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Clinton recalls her decision to concede to Obama in 2008, turning up the heat on Sanders ahead of primaries she is expected to use to declare victory
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Got a minute? ‘I’m waiting for him to say … a woman judge couldn’t preside,’ Clinton says … and everything else you need to know today on the campaign trail. By Tom McCarthy
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Agencies have called the US territory for the Democratic party frontrunner, leaving her fewer than 30 delegates short of a winning tally
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Republican sources believe billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson will boost Newt Gingrich’s chances of becoming the vice-presidential nominee
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The Golden State votes in its primary on Tuesday, with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders seemingly neck and neck
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The demand for change Year of political outsider comes to a head
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California Protesters attack Trump supporters after San Jose speech striking back at Clinton
Julia Carrie Wong and Nicky Woolf in San Jose, California
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A ‘burst of last-minute support from superdelegates’ appears to put Clinton over the threshold to become the first female presidential nominee of a major party
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Speaking to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Monday, Clinton called the attack on judge in Trump University case ‘bigoted’ and ‘just plain wrong’
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The presumptive Republican nominee says he loves and supports women, but new poll numbers show that their support for him isn’t rising
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Departing from her usual serious demeanor at a foreign policy speech, Clinton took Trump to task for his racism and inexperience rather than focus on her own credentials
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Got a minute? First lady gets political in graduation speech ... Clinton predicts victory ‘next Tuesday’… and everything else you need to know on the campaign trail. By Tom McCarthy
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Got a minute? Clinton warns Trump’s ‘very thin skin’ could launch war ... as Paul Ryan boards Trump train … and everything else you need to know today on the campaign trail. By Tom McCarthy
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Got a minute? Clinton hits hard on Trump University … ‘took advantage of vulnerable Americans’ ... and everything else you need to know today on the campaign trail. By Tom McCarthy
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Got a minute? Trump resents questions about donations to veterans ... Clinton up in California polls … and everything else you need to know today on the campaign trail. By Tom McCarthy
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An Associated Press report claims Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has reached number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination
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About 1,000 demonstrators clashed with Donald Trump supporters leaving the arena where the presumptive Republican nominee gave a speech
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Hillary Clinton makes a major address on national security, saying her Republican rival Donald Trump is ‘temperamentally unfit’ to hold the office of president
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Hillary Clinton labels Donald Trump a “fraud” who would “scam America the way he scammed all of those people at Trump U.”
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Polls are problematic, and they’re having dark effects on politics, argues Mona Chalabi
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Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump took aim at the political press at a news conference in New York on Tuesday, saying they were ‘among the most dishonest people’ he has ever met
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Two road signs in Texas were hacked on Monday night, one taking aim at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, the other showing support for Democrat Bernie Sanders
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Chart the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates’ path to the nomination as they rack up delegates with each primary contest
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Donald TrumpDonald TrumpHillary Clinton has delegates to clinch nomination, AP reports – as it happenedLive coverage from the 2016 campaign trail as Republicans address presumptive nominee’s latest controversy and Clinton closes on Democratic nomination
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Hillary ClintonHillary ClintonHillary Clinton has delegates to secure Democratic nomination, says AP countA ‘burst of last-minute support from superdelegates’ appears to put Clinton over the threshold to become the first female presidential nominee of a major party
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Ted CruzTed CruzSenators demand US halt inquiries into climate denial by oil companiesFive hardline conservatives tell Department of Justice to stop any investigations into whether companies lied to the public about climate change
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Jeb BushJeb BushFamous last words: the candidates who bowed out of the US campaignTed Cruz bowed out with the optimistic view ‘we gave it everything we’ve got,’ while Marco Rubio warned ‘we need a new political establishment in our party’
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