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Trump turned 70 on Tuesday. We'd like to think that with age comes wisdom, but Trump has clearly demonstrated that is not case.
He argued that he could potentially convince party leaders to back him if he persuades enough superdelegates to come over to his side.
Considering the candidates' responses to the crisis, it appears the nation should get ready for the country's first First Spouse, Bill Clinton.
LGBTQ rights activists are angered that after the Orlando shooting – where 49 people were murdered and over 50 were injured – bisexual and gay men are being turned away from donor lines at a crucial time of need.
Continuing his effort to dismiss critics with slurs and xenophobic comments, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, took aim again at President Obama, suggesting he’s a Secret Muslim, writes The Daily Beast. “We’re led by a man who is a very—look, we’re led by a man that either is, is not tough, not smart, […]
President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed Hillary Clinton, just days after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in a historic victory. The announcement came in a Facebook video and email. “I want to congratulate Hillary Clinton on making history as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” he says in the YouTube video […]
In 1988, Rev. Jesse Jackson ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, but Governor Michael Dukakis ultimately won the spot. Jackson mesmerized and galvanized many voters during the ’88 campaign, just as Sen. Bernie Sanders has done in 2016. Rev. Jackson understood that in order to increase his leverage and have an impact on the Democratic Party going […]
Trump, the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, said U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel should not preside over a case involving his business because he is biased.
"I am pretty good in arithmetic and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight," he told cheering supporters at an election night rally in Santa Monica. "But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate ... The struggle continues!"
Clinton's victory sets the stage for a November matchup between the former Secretary of State and Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
NewsOne’s PolitickerOne blog tackles some of the most important topics in politics: Election 2016, moves by the Obama administration, voting rights, lawmaking, and the way that elected officials represent our communities. Three times a week, we will go beyond the mainstream media’s “pack” coverage of politics to highlight the underreported aspects of how politics and policy […]
Underscoring his calls for criminal justice reform, President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the prison sentences of 42 people who were locked up as non-violent drug offenders, reports AFP. The harsh prison terms were doled out under “outdated and unduly harsh sentencing laws,” the White House said in a statement. Most were “small-time drug dealers […]