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Washington Democratic Presidential Primary

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Kathleen Parker: Why would Bill block Hillary’s runway?

He just can’t help himself, or so it seems. How else can one explain his private conversation with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the midst of the FBI’s investigation of Hillary’s use of a personal server for email that included classified information?

Hillary Clinton, President Obama, to campaign together in North Carolina

President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaign together next week for the first time this year, and their decision to meet up in Charlotte says a lot about how her campaign views her path to replace him in the White House.

Indicted or not, Hillary Clinton could be hurt by email controversy

No matter how the FBI investigation into the handling of sensitive information on Hillary Clinton’s personal computer server ends, it is likely to hurt her campaign for president.

Hillary Clinton interviewed by FBI about private email server

Hillary Clinton has been interviewed Saturday by the FBI about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

Froma Harrop: Benghazi probe always about politics

The report failed to counter the most salient fact in Clinton’s defense. The U.S. military in Europe could not have reached Benghazi in time to save the Americans.

Trump, Sanders rallies in Spokane racked up big police overtime costs

Donald Trump’s one-hour speech at the Spokane Convention Center in May cost the police department more than $65,000 in overtime.

Donald Trump campaign broke law by soliciting foreign donations, complaint alleges

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has his own email scandal. In a complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, a pair of non-partisan campaign finance watchdogs alleged that the Trump campaign solicited campaign contributions from foreign government officials. Not only is it illegal for a candidate to accept money from foreign nationals, it’s also a violation of the law to ask for it.

Aide: Clinton opposed private emails accessible to ‘anybody’

Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin said in a legal proceeding that Clinton did not want the private emails that she mixed in with State Department emails on her private computer server to be accessible to “anybody,” according to transcripts released Wednesday.

‘Move on’ from Benghazi? Republicans say it’s unlikely

Hillary Clinton said it’s “time to move on” after a congressional report on the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks accused the Obama administration of lethal mistakes, but produced no new evidence pointing to wrongdoing by the former secretary of state. Not likely, especially in an election year with Clinton’s presidential rival – Donald Trump – lashing out.

Clinton’s campaign likely to move past Benghazi investigations

House Republicans on Tuesday released their long-awaited report on the fatal attacks in Benghazi, concluding that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her team failed to act on intelligence that warned of the risks posed by violent extremists.

More Clinton emails released, including some that were deleted

Another 165 pages of emails from Hillary Clinton’s time at the State Department surfaced Monday, including nearly three dozen that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee failed to hand over last year that were sent through her private server.

Clinton, Warren event a VP preview?

Elizabeth Warren offered an impassioned endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Monday morning, symbolically unifying the Democratic Party behind the presumptive nominee and giving voters a rousing preview of what could be a historic joint ticket.

Hillary Clinton never personally denied Benghazi security, Democrats say

Democrats on the House Benghazi panel said in a report Monday that security at the Libya facility the night of Sept. 11, 2012 was “woefully inadequate,” but former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional protection.

Kathleen Parker: From ‘Brexit’ to ‘Trexit’?

When Trump supporters hear post-Brexit analysts say the “leavers” suffered “fear of the other,” they hear fools ignoring the realities of unsecured borders, possible terrorists posing as refugees and illegal immigrants demanding entitlements.

Business promotion and politics par for Trump’s golf tour

Donald Trump moved from hole to hole on his wind-swept Scotland golf course Saturday, not a club in hand but promotion on his mind, extolling North Sea views that are among “the great sights of the world.”

Clinton ‘gets rich making you poor,’ Trump charges

NEW YORK – Donald Trump launched a broad rebuke of his presidential rival Hillary Clinton Wednesday, accusing her of being “a world class liar” who personally profited from her tenure at the State Department. “She gets rich making you poor,” Trump said. Seeking to steady his campaign after a difficult stretch, the presumptive Republican nominee cast himself as the White House candidate best positioned to address Americans’ economic interests.

When Trump debates Clinton, no TV record in America will be safe

A Hillary Cinton versus Donald Trump debate match-up could rival the Super Bowl and bust the presidential-debate viewership record set by Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in 1980.

Clinton warns that Trump would plunge economy into recession

Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Donald Trump would send the U.S. economy back into recession, warning his “reckless” approach would hurt workers still trying to recover from the 2008 economic turbulence.

Washington Democrats urged to unite behind Hillary Clinton

Oregon senator who backed Bernie Sanders says Democrats need to support Hillary Clinton in a campaign against Donald Trump

Washington Democrats ‘endorse’ Sanders

TACOMA — Delegates to the Washington Democratic Convention formally endorsed Bernie Sanders with a special resolution Saturday evening.