Seth McLaughlin

Justice Democrats: Pete Buttigieg has flip-flopped on ‘Medicare for All’

The far-left group that helped give rise to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has flip-flopped on "Medicare for All" in the 2020 Democratic presidential race purely for political reasons.

November 13, 2019

Sudden expansion of 2020 Democratic presidential field reveals unease with Biden, Warren, Sanders

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has faced scrutiny over his age and energy.

November 12, 2019

Hillary Clinton: ‘Many’ people pushing 2020 White House bid

Hillary Clinton says "many, many, many people" are urging her to enter the 2020 presidential race, but that at the moment she has no plans to run.

November 12, 2019

Michael Bennet focuses his struggling presidential bid on New Hampshire

Sen. Michael Bennet is betting that voters in New Hampshire will boost his underdog presidential bid, vowing to spend more time in the state than any of his rivals in the 2020 race in the run-up to the first-in-the-nation primary.

November 12, 2019

Joe Biden-Elizabeth Warren war of words heats up

Joseph R. Biden said Monday night that if he adopted Sen. Elizabeth Warren's tactics in the 2020 Democratic presidential race that he would be questioning whether she should be running in "the Socialist primary."

November 11, 2019

2020 Democrats battle for Iowa voters’ attention in TV ads

The battle for dominance in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is heating up on television in Iowa, where candidates are jockeying for the precious attention of viewers against a sea of ads for disco-themed retirement planning, custom-crafted dentures, baking supplies, street chicken tacos and other products and services.

November 6, 2019

Tom Perez says Democratic debate criteria set in advance to ensure fairness to 2020 candidates

The head of the Democratic National Committee said Wednesday that he "strongly" disagrees with criticisms that the party has put its finger on the scale in the 2020 presidential primary race, saying the debate criteria were set explicitly in advance to make sure the entire field got a "fair shake."

November 6, 2019

Ayanna Pressley breaks with ‘Squad,’ backs Elizabeth Warren in 2020

Rep. Ayanna Pressley has split with the rest of "The Squad" by throwing her support behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a fellow Massachusetts Democrat, in the 2020 presidential race.

November 6, 2019

DNC Chair ‘strongly’ disagrees with debate criteria critics

The head of the Democratic National Committee said Wednesday that he "strongly" disagrees with criticisms that the party has put its finger on the scale in the 2020 presidential primary race, saying the debate criteria were set explicitly in advance to make sure the entire field got a "fair shake."

November 6, 2019

Tom Perez: Trump’s broken promises on guns costing GOP

The head the Democratic National Committee said the party's success at the ballot box this week in Virginia shows President Trump has shot himself in the foot when it comes to addressing gun violence.

November 6, 2019

Pete Buttigieg surges in Iowa amid far-left fatigue

The stars are starting to align for Pete Buttigieg here in Iowa, where his rivals' struggles and far-left aspirations have given the South Bend, Indiana, mayor room to run in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

November 4, 2019

Elizabeth Warren blasted by Iowa voters as too liberal to beat Donald Trump

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's surging campaign is running into a dose of reality in this crucial nominating battleground where caucusgoers increasingly raise concerns that she is too radical for their liking and too liberal to topple President Trump in the general election.

November 3, 2019

Pete Buttigieg vows not to increase deficit with campaign promises

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Sunday night that his vision for the nation will not add a penny to the national deficit.

November 3, 2019

Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg show strength at fabled Iowa dinner

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg won the crowd over at the Iowa Democratic Party's fabled fall dinner -- all while outlining competing visions for the best way forward for the party and the nation.

November 1, 2019

Tom Vilsack, former Iowa governor, questions who can take a punch in 2020 race

Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Friday that it too early to tell whether Sen. Elizabeth Warren or any of the candidates -- except for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden -- can "take a punch" in the 2020 Democratic presidential race.

November 1, 2019

Elizabeth Warren says plan to pay for ‘Medicare for All’ will not raise taxes on middle class

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday rolled out a plan to pay for "Medicare for All" that she says will not raise "taxes a penny on middle-class families" -- pushing back against the critics who pressured her to be more upfront about the cost of her proposal, and challenging her rivals to prove they have something better to offer.

November 1, 2019

Joe Biden Communion snub may have been calculated, political observer suggests

It may have seemed a snub at the time, but one political observer says when former Vice President Joseph R. Biden was denied Holy Communion at a Catholic church in South Carolina last weekend, it may have been intentional.

October 30, 2019

Pete Buttigieg channels Obama, expands electorate as moderate 2020 alternative to Elizabeth Warren

Pete Buttigieg is poised to do something no other Democratic presidential candidate has done: open a campaign office in Dallas County, Iowa, before the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses.

October 27, 2019

Elizabeth Warren bid to end Senate filibuster threatens to backfire on Democrats

If Sen. Elizabeth Warren got her way and the Senate filibuster were eliminated, it's likely Congress already would have gutted Obamacare, allocated billions of more dollars to President Trump's border wall and even erased the Massachusetts Democrat's own brainchild idea, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which grew out of the Wall Street collapse a decade ago.

October 23, 2019

Julian Castro, cash-strapped White House hopeful, throws financial Hail Mary

Former Housing Secretary Julian Castro on Monday became the latest 2020 presidential contender to send out a financial SOS, warning that if he can't pad his campaign coffers over the coming days, then he is toast.

October 21, 2019