Democratic candidates Biden and Harris chafe at debate limits
U.S. Democratic presidential rivals Joe Biden and Kamala Harris expressed frustration on Thursday with a debate format they said left them little time to explain...
Rising calls for impeachment may not alter House Democrats’ course
Mounting support among Democrats in Congress for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump seems unlikely to change House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s caution on moving ahead...
Factbox: House Democrats edge toward pro-impeachment majority
Nearly a majority of Democratic lawmakers in the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives have now said they support starting impeachment proceedings against Republican President Donald...
Will Hurd, sole black Republican in U.S. House, will not seek re-election
Will Hurd, the only Republican African-American member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday he would not seek re-election next year....
Pelosi defends Baltimore, her childhood home, against Trump’s attacks
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday defended Baltimore, the city where she grew up, against repeated verbal attacks by President Donald Trump,...
Barack Obama, silent in Democratic nominating contest, omnipresent in debate
Former President Barack Obama was not on the Democratic presidential candidate debate stage on Wednesday night, but he was omnipresent as 2020 hopefuls grappled with...
From stickers to T-shirts, debate moments inspire U.S. campaign merchandise
Shortly after Wednesday’s debate, Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker’s campaign jumped on rival Joe Biden’s slip in calling him the “future president” to raise campaign...
Lurching left in toss-up Wisconsin, a Democrat weighs her choices
Kim Mahoney listened from her reclining living room couch as Democratic presidential candidates debated economic, trade and environmental policies this week, needing only to look...
Biden steadies ship while setting up impending clash with Warren
After two sets of Democratic presidential debates, it appears that Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, at least at the moment, are two high-speed trains on...
U.S. lawmakers still plot to push Saudi Arabia on rights, despite Trump
The U.S. Congress left Washington on Thursday without enacting legislation to punish Saudi human rights abuses, but lawmakers said efforts to stop military sales and...