Politics

20:39, 19 Mar 2019

Democrat Beto O'Rourke is calling for an end to what he sees as "racist voter ID laws" during his first presidential campaign stop in New Hampshire. Speaking at Keene State College on Tuesday, the former Texas ...

23:23, 18 Mar 2019

Bernie Sanders spent much of 2016 talking of revolution. In 2019, he's turned to a subject that's a bit more pragmatic: electability. As he revs up his second presidential campaign, the Vermont senator and his supporters ...

11:45, 18 Mar 2019

President Donald Trump is targeting Joe Biden after the former vice president made a verbal slip about a potential 2020 presidential bid. Trump, who has eagerly followed the 2020 Democratic field, tweeted Monday: "Joe Biden got ...

00:23, 18 Mar 2019

Elizabeth Warren has spent much of the last decade as a leader of the Democratic Party's liberal wing. But three and a half months into her presidential campaign, the Massachusetts senator is facing tough questions about ...

15:47, 17 Mar 2019

Back when he was still just teasing a presidential run, Beto O'Rourke told Vanity Fair he was "born to be in" the race. Now that he's campaigning to greater media attention and larger crowds than ...

10:42, 17 Mar 2019

The Latest on the Democratic race for president (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke told hundreds of supporters who gathered Sunday to see him at a Madison, Wisconsin, coffee shop that it would ...

09:05, 17 Mar 2019

Before Bernie Sanders took the stage to formally launch his 2020 presidential campaign this month, the candidate's most influential adviser took the mic. To cheers, Jane Sanders introduced herself to the Brooklyn crowd as "Bernie's ...

09:00, 17 Mar 2019

And then there was one more. And maybe one more still to come? The large crop of Democrats who want to be president grew, technically, when New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand changed her status Sunday from ...

06:02, 17 Mar 2019

New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand formally joined the 2020 White House race on Sunday and previewed the hard line she will take against President Donald Trump by announcing a rally outside one of his signature ...

18:48, 16 Mar 2019

After waffling publicly for weeks over whether he'd run for president, Beto O'Rourke is now so committed that he's literally running for votes. O'Rourke began Saturday competing in a 5K road race in Iowa after a ...

23:42, 15 Mar 2019

Presidential candidate Julian Castro acknowledged in Las Vegas on Friday night that he's not a front runner right now among the crowded field of Democrats while making a dig at his fellow Texan Beto O'Rourke, ...

20:38, 15 Mar 2019

The Latest on Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke (all times local): 8:35 p.m. Democratic presidential contender Beto O'Rourke is acknowledging mistakes he made as a teen and as a candidate as he responds to criticism of his ...

19:53, 15 Mar 2019

Democratic presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to connect with voters' important issues on the ground — or, in some cases, underground. The U.S. senator from New York held two roundtable discussions Friday in New Hampshire ...

09:51, 15 Mar 2019

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is going all-in on Iowa as she tries to become the Democratic 2020 presidential nominee. Klobuchar returns to the leadoff caucus state this weekend for a flurry of stops. It's her third ...

23:46, 14 Mar 2019

The contours of the Democratic presidential primary came into clearer focus this week with Texan Beto O'Rourke's entry into the race — one of the final puzzle pieces in a contest that will be shaped ...

19:08, 14 Mar 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Thursday that there should be a federal moratorium on executions. The senator from California discussed the matter on National Public Radio, a day after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California ...

11:44, 14 Mar 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams are meeting privately Thursday in Washington as both weigh their political futures. Biden is expected to make his decision soon on whether to run for president ...

06:16, 14 Mar 2019

The former vice president is still popular, but is he too old and not liberal enough?

05:13, 14 Mar 2019

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke formally announced Thursday, March 14, that he'll seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, ending months of intense speculation over whether he'd try to translate his newfound political celebrity into a ...

01:17, 14 Mar 2019

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is hoping South Carolina has warmed to his message after losing the 2016 state Democratic primary by nearly 50 points. Sanders has spent months working to deepen his ties with the black ...