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The Latest: President Barack Obama congratulates Hillary Clinton, calls Bernie Sanders
The Latest on campaign 2016 as California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota vote.
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
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.
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.
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.
Clinton is first woman ever to clinch US presidential nomination
No matter your preference of candidate, party or ideology, Tuesday marks a defining moment in the United States. For the first time in 240 years, a woman – Hillary Clinton – has locked up a major party’s nomination for president, and is now within shot of winning the White House itself in November.
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.
AP says Clinton has enough delegates secured to win Democratic nomination
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.
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.
Hillary Clinton adds delegates in Puerto Rico, on cusp of nomination
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
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.
Beyond California, Sanders signaling post-primary future
With the primary season near its end, a defiant Bernie Sanders declared Saturday that the Democratic presidential process should not be decided by party leaders and elected officials, predicting a contested summer convention against rival Hillary Clinton.
Charles Krauthammer: Sanders isn’t lovable to Israel
It is ironic that the most successful Jewish presidential candidate ever should be pushing the anti-Israel case. But perhaps not surprising considering Sanders’ ideological roots.
Paul Ryan endorses 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.
Clinton unleashes attacks on Trump’s foreign policy
Hillary Clinton is set to unleash a major foreign policy attack on Donald Trump, using a speech in San Diego to cast the Republican as unqualified and dangerous.
Clinton, Sanders look to mobilize complacent California voters
Sue LaVaccare is fighting “the California complacency.” With the presidency on the line, it’s the well-documented tendency of many voters in a state filled with sunshine and distractions to shrug at election days.
Clinton assails Trump as a ‘fraud’ trying to scam Americans
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday assailed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump as a “fraud” intent on scamming the American people following new revelations about the businessman’s now-defunct education company.
California Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Hillary Clinton
After carefully avoiding any involvement in the Democratic presidential primary, California Gov. Jerry Brown dropped his neutrality – and looked past his bitter history with the Clintons – to endorse Hillary Clinton on Monday.
Voters feel disconnected, helpless in 2016, poll shows
Republicans and Democrats feel a massive disconnect with their political parties and helpless about the presidential election.
Voters interested, not excited about election, poll shows
While 65 percent of Americans say they’re interested in the White House race, just 23 percent say they’re excited as the presidential contest shifts from the primaries to the general election, according to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.