerto Rico, on cusp of nomination

June 6, 2016 12:46 p.m.

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.

Clinton wins Puerto Rico’s Democratic presidential primary

June 5, 2016 2:48 p.m.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Ricans frustrated by the island’s economic crisis voted Sunday in the U.S. territory’s Democratic presidential primary and local elections, as front-runner Hillary Clinton drew closer to securing the number of delegates needed to win her party’s White House nomination. After a blowout victory Saturday in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Clinton was just 60 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to win the Democratic nomination and advance to the November general election, according to an Associated Press count.