Politics

5 takeaways from the last Democratic debate of the year

By Daniel Bush

Like the previous five Democratic debates, no one candidate emerged on top Thursday. The same may be true for the primary race overall.

WATCH: Klobuchar and Buttigieg trade barbs over experience and ability to win

By Associated Press

Minnesota Sen. Klobuchar points to her two terms in the Senate and her prodigious list of other accomplishments, suggesting that Washington experience, which Buttigieg criticizes, is more an asset than a liability.

WATCH: Warren says she’d be ‘the youngest woman ever inaugurated’

By Associated Press

Seventy-year-old Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, asked about possibly being the oldest person ever elected president.

WATCH: Buttigieg, Warren spar over big dollar donors, fundraisers in wine caves

By Associated Press

Warren on Thursday night described a lavish Buttigieg fundraiser in a “wine cave” with $900 bottles of wine and crystal chandeliers, noting that, unlike the South Bend, Indiana mayor, “I do not sell access to my time.”…

WATCH: Biden says U.S. needs to tell China, ‘This is as far as you go’

By Associated Press

Buittigieg and other Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination are advocating a mix of policies in response to China's mass detention camps for Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.

WATCH: Biden says he refuses to accept that cooperation is dead in U.S. politics

By Associated Press

Harking back to his eight years as former President Barack Obama’s trusted adviser, he says it’s time to build on that work and invite Republicans to participate.

How to watch today’s Democratic debate

By Gretchen Frazee

The debate will be broadcast on PBS, livestreamed on PBS NewsHour's website and simulcast on CNN today, December 19 at 8 p.m. ET.

WATCH: Both ‘honor and disappointment’ to be lone candidate of color in debate, Yang says

By Associated Press

Asked why he was the lone minority candidate on the debate stage, Andrew Yang said most people of color don’t donate to political campaigns because they lack the disposable income.

WATCH: Sanders won’t vote for new bipartisan USMCA trade agreement

By Associated Press

Democratic senators are demonstrating divergent views on free trade, with Vermont's Bernie Sanders vowing to vote against the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.