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by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton savored history Wednesday as the first woman to claim the US presidential nomination for a major party, taking stock before a bruising war for the White House against Donald Trump. Eight years after she was defeated by Barack Obama, Clinton declared a historic milestone for women on the biggest night of her more than three-decade political career, determined to shatter the ultimate glass ceiling […]
SANTA MONICA, United States (AFP) — Bernie Sanders refused to concede defeat to Hillary Clinton late Tuesday, vowing to “continue the fight” for the Democratic nomination despite his rival declaring herself the party’s flagbearer for the US presidential race. “Next Tuesday we continue the fight in the last primary in Washington DC,” the senator from Vermont told supporters in California. “And then we take our fight for social, economic, racial and environmental justice to Philadelphia,” where […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama congratulated Hillary Clinton on Tuesday for clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, and planned to meet with her party rival Bernie Sanders later this week, the White House said. Obama called Clinton and Sanders and “congratulated both candidates for running inspiring campaigns that have energized Democrats, brought a new generation of Americans into the political process, and shined a spotlight on important policy ideas,” White House press […]
WESTCHESTER, United States (AFP) — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump lambasted his White House opponent Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, as she was expected to proclaim victory in the Democratic primary race, signaling a fierce battle ahead. Instead of celebrating the final day of the Republican primaries by laying out a lofty vision for change, Trump unleashed stinging criticism of Clinton as a political manipulator who lined her own pockets, and a failed secretary of state […]
by Jennie MATTHEW with Michael Mathes in Los Angeles and Andrew Beatty in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton declared a historic victory for women Tuesday as she grasped the Democratic party nomination and the chance to become America’s first female president. “Thanks to you, we’ve reached a milestone,” an ecstatic Clinton told roaring supporters in New York, “the first time in our nation’s history that a woman will be a major […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Here is a list of the US states and territories won by the main Republican and Democratic presidential candidates in the 2016 White House nomination contests held since February 1 ahead of today’s contests in six states: – DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Fifty contests have been held to date, including the Puerto Rico primary on Sunday. A total of 2,383 delegates are needed to secure the party’s presidential nomination, including the so-called […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) — Bernie Sanders, on Monday (June 6) vowed to keep up the fight in what has been a protracted and increasingly antagonized primary race that has exposed deep rifts between the left-wing and the more centrist of the Democratic Party. His rival Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination, according to tallies by two U.S. media outlets, the day before six states […]
by Michael Mathes LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton has captured the Democratic White House nomination according to US delegate counts released Monday, hours before the last major primaries of 2016, taking a historic step towards becoming America’s first female commander-in-chief. Passing the milestone of 2,383 delegates secures Clinton’s status as the presumptive nominee, ensuring she will go head-to-head with Republican real estate tycoon Donald Trump in an unprecedented showdown for the […]
by Andrew Beatty WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama edged closer to a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential nominee Monday, with his White House suggesting the next 48 hours would be pivotal. With a series of key primary votes on Tuesday that could see Clinton all but seal the party nomination, the White House would not rule out an endorsement by Wednesday. “Once the voters in New Jersey and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton defeated her rival Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary Sunday, US networks projected, bringing her to the brink of victory in their long-fought battle for the party’s presidential nomination. With 29 percent of the island territory’s districts reporting, former secretary of state Clinton was ahead with 62.5 percent of the vote, compared to 37.1 percent for Sanders, according to CNN. Victory in debt-hobbled Puerto Rico marked a […]
SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) — US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton tore into her likely election rival Donald Trump as never before Thursday, saying his foreign policy is dangerously incoherent and labeling him unfit for office. “He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility,” Clinton said, cranking up the rhetoric in what is already a deeply acrimonious election. “This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear […]
by Brian KNOWLTON WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton tried to draw a sharper contrast with Donald Trump on Sunday, saying the central message of her campaign was “We’re stronger together,” even as a new poll showed the two candidates in a statistical tie. The new Washington Post/ABC News survey found the presidential frontrunners in “a virtual dead heat” among registered voters. Never in the poll’s history, The Post said, had two major […]
