Democrats take aim at GOP Sen. David Vitter for ‘hamstringing’ agency leadership after Chinese hack

Hillary Clinton just made history. But women’s groups aren’t hailing a new ‘Year of the Woman.’
Any progress downballot is still likely to be incremental.

The Daily 202: Primary wins show Hillary Clinton needs the left less than pro-Sanders liberals think
Sanders will meet with Obama tomorrow after losing four of six Tuesday contests

Sanders vows to fight on: ‘The struggle continues’
A whisper from Sanders’s wife at post-primary rally: “They’re still with you.”

Obama poised to play big role in Clinton’s campaign against Trump
Once a rival, then a loyal soldier, Clinton is ready for Obama to go to work for her.

Ohio’s special election to replace John Boehner on Tuesday wasn’t ‘special’ at all.
Most congressional elections are affected by national politics. What about the special ones?

Next for Democrats: a delicate dance to broker peace between Clinton and Sanders
Given the intensity of Sanders’s supporters, no party leaders think it will be an easy task.

What members of Congress want to hear from India’s prime minister
Modi addresses Congress as an ally with great potential, but members of Congress say they want to hear him speak to progress made.

The 9-to-5 day could end for many feds as Metro repairs make flexible schedules the norm
The government is now considering changing the work schedules of thousands of federal workers who can’t get to work during rush hour.

New York Daily News cover shames Paul Ryan: ‘I’m with racist’
The tabloid says the House speaker is trying to have it both ways — but can’t.

Reps. Maloney and Hoyer: GOP is ‘rigging’ system to discriminate against LGBT people
Republican opposition to the Maloney amendment shouldn’t surprise anyone.

VA considers gender-confirming surgery for veterans
Lifting the ban would make the VA consistent with Medicare, which has covered gender-reassignment surgery for two years.

Sanders: ‘The struggle continues’
Despite Hillary Clinton’s delegate gains on June 7, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders promised to “continue to fight for every vote and every delegate,” until the Democratic convention. He also slammed GOP rival Donald Trump as “a candidate whose major theme is bigotry.”

Indiana AG touts a debunked and rejected ‘fact’ on sex trafficking
A billboard campaign for the Indy 500 touts a “fact” that The Fact Checker debunked in 2015.

Clinton, Trump try to woo Sanders voters after June 7 primaries
On the night six states including California and New Jersey went to the polls, Hillary Clinton thanked voters and slammed rival Donald Trump. Trump warned voters, “the last thing we need is Hillary Clinton in the White House.”

Clinton gives victory speech after June 7 primaries
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke at her Brooklyn headquarters June 7. She thanked supporters and said that rival Donald Trump is “trying to wall off Americans from each other.”

The Daily Trail: The GOP puts Donald Trump on notice…
…as Hillary Clinton tells supporters she’s “secured the Democratic nomination”

‘I will never let you down,’ Trump tells supporters in prepared speech
Trump vowed to carry the Republican Party to victory in the fall during measured, carefully delivered remarks which he read from a teleprompter.

The Dakotas just told the story of the Clinton-Sanders primary-caucus divide
How the type of election can predict the result.

The last domino: Hillary Clinton will definitely win more pledged delegates than Bernie Sanders
Tracking Sanders’s last possible electoral win.

Watch 8 CNN personalities take on Trump surrogate Jeffrey Lord
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.

Kamala Harris wins Calif. primary for U.S. Senate
Kamala Harris won the California primary for U.S. Senate, coming in first place in an open primary in which candidates from all parties run on the same ballot. The race was on for second place, with Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D) tracking far behind Harris but still well ahead of the leading Republican, former state party […]

Kamala Harris handily wins California Senate primary, Sanchez running second
In North Carolina, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R) loses reelection bid to fellow congressman.

Clinton celebrates victory, declaring: ‘We’ve reached a milestone’
As she claims the Democratic nomination, she looks ahead to the race against Trump.

How Hillary Clinton did it the second time around
The presumptive nominee had faith in her plan and a determination not to repeat her mistakes.

Rep. Ellmers loses reelection bid in N.C.
Rep. Renee Ellmers lost her reelection race in North Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District, becoming the first Republican congressional incumbent to be defeated this election season. Ellmers, a former tea party darling who was targeted by conservative outside groups, was ousted by Rep. George Holding, another Republican incumbent who was drawn into the same seat as […]

Renee Ellmers loses North Carolina GOP primary
Tea party groups had turned against the congresswoman.

Clinton wins New Jersey Democratic primary, AP projects
Voters in New Jersey kicked off coast-to-coast primaries Tuesday, giving former secretary of state Hillary Clinton the victory in the second-biggest prize of the night. Five other states — North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Montana and California – are also voting today. Though Clinton already holds enough Democratic delegates to become the first woman […]

Trump surrogate Jeffrey Lord just got pummeled on CNN
Lord is one of the only people willing to defend Trump’s attack on ‘Mexican’ judge.

Donald Trump gave the speech Republicans desperately needed. It might have come too late.
A very small step in the right direction.

The tea party just officially swiped John Boehner’s House seat
#BraggingRights

Trump welcomes Sanders supporters ‘left out by a rigged system’
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave a speech at the Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., as primary elections took place in California, New Jersey, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Renee Ellmers, Donald Trump’s first endorsed candidate, lost her 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.

Trump says remarks about federal judge’s Mexican heritage were ‘misconstrued’
Mogul’s ethnicity-based attack roils the Republican Party, prompting one senator to rescind his support.

Trump says his criticism of judge was ‘misconstrued,’ says he will no longer comment on case
The presumptive GOP nominee had prompted widespread condemnation for alleging the U.S.-born judge was biased because he was “Mexican.” He said in a statement, “I do not intend to comment on this matter any further.” This is a developing story. It will be updated.

Watch 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.

Donald Trump’s complete statement on the Trump University case
Trump released this statement on Tuesday in response to criticism of his remarks about the federal judge in the case.

Sen. Mark Kirk reverses course, says he will not support Donald Trump
Is this the start of a pattern?

Warren: Trump ‘is a proven failure’
At the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s state convention June 4, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his complaints about the legal case involving Trump University, telling him, “It’s time to stop sniveling and put on your big boy pants.”

A Republican senator just renounced his Trump endorsement. Now what?
Mark Kirk is the first GOPer to back away from his previous Trump endorsement.

Hillary Clinton: ‘History Made’ | Campaign 2016
The day after the Associated Press named her as the first woman to secure enough delegates to be the presidential nominee of a major political party, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a video reflecting on the history of feminism in the United States.

Democratic superdelegates: the villains of a ‘rigged’ system, according to Sanders.
Even some party leaders who hold the positions say they should be eliminated.

Justice Dept. granted limited immunity to staffer in Clinton email probe
Bryan Pagliano seeks to invoke Fifth Amendment for questioning in civil lawsuit.

Under heavy criticism, Trump says he won’t talk about judge in Trump University case any longer
The mogul made no apology for his controversial remarks about the judge’s ethnicity.

Poll: Gary Johnson largely unknown and drawing double digits
A recent survey of 2,001 registered voters found Johnson polling at 10 percent in a trial heat with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Bernie Sanders’s big crowds in California, by the numbers
He has attracted supporters in big numbers day after day, up and down the state.

Bernie Sanders has flipped a grand total of zero superdelegates so far
YET!

How Hillary Clinton’s 2016 looked different than her 2008, in 4 charts
A look at two different races.

The Bernie Bros are out in full force harassing female reporters
The latest ugly episode.