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As Obama accomplished goals, Dems foundered

WASHINGTON – In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9 percent unemployment rate and 74 months of con...

DATE: Dec 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama, Clinton tell Democrats not to despair

WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders delivered pep talks to demoralized supporters on Monday, promising to reassess their strategy, message and organization in the wake of last week’s devastating...

DATE: Nov 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Race begins for Dem chair

WASHINGTON – Howard Dean has announced a bid to head up the Democratic Party, a post he held during the Bush administration, in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in Tuesday’s election. ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton urges voters to reject Trump

Says Americans are facing ‘stark choice’ this election

DATE: Jul 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

55% of Americans have negative opinion of Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON – In any other election year, more than half the country holding an unfavorable impression of a candidate for president would be cause for alarm. This is not a normal y...

DATE: Apr 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton unveils her plan to boost manufacturing

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – There was the old story about Corning, New York, and the diesel buses. The one about the “soap lady” who built her business online with help from Hillary Clinton’s Senate of...

DATE: Apr 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sanders wins 3 states; Clinton retains big delegate lead

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders scored three wins in Western caucus contests, giving a powerful psychological boost to his supporters but doing little to move him closer to securing the Democrat...

DATE: Mar 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sanders wins primary caucuses in Alaska and Washington

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders won Democratic presidential caucuses in Alaska and Washington state on Saturday, victories he hopes will stoke a spring comeback against the commanding front-runn...

DATE: Mar 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton, Sanders go head to head

WASHINGTON – With the country still reeling from deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, Hillary Clinton cast herself as America’s strongest leader in a scary world, even as she found herself for...

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis: Clinton’s strong debate may comfort supporters

Performance might influence Biden’s decision to run

DATE: Oct 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton releases tax, health records on busy Friday

WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton is in “excellent physical condition and fit to serve as president,” her physician declared Friday – just one in a flood of disclosures about the Democrati...

DATE: Jul 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Chafee refuses to rule out talks with IS

ARLINGTON, Va. – Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee entered the race for president Wednesday by calling for the U.S. to switch to the metric system, take an “open-minded approach” to dr...

DATE: Jun 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World