Seth McLaughlin

Joe Biden wants reparations for blacks to include Native Americans

Joseph R. Biden passed Wednesday during a virtual town hall event with the NAACP on the chance to endorse reparations for black Americans.

June 10, 2020

Joe Biden backs increasing penalties on false race-based 911 calls

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden supports upping the penalties on people who make false race-based 911 emergency phone calls.

June 10, 2020

Joe Biden ‘does not believe that police should be defunded’

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden broke his silence Monday on the growing calls to "defund" police, saying he doesn't support the push but understands the emotions that are fueling the demand.

June 8, 2020

Kamala Harris, Val Demings, Elizabeth Warren, Biden VP hopefuls face George Floyd protests dilemma

Sen. Kamala D. Harris marched with protesters in Washington, while Rep. Val Demings accused President Trump of inflaming riots. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham, meanwhile, condemned the violent protests in her state but bucked fellow governors and refused to deploy the National Guard.

June 4, 2020

Joe Biden, for the first time, favored to win 2020 election: Oddsmaker

Joseph R. Biden is now the odds on favorite to win the 2020 presidential race.

June 4, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Steve King’s primary defeat is victory against white supremacy

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is celebrating Rep. Steve King's loss in Iowa's 4th Congressional District, saying it knocks down one of the most high-profile "white supremacist" in Congress.

June 3, 2020

Joe Biden: Trump should read the Bible, not use it as prop

Joseph R. Biden has some advice for President Trump: If he wants to run around holding up the Bible, he should try reading it as well.

June 2, 2020

Joe Biden knocks Donald Trump’s response to protests over George Floyd’s killing

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Tuesday that President Trump's response to George Floyd's death and the ensuing protests shows that the Republican's narcissistic nature is hurting the country when leaders should address systemic racism that protesters are demonstrating against.

June 2, 2020

Robert O’Brien: No ‘systemic racism’ in U.S. police forces

White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Sunday he doesn't think there is systemic racism across the nation's police forces as violent protests erupt in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.

May 31, 2020

Lori Lightfoot, Chicago mayor, to Trump: ‘F … U’

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday had some choice letters for President Trump: "F" and "U."

May 29, 2020

Biden: Floyd death exposes nation’s ‘systemic racism’

Joseph R. Biden said Friday that the death of George Floyd is a reminder of how the "original sin of this country still stains our nation today" and demands the nation rally behind the black community.

May 29, 2020

Hillary Clinton: Trump is ‘calling for violence against American citizens’

Hillary Clinton said Friday that President Trump's response to the George Floyd-inspired protests in Minnesota is yet another reason for voters to give him the boot in the November election.

May 29, 2020

27% of black voters agree: African Americans that back Donald Trump ‘ain’t black’: Poll

Turns out that likely Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden's controversial assertion -- which he has since walked back -- that black voters who cast their ballot for President Trump "ain't black" is spot on for more than a quarter of black voters.

May 28, 2020

Joe Biden bets on Gretchen Whitmer, Tom Wolf, Tony Evers for boost in battleground states

Joe Biden is betting the lovefest with the governors on the frontlines of the coronavirus response in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will pay off even as they face stiffening scrutiny from President Trump, his allies, and even some in-state Democrats over the pace of their reopening plans.

May 27, 2020

Economy replaces health care as voters’ top concern: Poll

The economy has replaced health care as the top concern of voters amid the coronavirus pandemic.

May 27, 2020

Joe Biden: Donald Trump ‘stoking deaths’ by not wearing mask

Joseph R. Biden says President Trump's refusal to sport a mask in response to the coronavirus is "stoking deaths" and amounts to fake masculinity.

May 26, 2020

Roy Cooper, North Carolina governor, given GOP convention decision deadline by Donald Trump

President Trump on Tuesday gave North Carolina's Democratic governor one week to decide if the state will allow the Republican National Convention to go forward with a capacity crowd in late August, as several GOP governors lobbied for the massive four-day event to move to their states.

May 26, 2020

Ron DeSantis would ‘love’ for the Republican National Convention to move to Florida

GOP governors are trying to lure the Republican National Convention away from North Carolina after President Trump threatened to move it, further defining the partisan divide over coronavirus shutdowns.

May 26, 2020

Joe Biden winning ‘lesser-of-two-evils’ vote that helped Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton

Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden is winning the lesser-of-two-evils battle against President Trump. It was a different story when Mr. Trump emerged as the fallback option four years ago.

May 25, 2020

Joe Biden apologizes for ‘ain’t black’ comment

Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden apologized Friday for saying blacks who support President Trump "ain't black."

May 22, 2020