Feb 25 2020 candidates debate reversing relocation of U.S. embassy in Israel By Associated Press In 2018, the Trump administration reversed decades of U.S. foreign policy by siding more blatantly with Israel, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the American Embassy there. Continue reading
Feb 25 Democrats debate whether Medicare for All is liability in 2020 election By Associated Press Former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg says the cost of Bernie Sanders’ health care plan “adds up to four more years of Donald Trump.”… Continue reading
Feb 25 Sanders takes heat from fellow candidates in South Carolina debate By Associated Press The new wave of infighting came as Democrats met for the party's 10th — and perhaps most consequential — debate of the 2020 primary season. Continue reading
Feb 25 Medical report shows Klobuchar in ‘very good health’ By Lauran Neergaard, Sara Burnett, Associated Press Klobuchar is trailing Sanders and most of her other rivals ahead of Tuesday night's debate in South Carolina. Continue reading
Feb 25 Democratic rivals attack Sanders in run-up to South Carolina debate By Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard, Bill Barrow, Associated Press Leading up to Tuesday night's debate in Charleston, 2020 Democratic candidates previewed their lines of attack in a series of digital or television advertisements against Sanders. Continue reading
Feb 24 ‘Why would I get out?’ Democratic candidates brush off calls to quit By Sara Burnett, Associated Press Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said during a stop in Arkansas the day after she came in sixth in Nevada that dropping out was "not even a close call" for her. … Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch 8:31 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Sanders’ Nevada victory NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including fears Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ ideology is too far left for him to be the 2020 Democratic nominee, why… Continue watching
Feb 24 FBI official says Russia wants to see U.S. ‘tear ourselves apart’ By Eric Tucker, Associated Press An FBI official is warning that Russia wants to watch Americans "tear ourselves apart" through disruptive and brazen foreign influence operations. Continue reading
Feb 24 Sanders would use wealth tax to fund universal child care, pre-K By Associated Press Bernie Sanders has joined fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren in proposing that a “wealth tax” can finance government-funded child care from infancy through age 3 for every American family. Continue reading
Feb 23 What Sanders’ Nevada win says about Latino voter turnout By Candice Norwood Latino voters who backed Sanders helped give him a decisive victory in Nevada that established him as the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Continue reading