Jessica Chasmar

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘In any other country, Joe Biden and I would not be in the same party’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't thrilled to be sharing a political party with Democratic 2020 front-runner Joe Biden, she revealed in a new interview.

January 6, 2020

Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden’s ‘baggage,’ ‘weak’ record will lose against Trump

Sen. Bernard Sanders went after fellow Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph R. Biden in a new interview Thursday, saying the former vice president brings too much "baggage" to the 2020 race and won't be able to generate enough enthusiasm to beat President Trump in the general election.

January 3, 2020

Dan Patrick, Texas lieutenant governor, says ‘dangerous’ Joe Biden will ‘take your guns’

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday that the Democrats, namely former Vice President Joe Biden, are hell-bent on taking guns away from Americans and stripping them of their right to protect themselves.

December 31, 2019

Trump recounts ‘Home Alone 2’ in call to military: ‘It was an honor’ to be part of ‘big’ movie hit

President Trump recounted his involvement in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" in a call to the military on Christmas Eve, saying he considered it an "honor" to be part of what turned out to be "one of the biggest" holiday movies.

December 26, 2019

Jeff Van Drew reveals Democrat’s demand that was ‘final sign’ to switch parties

Rep. Jeff Van Drew revealed Sunday that it was a local Democrat's assertion that he either vote for impeachment or risk his political future that was the "final sign" he should defect to the Republican Party.

December 23, 2019

Nicole Franklin, Iowa woman, ran over 14-year-old girl with car because she was ‘a Mexican’: Police

An Iowa woman is charged with attempted murder after she admitted to intentionally running over a 14-year-old girl with her vehicle because she thought the girl was "a Mexican," Clive police said Friday.

December 20, 2019

Adolfo Martinez, Iowa man who burned LGBTQ flag, sentenced to 16 years

An Iowa man who was found guilty of lighting a local church's LGBTQ flag on fire was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison Wednesday.

December 19, 2019

Maxine Waters: ‘I believe’ Trump-Putin conspiracy ‘even though I don’t have the facts to prove it’

Rep. Maxine Waters admitted Monday that she doesn't have the facts to prove her firmly held belief that President Trump colluded with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the 2016 presidential election.

December 17, 2019

Andrew Yang on impeachment: ‘This is going to be a loser’

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang predicted Wednesday that the impeachment push against President Trump is going to be a "loser" for the Democratic Party.

December 5, 2019

Elizabeth Warren: ‘I plan to be the last American president to be elected by the Electoral College’

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren declared Sunday that she plans on being the last president elected by the Electoral College.

December 3, 2019

John Yarmuth, Dem lawmaker: Impeaching Trump ‘could be bad politics’

Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth said Monday that impeaching and removing President Trump from office "could be bad politics" for Democrats.

December 3, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez blasts Buttigieg for using ‘GOP talking point’ to oppose universal college

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter on Thanksgiving to blast Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg for using a "GOP talking point" to argue against free universal college.

November 29, 2019

Pete Buttigieg camp to return donations from Brett Kavanaugh lawyers: ‘We believe the women’

Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign said it will return thousands of dollars in donations from two female lawyers who represented Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh during his 2018 confirmation hearings.

November 27, 2019

Kevin Sheekey, Bloomberg campaign manager, says Trump on ‘path to victory’

Michael Bloomberg's campaign manager said Monday that the billionaire media mogul finally decided to enter the 2020 presidential race because he thinks President Trump is well on his way to winning reelection and he wants to do everything he can to stop it.

November 26, 2019

Barack Obama: ‘Everybody needs to chill out about the candidates’

Former President Barack Obama said Thursday that Democrats need to "chill out" with analyzing every difference between the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates and focus more on rallying behind "whoever emerges" as the star.

November 22, 2019

Ben Carson blasts ‘true career politician’ Maxine Waters: ‘Basic manners elude you’

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson penned a scathing letter to Rep. Maxine Waters on Monday, calling the 28-year congresswoman a "true career politician" who cares more about getting "cheap headlines" than caring for her own constituents.

November 19, 2019

Dina Titus, Dem lawmaker, on Trump: ‘I’d like to impeach the bastard right now’

Rep. Dina Titus called President Trump a "bastard" during a fiery speech Sunday night at a Democratic Party event in Las Vegas.

November 19, 2019

Jack Young, Baltimore mayor, says he’s not to blame for crime rate: ‘I’m not committing the murders’

Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young rebuffed criticism for the city's high homicide rate on Wednesday, telling reporters that he's not the one who is "committing the murders."

November 14, 2019

Bernie Sanders slams mandatory gun buybacks as ‘unconstitutional’

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday slammed proposed mandatory gun buybacks as "essentially confiscation."

November 11, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard lawyers accuse Hillary Clinton of ‘defamation’ for Russian asset claim

Lawyers representing Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard have sent a letter to Hillary Clinton demanding she publicly apologize and retract a "fabricated" statement suggesting that Ms. Gabbard is a "Russian asset."

November 11, 2019