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Articles by Seth McLaughlin

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Michael Bloomberg launches 2020 bid

Billionaire media mogul and former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg jumped into the Democratic presidential race Sunday, muscling into the crowded field with a bulging bank account and plans to flood the airwaves with campaign ads.

November 24, 2019
Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a town hall held at Lander University on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Greenwood, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Joe Biden rejects calls for ending all deportations

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden refused to bow to pressure from immigration rights activists who demanded at a town hall meeting here Thursday that he publicly commit to stop kicking illegal immigrants out of the country.

November 21, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard tangle over Mexico, Assad

Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana said Wednesday that he was not proposing to invade Mexico and that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was presenting an "outlandish" spin on comments he made about sending U.S. troops south of the border.

November 20, 2019
Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a fundraiser for the Nevada Democratic Party, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Joe Biden: Medicare-for-All doomed to fail

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden said the Medicare-for-All push is doomed to fail and that American voters should be given a choice when it comes to purchasing health insurance.

November 20, 2019
In this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses an audience during a campaign event in Exeter, N.H.  Warren’s proposed wealth tax is putting her at odds with some of Wall Street’s wealthiest, and the fight is increasingly spilling out into the open. In an interview on business new channel CNBC Thursday, Nov. 14, billionaire investor Leon Cooperman said Warren’s plan to impose a new tax on the nation’s richest people would “penalize success” and that a Warren presidency would mean “big trouble” for Wall Street and the country. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Elizabeth Warren: ‘Wealth tax’ will unite nation

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Wednesday defended her far-left vision for the nation, saying in the fifth Democratic presidential debate her "wealth tax" will unite, rather than divide, the country.

November 20, 2019