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Joe Biden touts granite chin amid Trump attacks

Joseph R. Biden isn't mentioning his son Hunter by name on the stump, but the former vice president is beating back allegations of his son's corrupt deals in Ukraine as the 2020 Democratic presidential race heats up.

January 27, 2020

Elizabeth Warren Iowa caucus expectations tamped down as liberal support drops

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has lost a bit of luster in the eyes of liberal progressives a week out from the first-in-the-nation caucuses in Iowa, where Sen. Bernard Sanders is on the rise and winning the battle for far-left supremacy.

January 26, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lauds Bernie Sanders’ push to break up ICE, Customs and Border Protection

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told voters here in Iowa that Sen. Bernard Sanders stands out from the rest of the 2020 Democratic presidential contenders because he backs breaking up Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

January 26, 2020

Michael Moore urges Iowa voters not to play it safe with Biden

Liberal filmmaker Michale Moore campaigned her Friday on behalf of Sen. Bernard Sanders, warning voters not to buy into the argument that former Vice President Joseph R. Biden is the "safest" bet to defeat President Trump in the 2020 election.

January 25, 2020

Andrew Yang: Congress will back term limits if incumbents are exempt

Andrew Yang has a plan for getting members of Congress to sign off on 12-year term limits: Exempt them.

January 24, 2020

Democrats target Republicans disillusioned by Trump

The 2020 presidential contenders are on the hunt for voters who have buyer's remorse after helping power President Trump to victory in Iowa and across the upper Midwest.

January 23, 2020

Joe Biden slaps down possible impeachment trial testimony swap

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., said Wednesday he won't agree to appear as a witness before the Senate as part of a testimony swap with Republicans in President Trump's impeachment trial.

January 22, 2020

Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren vie to break glass ceiling

Pete Buttigieg could be on the losing side of the debate over whether a woman or a gay person is more likely to shatter the glass ceiling in presidential politics.

January 22, 2020

Hillary Clinton: ‘Nobody’ likes Bernie Sanders, not sure if she’d endorse him

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton momentarily poured gasoline on the simmering feud between her and Sen. Bernard Sanders, saying in a new interview the Vermont socialist is a career politician who "nobody likes" and refusing to say whether she would endorse him if he wins the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

January 21, 2020

Bernie Sanders asks Iowa supporters to pick up slack during Senate impeachment trial

Sen. Bernard Sanders closed out the long weekend by urging supporters here in Iowa to pick up the slack for him while he is tied up in Washington with President Trump's impeachment trial.

January 20, 2020

Pramila Jayapal urges Iowans to vote for Bernie Sanders

Rep. Pramila Jayapal told a crowd here Monday that she is "all-in" for Sen. Bernard Sanders in the 2020 presidential race, urging them to rally behind the Vermont socialist in the Iowa caucuses.

January 20, 2020

Bernie Sanders supporters no lock to back Democratic nominee

Eli Newson is fired up about flexing her electoral muscle for the first time in a presidential race -- that is, as long as Sen. Bernard Sanders is in the 2020 mix. Otherwise, she's out.

January 20, 2020

Joe Biden presidential campaign shows new signs of life before Iowa caucus

INDIANOLA, IOWA | Sue Sorden doesn't know who her first love will be in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, but she knows who her fallback option is: former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.

January 19, 2020

Bernard Sanders, Elizabeth Warren feud: Bernie says being a woman a problem for candidates

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont said Sunday it is harder for a woman to win the presidency -- adding that several of the 2020 candidates, himself included, face challenges when it comes to such personal characteristics as age, sex and sexuality.

January 19, 2020

Biden: Voters are tired of Trump’s ‘carny show’

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Saturday said during an Iowa campaign stop that President Trump has been exposed as a political huckster during his first term in office.

January 18, 2020

Pete Buttigieg seizes Iowa advantage as impeachment trial pulls senators off trail

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg had Iowa all to himself Thursday as most of his biggest rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination were stuck in Washington for the impeachment trial, foreshadowing the advantage he will have on the ground in the kickoff caucus state for the foreseeable future.

January 16, 2020

Buttigieg: Calls for 2020 Democrats recusing themselves from impeachment are ‘preposterous’

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Thursday dismissed the idea that the four Democratic Senators running for president should recuse themselves from the impeachment trial on Capitol Hill, calling it "preposterous."

January 16, 2020

Cornel West warns against Bernie Sanders rivals’ attempt to sow division

Cornel West campaigned here Wednesday for Sen. Bernard Sanders, counseling voters against buying into what he called the shady ways in which the Vermont socialist's rivals are trying to sow division in the 2020 Democratic presidential race and his political revolution.

January 15, 2020

Cornel West to foes of Sanders’ democratic socialism: ‘Get off the crack pipe!’

Cornel West has a message for those who want to cast Sen. Bernard Sanders' brand of democratic socialism in a negative light: "Get off the crack pipe!"

January 15, 2020

Elizabeth Warren brands male rivals losers as Bernie Sanders spat spills into Democratic debate

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called the men in the Democratic presidential field losers and said the party needs to turn to a woman to go up against President Trump this year.

January 14, 2020