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Bernie Sanders Won't Leave Until Last Votes. That's D.C.

Bernie Sanders' already slim aspirations at beating Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination took a huge blow on Tuesday, but Sanders said he's staying in the race until "the last vote is cast" -- and the last vote will be in the District of Columbia.

Sanders trails Clinton by hundreds of delegates, losing most of the states in the primary that was held April 26, but he has no intention of dropping out. And it appears he'll wait until Washington, D.C. votes on June 14 before he'll even think about conceding to Clinton. >>> Read more.

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White House Fence Jumper Was a Fleeing Robber, says Secret Service

The man who tried to leap over a White House fence yesterday triggering a lockdown was fleeing the scene of a robbery, according to a Secret Service statement.

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Authorities took him into custody "without incident," and after an initial investigation they concluded he was "fleeing from the scene of a robbery" that happened near the intersection of G and 17th streets NW, according to the statement. >>> Read more

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