Seth McLaughlin

Biden: Voters are tired of Trump’s ‘carny show’

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Saturday said during an Iowa campaign stop that President Trump has been exposed as a political huckster during his first term in office.

January 18, 2020

Pete Buttigieg seizes Iowa advantage as impeachment trial pulls senators off trail

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg had Iowa all to himself Thursday as most of his biggest rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination were stuck in Washington for the impeachment trial, foreshadowing the advantage he will have on the ground in the kickoff caucus state for the foreseeable future.

January 16, 2020

Buttigieg: Calls for 2020 Democrats recusing themselves from impeachment are ‘preposterous’

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Thursday dismissed the idea that the four Democratic Senators running for president should recuse themselves from the impeachment trial on Capitol Hill, calling it "preposterous."

January 16, 2020

Cornel West warns against Bernie Sanders rivals’ attempt to sow division

Cornel West campaigned here Wednesday for Sen. Bernard Sanders, counseling voters against buying into what he called the shady ways in which the Vermont socialist's rivals are trying to sow division in the 2020 Democratic presidential race and his political revolution.

January 15, 2020

Cornel West to foes of Sanders’ democratic socialism: ‘Get off the crack pipe!’

Cornel West has a message for those who want to cast Sen. Bernard Sanders' brand of democratic socialism in a negative light: "Get off the crack pipe!"

January 15, 2020

Elizabeth Warren brands male rivals losers as Bernie Sanders spat spills into Democratic debate

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called the men in the Democratic presidential field losers and said the party needs to turn to a woman to go up against President Trump this year.

January 14, 2020

Joe Biden: ‘No choice’ but for Nancy Pelosi, Democrats to move on impeachment

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Tuesday said it's "irrelevant" whether it would be harder to run against President Trump if the GOP-led Senate ends up acquitting the president in an upcoming impeachment trial.

January 14, 2020

Amy Klobuchar: Time for ‘Medicare for All’ reality check

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said it is time for a reality check when it comes to being upfront about the cost of paying for Medicare for All and passing such a plan through Congress.

January 14, 2020

Bernie Sanders splits with 2020 rivals, opposes USMCA

Sen. Bernard Sanders stood alone Tuesday in the Democratic presidential debate in his opposition to President Trump's plan to replace NAFTA with the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement.

January 14, 2020

Bernie Sanders denies he told Elizabeth Warren a woman couldn’t get elected president

Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont on Tuesday denied that he told Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in 2018 that a woman couldn't get elected president.

January 14, 2020

Amy Klobuchar: ‘I would start negotiations again’ on Iran nuclear deal

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota on Tuesday said she would seek to jump-start negotiations on a nuclear deal in order to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

January 14, 2020

Elizabeth Warren calls for removing U.S. troops from Middle East

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts split with former Vice President Joseph R. Biden over pulling troops out of the Middle East, saying that if the nation is ever to bring an end to the "endless" wars that it must "get out combat troops out."

January 14, 2020

Elizabeth Warren: ‘We need to cut our defense budget’

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Tuesday advocated for budget cuts to the Pentagon as part of a rethink for the U.S. military.

January 14, 2020

Bernie Sanders fears ‘lying’ Trump could spark war with Iran

Sen. Bernard Sanders said Tuesday he is concerned that President Trump is peddling lies that could lead to a war with Iran.

January 14, 2020

Bernie Sanders: I knew Bush administration was lying on Iraq, Biden didn’t

Sen. Bernard Sanders said in the seventh Democratic presidential debate that his vote for the war in Afghanistan is far different from former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's support for the Iraq War in 2002.

January 14, 2020

Donald Trump backs Bernie Sanders in Elizabeth Warren spat

President Trump is siding with Sen. Bernard Sanders in his "he said, she said" beef with Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

January 14, 2020

Andrew Yang pushes on despite debate snub

Andrew Yang on Tuesday played the role of professor, rolling out a PowerPoint presentation for the first time on the presidential campaign trail that sought to help voters visualize the urgent need to address the devastating impact automation is having on jobs and the economy.

January 14, 2020

Deval Patrick: Democratic presidential debate lineup doesn’t reflect the nation’s diversity

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said the lack of diversity in the field of contenders set to take the stage in the Democratic presidential debate here Tuesday does not "represent the nation."

January 14, 2020

Black Lives Matter undercuts Pete Buttigieg campaign

Black Lives Matter's line of attack and public protests have made life more difficult for Pete Buttigieg, who has struggled to gain traction with black voters.

January 13, 2020

Dave Loebsack, Iowa Democrat, endorses Pete Buttigieg

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has scored the endorsement of Rep. Dave Loebsack, giving him a well-known ally in an Obama-Trump district in Iowa as he kicks off another campaign swing through the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

January 12, 2020