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Bernie Sanders’ economic plan would pile $18 trillion on federal debt, study says
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ tax and spending proposals would provide new levels of health and education benefits for American families, but they’d also blow an $18-trillion hole in federal deficits, piling on so much debt they would damage the economy. That sobering assessment comes from a joint analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the Urban Institute Health Policy Center.
Charles Krauthammer: Trump’s victory a revolting paradox
If insufficient resistance to Obama’s liberalism created this sense of betrayal, why in a field of 17 did Republican voters choose the least conservative candidate?
Spokane prepares for Donald Trump
When Donald Trump arrives in Spokane on Saturday, presumably by landing at the airport aboard the Boeing-built 757 jet he calls Trump Force One, the city will be ready for him.
Benghazi investigation: House lawmaker fires back at Pentagon critique
The chairman of the House Benghazi panel fired back Friday at the Defense Department for criticizing the Republican-led investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Jeb Bush won’t vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton
Jeb Bush the voter plans to sit out the presidential race in November. The ex-presidential candidate wrote on Facebook Friday that he won’t vote for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump – Bush’s chief GOP campaign foe – or likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Lindsey Graham won’t vote for Trump or Clinton
Sen. Lindsey Graham won’t be voting for either of the major party presidential nominees. “I think Donald Trump is going places that very few people have gone, and I’m not going there with him,” Graham said in an interview on CNN.
More big-name Republicans abandon Trump; he just shrugs
Speaker Paul D. Ryan is planning to meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, just a week after he said he is “not ready” to support or endorse him.
Kerry: Diverse graduating class is ‘Trump’s worst nightmare’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told college graduates on Friday that their diversity is “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare” and that it’s their job to stop the spread of violent extremism.
Trump-supporting tow truck driver leaves Sanders supporter stranded
Kenneth Shupe tells FOX Carolina that he stopped hooking up a woman’s car to his tow truck Monday after he noticed a sign supporting Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in rear window of the vehicle.
Republican Senate candidate says he won’t vote for Trump
Chris Vance, who is running against incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, said Thursday that unless a conservative third-party alternative comes forward by November, he won’t vote for president in the election.
Bernie Sanders’ money tightens as California race looms
As Bernie Sanders looks toward California to make a defiant final stand, he is bumping up against a dilemma that his campaign has not had to confront in some time. He is running short on cash.
Trump’s self-funding pledge is fading away
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is building a finance operation that will raise money for the general election, two people familiar with the plan said.
Election analysis: Ted Cruz ran a good campaign – for 2012
He was the first of 17 Republicans to announce his presidential run in a commanding, preacherlike speech at a religious university.
Trump’s open path to nomination causes agony for some in GOP
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s last Republican foe, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, ended his quixotic presidential campaign Wednesday, cementing Trump’s remarkable triumph as his party’s presumptive nominee and launching him toward a likely fall battle with Hillary Clinton. Some Republican leaders began reluctantly rallying around Trump, but others agonized over their party’s future. The billionaire businessman vowed to unite the splintered GOP, even as he was bitingly dismissive of members who have been critical of his campaign.
GOP presidential race all but over as primary ballots mailed
Washington elections officials began mailing out presidential primary ballots Wednesday, just as the Republican presidential field narrowed to a single candidate.
Washington primary ballots in the mail as GOP race likely over
Washington primary ballots go out just as the GOP race seems about to end.
Clinton may be ordered to testify in records case, judge says
A federal judge said Wednesday he may order Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton to testify under oath about whether she used a private email server as secretary of state to evade public records disclosures.
Presidential campaign as a marketing tool
Mementos of a presidential campaign get a little stranger every cycle.
The Latest: Bernie Sanders gets delegate boost; challenge remains
The Latest on campaign 2016 as voters in Indiana head to the polls for the state primary.
Donald Trump virtually clinches Republican presidential nomination
In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in Indiana that knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race and cleared Trump’s path to a likely November face-off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.