Author: Steve Peoples
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Debate in Detroit: Democrats’ divisions test Biden’s front-runner strength
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DETROIT – The ideological divisions gripping the Democratic Party intensified on Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race that tested the strength of early front-runner Joe Biden’s candidacy. The former vice president was repeatedly forced to defend his decades-old political record against pointed attacks from his younger, diverse…
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Sanders, Warren clash with Hickenlooper, other moderates over ‘Medicare for All’
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DETROIT – The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under withering attack from moderates Tuesday in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary policies and a desperate desire to defeat President Donald Trump. Standing side by side at center stage, Bernie Sanders…
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Trump leans on race in bid for a 2nd term in 2020
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President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term. Every successful modern presidential campaign has been built on the notion of addition, winning over voters beyond core supporters. But Trump has chosen division on the belief…
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Hickenlooper, Bennet could be cut from debates after July
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The largest presidential field in modern Democratic politics could quickly shrink as more than half of the contenders — including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet — are in real danger of failing to meet tougher requirements to participate in the fall round of debates. Short on support and money and bound by tough party…
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Meetup takes risky leap into the Trump resistance
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Meetup is taking a leap into the Trump resistance. The New York-based networking site will unveil plans in the coming days to partner with a labor group – under the guidance of a former Hillary Clinton aide – to coordinate protests among more than 120,000 activists already involved with anti-Trump Meetup groups. It’s a risky…
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Trump taps Price to lead HHS, plans 2nd meeting with Romney
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President-elect Donald Trump made two Cabinet selections on Tuesday, choosing fierce Obamacare critic Georgia Rep. Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, and Elaine Chao, who served in the Cabinet of George W. Bush, to serve as the secretary of the Department of Transportation. Trump announced his choice of Price, while…
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Cruz endorses Trump
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Ted Cruz announced Friday he will vote for Donald Trump, a dramatic about-face for the Texas senator who previously called the New York businessman a “pathological liar” and “utterly amoral.” Cruz was facing intensifying political pressure to back his party’s presidential nominee after refusing to do so at the Republican National Convention this summer. Cruz…
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Trump chief won’t reveal North Korea plan as tensions mount
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Hours after North Korea tested new nuclear technology, Donald Trump’s campaign chief refused Friday to outline the Republican presidential nominee’s approach to rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula as both White House contenders increasingly focus on national security. Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, pressed repeatedly on Trump’s plan, said only, “He wouldn’t do what’s being done now.” “He’s not going…
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Trump promises huge boost in military spending
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Republican Donald Trump vowed to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars on Wednesday, outlining plans for major increases in the number of active troops, Navy ships and submarines, and fighter planes as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he’s ready to lead the world’s most powerful military. The New York businessman,…
