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Steve Scalise applauds Donald Trump for ‘aggressive action’ on Russia

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise on Sunday said it's important to take every feasible step to make sure Russia doesn't interfere in the 2020 elections and that he's glad the Trump administration is taking "aggressive" actions to do so.

June 16, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez: May still be some ‘discomfort’ with alleged inappropriate touching by Biden

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she doesn't think Joseph R. Biden has convinced all women that he truly gets the allegations of inappropriate touching women have come forward with against him.

June 16, 2019

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says pressure to impeach Trump is growing

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the drumbeat to impeach President Trump is justifiably growing with each passing day.

June 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders shrugs off drop in polling: ‘I am the strongest candidate to defeat Trump’

Bernard Sanders tried to shrug off new polling that shows support for him among the Democratic presidential field has dropped 10 points since March.

June 16, 2019

Joe Biden leads 2020 Democratic rivals in early states: poll

Joseph R. Biden leads his 2020 Democratic presidential rivals among a pool of voters across 18 early primary and caucus states.

June 16, 2019

Pete Buttigieg: DOJ investigation ‘shouldn’t be ordered up by the president’

Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg said he would expect his Department of Justice to "think for itself" when it comes to a potential prosecution of President Trump for obstruction of justice after Mr. Trump leaves office.

June 16, 2019

Donald Trump: Joe Biden is having ‘a hard time thinking lately’

President Trump on Friday said potential 2020 rival Joseph R. Biden is having a "hard time thinking lately," saying Mr. Biden is flip-flopping, can't draw crowds, and that everybody knows the former vice president doesn't "have it."

June 14, 2019

Bill de Blasio: Not sure Joe Biden is connecting to ‘today’s‘ Democratic Party’

Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio on Friday said he's not sure 2020 rival Joseph R. Biden is connecting to "today's" Democratic Party and that he doesn't see Mr. Biden as a disrupting "change agent" he says will energize working people.

June 14, 2019

Tim Ryan advocates spreading DNC presidential debate over three nights

Democratic presidential hopeful Tim Ryan on Friday said he thinks there should be three stages for the first Democratic National Committee presidential debate, and that there shouldn't be an effective winnowing of the field this early in the proceedings.

June 14, 2019

Julian Castro: Unlike Kellyanne Conway, I took corrective steps after my Hatch Act violation

Former Obama administration official Julian Castro on Thursday said he agreed with a government watchdog's determination that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway should be removed from her job for repeatedly mixing politics with her day job -- something he was found to have done on an occasion in 2016.

June 14, 2019

Kamala Harris outlines ‘Dreamer’ plan; Beto O’Rourke, Kirsten Gillibrand add LGBTQ protections

While the political jockeying gets more attention, candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential race are advancing serious policy proposals. The Washington Times takes a weekly look at some of them that may have flown under the radar.

June 13, 2019

John Hickenlooper rebuts Bernie Sanders: Dems must reject socialism or risk losing to Trump in 2020

Sen. Bernard Sanders' battle cry to embrace more socialism in the Democratic Party was met with strong rebuffs this week by presidential opponents who said he's not only got the wrong answers, but his push is damaging their party's message.

June 13, 2019

Joe Biden leads ‘wide-open’ Democratic primary contest in California: Poll

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden holds a slim lead over his 2020 Democratic presidential opponents in California, with Sen. Kamala D. Harris placing fourth in the battle in her home state, according to a survey released Thursday.

June 13, 2019

Beto O’Rourke: Joe Biden is a return to the past

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke on Thursday said former Vice President Joseph R. Biden represents a return to the past and that it's not enough to simply turn back the clock to the end of the Obama administration.

June 13, 2019

Beto O’Rourke: Trump comments imply he could already be getting foreign dirt on opponents

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke on Thursday said President Trump's new comments that he'd be open to hearing about dirt on his political opponents from foreign sources imply that Mr. Trump could already be benefiting from such information ahead of the 2020 election.

June 13, 2019

Joe Biden: Turning things around doesn’t require socialism

Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday pushed back on the notion that the United States should embrace socialism as a cure for its ills.

June 13, 2019

Joe Biden leads 2020 Democratic field in Nevada

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden leads the 2020 Democratic field in the early presidential state of Nevada, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren placing second and Sen. Bernard Sanders in third, according to a poll released Wednesday.

June 12, 2019

Joe Biden: Hyde Amendment flip wouldn’t be helpful in general election

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday said new restrictions on abortion, and not politics, colored his evolving position on the Hyde Amendment, which generally bans federal money from being used to directly fund abortions.

June 12, 2019

Kamala Harris: DOJ should pursue charges against Donald Trump after he leaves office

President Trump now has even more incentive to win reelection next year -- if he doesn't, some of his potential successors say their administrations could bring criminal charges against him.

June 12, 2019

Beto O’Rourke unveils plan to protect LGBTQ rights

Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke on Wednesday unveiled a plan he says will safeguard the rights of LGBTQ individuals and reverse "discriminatory" policies on the part of the Trump administration.

June 12, 2019