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Working Families Party Switches Endorsement to Bernie Sanders

Influential Progressive Group
Updates Its Endorsement

Mar 10, 2020 2:10 AM CDT

Influential Progressive Group Updates Its Endorsement

Group had controversially endorsed Elizabeth Warren originally

(Newser) - An influential progressive group has urged its supporters to vote for Bernie Sanders now that Elizabeth Warren is out of the race . The Working Families Party—which endorsed Sanders in 2016 but surprised some supporters this time around by backing Warren—threw its support behind Sanders on Monday, saying Biden'...

Elizabeth Warren
Lands a New Gig

Mar 8, 2020 7:11 AM CDT

Elizabeth Warren Lands a New Gig

Former presidential candidate stops by 'Saturday Night Live'

(Newser) - The Oval Office might have proven elusive for Elizabeth Warren, but as a distant, distant second place, the former presidential contender got to play herself on Saturday Night Live—and in the tradition of Hillary Clinton , alongside cast-member Kate McKinnon playing herself as well. The backdrop was ostensibly Fox's...

Joe Biden's Verbal Gaffe Is Fresh Meat Online

Joe Biden
Mini-Gaffe Is
Fresh Meat
Online

Mar 7, 2020 3:00 PM CST

Joe Biden Mini-Gaffe Is Fresh Meat Online

The presidential candidate can't get 'Bernie Bros' quite right

(Newser) - Joe Biden took a swing at Bernie Sanders supporters Friday and stumbled into a gaffe that's classic Joe—which generated a few chuckles online, USA Today reports. "What we can't let happen is let this primary become a negative bloodbath," Biden said at a Maryland fundraiser....

Warren Met One Goal: to Take Down Bloomberg

Warren: Yes, I Was Trying
to Take Down Bloomberg

Mar 6, 2020 12:19 PM CST

Warren: Yes, I Was Trying to Take Down Bloomberg

She tells Rachel Maddow she felt billionaire would have lost to Trump

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren acknowledges she was out for blood when she went after Michael Bloomberg during Democratic debates last month. During an interview with Rachel Maddow of MSNBC , Maddow noted that analysts were crediting Warren with "tanking" Bloomberg's candidacy with her attacks. "Is that what you were trying...

'Don't Tell Me This
Isn't About Sexism'

the rundown

Mar 5, 2020 1:10 PM CST

'Don't Tell Me This Isn't About Sexism'

Common theme emerges in coverage of Elizabeth Warren's departure

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren is out . Now come the post-mortems and analyses of what went wrong and what comes next. "We didn’t reach our goal, but what we have done together—what you have done—has made a lasting difference," Warren told her staff Thursday, reports the Hill . Read...

Elizabeth Warren
Dropping Out of Race

Mar 5, 2020 9:55 AM CST

Elizabeth Warren Dropping Out of Race

Massachusetts senator ending her 2020 campaign

(Newser) - The writing may have been on the wall when she finished third in her home state of Massachusetts on Tuesday, but Elizabeth Warren is making it official. The Massachusetts senator will end her 2020 campaign, reports Politico , NBC News , and the Washington Post . Warren was expected to inform her staff...

Takeaways From
Super Tuesday

SUPER TUESDAY

Mar 4, 2020 5:45 AM CST

Takeaways From Super Tuesday

Biden pulls off 'monumental' comeback

(Newser) - Bernie Sanders won the biggest prize on Super Tuesday —but the wider result was a stunning victory for Joe Biden, who scored wins in at least 9 of the 14 states that voted, including Texas, analysts say. "They don’t call it Super Tuesday for nothing," the...

A New Poll Has Troubling
News for Elizabeth Warren

THE RUNDOWN

Feb 28, 2020 12:06 PM CST

A New Poll Has Troubling News for Elizabeth Warren

She's trailing in her home state of Massachusetts

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren didn't see the results she wanted in Iowa , New Hampshire , and Nevada , and it remains to be seen how she'll fare in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, though it doesn't look promising there , either. With Super Tuesday coming up in a few days, Warren'...

Winners, Losers From
the Democratic Debate

DEMOCRATIC DEBATE

Feb 26, 2020 6:44 AM CST

Winners, Losers From the Democratic Debate

Biden had the good night he needed, analysts say

(Newser) - Tuesday night's Democratic debate in Charleston, SC, was a raucous affair—so much so that Vox declares chaos to be the only true winner. In the last debate before the state's Saturday primary—and Super Tuesday—candidates desperate for speaking time talked over each other and shouted at...

