No investigation into a presidential or vice-presidential candidate — or their senior campaign staff or advisers — can begin without written notification to the Justice Department and the written approval of Mr. Barr. Attorney General MORE
“Iowa caucuses are this next Monday evening and I’m really interested to see how this discussion today informs and influences the Iowa caucus voters, those Democratic caucusgoers. Will they be supporting Vice President Biden at MORE
“Nearly one year ago, I got in the race for president because I believed to my core that the answer to the common pain Americans are feeling right now, the answer to Donald Trump’s hatred MORE
Marianne Williamson is the latest 2020 presidential candidate to drop out of the race. ….”with caucuses and primaries now about to begin … we will not be able to garner enough votes in the election MORE
But it was the specific church Donald Trump chose to attend on Tuesday that raised eyebrows. Instead of attending his usual service at the liberal church in Palm Beach, Florida, where he married his third wife, Trump MORE
Senator Kamala Harris has told her staff she will drop out of the 2020 presidential race. Harris, 55, was the only black candidate whose polling numbers and national media attention had placed her in the MORE
The billionaire businessman, who has switched parties several times throughout his political career, endorsed George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign, contributed to John McCain and even held a fundraiser for a House GOP member as MORE
The Jewish Democratic Council of America on Tuesday launched its 2020 campaign, directly targeting President Donald Trump as “the biggest threat to American Jews.” In a 60-second video ad, JDCA recalls the tragedies of the past several years, including MORE
Aides and allies to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, among other liberals, perceive the eleventh-hour campaign launched last week by Patrick — and the prospect of an impending Bloomberg 2020 bid — as an attempt MORE
Joe Biden held a town hall in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada allows one to drink 27/7, smoke in numerous, public places, gamble, and prostitution is legal. Nevada also legalized the recreational use marijuana in 2016. MORE
Former President Barack Obama urged Democrats to offer proposals for progress on health care and inequality Friday evening in rare remarks on the 2020 presidential campaign — but he cautioned that most voters aren’t the MORE
On Wednesday, Warren’s campaign launched a new ad titled “Elizabeth Warren stands up to billionaires.” It features Warren on the campaign trail touting her proposed wealth tax and remarking, “I’ve heard that there are some billionaires who MORE
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick told friends and allies in phone calls on Wednesday that he has made a decision to run for president, two people familiar with the matter say. Plans for the timing MORE
Former coal executive Don Blankenship on Monday announced he will make a 2020 White House bid as a Constitution Party candidate. Blankenship, who unsuccessfully ran a third-party bid for Senate in West Virginia in 2018, took aim MORE
According to two people familiar with the matter, former governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick may make a late entry into the 2020 presidential race. The New York Times reported Patrick doesn’t believe any of the MORE
When Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, the top marginal tax rate on personal income was 70 percent, tax rates on capital gains and corporate income were significantly higher than at present, and the estate tax was MORE
The full consequences of the Democratic Party’s victory last night in Virginia won’t become apparent for months or even years to come. By winning both houses of the state legislature, Democrats have turned the state MORE
False news reports that attack U.S. politicians have been viewed more than 150 million times on Facebook since the beginning of 2019, according to an analysis published Wednesday that points to a growing threat of MORE
Signs that the president’s advantage in the Electoral College has persisted or even increased since 2016. Despite low national approval ratings and the specter of impeachment, President Trump remains highly competitive in the battleground states MORE
Late Thursday evening, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced on Twitter, of course, that she will not seek re-election to Congress but will instead go full throttle in hopes of becoming the next president of the United MORE
Politico reported that four states plan to scrap their GOP primaries or caucus to ensure Trump’s long shot challengers have no chance of carrying that particular state. At meetings this weekend, GOP leaders in SC, NV, MORE
On ABC’s This Week, former Congressman Joe Walsh announced his plan to primary Trump. “I’m going to run for president,” Walsh told Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview. ABC: George Stephanopoulos pointed out to Walsh that MORE
Donald Trump has an 88% approval rating among Republicans, a fund-raising machine that brought in $105 million in the past quarter alone, near-virtual control over the RNC, and, of course, the power of incumbency. But a growing number of Republicans, aware MORE
The Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum will be held August 19th and 20th (9am-6pm) in Sioux City, Iowa. MORE
The Houston Chronicle editorial board published a plea, asking their native son Beto O’Rourke to come home The OpEd was in response to how Beto handled and responded to the recent mass shooting in El MORE