Mar 09 Watch 3:17 Biden and Sanders prepare for 1st head-to-head primaries By Yamiche Alcindor Voters in six more states will head to the polls Tuesday in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary -- which is now essentially a two-man race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Michigan is the… Continue watching
Mar 09 6 questions heading into the next set of Democratic primaries By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Does Sanders have a legitimate shot at catching the former vice president? If not, will he stick around as a protest candidate? Where will Elizabeth Warren's supporters turn? Will non-Southern black voters reflect Southern trends?… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 8:03 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on coronavirus politics, Michigan primary stakes NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including how the 2020 Democratic presidential primary has changed since Super Tuesday, why Michigan is such an important state for… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 5:29 Rahm Emanuel: Nominating Sanders would be 'putting too much at the roulette table' Rahm Emanuel has served as a top adviser to Presidents Clinton and Obama, a three-term congressman from Illinois and a two-term mayor of Chicago. But in his new book, “The Nation City,” the longtime Democrat argues that mayors are today’s… Continue watching
Mar 09 Stakes rise for Sanders heading into Michigan primary By Will Weissert, Associated Press Sanders is in an urgent fight to turn things around as the primary calendar quickly shifts to other states in the coming weeks that could favor Biden and narrow his path to the nomination. He countered the parade of Democratic… Continue reading
Mar 09 Booker endorses Biden, says he'll 'restore honor' to office By Associated Press Booker planned to appear with Biden in Detroit and Flint, Michigan later Monday, according to a Biden aide. Continue reading
Mar 09 Turkey, EU to hold talks amid standoff over migrants By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Erdogan has demanded Europe shoulder more of the burden of caring for refugees. He has accused the EU of not meeting its obligations, including failing to pay money promised to Turkey under a 2016 deal to stem the flow of… Continue reading
Mar 09 'Several' lawmakers had contact with person who got COVID-19, physician says By Douglass K. Daniel, Alan Fram, Associated Press The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Continue reading
Mar 08 Biden in Mississippi, Sanders in Michigan before primaries By Emily Wagster Pettus, Will Weissert, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden worshiped at a predominantly African American church Sunday in Mississippi, two days before the state's primary where black voters will play a pivotal role. Rival Bernie Sanders was campaigning roughly 900 miles… Continue reading
Mar 08 Harris endorses Biden; Jesse Jackson backs Sanders By Associated Press Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden on Sunday and said she would "do everything in my power'' to help elect him. Sanders, a Vermont senator, countered with his own major endorsement on Sunday, announcing that civil rights icon Jesse Jackson was… Continue reading