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Cory Booker serves Joe Biden a ‘Kool Aid’ putdown

Sen. Cory Booker stung former Vice President Joseph R. Biden with streetwise putdown in the debate Wednesday.

July 31, 2019

Cory Booker: Joe Biden evokes Obama only when convenient

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey called out former Vice President Joe Biden in the second presidential debate for playing up his ties to former President Barack Obama when it's convenient and running away from him when it's not.

July 31, 2019

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris clash on health care

Sen. Kamala Harris of California said Wednesday that former Vice President Joe Biden has been mischaracterizing her health care plan because his campaign team likely hasn't read it.

July 31, 2019

Joe Biden touts Democrats’ diversity in dig at Donald Trump

Former Vice President Joe Biden used his opening statement in a debate Wednesday to deliver a message to President Trump.

July 31, 2019

Andrew Yang dings Amazon, Donald Trump at Democratic debate

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang took aim at Amazon in his opening remarks, saying the company is responsible for shuttering malls and stores across the nation.

July 31, 2019

Bill De Blasio vows to ‘tax the hell out of the wealthy’ at debate

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio introduced himself to voters at the second presidential debate Wednesday by vowing to "tax the hell out of the wealthy."

July 31, 2019

No Kamala Harris kiss for Joe Biden at debate

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden didn't get a kiss on the cheek when he shook hands with Sen. Kamala Harris on the debate stage Wednesday.

July 31, 2019

Democratic debate: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren fight off attacks on far-left agenda

Sens. Bernard Sanders and Elizabeth Warren joined forces on the debate stage Tuesday to defend their far-left agenda from an onslaught of attacks from moderate rivals who warned it would doom the country to four more years of President Trump.

July 30, 2019

Green New Deal would be disaster at ballot box, John Hickenlooper warns

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper warned Tuesday the party would be doomed if it embraces the "Green New Deal" and socialist ideas touted by Sen. Bernie Sanders and the party's left-wing.

July 30, 2019

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren targeted by Democratic debate rivals over ‘impossible promises’

Sen. Bernard Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren came under fire at the opening of the 2020 Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday as their rivals blasted their far-left agendas.

July 30, 2019

Joe Biden runs from crime bill in 2020 bid

Joseph R. Biden was the floor general for the crime bill as it moved through the Senate in 1993, imploring his fellow lawmakers to "take back the streets" from thugs who had imperiled the safety of average Americans.

July 29, 2019

Bill Weld: Under Trump, GOP becoming ‘universally viewed as the party of racism’

Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld said President Trump has tarnished the reputation of the GOP and warned that the national Republican Party is on the verge of becoming "universally viewed as the party of racism in America."

July 24, 2019

Joe Biden: My record was good enough for former President Barack Obama

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday defended his record on race at the annual NAACP convention, saying he assumes former President Barack Obama would never have tapped him as his right-hand man if his resume on civil rights was as deplorable as his critics make it out to be.

July 24, 2019

Julian Castro: Donald Trump is ‘biggest identity politician’ in 50 years

Former Housing Secretary Julian Castro told the NAACP annual conference on Wednesday that President Trump has been stoking white nationalism for political gain, labeling the commander-in-chief the "biggest identity politician to come along in the last 50 years."

July 24, 2019

Beto O’Rourke: Don’t count me out in 2020 race

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke told the NAACP's annual conference that he's down in the polls, but he is not out of the 2020 presidential race.

July 24, 2019

Elizabeth Warren touts impeachment push at NAACP conference

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a 2020 presidential candidate, doubled down Wednesday at the annual NAACP conference on her calls for Congress to begin the impeachment process against President Trump, saying Democrats must rise above politics and make it clear that no one is above the law.

July 24, 2019

Joe Biden unveils criminal justice reform plan would alter crime policies he wrote as senator

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden sought Tuesday to ease concerns about his past decision-making on criminal justice, rolling out a plan to move the system away from the "tough on crime" policies that he helped to enshrine into law as a member of the Senate.

July 23, 2019

Cory Booker labels Joe Biden ‘proud architect of a failed’ criminal justice system

Sen. Cory A. Booker, a Democratic presidential candidate, on Tuesday panned former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's push to overhaul the nation's criminal justice system, saying the "proud architect of a failed system is not the right person to fix it."

July 23, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard: Kamala Harris ‘is not qualified to serve as commander-in-chief’

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday said Sen. Kamala D. Harris is not qualified to be president because she lacks the foreign policy credentials and temperament to lead the nation on the global stage.

July 23, 2019

Democrats urge NAACP convention to marshal black vote against Donald Trump

Democrats on Monday made their case that President Trump is a racist directly to the national NAACP convention in Detroit, urging the country's preeminent civil rights organization to marshal the black vote to oust him in 2020.

July 22, 2019