22:15 ET – Trump: ‘They’re Democrat-run cities. It is what it is.’ At a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump blamed Congressional Democrats for wanting “a bailout of Democrat-run states” for the stalemate over a coronavirus relief bill. ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, the moderator of the town hall, pressed Trump on why he keeps […] Read more
President Donald Trump’s fawning relati0nship with U.S. oil and gas companies has taken a momentary pause, following Trump’s decision to extend an offshore drilling moratorium in the southern United States for ten more years. With the coastlines of Florida, South Carolina and Georgia now off-limits, the oil sector has found itself in rare moment of […] Read more
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are putting up $300 million to promote “safe and reliable voting in states and localities” amid the pandemic, the Center for Tech and Civic Life and Center for Election Innovation & Research will announce Tuesday. What they’re saying: “The more I’ve focused on this election, the more important I’ve felt it […] Read more
Painting a picture of horrors he claims await Americans if Democrat Joe Biden defeats him in November, President Donald Trump capped the 2020 Republican National Convention on Thursday by accepting his party’s presidential nomination for the second time. Trump vouched for his reelection in a more than 70-minute speech on the White House South Lawn, with the president’s official […] Read more
The case against Trump is ‘open and shut,’ says Kamala Harris in her first speech as Biden’s VP pick
Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a scathing condemnation of President Donald Trump on Wednesday during her first appearance with former Vice President Joe Biden as his running mate on the Democratic ticket. “The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut,” said Harris, a nod to her career as a prosecutor. “Just look […] Read more
In some ways, Stacey Abrams is an outlier among the names being floated as potential vice presidential running mates for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. For instance, she moonlights as a romance-suspense novelist. And when it comes to politics her experience level is limited compared to other potential picks. Abrams served in the Georgia House […] Read more
Billionaire and former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is plotting a massive spending blitz to back Joe Biden’s quest for the White House. The former New York mayor and his closest political advisors are discussing whether Bloomberg’s expenditures will include major donations to pro-Biden super PACs, Biden’s joint fundraising effort with the Democratic National Committee, or […] Read more
GEORGETOWN, S.C. — Joe Biden was on a roll. Feeding off the buzzing energy on the second floor of an event venue in this tiny town north of Charleston, the former vice president detailed his plans for health care, education and even for dredging the local port. At long last, about an hour into Biden’s remarks, […] Read more
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign raked in a whopping $25 million in January alone and will use the haul to bankroll ads and staff across the critical Super Tuesday slate. The Vermont senator raised more in January than in any other month in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, his campaign said in announcing the haul Thursday. […] Read more
Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang said that if he is elected to serve in the White House, he is prepared to empower the consumer to kickstart the economy if it slips into a recession. Yang told Elections Observer’s Deirdre Bosa that he “would start putting more economic buying power into people’s hands so that we […] Read more
