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Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announces Democratic presidential bid

November 14, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less than three months before primary voting begins.

From left, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, ...

Debate rivals assail Warren as she joins Democrats’ top rank

October 15, 2019 at 8:56 p.m.

Elizabeth Warren's rivals repeatedly jabbed at her during Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate, accusing the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the costs of Medicare for All universal health insurance...

From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. ...

Democratic debate: Fiery exchanges over costs of health care

September 12, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

"This is America," said Biden, his party's early front-runner, before calling Sanders "a socialist." He later declared, "I stand with Barack Obama all eight years, good bad and indifferent."

Billionaire David Koch, conservative donor, dies at age 79

August 23, 2019 at 7:41 a.m.

Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother, Charles, transformed American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, has died at age 79.

6 in 10 Americans disapprove of how Trump鈥檚 handling his job, AP-NORC poll says

August 22, 2019 at 11:10 a.m.

About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which...

Democratic presidential hopefuls (L-R) US Senator ...

Democratic debate: Michael Bennet strikes a chord on school inequality

July 31, 2019 at 10:19 p.m.

The ideological divisions gripping the Democratic Party intensified Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race in Detroit. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who's...

Workers get the stage ready for the Democratic primary debate hosted by CNN Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Debate preview: Biden braces for fight as Democrats turn against one another

July 31, 2019 at 3:49 p.m.

Joe Biden knows the attacks will be coming. The question for the former vice president in Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate will be whether he handles them in a way that...

From left, Marianne Williamson, Rep. Tim ...

John Hickenlooper, needing a big debate night, has a quiet one instead

July 30, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

The preeminent faces of the Democratic Party's emboldened progressive wing will take prominence at Tuesday night's presidential debate as they face off for the first time.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, ...

In crowded 2020 Democratic field, a clear top tier emerges

July 16, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

No votes have been cast in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, but the winnowing has begun.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., gestures while ...

Dem infighting on race spills into 2020 presidential contest

July 12, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.

The highly public, racially charged rift between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a clutch of freshmen congresswomen led by Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez has spilled into the 2020 Democratic presidential contest....

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