Seth McLaughlin

Roaring economy won’t help Trump’s 2020 chances, Democrats say

The economy is surging and the jobs market is better than it's been in decades — but Democrats say that won't end up helping President Trump in 2020.

May 19, 2019

New York Post mocks Bill de Blasio’s 2020 presidential bid

The New York Post on Thursday welcomed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to the presidential race with a front page full of people shrieking in laughter.

May 16, 2019

Most Americans say Democratic and Republican parties ‘don’t care about people like me’: Poll

Most Americans see a vast disconnect between their national political leaders and their everyday lives, with nearly seven in 10 voters saying the Democratic and Republican parties have abandoned them, according to a national poll released Thursday.

May 16, 2019

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Pennsylvania: Poll

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden holds a double-digit lead over President Trump in the swing state of Pennsylvania in a hypothetical general election showdown.

May 15, 2019

2020 Democrats shun Senate for long-shot White House bids

Most of them barely register in the polls, and experts say it's a damning critique of the Senate that so many presidential candidates are skipping over more winnable races.

May 14, 2019

Elizabeth Warren takes ‘hard pass’ on Fox News town hall, calls network ‘hate-for-profit racket’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday flatly rejected doing a town hall meeting on Fox News, calling the network a bastion for racists and giving her yet another first among the Democratic presidential field.

May 14, 2019

VoteVets pushing Amy McGrath to challenge Mitch McConnell

The left-leaning VoteVets is doing what it can to convince former Marine pilot Amy McGrath to launch a 2020 challenge against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

May 14, 2019

Ro Khanna endorses Marie Newman’s primary challenge against Dan Lipinski

Rep. Ro Khanna on Monday endorsed fellow Democrat Rep. Daniel Lipinski's primary challenger in Illinois, saying Marie Newman is the candidate in the race who will put the interests of her constituents over "one's personal agenda or the lobby of powerful special interests and corporate PACs."

May 13, 2019

Stacey Abrams, flirting with presidential bid, talks foreign policy

Looking to burnish her foreign policy chops ahead of a possible 2020 presidential bid, Democrat Stacey Abrams said Friday President Trump's approach to global affairs has hurt localities and damaged industries across the nation.

May 10, 2019

Bernie Sanders, AOC target Wall Street’s credit card ‘extortionists’

Sen. Bernard Sanders teamed up with freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday to roll out a plan taking on "extortionists" on Wall Street, proposing mandatory caps on credit card interest rates.

May 9, 2019

Mitch McConnell’s reelection team offers up ‘Cocaine Mitch’-inspired T-shirt

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has started selling "Cocaine Mitch" T-shirts for his reelection campaign, embracing one of the more memorable attacks on him and signaling strength as he prepares to run for reelection.

May 8, 2019

Joe Biden 2020 campaign wins Baby Boomers, Silent Generation

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden has found a core constituency in the early stages of the 2020 Democratic nomination race: Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation.

May 7, 2019

Jay Inslee, other single-issue 2020 candidates struggle to gain foothold in race

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's quest to save the Earth could kill his presidential campaign.

May 5, 2019

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren find common purpose: Defeating Joe Biden

They may eventually fight over the same pool of voters, but for now Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernard Sanders appear to be working toward the same goal of trying to take down the leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidate: former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.

May 2, 2019

Joe Biden should make one-term pledge, say 2020 campaign supporters

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's 2020 supporters are floating an outside-the-box strategy aimed at shielding him from questions about his age and political leanings and boosting his chances of capturing the party's 2020 presidential nominee: a one-term pledge.

April 30, 2019