When Julián Castro laid out his vision as a presidential candidate Saturday, the language was subtle but unmistakable. The same held true for the optics of his 2020 campaign launch. The former Housing and Urban Development secretary’s bid is a play for the Obama coalition, the amalgamation of diverse constituencies — young, African-American, Latino, Asian […]
Read MoreA battle of the brains is underway in the Democratic 2020 primary. Former Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren and Harvard grad Pete Buttigieg are front-runners for the affection of well-educated liberals — an influential slice of the Democratic electorate with the capacity to provide a big boost in a crowded field. Warren and Buttigieg have thrived […]
Read MoreHENDERSON, Nev. — Joe Biden abandoned his last run for president, in 2008, before the primaries reached Nevada. And his most recent association with the state was unflattering. It was less than six weeks ago that Biden was accused by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada assemblywoman, of touching her inappropriately at a campaign event in […]
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Read MoreKamala Harris, calling on the nation to “deal with the racial wealth gap,” on Saturday proposed a $100 billion federal program to help black people buy homes. The California senator said the plan, which would provide down payment and closing cost assistance of up to $25,000 to people renting or living in historically red-lined communities, […]
Read MorePete Buttigieg has hired two seasoned Democratic operatives to boost his early-state and policy teams. Jess O’Connell has signed on as a senior adviser charged with leading the South Bend, Ind., mayor’s strategy in early primary and caucus states, campaign officials told POLITICO. O’Connell served as CEO of the Democratic National Committee in 2017 and […]
Read MoreOne million people have donated to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, his campaign said Thursday. He is the first candidate to announce reaching that milestone. "Our strength is in numbers, and that is why Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who is able to say his campaign will rely only on grassroots funding in both the […]
Read MoreSen. Bernie Sanders defended his 2020 Democratic presidential opponent Elizabeth Warren on Friday after Rep. Liz Cheney went after her for advocating a no-first-strike nuclear policy. During the Democratic primary debate Tuesday, Warren pushed for the United States to adopt a policy of never using a nuclear weapon unless another country uses one first — […]
Read MoreUS personnel, who were fighting the terror group alongside the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, will be mostly repositioned in western Iraq, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, while some will remain temporarily in Syria to protect oil fields from ISIS. It’s an apparent walk back of President Donald Trump’s assertion last week that he would […]
Read MoreThese are the largest demonstrations the country has seen since March 2005, when mass protests ended a decades-long Syrian military presence in the country. Sparked by a proposed tax on WhatsApp calls, the protests began in earnest Thursday night with demonstrators forcing road closures around the country. ### Hours later, thousands of people poured into […]
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