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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is leaving open the possibility of another presidential bid, telling The Associated Press in an interview on Thursday that he wants to focus on helping the party rebuild its base after Donald Trump’s victory. “Four years is a long time from now,” the 75-year-old senator told the news agency, noting that […]

Across the US, people have taken to the streets to protest Donald Trump’s surprising presidential victory. In some cities — notably in Portland, Oregon — the protests have turned violent. And all around the world people are watching. Joyce Karam is the Washington bureau chief for the pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat. She says she’s been getting

LOS ANGELES — A boisterous but peaceful crowd that police estimated at about 8,000 people took to the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday to protest the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. It was the largest of several Los Angeles demonstrations in the days since voters elected Trump, a Republican

Hillary Clinton supporters aren’t ready to give up hope. A Change.org petition, which was created Wednesday, asked the Electoral College to vote for the Democratic candidate instead of President-elect Donald Trump. “On Dec. 19, the electors of the Electoral College will cast their ballots. If they all vote the way their states voted, Donald Trump

A victory parade being planned in North Carolina by members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in reaction to Donald Trump’s election is drawing criticism from local Republican leaders and the president-elect’s inner circle. The chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and the spokeswoman behind Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign each responded negatively Friday to

Less than a month before the U.S. presidential election, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued an unprecedented statement denouncing the then-Republican nominee. “[Donald] Trump has insulted and vilified the press and has made his opposition to the media a centerpiece of his campaign,” said the committee, a New York-based organization that promotes press freedom. “A

WASHINGTON — How Donald Trump governs will be shaped by who he surrounds himself with in Washington. That remains an open question. Trump’s orbit now include some of the most incendiary members of the so-called alt-right and neoconservative movements, and Republican Party stalwarts with very different outlooks. Trump is considering which will get the big

President Donald Trump may be met with a massive protest on Washington just one day into his term. Activists are organizing a “Women’s March on Washington” for January 21, 2017, the day after Trump is inaugurated, to demonstrate their disgust with the election of a man who has been repeatedly accused of sexual harassment and

Sen. Joe Minchin delivered a sharp rebuke Friday to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid for denouncing Americans who elected Donald Trump. “Senator Harry Reid’s statement today attacking President-elect Trump is wrong! It is an absolute embarrassment to the Senate as an institution, our Democratic party, and the nation,” Mr. Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, said in

He’s a Muslim from the heartland and he could be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota is slowly raking up support from some key figures within the party, such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who want him to be the next leader,