Clinton celebrates victory, declaring: 'We've reached a milestone'
NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, making a full pivot to a nasty general-election fight against Donald Trump even as she faced a vigorously contested primary in California against Sen. Bernie Sanders. Clinton, the first woman chosen as the standard-bearer of a major American political party, celebrated the occasion with a forward-looking address to supporters in Brooklyn, not far from her campaign headquarters and just a few miles f..>> view originalWatch Trump surrogates try to defend his 'Mexican' judge comments
- Donald Trump's latest attack on the "Mexican" judge overseeing his Trump University case has left his surrogates scrambling to defend his remarks. Here are some of their attempts at defending him. ()>> view originalTrump surrogate Jeffrey Lord just got pummeled on CNN
CNN contributor Jeffrey Lord, who supports presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, was put in the difficult position of defending Trump against the rest of the June 7 CNN panel. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) Jeffrey Lord surely knew the beatdown was coming. But he stepped into the cable news ring to defend Donald Trump, anyway. By Tuesday evening, when Lord appeared as a panelist on CNN's primary-night coverage, politicians and pundits across the spectrum already had devoted..>> view originalRenee Ellmers loses North Carolina GOP primary
Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) lost her June 7 primary despite being the first member of congress to receive an endorsement from Donald Trump. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) lost her bid for reelection Tuesday, becoming the first GOP congressional incumbent to lose their seat in 2016. Ellmers, who was elected in 2010 amid the tea party takeover of the House, lost in the Republican primary to Rep. George Holding (R-N.C.) in North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional ..>> view originalTrump says remarks about federal judge's Mexican heritage were ...
Under a deluge of criticism from fellow Republicans that peaked on Tuesday, Donald Trump said that he intends to stop talking about a Latino federal judge he has repeatedly admonished on the basis of his ethnicity and that his words were “misconstrued.” He did not apologize for his remarks. Trump’s new position came only minutes after Sen. Mark Kirk (Ill.) became the first vulnerable Republican senator to abandon support for the real estate mogul and several hours after House Speaker Paul D. Ry..>> view originalKamala Harris handily wins California Senate primary, Sanchez ...
Kamala Harris was declared the winner of the Senate primary in California early Wednesday morning, handily beating her competition with more than 40 percent of the vote with just under 10 percent of precincts reporting, according to the Associated Press. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D) was trailing far behind Harris with 16 percent of the vote, but she was still in second place. If that result holds, it means the two Democratic women would face off against each other in November for the seat of retiri..>> view originalGOP plan to dismantle Dodd Frank has a big problem
Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, speaks to members of the media after unveiling the Financial Choice Act at the Economic Club of New York in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Hensarling today proposed the idea of raising several hundred billions of dollars in additional capital and Washington letting you break free from a litany of burdensome rules, a key provision of his long-shot proposal for scrapping th..>> view originalRoyals Rumble: Manny Machado and Yordano Ventura brawl in ...
Manny Machado and Yordano Ventura of the Kansas City Royals fight in the fifth inning. Machado and Ventura were later ejected. (Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) When Manny Machado decided to rush the mound, he looked downright silly. When he got there to greet Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, it was a different story. After Ventura’s fastball drilled him in the back at 99 mph, Machado left the batter’s box with a limp and a skip, discarding his bat, helmet and cap before taking a boxing stanc..>> view originalThe incredible crushing despair of the white working class
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Friday, May 27, 2016 in Fresno, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Americans today say they are generally optimistic about their futures, according to Gallup polling. But one group in particular -- poor white Americans -- has a shockingly dismal view of what the future holds for them. And this pessimism among poor whites goes a long way toward explaining the strange political moment we find ourselves in, one in which Donald ..>> view originalKnapp to leave George Washington University's presidency in 2017
George Washington University President Steven Knapp is shown in 2015 with Dean of Admissions Karen Felton, right, presenting an acceptance letter with an offer of a full scholarship to Lashae Hunter, then a student at Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post) George Washington University President Steven Knapp announced Tuesday that he will step down from his post in summer 2017 after he finishes a decade at the helm of the largest univ..>> view original
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
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