Feb 10 Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2021 plan, to be released Monday, promises the government's deficit will crest above $1 trillion only for the current budget year before steadily decreasing to more manageable levels. Continue reading
Feb 10 Buttigieg on defense as 2020 rivals aim to blunt his momentum By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press The volley of criticism is fresh evidence that Pete Buttigieg, who was virtually unknown in national politics a year ago, has become an early front-runner in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Continue reading
Feb 10 Warren tries to break out of the middle ahead of New Hampshire primary By Will Weissert, Julie Pace, Associated Press Sen. Elizabeth Warren's challenge is to convince voters she has a viable path to the nomination, even if that path is unclear. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 4:46 Democrats make final push in lead-up to New Hampshire primary By PBS NewsHour Democratic candidates are criss-crossing New Hampshire in last-ditch efforts to shore up votes before the first 2020 presidential primary is held on Tuesday. President Trump, who is not facing a serious Republican challenger, will hold a Monday rally in Manchester. Continue watching
Feb 09 Trump budget to face skepticism, be overwhelmed by politics By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Donald Trump is preparing a budget plan that rehashes previously rejected spending cuts while leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched. Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget plan, expected to be released Monday, comes amid trillion-dollar-plus deficits for as far as… Continue reading
Feb 09 ‘QAnon’ conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A far-right conspiracy theory forged in a dark corner of the internet is creeping into the mainstream political arena. It's called QAnon, and it centers on the baseless belief that President Donald Trump is waging a secret campaign against enemies… Continue reading
Feb 09 Graham: DOJ has process to review Giuliani’s Ukraine info By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a close ally of President Donald Trump, said Sunday that the Justice Department has established a way to review information gathered in Ukraine by Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Continue reading
Feb 09 NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats By Michael Casey, Associated Press Bounding onto a stage at a conference center in New Hampshire, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang beamed a smile to a cheering crowd and launched into his pitch for votes heading intod of Tuesday’s first-in-the nation primary. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:43 Democrats look to New Hampshire after chaotic Iowa caucuses Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage for another debate Friday as they looked for an edge in the lead-up to the New Hampshire primaries following last week's chaotic Iowa caucuses. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute,… Continue watching
Feb 08 AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and the state of disunion By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump says the world is witnessing a great American economic revival that he brought on by reversing course from the Obama years. Yet the economy is not so different from the robust one he inherited and disparages at… Continue reading