Top Biden backer warns he’s at risk of losing New Hampshire
LACONIA, N.H. — One of Joe Biden’s most high-profile supporters in New Hampshire warned the candidate during a one-on-one exchange Friday that he and his campaign need to make immediate changes to win the first-in-the-nation primary. Lou D’Allesandro, the longest-serving state senator and highest-ranking elected official in the state who’s endorsed Biden, spoke with the…
Liniers’s “Leaf Peepers”
The artist Liniers has been a beloved contributor to The New Yorker for the past few years, but he’s still known best for his daily strip “Macanudo,” which has been published since 2002. The Argentine cartoonist, who now lives in New England and has also drawn children’s books, album covers, and posters, recently talked to…
Harris kicks off campaign by laying into Trump
OAKLAND, Calif. — Sen. Kamala Harris, launching her presidential campaign against Donald Trump with a call to end the politics of division, cast herself on Sunday as a voice for progressive causes and a fighter who could stand up to the president by countering his many falsehoods with the truth. At a raucous hometown rally…
Biden nabs big-name Latino operative in latest sign he's running
In the latest sign that Joe Biden will run for president, his team has brought on Cristóbal Alex, the head of the influential Latino Victory Fund, according to a source familiar with the move. It’s not clear what role Alex would fill in a Biden presidential campaign. He served as Hillary Clinton’s National Deputy Director…
Trump raises $24.8 million in less than 24 hours, RNC says
President Donald Trump raked in nearly $25 million in campaign contributions for his re-election effort in less than 24 hours, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee said Wednesday. “@realDonaldTrump has raised a record breaking $24.8M in less than 24 hours for his re-election,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel wrote on Twitter, hours after the president…
Reality bites Beto after high-flying kickoff
DES MOINES, Iowa — Between the prom proposal from a young admirer, the long lines for photographs and the conservative tracker recording his every word, Beto O’Rourke had all the hallmarks of a top-tier candidate during his latest swing through Iowa. Yet by the time he left the state on Sunday, it was also clear…
How Bernie Sanders would cancel all student loan debt
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday released a sweeping higher education plan that includes canceling all of the nearly $1.6 trillion of existing student loan debt that’s owed by roughly 45 million Americans. Sanders announced his legislation alongside progressive lawmakers, including Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who are filing a…
Miami will host first Democratic 2020 debates
The Democratic National Committee will host the first presidential debates of the 2020 election in Miami on June 26 and 27, the committee announced Thursday. The two-night event, to be broadcast on NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo, will be the first chance for candidates to square off against one another on stage before a national…
Biden unveils $1.7T climate plan, vows to reject fossil fuel money
Former Vice President Joe Biden laid out a climate change plan on Tuesday that would pour $1.7 trillion of federal money into clean energy spending over a decade to bring U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The Democratic front-runner’s plan is an effort to counter criticism from the party’s left flank that…
Harris and Nadler team up on bill to decriminalize marijuana
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is teaming up with a powerful House Democrat on legislation to decriminalize marijuana and wipe away past marijuana-related convictions. The bill by the presidential candidate and Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, would bar the denial of federal public benefits for marijuana use and provide…