National Politics

Pete Buttigieg is ramping up his Super Tuesday operation, aides tell CNN, committing to add more than five dozen staffers to the delegate-rich states that will vote in early March. Buttigieg’s campaign will begin to have people on the ground in each Super Tuesday state by Monday, aides said, where the campaign hopes the official

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price resigned on Wednesday, according to a statement from the party. Read his letter of resignation below: Dear Members of the Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee, Serving as Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party has been one of the greatest honors of my life. When I took over this

The 2020 New Hampshire primary is in the books, and one of the messiest primaries in recent history seemingly got even messier. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders did win as expected. He remains the national front runner in polling and fundraising. But Sanders got just 26% of the vote and finished barely ahead of former South

Roger Stone, a longtime friend and adviser to President Donald Trump, made a request for a new trial under seal, arguing his case should be reheard because one of the jurors should not have been allowed to be on the panel, according to a partially redacted order. A federal judge has denied Stone’s request, according

The turnout in Tuesday night’s Democratic New Hampshire primary was the party’s highest ever and provided a hopeful sign to Democrats disappointed by low enthusiasm demonstrated in Iowa last week. The roughly 291,000 votes counted as of early Wednesday afternoon outpaced the 288,672 who voted in 2008, the previous high for Democrats in the Granite

With New Hampshire in the rearview mirror, all eyes in the 2020 race turn to Nevada and its caucuses on February 22. So, what’s going to happen? And how much does what happened in Iowa and New Hampshire matter to the state of play in Nevada? I put those questions to the unquestioned king of

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar won over moderates, college-educated and older voters in the last 72 hours of the primary in New Hampshire, according to CNN exit polls, a combination that helped lift her to a solid third-place finish on Tuesday night. The Democratic debate on Friday night proved pivotal for Klobuchar: 5 in 6 of

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday announced they will host Spain for a state visit in April, the third of the Trump administration. On April 21, the first couple will welcome King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain to the White House to “reaffirm our commitments to stand together to

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, on Monday sent Attorney General William Barr the following letter asking him to respond to a series of questions about President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s arrangement to provide the Justice Department with information on Ukraine. Read the letter here: cnn.com/2020/02/10/politics/read-nadler-letter-to-barr-ukraine/index.html

Joe Biden belittled Democratic rival Pete Buttigieg’s experience as South Bend, Indiana, mayor this weekend in the harshest attack ad of the party’s presidential primary to date. Last year, though, Biden had called mayors’ jobs increasingly important amid a dysfunctional Washington — describing them as the “heartbeat” of the country and telling them that “everything

In a letter published Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on the acting inspector general for the Department of Defense to investigate witness retaliation.

The United Kingdom appointed a new ambassador to the United States on Friday, more than six months after the previous ambassador resigned following a leak of his private diplomatic cables disparaging the Trump administration. Amb. Karen Pierce will be the first woman to hold the top envoy spot in Washington. She takes on the role

A bill that would ban assault or military-style weapons in Virginia has passed out of committee and will now be considered by the full Democratic-led House of Delegates. The measure, HB 961, looks to ban assault weapons — defined as semi-automatic rifles and pistols — high-capacity magazines (more than 12 rounds), trigger activators that are

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will personally pay for a school choice scholarship that President Donald Trump awarded to a fourth-grader during his State of the Union address Tuesday. During his speech, the President called on Congress to act on his school choice tax credit proposal and pointed to the Philadelphia student, Janiyah Davis, and her

President Donald Trump described conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh as the “greatest fighter,” a “winner” and a charitable person when honoring him with the Medal of Freedom at the State of the Union Tuesday night. But Trump did not, of course, make note of his past record of controversial, conspiracy-driven and racist comments on the

If there were any senator to vote against his party on the impeachment of President Donald Trump for the sake of his own political preservation, it should be Doug Jones. The Alabama Democrat represents a state that Trump won in 2016 by more than 27 points. In 2017, Jones beat Roy Moore, a twice-defrocked state

The widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings will lose a crowded special Democratic primary election Tuesday for a chance to serve the remainder of her husband’s term in Congress. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, a former chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, was among 24 candidates in the special election vying for the seat. Kweisi Mfume,

Two unions representing flight attendants, teachers and health care professionals called on the federal government Tuesday to provide a more robust and coordinated response to the coronavirus outbreak. The comments reflect a growing national concern about the spread of the virus and the federal response. The White House last week announced a coronavirus task force

The Iowa Democratic Party has not released results of Monday night’s caucuses due to “inconsistencies.” Read their full statement from Chair Troy Price: Last night, more than 1,600 precinct caucuses gathered across the state of Iowa and at satellite caucuses around the world to demonstrate our shared values and goal of taking back the White