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The Latest: Trump meets with VP finalists
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Donald Trump huddled with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence at the governor's
mansion in Indiana on Wednesday morning amid swirling speculation about
Trump's vice presidential deliberations.
The Latest: Trump holed up in Indianapolis over VP choice
Republican Donald Trump is holed up in a downtown Indianapolis hotel meeting with several of his potential running mates as he finalizes his choice
FILE - In this July 12, 2016
file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a
rally in Westfield, Ind. The Associated Press reported last month that
Trump requires nearly everyone in his campaign and businesses to sign
legally binding nondisclosure agreements prohibiting them from releasing
any confidential or disparaging information about the real estate
mogul, his family or his companies. Trump has also said he would
consider requiring such agreements in the White House. (AP Photo/Michael
Conroy, File) The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential
campaign ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions
(all times EDT):
2:39 p.m.
Republican Donald Trump is holed up in a downtown
Indianapolis hotel meeting with several of his potential running mates
as he finalizes his choice.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of Trump's
finalists, traveled to Indiana Wednesday and was spotted with Trump's
entourage.
Sen. Jeff Sessions was also spotted arriving at the hotel not long after Gingrich left.
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Trump, his eldest children and aides also met with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence at the governor's mansion Wednesday morning.
Trump tells Fox News channel he's getting closer to his decision.
He says, "I'm narrowing it down. I mean I'm at three, potentially four. But in my own mind, I probably am thinking about two."
Trump met Tuesday with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his family.
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1:30 p.m.
Indiana Sen. Dan Coats says Donald Trump hasn't made up his mind about who to select as his running mate.
Coats told The Associated Press Wednesday that he spoke
with Gov. Mike Pence late Tuesday — one of the names on Trump's
shortlist of potential running mates — and Pence told him there's still
no decision.
"I think he's the front-runner," Coats said, adding, "I think he ought to be the front-runner."
Coats said Pence is "pretty calm about the whole thing."
He added that Trump is cognizant that he needs to make a decision by Friday given gubernatorial succession rules in Indiana.
But he concluded that "reading Donald Trump's mind is not the easiest thing to do."
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1:20 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says the Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln has been transformed into "the party of Trump."
Ratting off a series of attacks against her GOP rival,
Clinton says Trump is "dangerous," ''divisive," ''fear-mongering" and is
"pitting American against American." Even stalwart Republicans, she
says, should be alarmed by Trump's policies and racist rhetoric.
Clinton is casting Trump as ignorant of the Constitution,
dismissive of U.S. law and lacking the character to be trusted with
American security.
"Imagine if he had not just Twitter and cable news to go
after his critics and opponents, but also the IRS - or for that matter,
our entire military," she says. "Do any of us think he'd be restrained?"
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1:07 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is calling on the country — including
herself — to "do a better job of listening" rather than fueling
political and other divisions after a series of high-profile shootings.
Clinton says the country must address both gun violence,
criminal justice reform and find ways to better support police
departments.
"I know that just saying these things together may upset some people," she says. "But all these things can be true at once."
Clinton is speaking in the Illinois Old State House
chamber in Springfield, the site of Abraham Lincoln's his famous address
about the perils of slavery. She is trying to use the symbolic site to
contrast her call for civility with what she sees as rival Donald
Trump's polarizing campaign.
Clinton said she has work to do, as well.
She says that as someone "in the middle of a hotly fought
political campaign, I cannot claim that my words and actions haven't
sometimes fueled the partisanship that often stands in the way of our
progress."
Clinton adds, "I recognize that I have to do better too."
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12:29 p.m.
Donald Trump is meeting with finalists for the job of his vice presidential running mate.
Trump met Tuesday with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and
his family. Early Wednesday, Trump and his children met with Indiana
Gov. Mike Pence and his family. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich also
was said to be a finalist.
All three have auditioned for the job by opening for Trump at campaign rallies over the past week.
Trump was expected to make an announcement on Friday.
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10:20 a.m.
Republican Donald Trump huddled with Indiana Gov. Mike
Pence at the governor's mansion in Indiana on Wednesday morning amid
swirling speculation about Trump's vice presidential deliberations.
Pence and Trump walked out of the residence together just
before 10:30 a.m. The pair was joined inside by Pence's wife, Karen, as
well as Trump's daughter, Ivanka, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Trump is said to have narrowed his short list down to a trio of top contenders, including Pence.
Pence joined Trump at a fundraiser and a rally on Tuesday where he received a warm reception from the crowd.
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10:15 a.m.
The lead super PAC backing Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton has begun targeting Spanish-speaking voters in
Colorado, Nevada and Florida as part of a $35 million online effort it
announced earlier this year.
An online ad from Priorities USA features video clips of
Trump calling Hispanics "drug dealers" and "criminals" and leading his
supporters in the chant: "Build that wall! Build that wall! Build that
wall!"
In Spanish, an on-screen message declares that "hatred is growing in our country."
The ad campaign also includes a website:
unidoscontratrump.org, which means "united against Trump." The same
message will appear in banner ads on social media.
The three targeted states all have significant Latino
populations. Trump insists he can do better among Hispanics than the
less-than-30 percent Republican Mitt Romney drew in 2012 after calling
for "self-deportation" for immigrants in the country illegally.
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7:35 a.m.
Bernie Sanders says he agrees with the harsh remarks that
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has made about Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump.
The Vermont senator declined to say whether it is
appropriate for a sitting Supreme Court justice to openly criticize a
White House contender. But he tells ABC's "Good Morning America" that he
agrees Trump is a "total opportunist" and said "the record clear is
quite clear that he lies just a whole lot of the time."
Ginsburg in a series of interviews with The Associated
Press, The New York Times and CNN has called Trump unqualified to be
president and joked that she would move to New Zealand if he won. Trump
said in a tweet that Ginsburg should resign.
Sanders's comments came a day after he formally endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president.
Asked if he is open to being her running mate, Sanders
said, "I doubt that will happen." He said his focus is on helping
Clinton win. He says, "We cannot have a man with Trump's temperament
with the nuclear code and running this country."
5:25 a.m.
Hillary Clinton is turning to the symbolism of Abraham
Lincoln's "House Divided" speech to argue that the nation needs to
repair its divisions after high-profile shootings in Texas, Louisiana
and Minnesota.
Clinton's campaign says the Democratic presidential
candidate will talk about the importance of uniting the country at the
Old State House in Springfield, Illinois, later Wednesday. It's the site
of Lincoln's famous address in 1858.
Clinton plans to say the nation needs to determine ways to close the divides exposed in the recent shootings.
But she will say that the problems facing the country are
much broader and show the need to heal divisions in the nation's
politics and culture.
Heading into the Democratic convention, Clinton has tried
to present herself as a unifying figure against Republican Donald
Trump.
12:40 a.m.
Donald Trump is urging Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg to resign in the wake of harsh remarks she's made about his
presidential campaign.
"Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has
embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me," he
tweeted on @realDonaldTrump.
Ginsburg had said that she felt Trump was unqualified for
the position. In an interview with The Associated Press last week, she
said she didn't want "to think about that possibility."
In his Twitter post, Trump said, "Her mind is shot — resign."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that it was "totally inappropriate" for Ginsburg to criticize Trump.
McConnell said that members of the Supreme Court shouldn't weigh in on American elections.
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