Sanders Faces Onslaught
in South Carolina Debate

DEMOCRATIC DEBATE

Feb 25, 2020 7:19 PM CST

Sanders Faces Onslaught in South Carolina Debate

7 candidates clashed in fiery debate

(Newser) - Seven Democrats took part in a fiery debate in South Carolina on Tuesday night—one more than in last week's primary debate. Tom Steyer joined Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and Michael Bloomberg in the Charleston debate, co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional...

Warren Has a Contract
for Bloomberg to Sign

Feb 21, 2020 6:51 AM CST

Warren Has a Contract for Bloomberg to Sign

Document releases former employees from NDAs

(Newser) - A legal expert has written a contract that Michael Bloomberg can sign to release former Bloomberg employees from nondisclosure agreements—and her name is Elizabeth Warren. The senator, who passed the bar examination in 1976 and has taught law at several universities, unveiled the contract at a CNN town hall...

Debate Was a Brutal
Night for Bloomberg

DEMOCRATIC DEBATE

Feb 20, 2020 6:40 AM CST

Debate Was a Brutal Night for Bloomberg

Warren praised for standout performance

(Newser) - Viewers who watched the ninth Democratic presidential debate Wednesday night hoping to see fireworks would not have been disappointed. Anybody hoping for a strong performance from Michael Bloomberg, however, would probably have changed the channel before the end of the first hour. The billionaire made his presidential debate debut in...

Bloomberg Booed
After Answer on
Sexual Harassment

DEMOCRATIC DEBATE

Feb 19, 2020 9:14 PM CST

Bloomberg Booed After Answer on Sexual Harassment

Warren urged him to release women from nondisclosure agreements

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic rivals have been pummeling Michael Bloomberg throughout the Democratic debate in Las Vegas—and she got the audience to boo the former New York City mayor on one issue. After Bloomberg—asked about the alleged culture of sexual harassment in his company—said he had...

Bloomberg a Major Target
in Las Vegas Debate

DEMOCRATIC DEBATE

Feb 19, 2020 8:23 PM CST

Bloomberg a Major Target in Las Vegas Debate

Sanders, Warren slam former mayor's record

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg was on a Democratic presidential debate stage for the first time Wednesday night and he became a major target in the Las Vegas debate from the opening minutes onward—more so than frontrunner Bernie Sanders. Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg also took part in...

Iowa Says Buttigieg Has
Largest Delegate Count

Feb 10, 2020 4:35 AM CST

Iowa Says Buttigieg Has Largest Delegate Count

Sanders campaign calls for recanvass

(Newser) - Pete Buttigieg won the Iowa caucuses, according to the state Democratic Party—but many news outlets are refusing to call a winner, citing errors and inconsistencies in the results. The Iowa Democratic Party said Sunday, almost a week after the caucuses, that Buttigieg would be awarded 14 of the state'...

Warren Apologizes After
Ex-Staffers Speak Out

Feb 7, 2020 5:53 AM CST

Warren Apologizes After Ex-Staffers Speak Out

Nevada women of color say they were 'tokenized'

(Newser) - Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she believes the accounts of six minority women who left her campaign in Nevada—and she is sorry "they have had a bad experience." Warren issued the apology hours after Politico reported that six women of color have "bolted" from Warren's Nevada...

Where We're at
in Iowa: 71% of
Results Are In

Feb 5, 2020 6:24 AM CST

Where We're at in Iowa: 71% of Results Are In

Buttigieg leads, with Sanders close behind

(Newser) - Better late than never: The Iowa Democratic Party has released more results from Monday night's Democratic caucuses. After technical glitches with a mobile app used for reporting the results, not much has changed from Tuesday afternoon's rankings, when 62% of precincts had been reported. Per the New York ...

Warren Has a
New Bragging
Point

Jan 26, 2020 5:33 AM CST

Warren Has a New Bragging Point

'Des Moines Register' endorses her as 'the best leader for these times'

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren has won the most important media endorsement in the nation's first state to vote in the presidential race: As Politico reports, the Des Moines Register editorial board on Saturday endorsed Warren, calling her "the best leader for these times" over the "outstanding caliber" of Democrats...

New York Times Endorses
2 Democrats for President

Jan 20, 2020 6:21 AM CST

New York Times Endorses 2 Democrats for President

'May the best woman win'

(Newser) - Instead of picking a side in the Democratic Party's centrists versus progressives debate, the New York Times editorial board has chosen to endorse two candidates. "May the best woman win," they write, giving the nod to Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren. On the progressive side, they...

'I Think You Called Me
a Liar on National TV'

Jan 16, 2020 6:30 AM CST

'I Think You Called Me a Liar on National TV'

Audio of Warren, Sanders clash released

(Newser) - The mystery of what Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren said to each other after she refused to shake his hand wasn't a mystery for long. CNN , which hosted the Democratic debate in Des Moines Tuesday night, managed to find audio of the post-debate exchange and released a recording Wednesday....