Months of bleak polling couldn’t stop the parade of lower-level Democrats crowding into the presidential primary. But bankruptcy might. Eleven Democratic presidential candidates — nearly half of the sprawling field — spent more campaign cash than they raised in the second quarter of the year, according to new financial disclosures filed Monday. Eight contenders active…
Read more‘We Are Not To Let Momentum Drop’: Despite Recess, Impeachment Inquiry Persists
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is leading the impeachment inquiry. Updated at 7:20 p.m. ET House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, now the lead lawmaker in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, says his panel will be working through the scheduled upcoming two-week congressional recess. “I can tell you it’s going to be…
Read moreEmbattled Biden ditches Rose Garden strategy
Joe Biden intended to stay above the fray. He wasn’t going to punch down at opponents, or embark on any apology tours for past votes or statements. Creating a sense of inevitability was the goal. That strategy is now out the window. Since Kamala Harris cold-cocked him on the debate stage two weeks ago, Biden…
Read moreTrump Says He’s Willing To Meet Iran’s, China’s Leaders — But Next Steps Unclear
President Trump and France’s President Emmanuel Macron deliver a joint news conference in Biarritz, southwest France, on Monday. Updated at 12:33 p.m. ET President Trump said Monday that his door might be open for meetings with Iran’s president and China’s leader as he concluded his visit to the G-7 summit in France, but it isn’t…
Read moreThis Woman Had Two Babies 11 Months Apart — and then Lost 125 Lbs.
But her weight gain only continued from there. Brady had trouble with her milk production and ate tons of lactation cookies and drank Gatorade in the hopes of upping her supply, but it “ultimately made me gain more weight.” “When I went for my six-week check-up, the doctor said, ‘You’re heavier than when you left…
Read moreSanders on bills with Hyde Amendment: 'Sometimes … you have to vote for things you don't like'
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday defended his past votes for legislation containing a provision prohibiting federal funding for most abortions, while reiterating his support for abortion rights. Sanders was asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” about his support for bills containing the Hyde Amendment, which bans using Medicaid funds for abortions…
Read moreNew Trump campaign hires to focus on convention delegates, party organization
Click:Brown paper bag President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign continues to grow, adding a handful of aides devoted to ensuring the 2020 GOP convention is free of any anti-Trump mayhem. The new hires will help run the campaign’s delegate and party organization arm, which is waging an elaborate nationwide campaign to ensure the delegates selected to…
Read moreGOP congressman jumps into critical Alabama Senate race
Republicans landed a top-tier recruit Wednesday in a race critical to their hopes of holding the Senate in 2020, when GOP Rep. Bradley Byrne jumped into the campaign against the most vulnerable Democrat up for reelection, Alabama’s Doug Jones. The Senate is clearly in play in two years: At least a half-dozen Republican incumbents are…
Read moreTrump campaign refuses to say whether it has a policy on foreign agents
FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday that if any 2020 presidential campaign is contacted by a foreign agent, it’s “something the FBI would want to know about.” But would President Donald Trump’s campaign alert the feds if approached by a potential election meddler? It won’t say. The Trump campaign did not respond to numerous…
Read moreBullock: 'We’re expecting more from preschoolers' than Trump
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Wednesday that Donald Trump is not a good role model, telling "CBS This Morning" that "we’re expecting more from preschoolers" than the behavior the president has exhibited in office. Bullock, the two-term governor of a state Trump won by more than 20 percentage points, announced his bid for the Democratic…
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