Trump, Clinton Press Closer To General Election Showdown
Donald Trump has strengthened his grip on the Republican primary race and pushed tantalizingly close to a general election showdown with Hillary Clinton.
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Donald Trump has strengthened his grip on the Republican primary race and pushed tantalizingly close to a general election showdown with Hillary Clinton.
Republican Donald Trump swept to 5 easy victories Tuesday night. Hillary Clinton won all but Rhode Island on the Democratic side.
Donald Trump is aiming for a sweep of all five states holding primaries Tuesday, leaving his rivals pinning their hopes of stopping the Republican front-runner on a fragile coordination strategy in the next rounds of voting.
Hillary Clinton can't win enough delegates on Tuesday to officially knock Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race, but she can erase any lingering honest doubts about whether she'll soon be the Democratic nominee.
Hillary Clinton emerged from New York's presidential primary closer to clinching the Democratic nomination, while Republican Donald Trump strengthened his own path to the general election with a commanding victory.
Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton swept to victory with ease in Tuesday's New York primary, with Trump bouncing back from a difficult stretch in the Republican contest and Clinton pushing closer to locking up the Democratic nomination.
Clinton beat out rival Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's election, further extending her lead in the delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.
The fight for New York's delegate haul has consumed the presidential contenders for two weeks, an eternity in the fast-moving White House race.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz won't ask for a recount of his narrow loss to businessman Donald Trump in Missouri's presidential primary.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders aggressively challenged each other's judgment to be president in Thursday night's Democratic debate, sparring over Wall Street banks, how high to raise the minimum wage and gun control.
In a stark warning for Donald Trump as he eyes a possible general election showdown with Hillary Clinton, Americans trust the Democratic front-runner more than the Republican businessman to handle a wide range of issues.
Even when asked which of the two candidates would be best at "making American great" -- the central promise of Trump's campaign -- Americans are slightly more likely to side with Clinton.
Armed with a blistering tabloid cover, Hillary Clinton is pitting Bernie Sanders against the parents of children murdered in Sandy Hook, part of an effort to punch her way into the critical New York primary.
"He's taking my votes," Trump said about Kasich.
Trump, in his third Wisconsin event Saturday, says his inner circle and even his family beg him to lay off his GOP rivals. He is telling the cheering Eau Claire crowd that "I don't care."
The outcome in Wisconsin will help determine whether Trump can seize the Republican nomination without a fight at the convention.
Bernie Sanders is sweeping western states, but is struggling to overcome Hillary Clinton's significant lead with the delegates who ultimately will decide the Democratic party's nomination.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton traded wins with their chief rivals on Tuesday and attacked each other's worldviews as the 2016 presidential contest turned into a clash of would-be commanders in chief.
Republicans and Democrats differ on how to respond to the terror attacks.
Sweeping to victory in four key primary contests, Hillary Clinton has solidified her hold on the Democratic nomination, allowing her to begin the work of unifying her party against GOP front-runner Donald Trump.
The math and momentum point to a Republican presidential nomination for Donald Trump and one for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Marco Rubio implicitly rebuked Trump throughout a speech announcing he was dropping out of the race, imploring Americans to "not give in to the fear, do not give in to the frustration."
Univision's Jorge Ramos hit Clinton with a blunt question in the debate's opening moments, asking: "If you're indicted, will you drop out?
Sanders said his Michigan triumph amounted to a public repudiation of establishment efforts to wrap up the primary and hand the nomination to Clinton.
On Friday comes the funeral itself. Nancy Reagan will be laid to rest by President Ronald Reagan on a hillside tomb facing west toward the Pacific Ocean.
