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| Washington Democrats vote as primary season reaches end – live | Washington Democrats vote as primary season reaches end – live |
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| Today is Flag Day, and Donald Trump’s 70th birthday. | |
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| When Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination as she continued to grapple with a surprisingly resilient primary opponent, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was in the polling doldrums. Now that she has become the nominee-in-waiting, however, Clinton’s odds are looking up. | |
| The former secretary of state’s lead over Trump has grown to seven points, according to the latest tracking poll released this morning from NBC News/SurveyMonkey. Conducted online - unusual for polls that are largely reliant on landline phones - the poll shows Clinton leading Trump 49% to 42% among registered voters nationwide. The same poll last week showed Trump polling at 44% and Clinton at 48%. | |
| The poll, conducted as Clinton functionally won the Democratic nomination and Trump faced extreme criticism over his racialized criticism of a sitting federal judge, showed Clinton gaining support among moderate voters, men and white voters. | |
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| Donald Trump accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit | Donald Trump accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit |
| A few weeks ago, a USA Today investigation found that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had been involved in at least 3,500 lawsuits over the course of his career in real estate. A deep dive into one of those lawsuits has unearthed an accusation that Trump routinely deleted emails - an accusation that he has routinely made against presumptive general election opponent Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. | A few weeks ago, a USA Today investigation found that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had been involved in at least 3,500 lawsuits over the course of his career in real estate. A deep dive into one of those lawsuits has unearthed an accusation that Trump routinely deleted emails - an accusation that he has routinely made against presumptive general election opponent Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail. |
| USA Today reports that in a 2006 lawsuit Trump’s holding company filed against a former employee over a casino deal in Florida, a judge ordered Trump’s casino holdings to turn over email records as part of the discovery process. The Trump Organization, however, said that it had no records from between 1996 and 2001 - six years’ worth of emails. | USA Today reports that in a 2006 lawsuit Trump’s holding company filed against a former employee over a casino deal in Florida, a judge ordered Trump’s casino holdings to turn over email records as part of the discovery process. The Trump Organization, however, said that it had no records from between 1996 and 2001 - six years’ worth of emails. |
| At that time, a Trump IT director testified that until 2001, executives in Trump Tower relied on personal email accounts using dial-up Internet services, despite the fact that Trump had launched a high-speed Internet provider in 1998 and announced he would wire his whole building with it. Another said Trump had no routine process for preserving emails before 2005. | At that time, a Trump IT director testified that until 2001, executives in Trump Tower relied on personal email accounts using dial-up Internet services, despite the fact that Trump had launched a high-speed Internet provider in 1998 and announced he would wire his whole building with it. Another said Trump had no routine process for preserving emails before 2005. |
| Trump has, of course, made Clinton’s use of a private email server a centerpiece of his campaign against her. | Trump has, of course, made Clinton’s use of a private email server a centerpiece of his campaign against her. |
| How long did it take your staff of 823 people to think that up--and where are your 33,000 emails that you deleted? https://t.co/gECLNtQizQ | How long did it take your staff of 823 people to think that up--and where are your 33,000 emails that you deleted? https://t.co/gECLNtQizQ |
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| Good morning, and welcome to the last day of the US primary season. | Good morning, and welcome to the last day of the US primary season. |
| Washington DC’s Republicans already cast their ballots back in March, but today’s Democratic primary in the nation’s capital marks the official end to 2016’s primary contests - and the beginning of a general election campaign that is already heating up. | Washington DC’s Republicans already cast their ballots back in March, but today’s Democratic primary in the nation’s capital marks the official end to 2016’s primary contests - and the beginning of a general election campaign that is already heating up. |
| Related: Who's winning the presidential nomination? See the full delegate count | Related: Who's winning the presidential nomination? See the full delegate count |
| Some quick facts on tonight’s primary: | Some quick facts on tonight’s primary: |
| The two Democrats are already reportedly looking towards the general - Clinton and Sanders will meet this evening for the first time in months, in a candidate summit where Sanders will likely seek platform concessions from the presumptive nominee and Clinton will almost certainly push for the popular senator’s full endorsement and support in rallying the progressive wing of the party against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. | The two Democrats are already reportedly looking towards the general - Clinton and Sanders will meet this evening for the first time in months, in a candidate summit where Sanders will likely seek platform concessions from the presumptive nominee and Clinton will almost certainly push for the popular senator’s full endorsement and support in rallying the progressive wing of the party against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. |
| “I simply want to get a sense of what kind of platform she will be supporting, whether she will be vigorous in standing up for working families in the middle class, moving aggressively in climate change, healthcare for all, making public colleges and universities tuition-free,” Sanders said of the meeting to NBC. | “I simply want to get a sense of what kind of platform she will be supporting, whether she will be vigorous in standing up for working families in the middle class, moving aggressively in climate change, healthcare for all, making public colleges and universities tuition-free,” Sanders said of the meeting to NBC. |
| Ahead of that meeting, Clinton will be hosting a campaign event in Pittsburgh at 12.15pm ET, where the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino will be reporting live. Donald Trump, meanwhile, will hold an event in Greensboro, North Carolina, at 7pm ET, just before polls close in Washington DC. | Ahead of that meeting, Clinton will be hosting a campaign event in Pittsburgh at 12.15pm ET, where the Guardian’s Lauren Gambino will be reporting live. Donald Trump, meanwhile, will hold an event in Greensboro, North Carolina, at 7pm ET, just before polls close in Washington DC. |
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