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Sanders defines a Jewish identity his way on the 2020 trail
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernie Sanders is approaching next week’s Iowa caucuses in a position to become the first major-party Jewish presidential nominee in the nation’s history. And at a time of resurgent anti-Semitism, he’s talking in more depth about how his faith shapes his broader...
Alaska Democratic ballot to have 12 presidential candidates
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Democrats will have a choice of 12 presidential candidates in the state party's primary election, which officials hope to conduct largely by mail. The filing period closed Friday for candidates to register for the primary contest run by the state's Democratic Party, The...
Sanders' Social Security 'adjustments' undercut Biden attack
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making “adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the social safety net program signed into law by President Ronald Reagan that reduced benefits and...
Bloomberg creates a parallel presidential race. Can he win?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When the leading Democratic presidential candidates marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day by linking arms and marching through South Carolina's capital, Michael Bloomberg was nowhere near the early primary state. The former New York mayor was instead in Arkansas, tossing out candy at...
Trump shores up support for newest GOP congressman in Jersey
WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Moving on several fronts toward shoring up support for his reelection bid, President Donald Trump capped off a busy Tuesday by heaping praise on the newest Republican member of Congress and savaging Democrats he said are engaged in “demented hoaxes” like his impeachment...
Unite Here labor union staying neutral in Democratic primary
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The international union representing hotel and casino workers said Tuesday that it will not endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential primary, casting doubt as to whether its influential Nevada local will follow suit ahead of the state’s caucuses. A statement from Unite...
Biden won't say whether Sanders could unify Dems as nominee
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden wouldn't say Tuesday whether he thinks Bernie Sanders could effectively unify the Democrats if the Vermont senator wins the party's presidential nomination. “We have to unite," Biden told reporters in Muscatine, six days before the Iowa...
Iowans adjust to 'weird' final days of caucus campaign
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In normal years, Iowa is the center of the political universe during the final stretch before its famed caucuses. Top candidates rumble across the state on multi-city bus tours and hold giant rallies every night. Images of the state's snowy landscape flood television screens. 2020,...
Police cite 5 protesters at Biden office in Des Moines
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police cited five people Monday night who refused to leave the Des Moines campaign office for Democrat Joe Biden after demanding to talk to him about health care and his campaign donors. The five were among about two dozen people who'd entered the building and remained...
Warren offers infectious-disease plan amid China outbreak
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has announced a plan to prevent, contain and treat infectious diseases as a new viral illness spreads in China. The Massachusetts senator on Tuesday unveiled a plan that includes fully funding the federal Centers for Disease Control...
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