‘A different world’: 2020 Democrats set to spar on altered playing field

When the top Democratic presidential hopefuls take the debate stage ... more

• As goes Bernie, so go the Democrats, toward nomination or deadlock
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to abolish prisons
• Tehran works to prevent violence in Southern Iraq fom spreading to Iran
• ‘I was fired for not using transgender pronouns’
• A ‘Game of Drones’ resets the rules in the South China Sea
• Imposing fees on radio airplay
• Ranked-choice voting should be slotted dead last as election reform
• Are hurricanes getting worse?
• Is San Francisco the future of America?
• Humor, the most effective weapon in politics

• McConnell says Pelosi’s impeachment push violates Trump’s due process
• Russian forces sweep into U.S. base abandoned in Syria
• Bernie Sanders’ $97.5 trillion blueprint would put half of Americans on government payroll
• John Bolton to aide: Giuliani is ‘a hand grenade’ regarding Ukraine scheme, go tell lawyers: Report
• Trump’s bid to end ‘forever wars’ undercut by Saudi troop deployment
• Appeals court to re-hear Trump emoluments case
• Giuliani defies subpoena for ‘baseless’ impeachment inquiry
• ICE says New York defied deportation request to release child abuser

• Blumenthal renews push for Journalist Protection Act amid uproar over pro-Trump video
• Picky: One in five Democrats reject their preferred candidate after a presidential debate
• Rep. Jim Jordan calls for unmasking anonymous whistleblower
• All in: High-profile conservatives back Ken Cuccinelli for Homeland Security chief
• Hunter Biden expresses regrets about ‘poor judgment’ for overseas business dealings

• Mike Pence to leave Wednesday for Turkey in bid for cease-fire
• Navy promotes Huan Nguyen to be first Vietnamese-American admiral
• Trump: U.S. troops to stay in Middle East, prevent ISIS resurgence
• Kremlin relishes U.S. pullback from Syria, turmoil in Ukraine
• Pelosi, Lindsey Graham aiming to ‘overturn’ Trump’s Syria withdrawal, House speaker says

• Kendrick conducting postseason clinic on clutch hitting
• NLCS, ALCS schedules could be altered by Wednesday storms
• Nationals win would be Ted Lerner’s best birthday gift
• Cardale Jones assigned to DC Defenders ahead of XFL Draft
• LOVERRO: Tenacity, brilliance now define Strasburg’s legacy

• Matt Mackowiak with Ben Stein
• Orioles legend Al Bumbry with Thom Loverro
• Kim Fuchs on Sport Psychology Today with Dr. Andrew Jacobs
• Lawyer Thurgood Marshall Jr. with Thom Loverro
• Matt Mackowiak with MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes