Running for President
Facing negative polls and internal tensions, Trump plans to launch reelection bid with Orlando rally
The Washington Post reports that President Trump will “formally launch his reelection bid Tuesday” June 18, while “his allies are trying to tamp down headlines that depict his campaign as trailing top Democrats, beset by withering leaks and unable to keep internal tensions from spilling into public view.”
Read MoreDNC names 20 candidates who will appear on stage for first Democratic debate
NBC reports that the “Democratic National Committee on Thursday named the 20 presidential candidates who qualified to appear on stage later this month in the first primary debate of the 2020 campaign.”
Read MoreTrump says he’d consider accepting information from foreign governments on his opponents
Washington Post reports that President Trump “said he would consider accepting information on his political opponents from a foreign government, despite the concerns raised by the intelligence community and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III over Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election” and that “he wouldn’t necessarily alert the FBI if a foreign country approached his…
Read MoreMayor Bill de Blasio Enters 2020 Race for President
The New York Times reports that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is running for president.
Read MoreBullock announces run for president
The Missoulian reports that Montana Democratic governor Steve Bullock is running for president, becoming the state’s first politician ever to seek a major party’s presidential nomination.
Read MoreMichael Bennet, Senator From Colorado, Is Running for President
New York Times reports that Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) is running for president.
Read MoreJoe Biden Officially Announces 2020 Presidential Run
NPR reports that former Vice President Joe Biden has announced that he will run for president in 2020. Biden made the announcement in a video released on Thursday.
Read MoreMassachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton Joins Democratic Race For President
NPR reports that “Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton is joining the large 2020 Democratic presidential field, touting a record of military service, bucking his party and arguing for younger leadership.”
Read MoreJoe Biden Begins Taking Money for a 2020 Presidential Campaign
The New York Times reports that “[f]ormer Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has begun accepting financial donations for a 2020 presidential campaign,” with “[t]wo fund-raising solicitations, circulated by Democratic donors in California and Pennsylvania” indicating that Biden’s campaign committee would be called “Biden for President.” Such solicitations for candidacy, as opposed to “testing the waters”…
Read MoreMichael Bennet Says Cancer Has Persuaded Him to Run for President
The Atlantic reports that Senator Michael Bennet “responded to his prostate-cancer diagnosis, announced last week, by planning trips here to New Hampshire and to Iowa on Monday . . . . The Colorado senator told me that his own health helped persuade him to run, and to lean in on talking about health care. While he…
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