And yet another national poll, this time from Bloomberg Politics, showed Mrs. Clinton opening a double-digit lead over Mr. Trump. Hillary Clinton, defending Mr. Obama, whom she also wants to succeed, painted Mr. Trump as something of an oddball in addition to criticizing his statements about immigration and aggressively profiling Muslims. According to the survey, 63 percent of women said they could never vote for Mr. Trump, a staggeringly high number that presents him with a daunting challenge. Since shortly after Mr. Trump became the presumptive nominee in early May, the “super PAC” supporting Mrs. Clinton, Priorities USA, has aired ads in battleground states portraying him as disrespectful and even offensive to women. VideoFour significant things happened in the last 24 hours of the 2016 presidential race:President Obama forcefully denounced Donald J. Trump, the Republican running to succeed him, for playing to the nation’s worst fears in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. Mr. Trump stood by his insinuations that Mr. Obama is sympathetic to terrorists.

Source: New York Times June 15, 2016 10:52 UTC