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Can Joe Biden Step Out From Obama’s Shadow?

Feb 21, 2020

The former vice president who found social media notoriety through his “bromance” with Barack Obama, Joe Biden is the most well-known politician in the race to become the Democrats’ presidential candidate for 2020.

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Obama Team Asked Harry Reid to Quash Bernie Sanders’s 2011 Primary Challenge: Report

Feb 19, 2020

Former Senate Majority Leader and Nevada Democrat Harry Reid convinced Bernie Sanders not to mount a primary run against former President Barack Obama in 2011, according to The Atlantic.

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Bernie Sanders 'got so close to running against Obama in 2012 top senator had to intervene'

Feb 19, 2020

Bernie Sanders once contemplated a primary challenge to Barack Obama in 2012, before a top Democratic senator intervened and pleaded with him not to do so, according to a new report.

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Obama poked Trump on the economy. Trump took the bait

Feb 19, 2020

Former President Barack Obama celebrated Presidents' Day — or "President's Day," as President Trump tweeted Monday — by subtweeting his successor on the economy.

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Obama reportedly expects he'll have to play a 'prominent role' in uniting Democrats this summer

Feb 18, 2020

Expect former President Barack Obama's radio silence on the 2020 Democratic primary to continue in the coming months.

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Obama’s childhood home hits the market for $2.2m

Feb 18, 2020

A seemingly unremarkable house in Honolulu is priced at a premium due to the part it played in the formative years of the 44th president of the United States.

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Barack Obama on Kobe Bryant’s Death: ‘Nothing Is More Heartbreaking’

Feb 15, 2020

President Barack Obama spoke about the heartbreaking deaths of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and the seven other victims of the shocking helicopter crash last month.

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AOC criticises Michael Bloomberg over ‘unconstitutional, devastating’ stop and frisk past

Feb 13, 2020

Valerie Jarrett and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aren’t impressed by presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg’s apology over his role in New York’s racist “stop-and-frisk” policy.

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Bernie Sanders Fires Back at James Carville: He’s a ‘Political Hack’

Feb 12, 2020

Days after former Clinton adviser James Carville said he was “scared to death” of Bernie Sanders capturing the Democratic presidential nomination, the Independent Vermont senator returned fire, calling the longtime Democratic operative a “political hack.

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Biden Braces for Setback in Crucial New Hampshire Primary

Feb 11, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidates made their closing arguments to voters in New Hampshire on Tuesday as a national poll showed a reshaped race with Bernie Sanders opening a 10-point lead over Joe Biden.

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Prosecutors Quit After DOJ Says It Will Override ‘Excessive’ Sentencing Guideline for Roger Stone

Feb 11, 2020

All four prosecutors handling Trump ally Roger Stone’s court case quit on Tuesday hours after Department of Justice headquarters stepped in to try to override their recommendation for Stone’s still-unannounced prison sentence.

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Biden Says Buttigieg Is ‘No Barack Obama.’ Mayor Pete Responds: Neither Are You

Feb 09, 2020

Days ahead of the New Hampshire primary, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ramped up his attacks on former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, pointedly stating that the surging presidential hopeful “is no Barack Obama.

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Is New Hampshire the end for Joe Biden?

Feb 10, 2020

It sure looks as though the end is near for Joe Biden's latest presidential campaign.

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Senate Report Criticizes Response to Russian Meddling and Partly Blames McConnell

Feb 06, 2020

WASHINGTON -- Republican congressional leaders' refusal to publicly acknowledge Russian election interference in 2016 contributed to a watered-down response by the Obama administration in the midst of the presidential campaign, a Senate report released Thursday found.

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Bernie Sanders Is the Favorite

Feb 06, 2020

Bernie Sanders has by far the best chance of any candidate to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, according to the Nate Silver model.

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South Carolina GOP Plans to Boost Sanders to Influence Dem Primary

Feb 05, 2020

South Carolina Republicans are poised to push voters to support Senator Bernie Sanders (I.

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Donald Trump Lashes Out After Mitt Romney Becomes Only Republican To Vote Against Him

Feb 06, 2020

Donald Trump has slammed US senator Mitt Romney as a “failed presidential candidate” after he became the sole Republican to vote to convict the president in the Senate impeachment trial over abuse of power.

