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 PoliticsU.S. Politics A Sympathetic Zillionaire’s Advice to Democrats TonightPOLITICO - By NICK HANAUERThe GOP thinks it owns you on economics, but you’re actually the party of growth. Don’t blow it. Donald Trump is a historically terrible president. But Democrats shouldn’t kid themselves. Trump’s awfulness
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Spanish, mansplaining and our favorite zingers: Recapping the first Democratic debatePOLITICOCory Booker, Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro spoke Spanish throughout the night. Did the effort work or seem staged? Beto starting out in Spanish and Warren and Booker give him a “Huh?” look. Will note
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsTravel Ban Watch Rep. Ilhan Omar call Trump a 'xenophobic tyrant' over detention facilities, travel banPOLITICO
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics Most of the 2020 Democratic candidates are already doomedPOLITICO - By JOHN F. HARRIS and ALEX THOMPSONThe constant reminder that it's still early in the primary election season? Don't believe it. Political reporters, whose powers of analysis and prediction have been not so reliable in the Trump era, have
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsKevin McAleenan Trump allies pressuring DHS chief to resignPOLITICO - By TED HESSON and NANCY COOKThe turmoil mirrors a chaotic situation along the southern border. Hard-liners inside and outside the Trump administration are pressing for the removal of President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland Security
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsWilliam Barr Watch William Barr whip out bagpipes and belt a tunePOLITICO
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsObamaCare Appellate court raises new threat to ObamacarePOLITICO - By PAUL DEMKOA federal appeals court this afternoon questioned whether Democratic states and the House of Representatives have the right to appeal a court ruling that declared all of Obamacare unconstitutional. In
POLITICOadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics The Democratic matchups to watch in tonight's debatePOLITICO - By Christopher Cadelago, David Siders and Allan James VestalElizabeth Warren will be a de facto target on Night 1. Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden go head-to-head on Night 2. The race to take on President Donald Trump in 2020 goes into high gear on Wednesday for first
