Author: NICHOLAS RICCARDI
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Americans think a president’s power should be checked, AP-NORC poll finds — unless their side wins
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he’d like to see the U.S. government “go back to its original design” – a system of checks and balances developed nearly 240 years ago to prevent any branch, especially the presidency, from becoming too powerful. But that’s mainly when Republicans are in power. Bidon, an…
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Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation
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DENVER – The Colorado judge overseeing the first significant lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot on Friday issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case, saying the safety of those involved – including herself and her staff – was necessary as the groundbreaking litigation moves…
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Bernie Sanders has heart procedure, cancels campaign events for now
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WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders’ campaign said Wednesday that the Democratic presidential candidate had a heart procedure for a blocked artery and was canceling events and appearances “until further notice.” The 78-year-old Sanders was in Las Vegas when, according to a campaign statement, he experienced chest discomfort during a campaign event Tuesday and sought medical evaluation.…
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Poll: Democrats most excited by experience in office
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WASHINGTON – The sprawling Democratic presidential field is incredibly diverse, but a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs finds Democrats give a collective shrug to gender, race and age as factors they’re considering when supporting a candidate. Instead, Democratic registered voters are yearning for experience in elected office. A whopping 73% cited that…
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2020 ELECTION | Hickenlooper, other governors still in the shadows of Democrats’ 2020 campaign
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Being a governor isn’t what it used to be, at least not in presidential politics. Three Western executives are learning that the hard way in a crowded Democratic scramble dominated by former Vice President Joe Biden and a gaggle of nationally known senators. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a late entry into the field of two…
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Left or center? Democrats mull best options to beat Trump
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DUBUQUE, Iowa – As she waited to meet former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper at a recent house party in Dubuque, attorney Connie O’Connor was anxious about the liberal direction of the Democratic presidential primary. “I know a lot of people who don’t want to vote for Donald Trump but don’t necessarily want to vote for…
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Poll: America’s political divide runs through the suburbs
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America’s suburbs are today’s great political battleground, long seen as an independent pivot between the country’s liberal cities and conservative small towns and rural expanse. But it’s not that simple. It turns out that these places in-between may be the most politically polarized of all – and when figuring out the partisan leanings of people…
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McSally lost Arizona Senate race but will fill McCain’s seat
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PHOENIX – Arizona’s governor on Tuesday appointed U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to replace Sen. Jon Kyl in the seat that belonged to the late John McCain, sending the GOP congresswoman back to Washington just a month after she lost a tight race for the state’s other spot in the Senate. McSally, a former air force…
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Hickenlooper staffs up for possible 2020 bid
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and his allies are taking new steps toward launching a presidential campaign, including interviews with dozens of potential staffers and hiring a pollster and national fundraiser, according to a person close to the Democrat. He’s already launched a political action committee that allows him to raise money nationally and hired his…
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Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch has conservative pedigree
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Neil Gorsuch, named Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, has a solidly conservative pedigree that has earned him comparison to the combative justice he would replace, Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch clerked for two Republican Supreme Court justices and worked in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department before being appointed to the…
