Cory Booker ends 2020 presidential campaign
DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker announced Monday that he will end his campaign after failing to qualify for the Democratic debate…
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Podium order announced for CNN/Des Moines Register Democratic presidential debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will stand at center stage in Tuesday night’s CNN/Des Moines Register…
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Trump revives bad memories in new storm over intelligence
President Donald Trump’s reputation for bending truth for political ends and conflicting administration rationales for taking out Iran’s…
Continue Reading Why 2nd choice matters so much in Iowa
Welcome to 2020! With just 22 days until the Iowa caucuses, the 2020 election will be here before you know it. Every Sunday, I deliver to your inbox…
Continue Reading Deval Patrick raises $2.2 million in six weeks as he mounts uphill presidential campaign
Deval Patrick raised $2.2 million in the final six weeks of the fourth quarter, his campaign tells CNN, as the former Massachusetts governor mounts a…
Continue Reading Pelosi defends impeachment pause as White House stands ‘prepared’ for looming Senate trial
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday defended her decision to delay the Senate impeachment trial as the House prepares to formally transfer the two…
Continue Reading Attorney General, FBI deputy director to announce findings of criminal investigation into Pensacola Naval Air Station shooting
The Attorney General and FBI’s deputy director on Monday will announce the findings of the criminal investigation of the December 6 shooting at…
Continue Reading Iowa poll: Likely Democratic caucusgoers are fired up by the election but also exhausted by politics
Majorities of likely Democratic caucusgoers say they’re optimistic, fired up, feminists and … exhausted by politics. A new poll from…
Continue Reading White House prepared to respond to impeachment articles this week
Nearly a month after waiting for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to transmit the articles of impeachment, the White House and President Donald…
Continue Reading White House tells North Korea they want to resume negotiations, national security adviser says
The Trump administration has reached out to North Korea to resume diplomatic negotiations after the two countries broke off talks in October, White…
Continue Reading Here’s what White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has to say about not holding press briefings
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham has rebuffed a recent CNN opinion piece from 13 former White House press secretaries, foreign service…
Continue Reading Warren: I’m disappointed Sanders is sending volunteers ‘out to trash me’
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she was “disappointed” to hear about a memo containing talking points reportedly given to…
Continue Reading Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of Iran and feel less safe, poll says
A majority of Americans said they disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran and feel less safe, according to a ABC News/Ipsos…
Continue Reading Top Trump administration officials decline to provide evidence that Soleimani would attack 4 US embassies
Days after President Donald Trump claimed the US killed Iran’s top military general because he was targeting four American embassies, two of…
Continue Reading Esper won’t confirm intelligence about President’s claim that Soleimani was targeting 4 US embassies
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday would not provide intelligence to back up President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s top military…
Continue Reading Tom Steyer surprises in the polls
Here are the stories our panel of top political reporters have on their radar, in this week’s “Inside Politics” forecast. 1. Steyer…
Continue Reading Pelosi calls McConnell’s support of dismissing impeachment articles a ‘cover up’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s supporting a resolution to dismiss the two articles of…
Continue Reading ‘The world is watching’: Trump again warns Iran’s leaders about protesters
President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted another warning to Iranian leaders — “DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS” — as thousands of…
Continue Reading Iowa Rep. Dave Loebsack endorses Pete Buttigieg ahead of caucuses
Rep. Dave Loebsack announced Sunday that he is endorsing Pete Buttigieg for president, delivering the former mayor his biggest Iowa endorsement weeks…
Continue Reading ‘You have to make it fun’: Jill Biden opens up about life on the campaign trail
Jill Biden isn’t a stranger to the presidential campaign trail, having stumped for her husband’s bid for president and vice president.…
Continue Reading Yes, Bernie Sanders can pull it off
First things first: The theme song of the week is Jeopardy. Poll of the week: A new Monmouth University poll of likely New Hampshire Democratic…
Continue Reading What comes next in impeachment
More than three weeks after President Donald Trump was impeached by the House, his impeachment trial has not begun in Senate. House Speaker Nancy…
Continue Reading 2 US service members killed in Afghanistan
Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device, the US-led coalition in Kabul said in a…
Continue Reading First on CNN: More than a dozen Saudi servicemen to be expelled from US after review of December shooting at Naval Air Station
More than a dozen Saudi servicemen training at US military installations will be expelled from the United States after a review that followed the…
Continue Reading Buttigieg’s operation in Nevada is ready. Will it matter in 2020?
Pete Buttigieg has built a stout operation in Nevada. He has twelve offices across the state — including in rural Fallon and Pahrump —…
Continue Reading Iowa Poll: Iowa voters divided over impeachment
Iowa registered voters are divided over whether the House of Representatives made the right move in impeaching President Donald Trump and a plurality…
Continue Reading Pompeo dismisses Iraqi request to work on plan to withdraw US troops
State Department officials on Friday made clear that the United States does not intend to withdraw troops from Iraq, despite requests from that…
Continue Reading 2015 memo from Erik Prince to Trump campaign: ‘National disgrace’ that Soleimani ‘not already DEAD’
Erik Prince, the Blackwater-founder-turned-unofficial-2016-Trump-campaign-adviser, advocated to the campaign years ago for the killing of Iranian…
Continue Reading Trump administration officials have contradicted each other on Soleimani again and again. This is the result.
A week after the US killed Iran’s second most powerful official, spiking tensions in the region and triggering fears of war, the Trump…
Continue Reading Trump had a busy week even aside from Iran and impeachment. Here’s what you missed.
The first full week of January will be remembered for the military confrontation with Iran and the preparations for the upcoming Senate impeachment…
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