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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign event, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in Mason City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Bernie Sanders surging, Elizabeth Warren lagging in Iowa, New Hampshire: Poll

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont starts 2020 with his best standing yet in the tight Democratic primary for president, enjoying a first-place tie with former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Pete Buttigieg in Iowa and a slight edge on the field in New Hampshire, according to a poll released Sunday.

January 5, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg pauses before answering a question as he campaigns on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Pete Buttigieg questions Qassem Soleimani killing

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday said Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was a bad man with American blood on his hands but that President Trump must justify his decision to take him out, citing potential backlash in the volatile Middle East.

January 5, 2020
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra gestures while speaking at a media conference Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in San Francisco. Becerra disclosed an ongoing probe into Facebook privacy practices as investigators sought a court's help in getting documents and answers from Facebook. The California probe, one of many legal inquiries into Facebook, began as a response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and grew into an investigation into whether Facebook has misrepresented its privacy practices, deceived users and broken California law.(AP Photo/Ben Margot) **FILE**

Blue states to Supreme Court: Take up Obamacare lawsuit now

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and a coalition of blue states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to take up and resolve a case that argues Obamacare is no longer constitutional because Congress zeroed out the law's tax penalty for shirking insurance.

January 3, 2020
President Trump will meet with evangelicals in Miami on Friday. A gathering of 5,000 supporters is expected to fortify a pivotal voting block in the wake of Christianity Today calling for Mr. Trump's removal. (Associated PRess)

Trump campaign set to launch evangelicals coalition

The Trump campaign will start an "Evangelicals for Trump" coalition in Miami Friday to fortify a pivotal voting bloc in the wake of a Christian magazine's editorial calling for his removal and foreign policy moves that disturbed some supporters.

January 2, 2020
An example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure, at DEA Headquarters in Arlington Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Chinese fentanyl in U.S. crosshairs as DEA safeguards set to expire

The U.S. is stemming the flow of opioid painkillers, but Washington remains nervous about deadly synthetics like fentanyl, saying federal safeguards will expire in February and China should be sanctioned if it doesn't rein in the No. 1 killer in the U.S. drug crisis.

December 26, 2019
Members of the audience cheer as President Donald Trump takes the stage at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump to student voters: ‘No case’ on impeachment

Trapped in impeachment limbo, President Trump sought holiday succor by promoting his Space Force and telling young supporters in Florida that House Democrats are too chicken to send charges against him to the Senate.

December 21, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at a news conference to discuss the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade agreement, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House votes to implement Donald Trump’s NAFTA rewrite

House Democrats and Republicans linked arms and overwhelmingly approved President Trump's rewrite of the North American trade deal Thursday, less than 24 hours after members evoked Pearl Harbor and Pontius Pilate in a nasty impeachment debate on the same floor.

December 19, 2019
In this March 26, 2019, file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined at left by Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone, D-N.J., speaks at an event to announce legislation to lower health care costs and protect people with pre-existing medical conditions, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Obamacare individual mandate ruled illegal

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate runs afoul of the Constitution now that it is no longer a tax.

December 18, 2019
In this file photo, the U.S. Capitol in Washington is shrouded in mist, Friday night, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House panel approves N. American trade deal

The House tax-writing committee advanced a rewrite of the North American trade deal Tuesday, blessing a campaign trophy for President Trump even as majority Democrats move to impeach him as an abuser of his office.

December 17, 2019