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    John Kerry discussed 2020 run to stop Sanders and save Democrats – report

    John Kerry Kerry ‘categorically’ denies NBC News report of phone call Robert Reich: Democrats share blame for the rise of Trump Martin O’Malley: ‘How do you fall for the Sanders scam?’ John Kerry arrives at a campaign event in support of Joe Biden in North Liberty, Iowa, on Saturday. Photograph: Iván Alvarado/Reuters Former presidential candidate […] More

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    'Kickass women win': Warren makes case to Iowans why she can beat Trump

    US elections 2020 Warren sought to cast herself as uniquely positioned to unite the party in her final appeal to Iowans this weekend Elizabeth Warren at a campaign event on Saturday in Davenport, Iowa. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP Hours after the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump adjourned for the evening in Washington on Friday, Elizabeth […] More

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    'My party is a cult': Republican Joe Walsh on his Iowa challenge to Trump

    US elections 2020 ‘My party is a cult’: Republican Joe Walsh on his Iowa challenge to Trump Taking the nomination from the president is like throwing tennis balls at a tank – but the ex-congressman presses on Robert Reich: Democrats share blame for the rise of Trump Joe Walsh, campaigning to be the 2020 Republican […] More

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    Politicians have lied about social security. The US must elect someone who'll fight for it | Mark Weisbrot

    Opinion US elections 2020 Politicians have lied about social security. The US must elect someone who’ll fight for it Mark Weisbrot Social security helps millions, but America’s largest anti-poverty program remains vastly misunderstood ‘It might be good to have someone at the helm who has seen through the false narrative that we have been fed, […] More

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    Release of major Iowa poll scrapped after Pete Buttigieg's name 'left off survey'

    Pete Buttigieg Influential ‘gold standard’ of polls pulled ahead of caucuses on Monday after reported complaint from Buttigieg campaign Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at a campaign event on Saturday. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP The Des Moines Register and CNN canceled the release of one of the most influential polls of the Democratic presidential primaries on […] More

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    Evangelicals see Trump as a way to get what they want after decades of defeat

    Donald Trump Trump has handed his ultra-loyal evangelical base policy victories and in return they turn a blind eye to his scandals Trump supporters at a rally for evangelical Christians at the King Jesus International Ministry in Miami on 3 January 2020. Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP Joanne Craig, a lifelong evangelical Republican and resident of Sioux […] More