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Trump, Clinton capture key wins on US Super Tuesday
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton took big steps toward securing their parties' presidential nominations on March 1 with a series of state-by-state victories, but their rivals vowed to keep on fighting.
On Super Tuesday, the 2016 campaign's biggest day of nominating contests, Trump, 69, and Clinton, 68, proved themselves the undisputed front-runners.
Fight night: Rubio, Cruz gang up on Trump in debate ploy
U.S. Republican rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz ganged up on front-runner Donald Trump at a raucous debate on Feb. 25 in a last-ditch bid to keep the billionaire from winning victories next week that could set him up to clinch the presidential nomination.
Trump storms to victory in Nevada Republican caucuses
Donald Trump stormed to victory in Tuesday's Republican caucuses in Nevada, giving the billionaire businessman his third straight win in the race for the White House.
Republicans in White House race set sights on Nevada
Republican candidates in the White House race will face off in Nevada on Feb. 23 in a caucus that will mark the first significant test of where they stand with Hispanic voters.
Trump takes S.Carolina, Clinton wins in Nevada
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump grabbed a big win in the South Carolina primary on Feb. 20, while Democrat Hillary Clinton breathed life into her sluggish campaign with a victory over Bernie Sanders in Nevada.
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China fury over US bill to name road for jailed Nobel laureate
China on Feb. 16 slammed the US Senate for moving to rename a stretch of road after a jailed dissident and Nobel laureate -- potentially changing its Washington embassy's address to 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza.
Trump, Sanders win big in New Hampshire
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders resoundingly won Tuesday's presidential primaries in New Hampshire, riding a wave of anti-establishment anger in the second key test of the long, unpredictable race for the White House.
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Obama decries anti-Muslim rhetoric on first mosque visit
Barack Obama offered an impassioned rebuttal of "inexcusable" Republican election rhetoric against Muslims on Feb. 3, on his first trip to an American mosque since becoming president seven years ago.
Obama, whose grandfather converted to Islam, made the short trip to the Islamic Society of Baltimore to call on Americans not to be "bystanders to bigotry."
Clinton takes Iowa, beating back Sanders' strong challenge
Hillary Clinton narrowly won the Democratic caucuses in Iowa, outpacing a surprisingly strong challenge from Bernie Sanders to claim the first victory in the 2016 race for president.
The former secretary of state and first lady edged past the Vermont senator in a race the Iowa Democratic Party called the closest in its caucus history.
Republican Cruz bests Trump in Iowa race, Clinton and Sanders tie
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz soundly defeated billionaire Donald Trump in Iowa's Republican nominating contest on Feb. 1, upending the party's presidential race and creating a three-way competition with establishment candidate Senator Marco Rubio.