Ken Thomas
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Democrats Storm Nevada Ahead of High-Stakes Caucuses
Democratic presidential contenders are blitzing Nevada in the final week before the state’s caucuses, a contest that could determine whether Sen. Bernie Sanders has staying power at the top of the pack and whether centrists will rally behind an alternative or remain splintered. → Read More
Democratic Candidates Court Unions With Infrastructure Pitch
The Democratic presidential candidates are appealing to union workers ahead of Nevada’s Feb. 22 caucuses by offering plans to rebuild roads and bridges. → Read More
How Iowa Slipped Away From Joe Biden
The former vice president now must convince donors and voters in other early states to stick with him in a fiercely competitive field. → Read More
In Iowa, Biden Tries to Turn Impeachment Trial to His Advantage
Former Vice President Joe Biden has cited GOP efforts to use the Trump impeachment trial to undermine his candidacy as evidence that he can take a punch as a candidate → Read More
Biden and Sanders Fight Over Social Security
The Democratic presidential candidates feuded from a distance over the future of Social Security, escalating their dispute involving an issue closely watched by retirees who will participate in the coming Iowa caucuses. → Read More
U.K. Results Provide Fodder for Internal Democratic Debate
Democrats weighing the importance of electability and warning against nominating a candidate from the left against President Trump have a new spark for that debate: The British general election. → Read More
Democrats’ January Plans Scrambled by Likely Impeachment Trial
Plans for a Democratic presidential debate in January have been complicated by the expected Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, which could tie up several 2020 hopefuls during the final stretch before the Iowa caucuses. → Read More
Democrats Scrutinize Party’s Diversity After Harris Exit
Sen. Kamala Harris’s exit from the presidential race has touched off an internal debate about diversity in the Democratic Party and whether any candidate can amass the type of voting coalition that powered Barack Obama. → Read More
Biden Targets Warren and Buttigieg on His Tour of Iowa
Joe Biden suggested Monday that Elizabeth Warren doesn’t command a broad degree of enthusiasm within the Democratic Party while Pete Buttigieg has co-opted his health care proposal. → Read More
On ‘No Malarkey’ Tour, Joe Biden Appeals to Rural Iowans
Rumbling across western Iowa by bus, Joe Biden is seeking to steady his campaign by appealing directly to rural voters he says have been hurt by President Trump’s trade war with China. → Read More
Joe Biden Tells Democrats, ‘We’ve Got to Stop This Circular Firing Squad’
Former Vice President Joe Biden warned Democrats to halt a “circular firing squad” in the 2020 race as he seeks to slow rivals’ momentum ahead of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses. → Read More
Joe Biden Proposes $1.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
Former Vice President Joe Biden is proposing a $1.3 trillion plan over the next decade to revitalize the nation’s aging network of roads, highways and bridges, promote high-speed rail and fund other major projects. → Read More
Biden Allies Launch Super PAC to Support 2020 Bid
Allies of Joe Biden have launched an independent fundraising group to support his 2020 presidential bid as he faces an onslaught of advertising from President Trump and Republicans. → Read More
Democratic Presidential Candidates Seek to Build Support in South Carolina
The presidential hopefuls laid out competing visions across South Carolina this weekend as they sought to build support in the first Southern state on next year’s primary calendar. → Read More
Democratic Presidential Candidate Gabbard Won’t Seek Re-Election to Congress
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard said she won’t seek re-election to Congress next year, saying she could best serve the people of Hawaii as U.S. president. → Read More
In a Reversal, Biden Opens Door to Super PAC
Joe Biden’s campaign cracked open the door to the possible formation of an independent fundraising group in support of his presidential bid, reversing its stance. → Read More
Clinton Says GOP Is ‘Grooming’ Third-Party Candidate to Aid Trump
Hillary Clinton said on a podcast that Republicans are “grooming” a Democratic presidential candidate to run as a third-party candidate and called former Green Party nominee Jill Stein a “Russian asset.” → Read More
Lives of Biden’s Sons Play Starkly Different Roles in His Campaign
President Trump has forced Hunter Biden into the spotlight, accusing him of profiting off his father’s name. → Read More
Hunter Biden Defends His Ukraine Work but Says He Regrets Exposing Father to Attacks
The son of former Vice President Joe Biden said he used “poor judgment” when he decided to join the board of a Ukrainian energy company, providing fodder to his father’s political adversaries, but said he did nothing improper. → Read More
Hunter Biden to Resign From Board of Chinese Private-Equity Firm
Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, said that he wouldn’t work for any foreign-owned companies or serve on their boards if his father is elected president. → Read More