2020 Presidential Election - Page 916

September 20, 2019

Mark Sanford claims Trump’s reelection team is ‘scared’ about his primary challenge

President Trump may be up by more than 80 percentage points over his three GOP presidential primary challengers in a new Fox News poll, but the way Mark Sanford sees it, someone in Trump’s re-election team is “scared.”

September 20, 2019

Jon Summers: Yes, there is a climate crisis – Mr. Trump, listen to the kids

Kids are stepping up and calling for action to protect our planet. All over the world on Friday kids are part of climate strike protests. President Trump should pay attention.

September 20, 2019

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio drops out of presidential race

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday he is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic primary, ending his campaign after struggling to gain traction in the race.

September 20, 2019

California judge blocks law requiring Trump to submit tax returns to compete in state's 2020 primary

A federal judge in California Thursday granted the Trump campaign’s request to block a new law that requires presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release five years of tax returns to run in the state’s primary elections.  

September 19, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard says U.S. should re-enter Iran nuclear deal, end sanctions in response to Saudi Arabia drone attack

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, said Thursday that she would re-enter the Iran nuclear deal and end sanctions in response to Iran's involvement in drone attack against Saudi Arabia oil facilities if she was president.

September 19, 2019

Andrew Yang floats hiking beef prices to 'modify' American diets in bid to address climate change

he U.S. should try addressing climate change by raising the cost of beef, 2020 Democratic hopeful Andrew Yang suggested on Thursday.

September 19, 2019

Sanders touts fundraising milestone, hitting 1 million individual donors

Sen. Bernie Sanders is spotlighting that his presidential campaign has received contributions from one million individual donors. The independent senator from Vermont’s campaign – in announcing the news on Thursday – touted that Sanders is the fastest presidential candidate in history to reach that fundraising milestone – as well as the first Democrat this election cycle to reach the threshold.

September 19, 2019

Buttigieg knocks Warren for dodging questions about middle-class tax hikes for 'Medicare-for-all'

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg went after Democratic rival Sen. Elizabeth Warren over what he described as her "evasive" response to questions on whether the middle class will be hit with a tax hike to fund her "Medicare-for-all" plan. 

September 19, 2019

Marianne Williamson explains deleted Dorian tweet, gives odd explanation for why she’s not ‘anti-science’

Best-selling author Marianne Williamson denied being anti-science on Thursday and expressed regret over her decision to delete a tweet implying prayer could move hurricanes.

September 19, 2019

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will start taking donations to 2020 presidential candidates

Starting in October, users of Amazon’s voice-controlled home assistant Alexa will be able to dictate/verbally make a political contribution between $5 and $200 to a participating 2020 presidential candidate, the company announced Wednesday.