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Mar 05 2020
News
Biden wages likability war on Sanders
The morning after whipping Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden woke up Wednesday to his primary opponent’s first paid negative TV ads attacking him over Social Security and trade.
Biden’s campaign response: 2016.
Framing Sanders as a divisive party outsider who won’t accept defeat, the Biden campaign pointed to his bitter Democratic primary fight four years ago with his party nemesis,
PoliticoMar 05 2020
News
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorses Biden days before primary
Washington — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Joe Biden ahead of the state's Democratic primary on Tuesday, a boost for the former vice president as he seeks to prove his ability to win states that President Trump carried in 2016. The primary will also be another test of Biden's strength against Bernie Sanders, who landed a surprise win in Michigan in the 2016 Democratic primaries
CBS News (Online)Nov 04 2014
News
GOP governors win blue states Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois
President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois elected a Republican governor on Tuesday night. Massachusetts will have its first Republican governor since Mitt Romney. Stunning Republican victories came in reliably Democratic states, including those won overwhelmingly by Obama in 2012. Illinois ousted Democrat Pat Quinn in favor of Republican Bruce Rauner, while Maryland voters opted for
CNN (Online News)Nov 05 2016
News
Florida Early Voting Nears 5.3 Million
Florida's early turnout could be good news to both Democrats and Republicans, as almost 5.3 million cast their ballots before Election Day.
According to CBS News, 41 percent of active registered voters in the state have submitted their ballots, just under 5.3 million so far, up from 4.8 million in 2012.
Newsmax (News)Sep 14 2016
News
Trump on ‘Zombie’ Spending
Trump says he could “stop funding programs that are not authorized in law” to help pay for more spending on the military. But unauthorized spending isn’t necessarily wasteful spending. It includes all of the federal funds spent on veterans’ medical care, the National Institutes of Health, the FBI, the Federal Election Commission and U.S. embassies and consulates abroad.
FactCheck.orgNov 23 2013
News
Senate's Nuclear Option Raises Stakes For 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made one party in the Senate significantly more powerful when he ended filibusters on presidential appointments Thursday -- and instantly elevated the importance of the 2014 Senate elections.
"It raises the stakes," said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has often remarked that "elections have consequences."
The one-time GOP presidential nominee
HuffPostSep 29 2020
News
The New York Times' Report on Trump's Tax Returns
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Sunday, September 27th, the New York Times published an exclusive report that examined decades of President Trump's personal and corporate tax records. The report was accompanied by a letter from Dean Baquet ( Abridge NewsOct 16 2012
News
5 things to watch at the debate
The pundits have labeled this week as the most important of the 2012 election.
PoliticoNov 03 2016
News
Harry Reid: FBI Director’s ‘Partisan Actions’ May Violate Federal Law
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said FBI Director James Comey may have violated a federal law when he disclosed, less than two weeks before the presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential new evidence related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 04 2020
Opinion
The anybody-but-Bernie comeback
For decades, the cliché about American political parties has gone that "Republicans fall in line, while Democrats fall in love." But for a significant portion of today's Democratic electorate, that is not the case. Joe Biden's campaign came back from the brink of death on Super Tuesday, on the winds of a sudden burst of coordinated support from the Democratic establishment. At time of writing
Ryan Cooper