by Jim Heath | Jun 13, 2019 | 2020, Democrats, Headlines
The Democratic National Committee announced the candidates who qualified for the first debates of the 2020 presidential campaign today, chopping the historically large field of 23 contenders down to the 20 available slots. Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, Representative...
by Jim Heath | Jun 12, 2019 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Headlines
Senator Bernie Sanders offered a vigorous defense of the democratic socialism that has defined his five decades in political life today, while tying his presidential campaign to the legacies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. Sliding in public polling...
by Jim Heath | Jun 12, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
President Trump may not alert the FBI if foreign governments offered damaging information against his 2020 rivals during the upcoming presidential race, he said, despite the deluge of investigations stemming from his campaign’s interactions with Russians during...
by Jim Heath | Jun 11, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
It could be a general election preview with both President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden trading barbs in Iowa. Trump slapped back at Biden after the former vice president’s claim that the Republican president is an ‘existential threat’...
by Jim Heath | Jun 7, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden
Last night, Joe Biden reversed his past support for the Hyde Amendment — bowing to pressure from the Democratic Party’s liberal wing and abandoning a long and allegedly deeply held point of personal conviction. “If I believe health care is a right,...
by Jim Heath | May 29, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Republicans, Trump
President Trump today issued a highly public warning to the former Alabama judge Roy Moore not to make a second run for Senate, or else risk losing a seat in a solidly Republican state again. Moore, who was defeated in a 2017 special election after being accused of...