Elections 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was dismayed by "vulgar and divisive rhetoric" directed at women and minorities as well as the violence that has occurred in the 2016 presidential campaign, a swipe at Republican front-runner Donald Trump that also served as a challenge to other political leaders to speak out and set a better example...

CLEVELAND (AP) — Hillary Clinton triumphed Tuesday in the Florida, Ohio and North Carolina presidential primaries, putting her in a commanding position to become the first woman in U.S. history to win a major party nomination...

The Trumppolitical machine -- unorthodox and unstoppable -- continues to roll across the countryside  with “The Donald”  taking Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, likely winning Missouri and coming within 7 percent of Gov. John Kasich in Ohio...

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says that, as president, he would push to change laws that prohibit waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, arguing that banning them puts the U...

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Ratcheting up the rancor, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled aggressively in a Democratic presidential debate Sunday night over trade, Wall Street influence and more, with Clinton accusing him of turning his back on the auto industry and Sanders countering that Clinton's friends on Wall Street had "destroyed this economy...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida easily won Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary election Sunday, with supporters saying he would help lift the island out of its long economic slump. Returns showed Rubio with 24,866 votes, followed by Donald Trump at 4,494 and Sen...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — In a split decision, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump each captured two victories in Saturday's four-state round of voting, fresh evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president. On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders notched wins in Nebraska and Kansas, while front-runner Hillary Clinton snagged Louisiana, another divided verdict from the American

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders and mainstream voters were watching Friday for signs that Thursday's attacks on front-running presidential candidate Donald Trump, one of the most extraordinary days in party history, had blunted his campaign for the party's nomination...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in Saturday's South Carolina primary, drawing staggering support from the state's black Democrats and seizing an increasingly strong position as the presidential race barrels toward Super Tuesday's crucial contests...

The Yakima County Republican Central Committee has announced that GOP candidate for Governor, Bill Bryant, will be the keynote speaker at their annual fundraising Lincoln Day Banquet.