U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris ended her 2020 presidential bid on Tuesday, abandoning a campaign that began with promise for a rising Democratic Party star but faltered as she struggled to raise money and make a compelling case for her candidacy. Her departure further narrows the ...
Trump campaign won't allow Bloomberg reporters at events due to coverage 'biases'
President Donald Trump's campaign said Monday it will no longer give credentials to Bloomberg News reporters to cover campaign events because of coverage "biases," an accusation that the news organization rejects. The decision comes a week after the news service's founder, billionaire Michael Bloomberg, announced ...
White House tells House Democrats that it will not participate in Wednesday impeachment hearing
The White House told Democratic lawmakers Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump would not send legal counsel to participate in a congressional impeachment hearing this week, citing a lack of "fundamental fairness." The White House's decision was in response to the first of two ...
'I know Joe's heart': Why black voters are backing Joe Biden
After Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden's past opposition to school busing in a nationally televised Democratic presidential debate, the former vice president who prides himself on strong relationships in the black community was in an unfamiliar place, playing defense on race. But Bebe Coker had ...
Joe Biden launches Iowa trip with focus on Trump and rural America
Joe Biden launched an eight-day bus tour of Iowa on Saturday projecting confidence, ignoring his many Democratic presidential competitors and pledging that he will unseat President Donald Trump in 2020. The former vice president pledged first to win the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses, despite recent ...
Impeachment of Trump moving to next phase: Judiciary panel that would specify charges
The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, Democrats announced Tuesday, scheduling a hearing for next week as they push closer to a possible vote on actual charges of "high crimes and misdemeanors." The Judiciary panel scheduled ...
Trump campaign, GOP groups attack Google's new ad policy they claim hurts party candidates
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and other Republican election groups criticized tech giant Google on Tuesday for making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people. The GOP groups said the changes will lead directly to suppressing voter turnout and would "disproportionately" ...
With boss running for president, Bloomberg News sets rules, won't probe him or Democratic rivals
With Michael Bloomberg now running for president, the news service that bears his name said Sunday it will not "investigate" him or any of his Democratic rivals, and Bloomberg Opinion will no longer run unsigned editorials. Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait announced the new rules in ...
Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world's richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a written statement posted on a campaign website describing ...
Trump says Vice President Mike Pence will be running mate in 2020 election
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Vice President Mike Pence will be his running mate in the 2020 presidential election. "Mike Pence has done a phenomenal job as vice president and he's our guy, he's my friend. And look, we have a great team, ...
Trump accuses impeachment witness of lying and defends use of personal lawyer on Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday accused a witness in the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry of lying and offered an explanation for his controversial use of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine policy, saying Giuliani's crime-fighting abilities were needed to deal with a corrupt ...
Ex-Trump ally John Bolton says Twitter account 'liberated' from White House control
U.S. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton said on Friday that Twitter had returned control of his personal account to him after it had been taken over by the White House. "We have now liberated the Twitter account, previously suppressed unfairly in ...
