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One year ago, few members of the U.S. Senate would have predicted that Sen. Bernie Sanders would be the last of five senators to remain in the final stretches of a presidential primary.
Unlike GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who returned to the chamber this week, or Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who ended his campaign in March, the independent from Vermont did not appear to be strategizing years ahead for a White House run. When he did enter...

Donald Trump continues to resist calls to release his tax returns.
The presumptive Republican nominee told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday “there’s nothing to learn from them.”
Trump’s resistance to releasing his tax returns leaves major questions for voters weighing a candidate who has staked his campaign on his business acumen and the fact that he is “very, very rich” and would mark a major break with decades of precedent...

Bernie Sanders won the West Virginia primary on Tuesday night, setting back Hillary Clinton’s efforts to turn to the general election against Donald Trump.
The state was called for Sanders shortly after polls closed at 7:30 pm Eastern by NBC News, and by Fox News about an hour later....

London’s mayoral election made international headlines on Saturday when Sadiq Khan, a Muslim politician, was declared the winner. In an election campaign fraught with tensions over religion and ethnicity, Khan’s victory was held as a triumph over fear...