Sources: Jill2016
Republican campaign manager Kellyanne Conway dismisses allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, calling the claims "laughable and ridiculous". 2016-12-11
President-elect Donald Trump is declared as the winner in Michigan, causing his electoral college vote to rise to 306. Hillary Clinton's margin in the popular vote rises to over two million. 2016-11-28
Some residents and business leaders in the state of California, which voted with majority support for Hillary Clinton, propose launching a secession movement from the United States after Donald Trump is elected president. 2016-11-9
The "Richmond Times-Dispatch" of Virginia is first to endorse Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president and the first newspaper media endorsement of a third-party nominee in this election cycle. 2016-09-4
Alleged Russian hackers have penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and have gained access to the entire database of research on Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts. The DNC says that no financial, donor or personal information appears to have been accessed or taken, suggesting that the breach was traditional espionage, and not the work of criminal hackers. 2016-06-14
Donald Trump wins the Republican Party primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota. 2016-06-7
Another Trump statement, "South Korea is a money machine but they pay us peanuts," is greeted with "howls of inaccuracy" from the South Korean Foreign Ministry and the White House. U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert says "Seoul pays for 55% of all non-personnel costs." 2016-03-31
At the CNN Town Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich also back away from earlier pledges to support the eventual Republican nominee. 2016-03-29
Voters in the U.S. states of Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington gather for Democratic Party caucuses. 2016-03-26
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announces his intention to run for president. 2015-03-23