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Washington Post publishes ‘Wit and Wisdom’ booklet from 1990 Royals among targets of remarks attributed to billionaire Exclusive: Prominent Obama donors will hold Bloomberg event The presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has insisted he is a “champion for women in the workplace”, after the republication of a 30-year-old booklet purporting to contain his “Wit and Wisdom” […] More
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
The self-described democratic socialist would spell disaster for down-ballot Democrats, party moderates are warning Bernie Sanders’ win in New Hampshire should delight progressives, but it will not be without consequences. His victory has put a target on his back, supporters fear, with well-funded centrist Democrats and allied organizations sharpening their knives as they attempt to […] More
Some Democratic observers fear their party is following the British left’s road to defeat British politics rarely intrudes into a US presidential election. In 1988, Joe Biden was forced to abandon his first bid for the White House after it emerged that he had quoted without attribution a chunk of oratory from the then Labour […] More
President tweets that he did not interfere in Roger Stone case – ‘but this doesn’t mean I do not have the legal right to do so’ Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contribution 3.47pm GMT Trump enjoys sewing division in the Democratic primary race, as the party’s hopefuls battle for […] More
Buttigieg’s abysmal poll numbers with black voters aren’t a coincidence. He has made almost no effort to reach them While Pete Buttigieg might feel pretty good about effectively tying with Bernie Sanders in Iowa – the votes are still being counted – and landing in second place in New Hampshire, Democrats can count his relative […] More
President calls former New York mayor ‘a loser’ Bloomberg says Trump is known as ‘a barking clown’ Donald Trump and his fellow billionaire and would-be presidential challenger, Mike Bloomberg, traded insults on Twitter on Thursday, with Trump dismissing the former New York mayor as a “loser” and Bloomberg describing him as a “barking clown”. Related: […] More
The disparity between the two contenders’ coalitions – and the states in which they’re strong – means as one rises, the other is likely to fall After the first two states in the Democratic presidential primary have had their say, one thing is quite clear: Pete Buttigieg is on the rise and Joe Biden’s campaign […] More
