Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera said Tuesday she will run against U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., joining a dozen other candidates who have announced plans to challenge the high-profile freshman from New York City. Caruso-Cabrera told CNBC that she will run against Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic primary for the seat… Read More
Two Democratic front-runners emerge from New Hampshire
Sen. Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary, barely edging rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring his first victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his Tuesday night win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, beat back a strong challenge from the 38-year-old former mayor of South… Read More
Iowa caucus chaos raises questions in Nevada
Concerns have been growing that next week’s Nevada caucuses could offer a repeat of the chaos that ensnared the Iowa Democratic primary vote, with Nevada facing many of the same organizational and technical challenges that crippled Iowa’s process. Volunteers who will be leading the Feb. 22 caucuses said key information… Read More
Republicans consider kicking Mitt Romney out of party
by Frank Holmes, reporter After he became the only Republican to vote for either of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Senator Mitt Romney, R-U.T., is facing backlash nationwide. At least four campaigns have begun to punish Romney for siding with the Democrats in the vote, which took… Read More
Top Dem campaign rocked by explosive 2015 audio
Mike Bloomberg is under fire from Democratic — and President Donald Trump — over resurfaced comments in which he says the way to bring down murder rates is to “put a lot of cops” in minority neighborhoods because that’s where “all the crime is.” The billionaire and former New York… Read More
Joe Biden suddenly withdrawals from New Hampshire
Democrats are hoping that voters in New Hampshire will reset the party’s presidential nomination fight on Tuesday and bring clarity to a young primary season that has been marred by deep dysfunction and doubt. Since the chaotic Iowa caucuses failed to perform their traditional function of winnowing the race, it… Read More
Trump steals the New Hampshire spotlight
Eager to put on a show of force in a general election battleground state, President Donald Trump stunned Democrats on Monday with a spotlight-stealing rally in New Hampshire on the eve of the state’s first-in-the-nation primaries. Trump, on a political high after his acquittal last week on impeachment charges, boasted… Read More
Justice Department cracking down on Democrat-led “sanctuary” policies
The Justice Department ratcheted up legal pressure Monday on local governments over “sanctuary” policies that hinder federal immigration officers, bringing two new lawsuits and launching a coordinated messaging campaign to highlight an election-year priority of President Donald Trump. Declaring that law enforcement officers are being “put in harm’s way by… Read More
Small New Hampshire town announces first primary vote total
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won the votes of a tiny New Hampshire community that barely hung onto its tradition of being among the first to cast ballots in the presidential primary. Dixville Notch’s five residents cast their ballots just after the stroke of midnight Tuesday in the… Read More
Controversial Nancy Pelosi video shared by Trump
President Donald Trump tweeted and edited video showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. repeatedly tearing up his State of the Union speech as he honored audience members and showed a military family reuniting — and the footage caused quite a stir on social media. Pelosi did tear apart the speech… Read More