How jammed phone lines and a failing app created chaos in Iowa
The problems started with the app. And picking up the phone didn’t help. Chaos spread across Iowa as the reporting methods for the nearly 1,700…
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Did Pete Buttigieg call his Iowa shot?
It seemed, at the time, like a very bold statement to make. With 0% of Iowa precincts reporting their results, Buttigieg stood in front of his…
Continue Reading Unions call on Trump administration for more robust coronavirus response
Two unions representing flight attendants, teachers and health care professionals called on the federal government Tuesday to provide a more robust…
Continue Reading US military deploys new type of nuclear weapon seen as key to countering Russia
The US military deployed a new submarine-launched low-yield nuclear weapon, something the Pentagon sees as critical to countering the threat posed by…
Continue Reading Early Iowa turnout signs point to lagging Democratic enthusiasm
There’s still a lot we don’t know about the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses, including who won the contest. But we do have an early…
Continue Reading Iowa Democratic vote-reporting meltdown hands opening to Trump
The Democratic 2020 mission to oust President Donald Trump could not have got off to a more disastrous and embarrassing start. The party…
Continue Reading Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump of both articles of impeachment
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a moderate Republican senator up for reelection in 2020, said Tuesday that she would vote to acquit President Donald…
Continue Reading Lawmakers say CBP admits breaching protocol targeting Iranian Americans
Customs and Border Protection admitted to inappropriately targeting Iranian Americans and breaching agency protocol last month when travelers were…
Continue Reading Iowa Democratic Party starts releasing partial caucus results after daylong delay sparked by technical problems
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democratic Party starts releasing partial caucus results after daylong delay sparked by technical…
Continue Reading Iowa Democratic Party chair says results from 62% of precincts from all of Iowa’s 99 counties will soon be reported
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democratic Party chair says results from 62% of precincts from all of Iowa’s 99 counties will soon be…
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Senate debates Trump impeachment; votes so far seem split along party lines on
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday implored his colleagues to acquit President Donald Trump on both…
Continue Reading State of the Union guests highlight Trump’s immigration and economic policy
When President Donald Trump delivers his third official State of the Union address Tuesday evening, like many presidents before him, he will look to…
Continue Reading White Wisconsin lawmaker drops Black History Month proposal
MADISON, WIs. (AP) — A white Wisconsin lawmaker facing criticism for drawing up a Black History Month resolution honoring white abolitionists…
Continue Reading The 1 BIG thing Iowa Democrats just don’t seem to get
When it initially started to become clear — right around 10 p.m. ET — that something had gone drastically wrong with the reporting of the…
Continue Reading 5 big takeaways from the Iowa entrance poll
There is — still — no actual voter data from Monday’s Iowa caucuses. But that doesn’t mean we don’t know anything about…
Continue Reading Nevada Democratic Party abandons problematic app used in Iowa caucuses
The Nevada Democratic Party said Tuesday that it will not use Shadow Inc., the maker of the app that caused reporting issues in the Iowa caucuses, to…
Continue Reading Iowa caucus app ran into issues when reporting results
The new app whose apparent failures derailed Iowa’s Democratic caucuses ran into issues when precinct officials tried reporting results through…
Continue Reading Bloomberg campaign looks to seize on Iowa chaos
Michael Bloomberg‘s campaign sees an opening in the Iowa chaos. Bloomberg’s campaign now has more than 2,100 people on staff, including…
Continue Reading The Iowa caucuses just died forever
An hours-long delay in reporting results from the Iowa caucuses raised serious questions about the process. It was not immediately clear exactly why…
Continue Reading Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Kagan to attend State of the Union
Chief Justice John Roberts, who has recently spent hours in Congress presiding over Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, will return Tuesday night…
Continue Reading What is going on in Iowa? Local officials raise concerns about vote reporting
The first results of the 2020 presidential election are delayed, with zero precincts reporting in the Iowa caucuses amid complaints about long hold…
Continue Reading Montana lawmaker rejects resigning over socialism comments
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana lawmaker on Monday rejected legislative leaders’ call for his resignation over his assertion that the U.S.…
Continue Reading Justice Department releases more Mueller documents to CNN and BuzzFeed
The Justice Department has released another 300 pages of notes from major witness interviews in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s…
Continue Reading Donald Trump just got the best polling news of his presidency
Donald Trump has never made it to the 50% approval mark in Gallup polling, which makes him the first president never to rise above the halfway mark…
Continue Reading Joe Biden still needs to reckon with this question
Amid the chaos in Iowa on Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden made one thing very clear: No matter what the results from the Hawkeye State…
Continue Reading Vote-reporting mess leaves Iowa with no victor on caucus night
An embarrassing vote-reporting mess in the Iowa Democratic caucuses means there is so far no winner in the crucial opening contest to find a…
Continue Reading Why the Iowa mess is so incredibly damaging to democracy
As hour after hour slid by on Monday night, it started to become clear to anyone paying attention that something was wrong with the Iowa Democratic…
Continue Reading Pete Buttigieg claimed victory in Iowa before any results were reported
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg declared victory in Monday night’s Iowa caucuses before any official results were released by…
Continue Reading READ: Iowa Democratic Party statement on caucus reporting
The Iowa Democratic Party has not released results of Monday night’s caucuses due to “inconsistencies.” Read their full statement…
Continue Reading The economy gives Trump a chance to shift from weakness to strength
The State of the Union address Tuesday night gives President Donald Trump the chance to shift from weakness to strength by spotlighting the resilient…
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