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Pete Buttigieg blasted for masquerading as a moderate: He’s ‘miles to the left’ of Obama

Pete Buttigieg emerged as a front-runner in the Democratic presidential race by running as a middle-of-the-road liberal, but his policies -- including near-unlimited abortion rights and spending plans that could make former President Barack Obama blush -- don't always fit neatly into the moderate lane.

February 15, 2020

Joe Manchin drops his pro-Trump guise: ‘This is not who we are as a country!’

Sen. Joe Manchin, who was one of President Trump's few Democratic allies in the Senate before he voted for impeachment, now has gone full bore against Mr. Trump.

February 14, 2020

Bernie Sanders grows lead over Joe Biden in New Hampshire bounce: Poll

Sen. Bernard Sanders opened a double-digit lead over former Vice President Joseph R. Biden in the Democratic presidential race since his win in the New Hampshire primary, according to a new national poll.

February 13, 2020

Pete Buttigieg goes Spanish in Nevada TV ad, vows to ‘unify our very polarized country’

Pete Buttigieg on Thursday debuted a new TV in Nevada that shows off his fluent Spanish, appealing to Latino voters for the state's Feb. 22 caucuses that are the next test in the Democratic presidential race.

February 13, 2020

Pete Buttigieg champions far-left policies despite moderate moniker

Pete Buttigieg emerged as a front-runner in the Democratic presidential race by running as a middle-of-the-road liberal, but his policies -- including near-unlimited abortion rights and spending plans that could make former President Barack Obama blush -- don't always fit neatly into the moderate lane.

February 9, 2020

Pete Buttigieg wins Iowa caucuses, awarded more delegates than Bernie Sanders

Pete Buttigieg narrowly beat Sen. Bernard Sanders in delegates won in the botched Iowa caucuses, the Iowa Democratic Party announced Sunday.

February 9, 2020

Pete Buttigieg gets front-runner treatment in N.H. debate, attacked from all sides

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, fresh off claiming victory in the Iowa caucuses earlier this week, took fire from all fronts at Friday's debate as his 2020 Democratic presidential rivals tried to knock down a new front-runner.

February 7, 2020

Bernie Sanders: ‘I don’t have 40 billionaires, Pete, contributing to my campaign’

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont on Friday separated himself from 2020 rival Pete Buttigieg by pointing out the number of high-flyers pouring money into Mr. Buttigieg's campaign.

February 7, 2020

Bernie Sanders on gun control: ‘The world has changed, and my views have changed’

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont on Friday defended his past positions on gun control as representative of the views of his "rural" state but said his views have now changed.

February 7, 2020

Joe Biden urges Democratic debate audience to stand for Lt. Col. Vindman

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Friday led the debate audience in a standing ovation for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.

February 7, 2020

Pete Buttigieg vouches for Hunter Biden: ‘Not going to let them change the subject’

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Friday vouched for Hunter Biden, the son of 2020 rival Joseph R. Biden, saying it's "unbelievably dishonorable" to try to pit a father and son against each other for political purposes.

February 7, 2020

Amy Klobuchar dings Pete Buttigieg as ‘cool’ political newcomer’: ‘Look where it got us’

Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Friday mocked Pete Buttigieg for acting like the "cool newcomer" in the Democratic presidential race.

February 7, 2020

Amy Klobuchar: Democratic presidential debate over health care is not ‘real’

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota took several swipes at her 2020 rivals at over health care, saying at the eighth Democratic presidential debate that the academic debate they're supposedly having on the issue isn't "real."

February 7, 2020

Joe Biden at N.H. Democratic debate: ‘I took a hit in Iowa, and I’ll probably take a hit here’

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden helped kick off the eighth Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 cycle by dialing down expectations in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.

February 7, 2020

Pete Buttigieg uses ‘outsider’ attacks to New Hampshire advantage

Pete Buttigieg's presidential run gained steam Thursday while his rivals sharpened jabs about his inexperience, a line of attack expected to dominate the Democratic debate Friday.

February 6, 2020

Pete Buttigieg gaining on Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire primary race: Poll

Pete Buttigieg keeps gaining on Sen. Bernard Sanders in the Democratic primary race in New Hampshire, according to a tracking poll released Thursday.

February 6, 2020

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats’ impeachment obsession backfires on Joe Biden

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday called his poor showing in Iowa's kick-off caucuses a "gut punch." If so, it's a punch delivered largely by his own party's obsession with impeachment.

February 5, 2020

Joe Biden: ‘We took a gut punch in Iowa’

Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday acknowledged that his Democratic presidential campaign took a "gut punch" with his poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.

February 5, 2020

Pete Buttigieg surges, Joe Biden slides in New Hampshire poll

A daily tracking poll shows ex-Mayor Pete Buttigieg surging, with former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren fading in the Granite State's Democratic presidential primary race.

February 5, 2020

Iowa chaos undercuts Democrats in New Hampshire

Regardless of the outcome in Iowa, the chaos and confusion of that state's botched Democratic caucuses blunted the impact of what is traditionally the first day of a weeklong sprint for presidential candidates in New Hampshire.

February 4, 2020