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Among Impeachment and Iowa, 2020 Top Tier Jilts New Hampshire

By Hunter Woodall | Jan 29, 2020

The most prominent candidates in the 2020 presidential race spent months last year making their case to New Hampshire voters, but many of the White House hopefuls have been largely absent from the state in January.

Democratic 2020 Hopeful Michael Bloomberg Unveils LGBTQ Proposals

By Kilian Melloy | Jan 29, 2020

Democratic 2020 presidential hopeful and former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg has announced a platform to restore progress that LGBTQ Americans have lost during three years of the Trump administration.

Bloomberg Creates A Parallel Presidential Race. Can He Win?

By Kathleen Ronayne and Andrew DeMillo | Jan 29, 2020

When the leading Democratic presidential candidates marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day by linking arms and marching through South Carolina's capital, Michael Bloomberg was nowhere near the early primary state.

Democrats' Competing Impulses: Fight or Unite?

By Thomas Beaumont | Jan 29, 2020

A Democratic presidential race that started as a struggle between the activist left and the moderates has become something far less ideological and more emotional as the first nominating contest has come into view: Should they fight or unite?

Bloomberg: Translating His Mayoral Health Care Record to the National Stage

By Shefali Luthra | Jan 28, 2020

How much credit does Bloomberg deserve for New York City's health care record? Most important ? what can it tell us about how he might approach health care from the Oval Office?

Democrats Struggle with How Directly to Knock Sanders

By Bill Barrow and Alexandra Jaffe | Jan 28, 2020

As Bernie Sanders exudes confidence in his ability to win next week's Iowa caucuses, his moderate rivals are struggling with how — and whether — to directly take on the progressive Vermont senator who some Democrats worry won't be able to defeat Trump.

Elizabeth Warren Seeks a Spark in the Final Sprint to Iowa

By Steve Peoples, Sara Burnett and Will Weissert | Jan 27, 2020

Elizabeth Warren is fighting to regain momentum in the turbulent tussle for the Democratic presidential nomination amid lingering questions about her consistency and ability to defeat President Donald Trump.

Report: Bolton Says Trump Tied Ukraine Funds to Biden Probe

By Zeke Miller | Jan 26, 2020

President Donald Trump told his national security adviser he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it launched political investigations into his Democratic rivals, according to John Bolton.

In Divided America, Some Voters Tuning Out Impeachment Trial

By Michael Rubinkam and Jonathan J. Cooper | Jan 26, 2020

For all the gravity of a presidential impeachment trial, Americans don't seem to be giving it much weight.

Pompeo Lashes Out at Journalist; NPR Defends Its Reporter

Jan 26, 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out in anger Saturday at an NPR reporter who accused him of shouting expletives at her after she asked him in an interview about Ukraine.

Can Klobuchar Build a Late Surge from a Long Distance?

By Sara Burnett and Marcio Jose Sanchez | Jan 26, 2020

The impeachment trial that got underway this week is happening at an inopportune time for all four of the senators in the Democratic primary.

Trump Defends Sanders, Stoking Democratic Divisions

By Julie Pace | Jan 26, 2020

As tensions between Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren rose earlier this month, Sanders found himself with an unusual ally: President Donald Trump.

Democratic Candidates Pour into Iowa for Last-Minute Push

By Bill Barrow | Jan 25, 2020

Freed momentarily from the Senate's impeachment trial, several presidential candidates high-tailed it to Iowa on Saturday for a last-minute blitz of campaigning before the state's caucuses kick off the battle for the Democratic nomination.

AP Fact Check: Trump's Impeachment Defense and the Facts

By Calvin Woodward | Jan 25, 2020

President Donald Trump's lawyers opened his Senate impeachment defense Saturday with the false assertion that Democrats tried to shut the president's team out of the congressional inquiry that preceded the charges.

Trial Highlights: Dems Cry Cover-Up, Trump Hails Activists

By Matthew Daly | Jan 25, 2020

From the floor of the Senate, Democratic impeachment prosecutors said Friday that President Donald Trump tried to cover up his actions with Ukraine, another reason to remove him from office.

Democrats Speak To History With Exhaustive Impeachment Case

By Alan Fram | Jan 25, 2020

At times it seemed like few senators in the chamber were really listening. But the House Democrats presenting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump weren't about to stop.

Trump's Idea of Executive Power Is also Impeachment Defense

By Colleen Long and Michael Warren | Jan 25, 2020

Something is the best or the worst, a person is a winner or a total loser, an event has never happened before, even when it has.

GOP Senators Incensed by Schiff's 'Head on a Pike' Remark

By Laurie Kellman | Jan 25, 2020

Senate Republicans said lead impeachment prosecutor Adam Schiff insulted them during the trial by repeating an anonymously sourced report that the White House had threatened to punish Republicans who voted against President Donald Trump.

Top Obama Fundraiser Backs Biden in 2020 Contest

By Brian Slodysko | Jan 24, 2020

One of former President Barack Obama's top fundraisers endorsed Joe Biden on Friday, a pledge of support that's likely to boost the former vice president's ability to raise cash for his 2020 campaign.

Democrat Looking to Unseat Sen. Collins Wins Key Endorsement

By David Sharp | Jan 24, 2020

A national organization devoted to getting LGBTQ candidates elected to public office is endorsing for the U.S. Senate in Maine former Google executive Ross LaJeunesse, a Democrat who wants an opportunity to unseat GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

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