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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019 file photo, billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference where he announced his decision not to seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.  Steyer is now joining the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, reversing course after deciding earlier this year that he would forgo a run. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Tom Steyer wealth sparks wariness at Netroots Nation

Lisa Hastings stands out as one the most rebellious activists at this year's Netroots Nation, not because of her far-left politics but because she is not opposed to billionaire Tom Steyer, the latest entry into the Democratic presidential race.

July 11, 2019
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses the crowd during her appearance at the Netroots Nation conference in Detroit, Friday, July 18, 2014. Warren has captured the hearts of Democratic activists beginning to think about an heir to President Barack Obama. But their minds tell them that Hillary Rodham Clinton could help them hang onto the White House. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

Netroots Nation abandoned by Dem field; Warren only one to court rabid left

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the only top-tier Democratic presidential candidate attending the gathering of liberal activists at this year's Netroots Nation convention, as most of the radical leftists in the race scramble to avoid an event notorious for brazen hecklers and demonstrators.

July 10, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala D. Harris has been on a tear since the first primary debate, where she confronted Joseph R. Biden over federally mandated busing to desegregate public schools. (Associated Press/File)

Kamala Harris seeks Barack Obama’s path to Democrat win

Sen. Kamala D. Harris' breakout performance on the debate stage and subsequent surge in polls rekindled the narrative that she is the next Barack Obama, poised to dominate the crucial black vote in the Democratic primaries and cruise to the presidential nomination.

July 9, 2019
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk through the Crypt of the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, for Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) ** FILE **

Joe Biden ‘baggage,’ not Obama ties, focus of Trump campaign strategy

The prevailing opinion inside the Trump campaign is that former Vice President Joseph R. Biden remains the most likely candidate to capture the Democratic nomination, and the campaign is plotting ways to sever Mr. Biden from the image of beloved former President Barack Obama.

July 3, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden noticeably missed an opportunity to visit the emergency shelter for unaccompanied alien children in Homestead, Florida, while he was in the state last week for the first primary debate. (Associated Press/File)

Joe Biden skips visit to immigrant children’s facility in Florida

The one guy who should have some answers for activists protesting what they see as "imprisonment" of unaccompanied alien children, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden passed up a chance to join most of the other 2020 presidential hopefuls in making the pilgrimage to an emergency shelter for youths in South Florida.

June 30, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Kamala Harris attacks Joe Biden on race, busing

Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a sharp rebuke of former Vice President Joe Biden's history on race - taking particular aim at his opposition to the federal government playing a role in busing to desegregate schools in the 1970s.

June 27, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, speaks during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami, as former vice president Joe Biden listens. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Bernie Sanders defends Medicare for All push

Sen. Bernard Sanders defended his Medicare for All plan in the Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, arguing people are fed up with their private insurance and would be much happier under a government run system.

June 27, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks during an American Federation of Teachers town hall, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Beto O’Rourke joins protest at UAC detention center

Beto O'Rourke on Thursday climbed atop a stepladder and peered over the fence of a detention center for Unaccompanied Alien Children, calling out a message of support in Spanish to the youngsters inside.

June 27, 2019