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    Pete Buttigieg ‘won’t take lectures on family values’ from Rush Limbaugh

    Conservative talk radio host questions whether Americans are ready to vote for a gay candidate for president Pete Buttigieg is “not going to take lectures on family values” from Rush Limbaugh, the conservative talk radio host honoured by Donald Trump who has questioned whether Americans are ready to vote for a gay candidate for president. […] More

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    Biden and Sanders take aim at Bloomberg as Nevada caucuses loom

    Ex-New York mayor targeted despite not competing in next vote Joe Biden needs ‘a miracle’ to stay in the race to face Trump On the first weekend of early voting in the Nevada caucuses, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders came out swinging – at each other, but also at Michael Bloomberg. Related: Michael Bloomberg rocked […] More

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    Trump seems to confirm campaign of ‘grievance, persecution and resentment’

    President retweets Times article as well as viral video Daytona visit to rev up base could include lap in limousine Retweeting a New York Times piece which quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson – shortly after retweeting footage of a small-town mayor inadvertently live-broadcasting a visit to the toilet, thereby mixing low culture with high – Donald […] More

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    Prominent Obama donors will hold Chicago event for Bloomberg

    John Rogers and Mellody Hobson to host African American speakers next week as billionaire seeks black votes Two prominent Democratic donors in Chicago with deep ties to Barack Obama will next week co-host an event for former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg. Related: Once a longshot, Bloomberg is gaining ground in California. Will it last? […] More

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    Iowa Democratic party chair resigns after caucus chaos

    Troy Price says he is ‘deeply sorry for what happened’ at derailed event, as results remain unclear The chair of the Iowa Democratic party, who oversaw a chaotic caucus last week that still has not yielded final results, resigned from his position on Wednesday. Troy Price, who has been the head of the state’s Democratic […] More

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    The man shaping the Democratic contest? It’s Donald Trump | Jonathan Freedland

    The president has his opponents second-guessing their own instincts, paralysed in fear of getting it wrong The biggest, most electrifying event in the closing days of campaigning in New Hampshire was not staged by Bernie Sanders or Pete Buttigieg or even the surprise third-place finisher, Amy Klobuchar. No, the candidate who filled a 12,000-seat arena, […] More

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    Who is Amy Klobuchar, the third-place finisher in New Hampshire?

    The Minnesota senator shone in last Friday’s debate but faces a tough task to unite centrist vote When the results came in from the three tiny towns that traditionally vote first in New Hampshire, Amy Klobuchar posted them straight to Instagram. “We’re off to a great start in New Hampshire today!” the Minnesota senator wrote […] More