In comments made on the South Lawn of the White House Sunday, President Trump told reporters that he thinks Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will be the Democratic presidential nominee unless the Democratic Party bends the rules to block his nomination. Many Sanders supporters felt the Democratic establishment favored the party’s 2016 nominee, Hillary Clinton, during […]
Steyer touts minority support as key in achieving much-needed South Carolina success
Billionaire Tom Steyer recognized his campaign may be nearing a make-or-break moment after another disappointing showing in the Nevada Caucuses, but looked to minority support in South Carolina as key to success in that state’s upcoming primary. Steyer had said he was hoping to finish in first or second in Nevada and South Carolina, but […]
Where does Donald Trump stand on the issues?
President Trump surprised most political observers when he won the 2016 presidential election and has presided over an administration that has been chaotic at times. He’s managed to deliver on some of his 2016 campaign promises, while failing on some others, and is now making the case to voters on why they should give him four […]
Past Nevada caucus winners
LAS VEGAS – Nevada’s presidential caucuses date back nearly four decades. But their stature as an early-voting state in the presidential nominating calendar and the first western state to hold a contest in the White House race is much more recent. In 2008 the Democratic National Committee moved Nevada near the top of the primary […]
Top 2020 Dems nearly tapping out campaign coffers, scramble to replenish
LAS VEGAS – Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s upping the ante. The Democratic presidential candidate’s brutal take-down of rival Mike Bloomberg at this week’s prime-time nomination debate not only won her rave reviews, the progressive senator from Massachusetts also cashed in on the breakout performance. “Since I stepped on the #DemDebate stage, our grassroots campaign has raised […]
Republican Party war chest dwarfs Democrats’ going into 2020 high season
The Republican Party has nearly eight times as much cash-on-hand as the Democratic Party in the heat of the 2020 primary season. According to the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) data released Thursday, covering Jan. 1 through Jan. 31, the Republican National Committee has $76 million cash-on-hand compared with the Democratic National Committee’s $9.9 million. TRUMP CAMPAIGN, […]
‘Predatory’ DC government issues record $1B in fines to drivers: report
The largest advocacy group for drivers, AAA, is warning citizens that the way Washington D.C. tickets drivers for moving and parking violations is “predatory,” WJLA reported this week. The outlet reported that the District issued more than $1 billion in fines over a three-year period. Regarding the stunning figure, AAA Mid-Atlantic public relations manager John Townsend told the […]
Bernie Sanders slams Bloomberg, says Trump would ‘chew him up and spit him out’
Bernie Sanders predicted this week, after Michael Bloomberg’s first debate performance Wednesday night, that President Trump would “chew him up and spit him out” should he win the Democratic nomination. In a clip of his interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” set to air on Sunday, Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., was asked whether he was “surprised […]
Union workers once opposed Klobuchar endorsement over ‘hostile’ treatment of staff
When then-Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar was running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2006, members of the local public employees’ union that represented the lawyers on her staff wrote to their state union headquarters asking it to withhold its endorsement from the Democrat. On behalf of AFSCME Local 2938, chapter President James Appleby penned a letter to the […]
Hundreds camp out overnight ahead of Trump rally in Colorado
President Trump is gearing up for a rally in Colorado Springs Thursday evening, but many supporters have already been there for quite some time, braving cold temperatures and camping out overnight with the hopes of securing prime spots for the first-come, first-served event. The line began forming Wednesday morning for the rally, which is set […]
