‘Fail Not:’ What to watch ahead of Trump’s Senate trial
WASHINGTON — Hear ye, hear ye: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hitting the send button on President Donald Trump's impeachment.
Steyer wants climate change refugees to enter US legally
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer on Friday unveiled an immigration proposal seeking to make immigrants fleeing the effects of...
Trump boasts Iranian general’s death was ‘American justice’
TOLEDO, Ohio — President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up “American justice" by ordering a drone...
Steyer is 6th candidate to qualify for next week’s debate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Billionaire Tom Steyer qualified Thursday for next week's Democratic presidential debate, putting him on stage in Iowa alongside ...
Booker: Impeachment trial could be ‘big blow’ to my campaign
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker said a looming impeachment trial and other pressing issues in Washington could deal a “big, big blow” to his Democratic ...
Democrats’ contempt for Trump fuels an online cash surge
WASHINGTON — Democrats' online fundraising behemoth ActBlue routed more than $1 billion in campaign contributions to the party's candidates and causes...
Trump campaign seizes on Soleimani killing
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump once warned Barack Obama against “playing the Iran card” to boost his political prospects by starting a war. Eight years lat...
Dueling Trump, Bloomberg 2020 ads to air during Super Bowl
WASHINGTON — Americans looking for an escape from the nation's politically charged political environment won't find it in next month's Super Bowl.
Biden’s foreign policy prowess tested by Iran tensions
Rising tensions between Washington and Tehran are testing whether Joe Biden can capitalize on his decades of foreign policy experience as he seeks to ...
Bloomberg sees California as model on climate change, guns
LOS ANGELES — Mike Bloomberg's plan for California - export it.
Elusive quest for momentum is on as Democrats dash to Iowa
FORT MADISON, Iowa — About 500 people packed into the basketball gym in the Fort Madison YMCA to see Mayor Pete Buttigieg in the working class Mississ...
Uncertain impeachment schedule leaves 2020ers scrambling
WASHINGTON — Uncertainty over when the Senate will begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is complicating crunch-time campaigning for the fi...
2020 Watch: Will the real front-runner please stand up?
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Lincoln Chafee files to run for president as Libertarian
Former Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee has filed to run for president as a Libertarian.
Marianne Williamson lays off 2020 campaign staff nationwide
CONCORD, N.H. — Bestselling author and spiritual guru Marianne Williamson has laid off her entire 2020 campaign staff but is pushing ahead with her De...
Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race
AUSTIN, Texas — Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro on Thursday ended his run for president that pushed the 2020 field on immigration and swu...
Iowa congresswoman endorsing Joe Biden’s presidential bid
Joe Biden has landed a high-profile endorsement for his presidential bid as Rep. Abby Finkenauer becomes the first member of the Iowa congressional de...
Pete Buttigieg raises $24.7 million during 4th quarter
DES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg's campaign says he raised more than $24.7 million in the last three months and now has a campaign staff of 500 peopl...
As more women run for office, child care remains a hurdle
SALT LAKE CITY — When Kimberly Dudik ran for her fourth term in the Montana House, state officials told her she could not use campaign money to pay fo...
Taiwan’s Tsai defends Anti-Infiltration Law aimed at China
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China has been relentless in its attempts to influence and infiltrate Taiwan's politics and society but the island's new ban on polit...
Ex-Trump campaign manager Lewandowski won’t run for Senate
MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday that he is forgoing a run for U.S. Senate in New Ha...
Indicted Giuliani associate wants to give documents to House
NEW YORK — A Rudy Giuliani associate who was indicted on campaign finance charges is asking a judge to allow him to turn over documents to Congress as...
Taiwan passes law targeting Chinese political interference
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's legislature on Tuesday passed a law aimed at blocking political interference from China, less than two weeks before presiden...
Klobuchar’s Iowa tour: Bragging point and caucus strategy
HUMBOLDT, Iowa — To Amy Klobuchar, her just-completed tour of all 99 Iowa counties proves a point: As president, she would go everywhere and represent...
Lebanese help each other as economic crisis crushes lives
BEIRUT — Panic set in on a WhatsApp group used to organize Lebanese protests when one member said he intended to kill himself because he can’t provide...
Klobuchar to complete tour of all 99 Iowa counties
Democrat Amy Klobuchar — running for president as a person who can win even in conservative, rural areas — says she will become the first major 2020 c...
Us vs. them: Trump aiming to use impeachment to rev up base
NEW YORK — Using stark “us vs. them” language, President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign have begun framing his impeachment not as a judgment...
Warren’s souvenir wine bottle pops up in big-donor debate
WASHINGTON — On a Saturday evening in June 2018, with temperatures in the 70s and the Red Sox playing at Fenway Park, supporters of Massachusetts Sen....
Buttigieg leads 2020 rivals in Wall Street contributions
WASHINGTON — The financial sector, blamed by progressives for spawning the 2008 economic collapse, is lining up behind Pete Buttigieg’s presidential c...
Buttigieg backers defend ‘wine cave’ fundraiser
RUTHERFORD, Calif. — The California winemakers who hosted a dinner at a “wine cave” for Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg are defending t...