President 2016 Archives - Centralmaine.com

Trump reaches the magic number to clinch nomination

by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and JONATHAN LEMIRE The Associated Press May 26, 2016May 26, 2016

The billionaire businessman was put over the top by the backing of a small number of the party’s unbound delegates.

by NANCY BENAC The Associated Press May 26, 2016May 26, 2016

The president said the Republican candidate diplays either ‘ignorance of world affairs, or a cavalier attitude.’

by Mike DeBonis The Washington Post May 25, 2016

The House speaker says his staff continues to have ‘good conversations’ with the staff of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

by Matea Gold The Washington Post. May 24, 2016

The candidiate now targets the party’s elite donor class he once claimed he could spurn.

by HOPE YEN The Associated Press May 24, 2016May 24, 2016

The Democratic candidate has picked up the endorsements of 12 superdelegates in the last week and is just 78 delegates short of the nomination.

by MICHAEL BIESECKER The Associated Press May 23, 2016

The presidential candidate has acknowledged on the campaign trail that her homebrew email setup was a mistake.

by MICHAEL BIESECKER and BRADLEY KLAPPER The Associated Press May 23, 2016May 26, 2016

Critics of the Democratic presidential front-runner say the audit shows that Hillary Clinton isn’t trustworthy or qualified to be president.

by Dan Balz and Scott Clement The Washington Post May 22, 2016December 27, 2019

Never in the history of the Post-ABC poll have the two major party nominees been viewed as harshly as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

by Los Angeles Times May 22, 2016

The Republican’s searing reminders of sex scandals seek to take the shine off Bill Clinton’s presidency.

by David Weigel The Washington Post May 18, 2016

Conservatives, a pro-Trump PAC and Trump himself are finding ways to exploit Democratic angst and egg on Sanders supporters via social media.