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NASHUA, N.H. – Bernie Sanders may have established himself as the standard-bearer for the Democratic Party’s leftist wing with his strong showing in Iowa and New Hampshire, but for moderates looking to rally around a candidate to fend him off, the picture just got even murkier. Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former South Bend Mayor

FILE PHOTO: National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, takes a break as he testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2019. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday

HAMPTON, N.H. (Reuters) – Joe Biden had spent much of the weekend ahead of New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday attacking his top Democratic presidential rivals when a young woman asked why voters should believe he could win a national election after his poor showing in Iowa. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Support for former Vice President Joe Biden’s U.S. presidential bid has tumbled nationally following a lackluster finish in last week’s Iowa caucuses, while interest is surging among Democrats and independents for the upstart candidacy of billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, according to a Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll released on Monday. Democratic

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is receiving information on former Vice President Joe Biden and his businessman son, Hunter Biden, from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump ally in the Senate said on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to speak at an

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – Democrats scrambled to gain an edge with voters on Saturday on the last weekend before the party’s next presidential nominating contest in New Hampshire, where Pete Buttigieg began drawing fire as the candidate on the rise. The problems that plagued the Iowa caucuses overshadowed any victory bump before New Hampshire’s contest

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the ouster of impeachment witness Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman from the White House National Security Council, calling him “insubordinate” and saying he had incorrectly reported the contents of his “perfect” telephone calls. FILE PHOTO: Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National

(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday threatened to sue the Trump administration over its decision to restrict New Yorkers’ access to some programs that allow faster security checks at ports of entry, part of a dispute about the state’s limits on cooperation with current U.S. immigration policy. FILE PHOTO: The use of

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday removed Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman from his position as the White House’s top Ukraine expert after he provided damaging testimony about President Donald Trump during the impeachment process, Vindman’s lawyer said. U.S. President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One after arriving at Charlotte Douglas

MANCHESTER, N.H. – After his better-than-expected showing in the Iowa caucuses, Pete Buttigieg is likely to attract the spotlight – and incoming fire from rivals – as Democratic presidential contenders debate on Friday in New Hampshire, just days before the state’s pivotal primary. Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor attends

WASHINGTON/MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Thursday called for an audit of the Iowa caucuses after an array of problems delayed results from the party’s first 2020 presidential nominating contest and created uncertainty about their accuracy. FILE PHOTO: A person holds a sign in support of Democratic presidential candidate former

CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden clinched the support of the 775,000-member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on Wednesday, deepening his union backing in a competitive race for his party’s presidential nomination. FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden is framed by a teleprompter screen as

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When it was over, the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump produced 135 days of partisan rancor, 17 witness accounts, more than 28,000 pages of documents and testimony, and one big loose end. U.S. senators cast their votes on the first article of impeachment abuse of power during the final votes in

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bitter feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, with Trump denying her a handshake and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back. Trump avoided the subject of his impeachment drama in a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Nevada Democratic Party said on Tuesday that for its Feb. 22 presidential caucuses they will not be using the same app or vendor that led to delayed reporting of Iowa’s Monday caucus results. “NV Dems can confidently say that what happened in the Iowa caucus last night will not happen in

DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – The Democratic Party’s effort to choose an election challenger to Republican U.S. President Donald Trump got off to a chaotic start in Iowa, with officials blaming “inconsistencies” for an indefinite delay in the state’s caucus results. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters at his rally in Des