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Outlook for Democrats in 2020 looks bleak
First: No. It's not too early to discuss the 2020 election. The Iowa caucuses are only a year and a half away. Any presidential hopeful who hasn't begun chatting up donors by now will find it nearly impossible to mount a viable campaign. At this ...
28-year-old leftist's upset win jolts U.S. Democrats, suggests progressive wing on the rise
A 28-year-old leftist and political novice has become the face of a new breed of American Democrat after slaying a congressional giant in a New York primary, as the party seeks its 2018 battle plan against Donald Trump's Republicans. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez achieved the near-impossible on ...
Trump says public 'deserves' Clinton probe after Brazile book claims democratic primary was rigged
President Donald Trump said Friday the American public "deserves" a federal investigation of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee over a joint fundraising agreement they signed in August 2015. In a multipart Twitter attack criticizing his former 2016 rival, he wrote: "Crooked Hillary bought ...
Bernie Sanders puts Democrats on the spot with proposed government-run health care for all
Sen. Bernie Sanders rode his impassioned liberal army of supporters through a tumultuous 2016, fighting to snatch the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton. Now he is disrupting the party anew, forcing Democrats to take sides over his plan to provide government-run health care ...
The rifle-wielding attacker who opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice Wednesday, critically wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others as congressmen and aides dove for cover, had prepared with "a lot of ammo" and fought a ...
Is America's Democratic Party destined to split?
Growing friction between liberal Democrats and the party's center-right corporate leadership caste could spur a divorce.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump visited a factory in Indiana on Thursday to kick off a "thank you tour" for his election win and celebrate persuading air conditioner maker Carrier Corp. to preserve around 1,000 jobs in the state rather than move them to Mexico. The ...
Bernie Sanders is leaving open the possibility of another presidential bid as shell-shocked liberals focus on helping the Democratic Party rebuild after Donald Trump's victory. "Four years is a long time from now," said the 75-year-old Vermont independent, noting that he faces re-election to the ...
Bill Clinton treads carefully after 'craziest' Obamacare slip
A day after framing President Barack Obama's signature health care law as "the craziest thing in the world," former President Bill Clinton is trying to avoid muddling his message again as he tells voters in the battleground of Ohio that Hillary Clinton is their ...
Trump vows to fix tax system he exploits but plan would let rich pay less
The leak of some of Donald Trump's tax returns highlights enormous disparities in the tax code between high-income businesses and individuals and everyone else that may have allowed the Republican presidential nominee to avoid paying federal income taxes for nearly 20 years. Trump claimed more ...
Trump says he fears November's U.S. presidential election may 'be rigged'
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Monday that he fears the general election "is going to be rigged" — an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate. Trump's extraordinary claim — one he did not back up with any immediate evidence — would, if it ...
