North Carolina’s congressional maps will face another legal battle after Democratic-backed voting rights advocates sued the state, alleging its district maps were gerrymandered to give Republican candidates an advantage. The lawsuit, filed by the National Redistricting Foundation, supports plaintiffs in each of North Carolina’s 13 congressional districts. The suit alleges that the makeup of the […] Read more
Wall Street is “terrified” of a potential Elizabeth Warren presidency and it has opened up buying opportunities in the market, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday. The worried investors are trying to game the 2020 election and the Massachusetts senator’s odds of winning the Democratic Party nomination and the White House as she closes the lead […] Read more
Presidential lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Monday he can’t be “100%” certain that Donald Trump did not threaten to withhold foreign aid when Trump reportedly urged Ukraine’s president to investigate the son of 2020 Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. Giuliani said in a Fox Business interview Monday that it was a “false story” to suggest that Trump […] Read more
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker must raise nearly $2 million in the next 10 days or the presidential candidate has no “legitimate long-term path forward,” according to a memo to staff from the campaign manager obtained by NBC News. The struggling candidate’s campaign manager, Addisu Demissie, warned that after weaker-than-expected fundraising in the early part […] Read more
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio abandoned his long-shot campaign to win the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination on Friday. De Blasio announced his decision on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show. “I feel like I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election,” he said. “And it’s clearly not my time. So I’m going to end […] Read more
States across the country have voted to hike their minimum wages to $15 per hour. A prominent lawyer is piling millions of dollars into a push to make Florida the next one. Frustrated by the state government’s inaction to raise the pay floor, John Morgan has pushed to get a $15 minimum wage measure on […] Read more
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been moving up in the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race because of her ability to market herself to voters, a longtime Republican pollster told CNBC on Friday. “Warren is gaining more than any other candidate because her base support is more intense than any other candidate,” Frank Luntz said on “Squawk Box,” the morning […] Read more
Native American issues are in sharper focus in the 2020 presidential election cycle, particularly as Democratic contenders put more emphasis on policy proposals. The Native American electorate could end up being pivotal in seven major swing states: Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Colorado and Wisconsin, according to data from Four Directions. “We can make […] Read more
Former Vice President Joe Biden is heading back to Wall Street for two fundraisers Thursday, the day after he participates in a climate change town hall. Biden has shown a willingness to court big money and corporate-linked donors, even as his campaign tries to distance him from lobbyists. His main rivals for the 2020 Democratic […] Read more
Many good policy ideas miss out on the daily cable news spin cycle — but it is not for lack of trying. CNBC.com is interviewing presidential candidates this summer to gain insight on their vision and how it can impact the economic outlook for 37% of the 2020 electorate: voters from the millennial and Gen […] Read more
