Mayor Bill de Blasio officially entered the 2020 race for president Thursday morning, vowing to make his campaign a battle against corporations and the wealthy — especially fellow New Yorker Donald Trump. In an announcement video, de Blasio touted his familiarity with the president: “I know how to take him on.” “Donald Trump must be […] Read more
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who has cast himself as a bipartisan leader, announces he is entering the crowded field of Democrats for the 2020 presidential race. Bullock, 53, has pressed issues including expanded health care, early childhood education, wage equality and campaign finance reform in his red state. He is in his second term as […] Read more
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday acknowledged that the Chinese do not directly pay tariffs on goods coming into the U.S., contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims that China will pay for tariffs imposed by the U.S. Kudlow said that “both sides will suffer on this,” but argued that China will suffer significant GDP […] Read more
President Trump accuses China of pulling back from agreed-upon trade deal language because the nation would rather negotiate with Joe Biden “or one of the very weak Democrats” vying to challenge him in 2020. The tweets show that Trump’s attention is on Biden, the Democratic front-runner, even as he prepares for the most crucial trade […] Read more
‘The center of the political universe’ — Iowa is even more important than usual in the 2020 election
Democratic presidential candidates swarm. A nine-term U.S. House incumbent faces a primary challenge. Farmers watch to see whether President Donald Trump can end his trade conflicts — and ease their financial pain. That’s only the start of the intrigue in Iowa ahead of the 2020 elections. Even for a presidential campaign staging ground and White […] Read more
Sen. Amy Klobuchar sat down with CNBC’s John Harwood to discuss the battle for the White House. Klobuchar is running in a crowded Democratic primary field for the right to face President Trump next year. Klobuchar argues that the American capitalist system needs “rebalancing” — and that more workers will unionize as economic inequality persists. […] Read more
Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost a bid to be Georgia’s governor last year, will not challenge Republican Sen. David Perdue in the state’s 2020 U.S. Senate race. But she’s not ruling out a run for the White House. “My responsibility is not simply to run because the job is available. I need to run because […] Read more
Former Vice President Joe Biden is guaranteed to shake up an already crowded field of Democratic presidential primary contenders that includes at least half a dozen senators and a host of other viable candidates. Biden, 76, starts out the race to take on President Donald Trump as the favorite among Democratic voters, consistently taking the […] Read more
President Trump’s personal lawyers, his reelection campaign and his political backers were quick to dismiss the contents of the newly released Mueller report. “The results of the investigation are a total victory for the President,” Trump’s four personal attorneys say in a statement. Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee chair issued similar declarations. […] Read more
The Jakarta composite and Indonesian rupiah jumped on Thursday after unofficial election results showed incumbent President Joko Widodo winning a second-term in office. Such optimism in the financial markets was not shared by a number of analysts, who pointed out that Jokowi’s reform ambitions may again face challenges in a divided parliament. But many in […] Read more
