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Andrew Yang, 2020 Democrat, proposes $1,000/month ‘freedom dividend’ for every American over 18

Venture for America founder and Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang declared Sunday that his universal basic income plan dubbed the "Freedom Dividend" will boost the economy and create two million new jobs.

April 15, 2019

Julian Castro, 2020 Democratic hopeful, calls gun buybacks ‘good policy’

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro announced his support Thursday for federal gun buybacks as part of his platform on combating gun violence.

April 12, 2019

Ben Ray Lujan, top House Democrat, condemns Ilhan Omar’s 9/11 comments as ‘extremely hurtful’

Assistant House Speaker Rep. Ben Ray Lujan said Thursday that freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were "extremely hurtful."

April 11, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand ‘ashamed’ of past moderate views on illegal immigration

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Tuesday that she's "ashamed" of the more moderate views she held on illegal immigration in the past, telling potential supporters that her beliefs have significantly changed since her Blue Dog days.

April 10, 2019

Pete Buttigieg takes another shot at Mike Pence, touts ‘more humane vision of faith’

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 presidential hopeful, took another shot at Vice President Mike Pence's religious faith Monday, saying it's time for the country to "move on toward a more inclusive and more humane vision" of Christianity.

April 9, 2019

Eric Swalwell, 2020 candidate, calls for mandatory ‘assault weapons’ buyback

Rep. Eric Swalwell, who became the latest Democrat to join the crowded 2020 presidential race on Monday, said he intends to make gun violence his top campaign issue, proposing a mandatory federal ban and buyback on all semiautomatic rifles.

April 9, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard accuses CNN’s Fareed Zakaria of ‘trying to goad Trump into going to war with Russia’

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, slammed CNN's Fareed Zakaria on social media Wednesday, accusing the "GPS" host of trying to "goad" President Trump into starting a war with Russia over the Venezuela crisis.

April 4, 2019

Matt Gaetz: Trump could become ‘first female president’ under new bill

Rep. Matt Gaetz on Tuesday voiced his opposition to a new transgender rights bill, arguing that it could allow someone like President Trump to declare himself "the first female president."

April 3, 2019

Cory Booker: I’m going to ‘bring a fight like the NRA has never seen’

Sen. Cory Booker has promised to "bring a fight" to the National Rifle Association if he's elected president in 2020.

March 28, 2019

Elizabeth Warren: Voters don’t care about Mueller report

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Monday that voters care about the issues that affect their everyday lives, not special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 presidential election.

March 26, 2019

Obama warns freshman Democrats about high-priced liberal policies: Report

Former President Barack Obama on Monday cautioned freshman House Democrats against proposing expensive liberal policies without knowing how to pay for them first, according to a new report.

March 26, 2019

Maxine Waters: ‘We cannot allow them to get away with this’

Rep. Maxine Waters showed no signs of slowing her calls to impeach President Trump after special counsel Robert Mueller's report found no evidence of colluding with Russia.

March 25, 2019

Sydney Aiello, Parkland shooting survivor, takes her own life

A survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, took her own life over the weekend, her family said Friday. She was 19.

March 22, 2019

Max Rose, Jewish Dem lawmaker, apologizes to constituents for Ilhan Omar’s Israel comments

Rep. Max Rose, a Jewish New York Democrat, apologized to his Jewish constituents Tuesday for not being able to "protect" them from "anti-Semitic tropes" promoted by Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.

March 21, 2019

Bill Weld, likely GOP presidential challenger, calls Trump a ‘national embarrassment’

Likely Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld blasted President Trump as a "national embarrassment" in a series of tweets Tuesday responding to the president's renewed criticism of the late Sen. John McCain.

March 20, 2019

Kamala Harris: ‘I’m open’ to abolishing Electoral College

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris said Tuesday night that she's "open to discussion" about abolishing the Electoral College.

March 20, 2019

Steve Cohen, Dem lawmaker, says Electoral College was ‘conceived in sin’ to protect slavery

Rep. Steve Cohen has joined Democratic calls to abolish the Electoral College, saying it's an outdated system that was "conceived in sin" as a way to protect slavery.

March 19, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand: I’m running ‘because of what Donald Trump has done to this country’

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Monday that one of the reasons she decided to enter the 2020 race was because of the culture of "fear and hate and degradation" created by President Trump.

March 19, 2019

Cory Booker: ‘I’m not a socialist’

Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker said in a new interview that he's not embracing the "socialist" label like some of his fellow Democrats.

March 19, 2019

Bernie Sanders vows to do ‘better job’ explaining democratic socialism

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders promised in a new interview that he will do "a better job" explaining democratic socialism to the American people.

March 18, 2019