WASHINGTON — On a typical morning, I, an atypically voracious consumer of news, will read several newspapers, devour much of Apple News, spend unhealthy amounts of time scanning Twitter, and monitor trending political stories on sites such as Memeorandum and Political Wire. By 9 or 10 in the morning, I …
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Joe Biden accepted his party’s nomination for president on Thursday night in a speech delivered from Wilmington, Del. The former vice president, in the biggest speech of his life, positioned himself as an “ally of the light not of the darkness,” in contrast to President Trump. “Character is on the …
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The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police has erupted in protests across the country, unleashing demonstrations against police brutality in all 50 states and in several cities internationally. In addition to the protests and calls for police reform, the public has honored Floyd in memorial services taking place in …
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David Crosby, Sheryl Crow, Joe Walsh, Rufus Wainwright and Jimmy Buffett will perform during Rock Out on a Night In With Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, May 28th at 8 p.m. ET, as Variety reports. Hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, the streaming virtual fundraising event …
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President Donald Trump railed against upcoming congressional oversight his administration will face after Democratic leaders announced the creation of a new select committee that will oversee how the $2.2 trillion economic coronavirus aid package will be divvied out. On Thursday, the president used the White House press briefing on the …
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Mike Bloomberg made his debut on the debate stage Wednesday night. To put it kindly, it did not go well. The former New York mayor has spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his personal fortune to buy his way into relevancy in the Democratic primary, but he appeared wholly …
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Bernie Sanders is raising phenomenal campaign cash — in tiny increments. The Democratic Socialist announced Thursday that his presidential campaign raised $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. That haul, secured from 1.8 million donations averaging less than $20 a pop, puts him nearly $10 million ahead of the …
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Stephen Colbert dug into Joe Biden‘s first few days on the campaign, highlighting the ways he’s already getting under President Donald Trump‘s skin and his new Obama-heavy ad on The Late Show Tuesday. After officially announcing last week, Biden jumped to a commanding lead in the Democratic primary polls. During …
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