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Thanks for sharing? U.S. politicians target voters with unfiltered social media posts
Ex-Rep. Beto O’Rourke shared his dentist appointment on Instagram. Sen. Elizabeth Warren guzzled a beer on the same online platform. And an unfiltered Sen. Cory Booker sends video selfies to young users on Snapchat. These American politicians may or may not be running for president ...
Elizabeth Warren ignites voter passion in Iowa, has the look of U.S. presidential candidate
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts strode into Iowa on Friday with all the look of a U.S. presidential candidate, igniting pent-up Democratic frustration with her brand of fiery liberalism in the premier caucus state. "It's time to dream big and fight hard, not just for ...
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders contrite as 2016 campaign aides face harassment allegations
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his chief lieutenants are offering contrition as some of his 2016 campaign staffers face allegations of sexual harassment that threaten to derail a second White House bid before it begins. Hours after a New York Times report detailed allegations of ...
Elizabeth Warren plans Iowa trip in another step toward 2020 presidential run against Trump
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is preparing to bring a populist message to Iowa voters just days after taking her first major step toward launching a campaign for president. The Massachusetts Democrat told reporters on Wednesday that she's planning to visit the state with the nation's first ...
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who has taken on Wall Street and traded barbs with Donald Trump, on Monday became the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to the Republican president in 2020. Warren said she had formed an exploratory committee, which ...
U.S. craze for DNA 'heritage' tests may bolster racism, critics warn
Millions of Americans are using DNA test kits sold online to research their ancestry, either out of simple curiosity or to find answers about their identity. But some academics warn the craze could reinforce racial stereotypes and divisions. For around $100 and a few drops of ...
Trump calls porn star 'Horseface' and again pegs senator as 'Pocahontas'
A budding diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia, Hurricane Michael's wreckage to clean up, stock market jitters, and ... President Donald Trump's standout act Tuesday was to brand porn star Stormy Daniels "Horseface." That wasn't all. The U.S. leader, who revels in making up nicknames for opponents ...
Should shareholders always come first?
Elizabeth Warren wants to make companies also consider workers, customers and local communities.
Angry lawmakers heaped another round of blistering criticism on Wells Fargo's CEO, pressing Thursday for details about what senior managers knew about allegedly illegal sales practices and when any concerns were disclosed. Chief Executive John Stumpf, newly stripped of tens of millions in compensation, told ...
Warren blasts Trump as 'thin-skinned fraud' and spares no mercy for top Republicans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren attacked Donald Trump as a "loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud" Thursday in a scathing broadside also aimed at the top two Republican leaders in Congress. Trump "has never risked anything for anyone and serves nobody but himself. And that is just one of ...
Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren becomes comic book hero
Her parents didn't hail from the planet Krypton, and she was never bitten by a radioactive spider, but that has not stopped Elizabeth Warren from starring as a comic book hero. "Female Force: Elizabeth Warren" tells the true-life story of Warren's rise from Oklahoma schoolgirl ...
President Barack Obama may issue an endorsement in the Democratic primary, his press secretary said Monday, as Vice President Joe Biden considers whether to challenge former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. While Obama considers his selection of the former Delaware senator as his running ...
