Politics

02:04, 25 Apr 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden's decision to enter the Democratic presidential race is causing consternation among some Democrats, particularly women of color, who have been hoping for a nominee who better reflects the nation's diversity. At ...

23:50, 24 Apr 2019

With the expected entrance of former Vice President Joe Biden into the 2020 Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, the field is largely set, with all the big names included. The sprawling Democratic field features candidates ranging ...

11:14, 24 Apr 2019

Democratic presidential contenders are facing a new debate over whether criminals in prison, even notorious ones like the Boston Marathon bomber, should be able to win back their right to vote. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says ...

01:21, 24 Apr 2019

Julián Castro's run for president followed a fast rise in the Democratic Party: a big-city Latino mayor of San Antonio at age 34, an Obama Cabinet member and a contender for Hillary Clinton's running mate ...

00:23, 24 Apr 2019

After touring the National Lynching Memorial recently, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke of the "shame" he felt that some white people "kind of looked the other way during these lynching incidents." Former U.S. Rep. Beto ...

12:01, 23 Apr 2019

The Latest on former Vice President Joe Biden and the 2020 presidential race (all times local): 1 p.m. Former Vice President Joe Biden will launch his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday, according to a person familiar with ...

08:30, 23 Apr 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is adding to her list of African American endorsements in South Carolina, the first test of the black vote in next year's primary elections. Harris' campaign tells The Associated Press that ...

03:42, 23 Apr 2019

When Sen. Kamala Harris made her first trip to New Hampshire, she attracted an enthusiastic crowd of more than 1,000 people who braved a treacherous February snowstorm to see the person vying to become America's ...

22:47, 22 Apr 2019

The Latest on a series of town halls with five 2020 Democratic presidential candidates (all times local): 11:20 p.m. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg is addressing questions about his lack of policy specifics, saying he thinks ...

21:06, 22 Apr 2019

The fight for the Democratic Party's soul played out Monday as some of the leading presidential contenders clashed in a series of prime-time town halls over free college, free health care and whether President Donald ...

09:04, 22 Apr 2019

Democrat Elizabeth Warren is proposing the elimination of existing student loan debt for millions of Americans, part of a sweeping set of education funding proposals announced as she and other presidential candidates seek to differentiate ...

05:48, 22 Apr 2019

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton is the latest Democrat to jump in the race for the White House. The Massachusetts lawmaker and Iraq War veteran made the announcement on his website Monday. Moulton first came to prominence in ...

23:53, 21 Apr 2019

There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the states that matter most. And his campaign manager is a high school friend with no experience in presidential politics. Welcome ...

22:02, 21 Apr 2019

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 presidential candidate, told Fox News on Sunday that Russia's 2016 presidential election investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller found "no collusion" between President Trump and Russia – and that ...

07:17, 21 Apr 2019

California Sen. Kamala Harris has described her experience as a student at a historically black college as "one of the most important aspects" of her life. Now, her Democratic presidential campaign is using that experience ...

23:40, 19 Apr 2019

By now, most Democratic presidential candidates have polished their stump speeches. But when they're in South Carolina, they may need to add in a sermon. In a large and diverse primary field, White House hopefuls are ...

18:34, 19 Apr 2019

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday became the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to make a full-throated call for the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after the release of special ...

17:11, 19 Apr 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to join the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential field next week. The decision answers one of the most significant outstanding questions of the early presidential primary season, which has already ...

17:47, 18 Apr 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden has attended a rally of striking supermarket workers in New England.Biden spoke Thursday at the gathering of unionized Stop & Shop employees outside a store in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.Biden, mulling ...

10:16, 18 Apr 2019

Nearly 20 Democrats are either running for president or about to jump into the 2020 race, setting the stage for a lengthy and potentially nasty nomination fight