Tag: #Democrats
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Who’s in, who’s out in Democratic White House race
Washington, March 3 (AFP/APP): And then there were five.The Democratic Party set records last year for the size and diversity of its field of candidates seeking to challenge President Donald Trump. Fast-forward to Super Tuesday, when 14 states vote in what could be the most consequential day of the nomination race, and the party has…
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Social networks on back foot as digital campaigns expand tactics
Washington, Feb 29 (AFP/APP): Social platforms are scrambling to cope with the onslaught of political messages involving celebrity endorsements, bots and manipulated videos as the US election campaign is shaken up by Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg’s deep-pocketed efforts. The surge in questionable political content comes as online giants struggle to curb disinformation and foreign influence…
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A Jewish president? Sanders, Bloomberg vie to bust US barrier
Washington, Feb 28 (AFP/APP): White House hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg could hardly be more different in their politics, but in one striking way they share a similarity marking a milestone in US presidential campaigning: both men are Jewish. Should Senator Sanders, the progressive torchbearer and current Democratic frontrunner, or centrist billionaire Bloomberg, who…
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Over 100 Democratic Congressmen reject Trump’s Mideast plan
NEW YORK, February 08 (APP): More than a hundred Democratic members of the US House of Representatives have expressed strong disapproval at President Donald Trump’s plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. An open letter, initiated by Democratic Congressmen Alan Lowenthal and Andy Levin, warned that Trump’s plan, which he calls “deal of the century’” would…
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Democrats, White House wrap up case at Trump Senate trial
Washington, Feb 4 (AFP/APP): Democratic prosecutors declaring “no one is above the law” went head to head with White House lawyers as closing arguments wrapped up at President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, setting the stage for his likely acquittal on Wednesday. “You can’t trust this president to do the right thing,” chief House prosecutor…
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Trump impeachment trial to resume for final arguments
Washington, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial resumes for final arguments Monday before an expected acquittal later in the week that Democrats have said will be invalid because no witnesses testified. The president was impeached in December for abuse of power over pressure on US ally Ukraine to announce investigations that would have…
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Battle for witnesses looms as defense rests in Trump trial
Washington, Jan 29 (AFP/APP): The fight over calling witnesses to testify in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial intensified Tuesday after Trump’s lawyers closed their defense calling the abuse of power charges against him politically motivated. Democrats sought to have the Senate subpoena former White House national security advisor John Bolton to provide evidence after…
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Trump trial opens with fiery clashes over witnesses
Washington, Jan 22 (AFP/APP): Republicans and Democrats clashed over calling witnesses and demanding White House documents on the first full day Tuesday of the historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. House impeachment managers led by veteran prosecutor Adam Schiff used the opening debate over trial procedures to lay out on national television their case…
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Trump brief assails impeachment, demands immediate acquittal
Washington, Jan 21 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump’s lawyers submitted a trial brief Monday calling his impeachment by the House “a dangerous perversion” of the US constitution and demanding his immediate acquittal by the Senate. Almost simultaneously, House impeachment managers responded to an earlier Trump filing, saying the president had engaged in “corrupt conduct… to cheat…
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New York Times endorses Warren, Klobuchar for president
Washington, Jan 20 (AFP/APP): The New York Times on Sunday endorsed Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic presidential nomination, its first time choosing two candidates. The liberal newspaper’s pick comes just a few weeks before the Iowa caucuses on February 3 which officially begins the presidential primary season. The Times described Massachusetts…