WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The best-laid plans of Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders were upended this week – and his campaign is struggling to get back on track. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates (L-R) Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks…
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Cuomo should focus on NY’s bail law, $6.1B budget gap than state flag, license plates: state lawmakers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been taking heat this week from state politicians, many of whom say the governor’s priorities seem misplaced. They argue that Cuomo has appeared more concerned about trying to get the motto “E Pluribus Unum” onto the state…
Trump impeachment trial opens as watchdog faults White House on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine…
Sanders climbs, now tied with Biden among registered voters: Reuters poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has been steadily climbing in popularity this year and is now tied with former Vice President Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination among registered voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national…
CANDIDATES DUCK IT OUT IN DES MOINES…
Pundits say Amy Klobuchar and Donald Trump came out on top of the first Democratic debate of 2020 – an event one reviewer branded ‘the night of the living dead’. Six candidates took the stage on Tuesday night in Des…
VAN JONES: ‘Nothing I Saw Would Take Trump’…
CNN’s Van Jones tonight said he was dispirited by the Democratic debate and that nothing he saw from any of the candidates looked like any of them could beat President Donald Trump. Jones offered words of praise of Elizabeth Warren,…
CNN moderator assumes Bernie lying about women…
A moderator from the CNN/Des Moines Register debate sided with Elizabeth Warren in the he-said-she-said dispute over whether Bernie Sanders said a woman couldn’t be president. Abby Phillip, a CNN reporter, phrased her questions in defense of Warren, who claimed…
Afghanistan watchdog delivers damning testimony on US failures: ‘We have incentivized lying’
In the 18 years since the U.S. began the war in Afghanistan, taxpayers have shelled out upwards of $133 billion, and more than 2,300 American servicemembers have died there — yet top watchdog John Sopko painted a bleak picture Wednesday of the current…
Strict impeachment trial decorum guidelines ban electronics, talking and standing
While not unprecedented in American history, a Senate impeachment trial is rare enough to require its own rules and regulations on everything from witness testimony to etiquette. And in the case of President Trump’s — the first such trial to occur in the social…
U.S. House votes to send Trump impeachment charges to Senate for trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate, clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a U.S. president to begin in earnest…