WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, an emerging front-runner in the Democratic presidential race, battled sustained criticism from her Democratic rivals over her position on health care in a debate Tuesday night, squeezed by a combination of moderate and progressive opponents who pressed her to describe in plain terms how she would fund a “Medicare for All”-style system.
HOUSTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden clung tightly to the legacy of the Obama administration in a Democratic primary debate Thursday, asking voters to view him as a stand-in for the former president as an array of progressive challengers, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, brandished more daring policy promises and questioned Biden’s political strength.
HOUSTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden clung tightly to the legacy of the Obama administration in a Democratic primary debate Thursday, trying to offer himself as a stand-in for the former president as an array of progressive challengers, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, brandished more daring policy promises and questioned Biden’s political strength.
HOUSTON — The leading Democratic presidential candidates split sharply over the issue of health care in a debate Thursday night, exposing the gulf between former Vice President Joe Biden’s careful moderate politics and the transformational liberal ambitions of Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
MIAMI— Joe Biden repeatedly found himself on the defensive in the Democratic debate on Thursday over his record as well as his personal views, with the most searing moment of the forum, and the primary campaign to date, coming when Sen. Kamala Harris confronted him over his comments on working with segregationist senators.
MIAMI — The Democratic Party’s moderate flank, led by Joe Biden, voiced disagreement and dismay in a debate Thursday about a number of left-wing policy ideas that have moved to the forefront of the party’s agenda, including proposals to create a single-payer health care system and make public colleges entirely free.
“We need to make structural change in our government, in our economy and in our country,” Warren said, setting the tone for the handful of populists in the debate.
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate is at a 50-year low, companies are adding jobs and the gross domestic product grew by 3.2 percent in the first quarter, undercutting predictions of a coming recession.
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden on Friday repeatedly declined to directly apologize to Anita Hill for his handling of the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings, using his first interview as a presidential candidate to offer a broad statement of remorse for how she was treated but refusing to demonstrate contrition about a controversy that has shadowed the start of his campaign.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Former Vice President Joe Biden’s entry Thursday into the sprawling Democratic primary has immediately reshaped the race, giving definition to a contest that has been defined mostly by uncertainty. Biden offers voters a household name, nearly a half-century of political experience and the implied promise of restoring the country to a less polarized, pre-Trump era.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Former Vice President Joe Biden’s entry Thursday into the sprawling Democratic primary has immediately reshaped the race, giving definition to a contest that has been defined mostly by uncertainty. Biden offers voters a household name, nearly a half-century of political experience and the implied promise of restoring the country to a less polarized, pre-Trump era.Uganda New York Times world8 Apr 2019
For months, former Vice President Joe Biden hewed to a tortoiselike strategy for the 2020 presidential race: Repeatedly delaying his final decision, he hoped to skirt a long stretch of campaigning as a front-runner with a target on his back.
For months, former Vice President Joe Biden hewed to a tortoiselike strategy for the 2020 presidential race: Repeatedly delaying his final decision, he hoped to skirt a long stretch of campaigning as a front-runner with a target on his back.
Biden has also been privately reaching out to a range of influential Democrats, including party donors, members of Congress and allies in the early primary states.
WASHINGTON — The pieces for a Joe Biden presidential campaign are falling into place: His nucleus of advisers has begun offering campaign positions to seasoned Democratic strategists. They are eyeing a headquarters in Delaware or nearby Philadelphia and a launch date in the beginning of April. Biden’s family is on board — his wife, Jill, enthusiastically so.
WASHINGTON — The pieces for a Joe Biden presidential campaign are falling into place: His nucleus of advisers has begun offering campaign positions to seasoned Democratic strategists. They are eyeing a headquarters in Delaware or nearby Philadelphia and a launch date in the beginning of April. Biden’s family is on board — his wife, Jill, enthusiastically so.
DES MOINES — At the very first event of her first full day in Iowa as a presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris was greeted by a Democratic voter who delivered a pointed recommendation about the best path to the White House.
DES MOINES — At the very first event of her first full day in Iowa as a presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris was greeted by a Democratic voter who delivered a pointed recommendation about the best path to the White House.
DES MOINES — At the very first event of her first full day in Iowa as a presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris was greeted by a Democratic voter who delivered a pointed recommendation about the best path to the White House.Uganda New York Times world8 Feb 2019
RICHMOND, Va. — L. Douglas Wilder, a grandson of slaves, became America’s first elected black governor 30 years ago, winning in Virginia in part by finessing the racist history of the state that is now roiling its politics once more.
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