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Democrats take aim at GOP Sen. David Vitter for ‘hamstringing’ agency leadership after Chinese hack
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter has blocked Beth Cobert’s nomination as personnel chief because of a dispute over Obamacare.
Ryan moves to prevent another floor fight on LGBT rights
Republicans argue the issue is about preventing Democrats from trying to disrupt the GOP-controlled House’s ability to do the basic work of funding the government.
Two years later, Cantor’s shocking loss reverberates all the way to Trump’s expected nomination
What if Cantor had defeated Brat and become speaker?
Trump continues to Violate Campaign Rule No. 1
For Trump, nothing seems to be as much fun as talking about himself.
Senators stage last-minute budget fight over the defense bill
It’s a partisan tit-for-tat that started with Armed Services Chair John McCain (R-Ariz.) introducing an amendment to the defense bill to raise defense spending by $18 billion using war funds.
Gary Johnson’s claim that states operate at a deficit because of federal education requirements
The Libertarian presidential nominee makes a sweeping claim about federal education requirements with no real data to back it up.
Paul Ryan lays out GOP’s national security agenda, softening Trump’s edges
The proposal softens some of Donald Trump’s sharper edges on immigration, NATO and nuclear weapons.
Sanders supporters more open to D.C. primary participation than longer battle against Clinton
Fans of the senator from Vermont offered a range of reactions following his loss Tuesday in California.
Obama says he hopes Democrats will be ‘able to pull things together’ over ‘the next couple weeks’
During an appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Obama described the contested primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders as “a healthy thing.”
The rant that could derail Trump — and the GOP rush to get him back on track
How an 11-minute racial rant led to the worst crisis of the Republican’s presidential bid.
Bernie Sanders returns to Vermont ahead of meeting with President Obama
An aide said the Sanders campaign is preparing to make a major push on shaping the party platform at the Democratic National Convention next month and listed a carbon tax, a $15 federal minimum wage, and tougher regulations on financial companies as examples of what it wants to see adopted in Philadelphia.
Pro-Clinton super PAC to launch a ‘Trump Lies’ campaign
It catalogs the business mogul’s lies and inaccuracies, dating from start of his real estate career in the 1970s to his current campaign for president.
The Daily Trail: The GOP struggles to get the Trump Train back on track
….and Sanders gets ready for his sitdowns with top Democrats.
The full transcript: Hillary Clinton interview
The presumptive Democratic nominee spoke of the emotion of Tuesday’s speech, as well as what lies ahead.
American Bridge 21st Century: ‘Mark Kirk can’t erase his endorsement of Donald Trump’ | Campaign 2016
American Bridge 21st Century publishes an ad attacking Sen. Mark Kirk (R – Ill.) for retracting his support of Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
One year after OPM cybertheft hit 22 million: Are you safer now?
Beth Cobert, OPM’s acting director, thinks so.
Donald Trump’s got (political) money problems
He starts late and doesn’t plan to raise much — which isn’t necessarily a great idea.
Clinton reflects on the emotion of her historic moment — and rips into Trump
The first woman to lead a major-party presidential ticket practiced her speech to keep her composure as some supporters wept.
Why it took 3 months for Donald Trump’s attack on a ‘Mexican’ judge to blow up
Trump dabbled in innuendo for a long time. Then he finally got explicit.
Trump got the most GOP votes ever – both for and against him – and other fun facts
Did you know that both parties had about the same number of voters?
Donald Trump is taking a beating in college commencement speeches
Matt Damon and seven others who injected The Donald into their speeches.
Sanders’s rationale for staying in the race may no longer include winning
The senator from Vermont is now focused on pressing the issues and letting the final voters be heard in D.C. on Tuesday.
A look at Clinton’s primary victory night, via Instagram
Clinton’s supporters were buzzing about her win on the photo-sharing network.
8 commencement speakers who took on Donald Trump
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a speech nearly every day. But in graduation season, a number of commencement speakers have used their time at the podium to challenge him and his rhetoric. Here are the highlights.
Bill O’Reilly hits Megyn Kelly for letting a guest label Donald Trump ‘racist’
O’Reilly says his colleague was ‘wrong’ not to challenge a guest who called Donald Trump racist.
Here’s your chance to pick Hillary Clinton’s vice president!
Who would you pick?
How the GOP establishment could still steal the nomination from Trump (but won’t)
Sure, the convention could pick someone else. But the cost would be high.
Donald Trump set to meet with top GOP fundraisers Thursday in New York
Huddle is part of an effort to build stronger ties between the presumptive nominee and the party’s money class.
California’s most Latino congressional districts broke for Clinton
It was a similar story across the state, though Sanders’s vote was stronger where voters skewed younger.
How Hillary Clinton won California
It was Clinton’s quieter, grinding work and attention to the mechanics of the primary that most likely made the difference.
Former Army secretary, New York congressman John McHugh to lobby at K&L Gates
John McHugh, the former U.S. Secretary of the Army and Republican congressman from New York, is joining the law firm K&L Gates as a lobbyist.
Meet the women who blazed the trail before Hillary Clinton broke the glass ceiling
The women who ran for president before her.
Winners and losers from the final 2016 primaries
The best. Also, the worst.
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