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Trevor Noah recaps the good, the bad, and the hilarious of Trump's mid-impeachment State of the Union show

Feb 05, 2020

President Trump delivered the final State of the Union speech of his first term Tuesday night, and this year's speech "was extra weird, because in case you forgot, it's happening right in the middle of Trump's impeachment," Trevor Noah said in a special live Daily Show.

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Nancy Pelosi is not done trolling Trump

Feb 04, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was left hanging on Tuesday night when President Trump ignored her offer of a handshake, and now, she's calling him out. At the start of Trump's State of the Union address, Pelosi held out her hand to the president, but he did not reciprocate.

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Iowa suggests Bernie Sanders has no special turnout magic

Feb 04, 2020

The Iowa Democratic Party's disastrous delay in reporting the results of the state's 2020 presidential caucuses has made analysis difficult, but there are a few things that can be gleaned from the partial results and entrance polling released so far.

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Why Impeachment Failed

Feb 03, 2020

Unless more incriminating evidence emerges to dramatically alter public perception, the impeachment trial of Donald Trump is effectively over.

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What You Didn't See In The Taylor Swift Documentary, Miss Americana

Feb 03, 2020

Documentarian Lana Wilson felt an immediate connection to Taylor Swift.

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Taxpayers Get $3.4 Million Tab So Trump Can Host Super Bowl Party For His Club Members

Feb 03, 2020

Taxpayers shelled out another $3.4 million (£2.6m) to send President Donald Trump to Florida over the weekend so he could host a Super Bowl party for paying guests at his for-profit golf course.

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Joe Biden Could Be Impeached by GOP Over Ukraine if He Wins, Iowa Senator Says

Feb 02, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Iowa Senator Joni Ernst warned Sunday that Republicans would immediately push to impeach Joe Biden over his work in Ukraine as vice president if he win the White House.

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Big Money Makes a Big Comeback in Race for Democratic Nomination

Feb 01, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg have all touted the depth and breadth of their grassroots support and modest size of their average donation, but contributors writing big checks dominated fourth-quarter financial reports.

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'We can’t risk another four years of Trump': will Democrats in Iowa play it safe or go bold?

Feb 01, 2020

Democrats voting in the Iowa caucuses grapple with the question of not only which candidate would best govern but also who is most likely to beat TrumpThe candidates have put in thousands of miles crisscrossing rural Iowa to show their faces to voters in living rooms, diners and community halls.

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Warren Gets Endorsement From Prominent Iowa Political Couple

Jan 31, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday locked in a major endorsement from an influential couple in Iowa politics three days before the caucuses.

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Republicans Can’t Win Presidential Elections Anymore, but They Sure Can Steal Them

Jan 30, 2020

“Let the people decide for themselves!” cried White House Counsel Pat Cipollone Wednesday, warning senators not to even think about pushing Trump out less than 10 months before an election.

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Even Iowans Are Worried About Pete Buttigieg’s Lack of Black Support

Jan 29, 2020

INDIANOLA, Iowa—If you ask undecided caucus-goers at Pete Buttigieg’s town halls across Iowa why they’re thinking of supporting the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, you often get the same response: He’s smart, stupid.

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Senators keep asking impeachment hypotheticals about Mitt Romney right in front of Mitt Romney

Jan 29, 2020

Senators keep asking impeachment hypotheticals about Mitt Romney right in front of Mitt Romney

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Team Trump Settles on Its Impeachment Defense: A Healthy Dose of Lib Triggering

Jan 27, 2020

The Senate impeachment trial hadn’t been in session for an hour on Monday before the man famous for his drive to impeach Bill Clinton was lecturing senators on the solemn nature of impeachment and bemoaning the politicization of the process.

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Dreaming of a Dreamer Deal

Jan 27, 2020

Dreaming of a Dreamer Deal

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Michelle Obama wins a Grammy, a third for the household

Jan 27, 2020

Former first lady Michelle Obama has snagged her first Grammy win for the audiobook version of her best-selling memoir "Becoming." It's the third Grammy win for the Obama household.

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Donald Trump shares image of Barack Obama scaling Trump Tower

Jan 24, 2020

Donald Trump has tweeted a photoshopped image of Barack Obama scaling the walls of Trump Tower with suction cups and holding binoculars.

