Feb 14 2020 Democrats step up attacks to blunt Bloomberg's rise By Will Weissert, Alan Fram, Associated Press White House hopefuls are trying to blunt Bloomberg, who gained attention by flooding the national airwaves with hundreds of millions of dollars in advertisements and is on the verge of being admitted into next week's presidential debate. Continue reading
Feb 12 Bloomberg once blamed end of 'redlining' for 2008 economic collapse By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press The practice known as redlining was used to deny home loans to people living in certain neighborhoods, often based on race. Continue reading
Feb 12 Inside Mike Bloomberg's big play for black voters By Sara Burnett, Associated Press While Mike Bloomberg's rivals battled it out in majority-white Iowa and New Hampshire, the billionaire presidential candidate aggressively courted the black voters critical to any Democrat's chance of winning of the nomination. Continue reading
Feb 11 Bloomberg criticized for 2015 comments on targeting minorities By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Mike Bloomberg is under fire for 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."… Continue reading
Jan 31 Bloomberg could qualify for Democratic debate under new party rules By Bill Barrow, Steve Peoples, Associated Press The Democratic National Committee has dropped grassroots fundraising qualifications for the party's Feb. 19 debate before the Nevada caucuses, opening the possibility that billionaire Michael Bloomberg could make his first appearance on stage. Continue reading
Jan 21 Bloomberg calls for Trump's removal in new impeachment ad By Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is launching a new impeachment-focused television ad calling on the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 12:57 Shields and Brooks on Trump impeachment evidence, Democratic debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including the opening of President Trump’s Senate trial and the announcement of his legal team, public opinion on impeachment, 2020… Continue watching
Jan 15 Bloomberg won't release women from nondisclosure agreements By Associated Press “We don't have anything to hide, but we made legal agreements which both sides wanted to keep certain things from coming out,” Bloomberg said on ABC's “The View.”… Continue reading
Jan 02 Bloomberg to skip Nevada Democratic caucuses By Associated Press The former New York City mayor and Democratic presidential candidate failed to file with the Nevada State Democratic Party by a Jan. 1 deadline, the party announced Thursday morning. Continue reading
Dec 14 AP Fact Check: Trump's impeachment rage, Bloomberg on coal By Hope Yen, Christopher Rugaber, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press As near-certain impeachment closes in on him, President Donald Trump raged at his accusers, the Democrats. In the process, he offered a highly selective account of the testimony of a damning witness and misrepresented the facts of a phone call… Continue reading