China’s Xi Jinping has not been in Wuhan amid the coronavirus outbreak
Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization, (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on January 28, 2020 in Beijing,...
View ArticleBloomberg’s controversial comments on stop and frisk, China and more
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has seen his poll numbers rise as he uses his vast personal wealth to run television ads and build a 2020 presidential campaign organization focused on the...
View ArticleBernie Sanders beats Pete Buttigieg
Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a Primary Night event at the SNHU Field House in Manchester, New Hampshire on February 11, 2020. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty...
View ArticleReporter’s Notebook: Congress’ budget battles spark confusion without much...
Scribes spilled much ink this week over the release of President Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget sent to Congress. Such budget proposals are required by law. But they’re not binding. Congress doesn’t...
View ArticleDemocratic 2020 race: How candidates win delegates
With the Iowa caucuses and Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary now wrapped up, the race to rack up delegates in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination is on. After a strong showing in New...
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Florida governor orders probe of agency whose CEO received nearly $5M in paid...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered an investigation following financial disclosures of a private anti-domestic violence agency, hired by the state, whose former CEO received an annual salary of...
View ArticleTrump foe Michael Avenatti guilty of Nike extortion, next trial for Stormy...
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday by a jury of all three charges related to his efforts to extort up to $25 million from athletic apparel giant Nike, in what a top prosecutor...
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San Francisco mayor admits past romance, $5G car-repair loan from subject of...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Friday admitted having a 20-year friendship and brief romantic relationship with a former city worker now under FBI investigation, prompting some to call for her...
View ArticleBloomberg builds ‘army’ of executives to act as campaign surrogates
Dozens of elite business leaders have joined Mike Bloomberg’s “army” of surrogates in a bid to help him win the Democratic presidential nomination. The leaders have signed onto a group called the...
View ArticleTom Steyer: Key to Nevada, South Carolina success is spending time there, not...
Billionaire Tom Steyer failed to generate much momentum after the Democrats’ early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, but he’s poised for better results in Nevada and South Carolina and he credits...
View ArticleMore than 1,000 Justice Department alumni call for Barr’s resignation
US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with US Attorney General William Barr (R) during the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor presentation ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC on May...
View ArticleColorado’s Jared Polis posts photo of pit bull at governor’s mansion days...
The governor of Colorado found himself in an awkward situation after he posted what his office called a poorly timed tweet following the Denver mayor’s veto of a law that would have ended the ban on...
View ArticleTrump grants clemency to Blagojevich, Kerik, DeBartolo
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich waves to supporters outside his home after returning from his sentencing hearing December 7, 2011 in Chicago. Getty Images President Donald Trump granted...
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Rod Blagojevich, freed by Trump pardon, leaves Colorado prison, returns to...
CHICAGO — Rod Blagojevich walked out of prison Tuesday after President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption. The...
View ArticleTrump names Richard Grenell acting director of national intelligence
President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 12, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Donald Trump...
View ArticleNSC official transfers to Energy Department, as White House rejects...
The National Security Council announced Thursday morning that Deputy National Security Adviser Victoria Coates is leaving to join the Energy Department, as the White House shot down rumors that she...
View ArticleBloomberg’s addition to Democratic debate stage leads to surge in viewership
A television image of democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg is shown in a bar at a casino near the Paris Theater during the Nevada Debate in Las Vegas. Jeremy Hogan | Echoes Wire | Barcroft...
View ArticleNevada Dems will abandon Google form, rely on phone for caucus results amid...
Past Nevada caucus winners Nevada’s presidential caucuses date back nearly four decades. But their stature as an early-voting state for presidential nominations race is much more recent. Here is what...
View ArticleDemocrats are trying to avoid repeating Iowa debacle
People wait in line to vote on the final day of early voting for the upcoming Nevada Democratic presidential caucus on February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mario Tama | Getty Images LAS VEGAS —...
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These states recently enacted bail-reform laws
Some states have taken steps in recent years to close the gap between what criminal justice advocates claim are two tiers of the justice system: one where people can effectively buy themselves out of...
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