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Mitt Romney: Trump’s actions are ‘wrong and appalling’

Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday that President Trump's pressuring of Ukraine officials to investigate 2020 rival Joseph R. Biden for corruption smacks of politics and is "wrong and appalling."

October 4, 2019

Joe Biden broadens critique of Donald Trump to include Republicans amid Ukrainian whistleblower saga

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden signaled this week that he could be rethinking his theory that the GOP will have an epiphany about bipartisanship once President Trump leaves the White House, as Republicans, including some of his old friends, joined the White House's counteroffensive against him and his son Hunter.

October 3, 2019

Cory Booker releases plan to reduce child poverty; Joe Biden has gun control plan

Sen. Cory A. Booker on Thursday released a plan intended to cut child poverty in the U.S. by about two-thirds. It includes an "allowance" for families with children, expanded federal welfare programs and new benefits regardless of a person's immigration status.

October 3, 2019

Bernie Sanders ‘making progress,’ ‘cracking jokes’ after health scare

Sen. Bernard Sanders' wife said Thursday her husband is "up and about" and "cracking jokes" after undergoing emergency surgery for a clogged artery.

October 3, 2019

Joe Biden invests $6 million in early state ad push

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., has reserved $6 million for airtime to run television ads in the early primary states.

October 3, 2019

Impeachment push endangers vulnerable senators from both parties

The impeachment push is putting the reelection chances of Sens. Doug Jones, Alabama Democrat, and Thom Tillis, North Carolina Republican, on shakier ground, according to political handicappers at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.

October 3, 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren targets ‘excessive lobbying’ with new tax plan

Sen. Elizabeth Warren rolled out a new tax plan Wednesday that seeks to raise more government revenue off of "excessive lobbying" to help insulate Congress from the influence of big corporations.

October 2, 2019

Poll: Support for impeachment inquiry increases

Support for impeaching President Trump is on the rise, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday.

October 2, 2019

Bernie Sanders hospitalized with artery blockage, cancels campaign events

Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking time off from the campaign trail after undergoing emergency surgery for a clogged artery, putting a spotlight on the 78-year-old's health and reviving a question that has loomed over the 2020 presidential race: How old is too old to be president?

October 2, 2019

Trump calls for ‘sick’ Adam Schiff’s resignation

President Trump on Wednesday took aim at one of his favorite targets on Capitol Hill, calling on House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff to "resign" over the way he has handled the fallout from the whistleblower complaint.

October 2, 2019

Amy Klobuchar pushes against ‘extremes’ in first 2020 ad

Sen. Amy Klobuchar is using her first television ad of the 2020 presidential campaign to drive home the message that she could be a good antidote for the polarization of the Trump era.

October 2, 2019

Democrats push IRS on NRA’s tax-exempt status

Senate Democrats on Wednesday called on the IRS to look into whether the NRA should be stripped of its tax-exempt status.

October 2, 2019

Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden are neck-and-neck in New Hampshire primary poll

The first-in-the-nation primary race in New Hampshire is looking more and more like a two-person race, according to a new survey that showed Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden running neck-and-neck in the Granite State.

October 2, 2019

Kamala Harris formally requests Twitter CEO suspend President Trump’s account

Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday upped the ante in her quest to get President Trump booted from Twitter, formally calling on the group's founder to block the commander-in-chief's social media account.

October 2, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidates post fundraising numbers

Sen. Bernard Sanders on Tuesday reminded his rivals that he remains a fundraising force in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, setting the bar by raking in more than $25 million over the third fundraising quarter of the campaign.

October 1, 2019

Bernie Sanders releases first 2020 TV ad, casts himself as working-class fighter

Sen. Bernard Sanders unveiled his first television commercial of the 2020 presidential campaign, casting himself as a proven warrior for workers and those struggling to get by.

October 1, 2019

Cory Booker raises $6 million in 3rd quarter, trails rivals

Sen. Cory Booker raised $6 million over the third fundraising quarter, marking his best haul of the 2020 presidential campaign, but leaving him far behind some of his rivals.

October 1, 2019

Leaked audio fuels tiff between Elizabeth Warren and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

The beef between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Mark Zuckerberg intensified Tuesday after audio surfaced of the Facebook CEO saying a Warren presidency would "suck" because her pledge to break up tech giants likely would lead to an unwanted legal battle that she would lose.

October 1, 2019

Mark Warner urges intelligence community to protect whistleblower’s identity

Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday it is "deeply disturbing" that President Trump is trying to out the whistleblower at the center of the Ukraine complaint and called on intelligence officials to protect their identity.

October 1, 2019

Kamala Harris calls for Trump Twitter ban

Sen. Kamala D. Harris, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, is going after President Trump's bullhorn, calling on Twitter to pull the plug on his social media account.

October 1, 2019