POLITICOadded this to PoliticsJulian Castro Castro: 'A lot of people were surprised' by debate performancePOLITICO - By SARAH CAMMARATAA smiling Julián Castro said Thursday morning that "a lot of people were surprised" by his breakout performance at Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate, a star-turn that could offer a lifeline
POLITICOadded this to Morning MoneyWall Street Wall Street barely mentioned in Democratic debatePOLITICO - By BEN WHITE and AUBREE ELIZA WEAVERPROGRAMMING NOTE: Morning Money will not publish on Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5. Morning Money will resume on Monday, July 8. Please continue to follow Pro Financial Services. Editor’s Note: This
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsMitch McConnell POLITICO Playbook: 2020 Dems struggle to figure out McConnell at first debatePOLITICO - By ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMANIF THERE WAS ONE QUESTION that tied Democrats up in knots Wednesday night at the first presidential debate in Miami, it was how to handle Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL, who might very well control
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsJulian Castro ‘An Odd Stretch of Forgettable White Guys Yelling at Each Other’POLITICO - By POLITICO MAGAZINEWhat really changed in last night’s crowded, chaotic debate? According to our experts, the party’s swinging left, there’s a new Texan in town, and Trump might be a bigger problem than the Democrats thought.
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Moderators’ tight grip on debate loosened as night wore onPOLITICO - By MICHAEL CALDERONEThe second half, which was clearly demarcated by a technical snafu, featured a looser, rapid-fire survey of a host of issues. The five moderators of Wednesday’s Democratic debate tried to cover it all
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsIran Trump’s hawks ramp up campaign to shred last part of Iran nuclear dealPOLITICO - By ELIANA JOHNSON and BURGESS EVERETTThe administration is consumed by a debate over how hard to go after Tehran amid heightened tensions. For President Donald Trump, it’s déjà vu all over again on Iran. Iran’s expected breach on Thursday
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez learns to play the insider’s gamePOLITICO - By SARAH FERRIS and HEATHER CAYGLEThe freshman firebrand isn't tormenting party leaders — she's working with them. In Queens, she’s a storm-the-barricades political outsider. But back in Washington, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is working
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsJoe Biden Biden’s mission: Don’t punch downPOLITICO - By NATASHA KORECKIIn past debates, Biden has knocked it out of the park. But this time he’s the central target on a crowded stage and he’s been coached to avoid conflict. It was 2012, and an overconfident President Barack
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Democrats lead with their leftPOLITICO - By JOHN F. HARRISIt's not an illusion: The party is presenting its most liberal face since the 1970s. There are people who argue that the Democratic Party’s steady leftward progression during the Trump years is largely
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics 7 big takeaways from the first Democratic debatePOLITICO - By DAVID SIDERS and NATASHA KORECKIBeto gets beat up, Castro and Booker shine, and Warren takes care of business. Beto O’Rourke got roughed up, while Julián Castro prospered at his fellow Texan’s expense. Elizabeth Warren left unscathed.
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsJulian Castro Castro decks BetoPOLITICO - By CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO and ELENA SCHNEIDERThe former Cabinet secretary and mayor had his first big moment of the 2020 campaign taking on his fellow Texan on immigration policy. MIAMI — Julián Castro has spent months in the shadow of fellow Texan
POLITICOadded this to Politics Who won the debate?POLITICO - By STEVEN SHEPARDThe best zingers, biggest rivalries and most talkative candidates from the first Democratic presidential debate. Who won Wednesday’s first Democratic presidential debate? On a stage this crowded — 10 debated
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsCory Booker Booker says he wouldn't be VP to a male presidential nomineePOLITICO - By QUINT FORGEYCory Booker pledged that he would turn down a potential vice presidential nod if Democrats nominated a man to take on Donald Trump in 2020, citing the need for gender and racial diversity on all future
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsElizabeth Warren Warren squeezes Sanders on health carePOLITICO - By HOLLY OTTERBEINWarren's answer on eliminating private health insurance reassured some progressives, but polling suggests it could cause trouble later. When NBC host Lester Holt asked the Democratic presidential candidates
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Who spoke the most during the first Democratic debate?POLITICO - By MAYA KING and ARREN KIMBEL-SANNITThe candidates' speaking time varied, but their focus did not. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker carved out the most speaking time Wednesday night (almost 11 minutes) of any candidate in the first Democratic
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsDonald Trump Trump pleases campaign aides by not brawling with the Dem fieldPOLITICO - By NANCY COOKThe president tried to cast himself as presidential and above the fray of the crowded debate stage. President Donald Trump pleased many of his top campaign officials when he showed a rare characteristic
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsElizabeth Warren The Landmine that Just Got Laid for Elizabeth WarrenPOLITICO - By JEFF GREENFIELDIt passed almost unnoticed, but history suggests we just saw a potent political weapon get pointed at two top candidates, Warren and Bernie Sanders. Jeff Greenfield is a five-time Emmy-winning network
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsMedicare Warren backs eliminating private insurance for 'Medicare for All'POLITICO - By RACHEL ROUBEINSen. Elizabeth Warren used Wednesday night's Democratic debate to come out unequivocally for a "Medicare for All" plan that would abolish private health insurers. The Massachusetts Democrat was one of
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsElizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren calls out other Dems on healthcare: 'They just won't fight for it'POLITICO
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Democratic debate suffers audio snafu, and Trump pouncesPOLITICO - By QUINT FORGEYThe first Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign skidded to a halt for several minutes Wednesday night following a technical glitch. An apparent audio snafu came at the one-hour mark
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Watch that awkward hot mic moment from the Democratic debatePOLITICO
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsJulian Castro Julián Castro on migrant detention conditions: It should 'piss us all off'POLITICO
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsBeto O'Rourke Democrats brawl in bid for breakout momentPOLITICO - By MARC CAPUTO and NOLAN D. MCCASKILLMIAMI — Elizabeth Warren had her moments to shine. Beto O’Rourke spoke Spanish out of nowhere and then sparred with Julián Castro. Amy Klobuchar got one of the biggest applause lines of the night. The
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Watch Beto O’Rourke show off his Spanish at the debatesPOLITICO
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Trump ready for tariff truce with ChinaPOLITICO - By DOUG PALMER, WENDY WU, MARK MAGNIER and OWEN CHURCHILL | SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTThis story is being published as part of a content partnership with the South China Morning Post. It originally appeared on scmp.com on June 26, 2019. The U.S. and China have tentatively agreed to another
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Whose Deaths Aren’t We Seeing?POLITICO - By JACK SHAFERThe photo of dead migrants was horrifying enough that even the president reacted. But we got to see it onlyh because it steered around an American taboo. Face down and dead in the silty water of the Rio
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsDeepfakes Zuckerberg says Facebook mulling policy changes to deal with 'deepfakes'POLITICO - By ALEXANDRA S. LEVINEFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the company is reevaluating its policies around "deepfakes" after a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went viral on the platform in May, an the
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsPete Buttigieg The Buttigieg IllusionPOLITICO - By RICH LOWRYRich Lowry is editor of National Review and a contributing editor with Politico Magazine. It would tax even the prodigious powers of the late novelist Tom Wolfe to create a more poignant political scene
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsGregory Meeks Cabán's likely win deals a blow to Meeks and the Queens machinePOLITICO - By ERIN DURKINNEW YORK — It’s not so good to be king in Queens politics anymore. After Joe Crowley went down in a stunning upset at the hands of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a year ago, he was replaced as the borough’s