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Mitch McConnell: ruthless operator determined to triumph for Trump

Jan 21, 2020

As the president’s impeachment trial opens, the Senate majority leader looks like the ideal figure to have on side For all the hidden pitfalls that a Senate impeachment trial might hold for Donald Trump, he has so far enjoyed the steady support of elected Republicans, and in particular the chamber’s most powerful Republican, Mitch McConnell.

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Trump's approval rating is on pace to be the lowest ever among independents, Gallup poll shows

Jan 21, 2020

Gallup revealed Tuesday that President Trump's approval rating during his third year in office set the record for the biggest partisan gap since the pollster began taking stock.

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Warren, Klobuchar Get Dual New York Times Nod: Campaign Update

Jan 19, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- The New York Times endorsed both Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the Democratic presidential nomination, saying, “May the best woman win.

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How Trump Twisted Iran Intel to Manufacture the ‘Four Embassies’ Threat

Jan 20, 2020

When President Donald Trump publicly claimed earlier this month that he had seen intel showing Iran’s now-deceased top military leader Qassem Soleimani was plotting attacks on “four [American] embassies,” senior officials in Trump’s national-security apparatus shook their heads.

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‘Middle Class’ Joe Biden has a corruption problem – it makes him a weak candidate

Jan 20, 2020

We don’t have to choose Biden’s way, which would give Trump a perfect foil Democrats are trying to choose a candidate to beat Donald Trump, the most corrupt president in history.

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Netflix Boss Confirms Hopes To Sign Deal With Prince Harry And Meghan Markle

Jan 19, 2020

Netflix’s chief content officer has confirmed he’s hoping he can lure Prince Harry and Meghan Markle into a new deal once they have officially stepped down from their duties as senior royals.

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Rollback proposed for Michelle Obama school lunch guidelines

Jan 17, 2020

The Trump administration on Friday took another step toward dismantling Michelle Obama's school nutrition guidelines, proposing a new rule that could lead to more pizza and fries and less fruit and a smaller variety of vegetables on school menus.

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Joe Biden says 'you can keep' your private insurance 'if your employer doesn't take it away from you'

Jan 17, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden is still promising "If you like your insurance, you can keep it" — with a twist.In his endorsement interview with The New York Times published Friday, Biden is asked about that phrase both he and former President Barack Obama have said in the past.

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Biden Says He Would Consider Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro as Potential Running Mates

Jan 16, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday that he would consider former 2020 contenders Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro as running mates or members of his Cabinet should he get the party's nomination.

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Europe Turns Up Heat on Iran in Bid to Save Nuclear Accord

Jan 14, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- European nations insist they still want to save the Iran nuclear deal, but to do that they now need to turn up the pressure on Tehran.

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Boris Johnson Hits Back At Donald Trump Over Calls To Block Huawei From UK 5G Networks

Jan 14, 2020

Boris Johnson has hit back at American pressure on the UK to block Chinese firm Huawei from its 5G phone network plans, insisting the public “deserve” the best technology in the world.

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Electoral college: how Trump could lose the popular vote and win again

Jan 12, 2020

Trump is an unpopular president – but experts say the electoral college system puts him in a good place for a second termDonald Trump has the dubious distinction of being the only US president since Gallup began tracking presidential approval ratings in 1938 to have been permanently “under water” – he has never been viewed favorably by half or more of the American electorate.

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New Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows Americans view Obama as 'more effective' than Trump on Iran

Jan 10, 2020

According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, Americans are evenly divided over President Trump’s decision to kill Iranian Gen.

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The great dismantling of America's national parks is under way

Jan 10, 2020

In this waking nightmare, the Trump administration has filled the parks department with anti-public land sycophants * We’re expanding our public lands project this year. Read more here.

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Jimmy Kimmel Dunks on GOP Rep Who Tweeted Fake Obama-Iran Photo

Jan 08, 2020

The day after congressman Paul Gosar posted a fake photo of former President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Jimmy Kimmel had some harsh words for the Arizona Republican.

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Seth Meyers implores Congress to stop 'deranged' Trump from unilaterally waging war

Jan 08, 2020

President Trump brought the United States to the "brink of a disastrous war with Iran," Seth Meyers said on Wednesday's Late Night, and now it's up to Congress to make sure he doesn't trigger another unnecessary conflict. Despite what Trump and his allies are trying to say, the crisis between the United States and Iran "was completely Trump's doing," Meyers said.

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