Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio dropped out of the presidential race Thursday, ending a campaign that sought to champion Midwestern manufacturing workers but failed to gain traction.
Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign, facing criticism, distanced itself Friday from a Chicago lawyer who tried to block the release of footage of the 2014 police shooting of a black teenager, Laquan McDonald.
The fifth Democratic debate will be held in the Atlanta area on Nov. 20, the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday. MSNBC and The Washington Post will host it.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii endorsed the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Friday, dropping long-standing opposition that she had affirmed as recently as two days ago.
Election polls have always been interesting. But this year, they have become official players in the Democratic presidential primary race, because polling badly means you don’t get to debate.
Tuesday night’s debate belonged to the front-runners, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. But their counterparts Wednesday, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., couldn’t quite replicate their dominance.
The announcement that a Houston-area Republican congressman is retiring has set up what could be one of the most closely contested House races in the country and provided a glimpse of how much more competitive parts of Texas have become.
When the candidates took the stage in Miami on Thursday for the second night of Democratic primary debates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders were the stars. By the time they walked off, all eyes were on Sen. Kamala Harris
With 23 candidates in the Democratic presidential race, it can be hard to keep track of their policy proposals. This past week alone, we’ve covered former Joe Biden’s climate change plan, Cory Booker’s housing plan and Elizabeth Warren’s economic plan in depth.
Wallace cut her off, calling it impolite for her to disparage the network that was giving her an hour of airtime and suggesting that she was doing so to protect her “credentials” with Democratic competitors who refused to appear on Fox.
JAMESBURG, N.J. — Stuart Goldstein still has the red-and-white bumper stickers and other artifacts from 1969, when he helped convince New Jersey lawmakers that 18-year-olds should be able to vote.
Steve Bullock, the latest Democrat to enter the presidential race, was twice elected governor of deep-red Montana. In 2016, in fact, more than 20 percent of Trump voters also voted to re-elect him.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Friday released a $100 billion plan to combat drug and alcohol addiction and improve mental health care, focusing one of the first detailed proposals of her presidential campaign on an issue deeply personal to her.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Friday released a $100 billion plan to combat drug and alcohol addiction and improve mental health care, focusing one of the first detailed proposals of her presidential campaign on an issue deeply personal to her.
Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, the 21st Democrat to declare his candidacy for president, is known as a moderate who seeks bipartisan compromise. Here’s where he stands on a few key issues.
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Six years ago this month, Mark Barden and Nicole Hockley watched from the gallery, counting the yeas, as the Senate voted on expanding background checks.
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