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Sen. Mitt Romney breaks with GOP, votes to convict Trump

By ALAN FRAM | February 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney, establishment to the core, took the Senate's most brazenly rebellious stance Wednesday in voting to force President Donald Trump from office, a move highlighting how rare it is for Republicans to cross swords...

Buttigieg faces new urgency in bid to win minority voters

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and THOMAS BEAUMONT | February 5, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Pete Buttigieg was just hours removed from his strong showing in Iowa when he confronted a question about whether it would last.Bruce Barnes, a 52-year-old white voter from Henniker, New Hampshire, pressed Buttigieg on what he was...

Biden casts top rivals as a risk for party that wants to win

By BILL BARROW and BRIAN SLODYSKO | February 5, 2020

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. (AP) — Facing questions about his campaign's viability, Joe Biden escalated his criticism of his top Democratic rivals on Wednesday, suggesting both Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg were risky choices for a party desperate for a return...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press | February 5, 2020

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:———Feb. 5The Miami Herald on Fred Guttenberg, father of a student killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, being removed from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address:House...

Partial Iowa results give Buttigieg slight edge over Sanders

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT, and ALEXANDRA JAFFE | February 5, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg held a slight lead over Bernie Sanders in the opening contest of the Democratic race for the presidential nomination, according to partial results released by the Iowa Democratic Party.The results that came out...

Rhode Island governor backs Michael Bloomberg for president

By MICHELLE R. SMITH | February 5, 2020

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Billionaire presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg snagged his first gubernatorial endorsement Wednesday, as Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo called him the right leader to take on President Donald...

Trump uses State of Union to campaign; Pelosi rips up speech

By JONATHAN LEMIRE | February 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing before a Congress and a nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying...

Iowa’s coveted voting status in doubt after delay on results

By THOMAS BEAUMONT | February 5, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's coveted position as the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest faces its most daunting challenge in light of problems that kept the state Democratic Party from reporting results.The caucuses were already facing...

What happened in Iowa and what’s next after caucus mess

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI | February 5, 2020

The political universe has been turned upside down by the failure of the Iowa caucuses. Traditionally the event provides the first concrete tally after months of speculation about the presidential primary. But Monday night's Democratic caucuses ended...

Buttigieg slightly leading Sanders in partial Iowa results

By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT, and ALEXANDRA JAFFE | February 5, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay late Tuesday showing former Midwestern mayor Pete Buttigieg with a slight lead over progressive Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders...

Online conspiracy theories flourish after Iowa caucus fiasco

By AMANDA SEITZ and DAVID KLEPPER | February 5, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Monday night could not have gone better for online troublemakers who have spent years propagating false or misleading conspiracy theories on the internet that the U.S. election is rigged or vulnerable to tampering.The delayed election...

The Latest: Iowa Democrats release additional caucus results

February 5, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local):11 p.m.The Iowa Democratic Party has released additional results from Monday night’s presidential caucuses.After a daylong delay, the party has now made...