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Howard Schultz slammed by coffee mate
Howard Schultz has a problem with his base. Not only are Democrats ripping the former Starbucks CEO’s flirtation with an independent bid for president — now a fellow coffee mogul…
Dianne Feinstein’s 2020 pick: Joe Biden
Dianne Feinstein’s California colleague Kamala Harris may run for president. But Feinstein already has her preferred candidate in mind: Joe Biden. The Democratic senator, fresh off reelection to a fifth…
Bernie Sanders: Biden’s reported climate plan ‘will doom future generations’
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other progressives slammed Joe Biden on Friday over his still-unreleased climate plan — in yet another sign of how central the issue has become in the…
Amy Klobuchar hails Anita Hill as an inspiration
Anita Hill's testimony during the Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation hearings motivated presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar to become involved in politics, the senator said Sunday. "I was a young lawyer…
Poll: Voters say Trump’s Twitter use could cost him reelection
In recent days, President Donald Trump has turned his Twitter account into a stream of 280-character invective against Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, giving the former vice president a somnolent nickname…
Biden launches campaign blitz to shore up black support
He dished out soul food at Dulan’s on Crenshaw, an iconic Los Angeles restaurant, talked youth empowerment in New Orleans and basked in the endorsement of a senior black congresswoman…
Stacey Abrams says she would be open to VP consideration 'by any nominee'
Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic nominee for Georgia governor, said Tuesday she is open to becoming the running mate for “any” of the roughly two dozen White House candidates vying…
‘Send her back’: Trump batters Dem congresswomen on campaign trail
In 2016, it was “lock her up." In 2019, it's "send her back." President Donald Trump doubled down on the go-back-to-where-you-came-from trope during a Wednesday rally in Greenville, N.C., laying…
Warren calls for repealing 1994 crime bill, decriminalizing school truancy
Elizabeth Warren subtly distinguished herself from rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she laid out her plan for criminal justice reform. In a lengthy, detailed plan posted…