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Bloomberg creates a parallel presidential race. Can he win?

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and ANDREW DeMILLO | January 28, 2020

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When the leading Democratic presidential candidates marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day by linking arms and marching through South Carolina's capital, Michael Bloomberg was nowhere near the early primary state.The former New York...

Trump shores up support for newest GOP congressman in Jersey

By JONATHAN LEMIRE | January 28, 2020

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Moving on several fronts toward shoring up support for his reelection bid, President Donald Trump capped off a busy Tuesday by heaping praise on the newest Republican member of Congress and savaging Democrats he said are engaged...

Biden won’t say whether Sanders could unify Dems as nominee

By BILL BARROW | January 28, 2020

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden wouldn't say Tuesday whether he thinks Bernie Sanders could effectively unify the Democrats if the Vermont senator wins the party's presidential nomination.“We have to unite," Biden told reporters...

Buttigieg thanks staffers of color for voicing grievances

By THOMAS BEAUMONT | January 28, 2020

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday thanked his staffers of color for feeling able to voice their grievances following a news report that said some had expressed frustrations with the campaign.“That may...

Warren offers infectious-disease plan amid China outbreak

By WILL WEISSERT | January 28, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has announced a plan to prevent, contain and treat infectious diseases as a new viral illness spreads in China.The Massachusetts senator on Tuesday unveiled a plan that includes...

Amid impeachment and Iowa, 2020 top tier jilts New Hampshire

By HUNTER WOODALL | January 28, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire isn't used to being neglected.The most prominent candidates in the 2020 presidential race spent months last year making their case to New Hampshire voters, but many of the White House hopefuls have been largely...

Democrats struggle with how directly to knock Sanders

By BILL BARROW and ALEXANDRA JAFFE | January 27, 2020

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — As Bernie Sanders exudes confidence in his ability to win next week's Iowa caucuses, his moderate rivals are struggling with how — and whether — to directly take on the progressive Vermont senator who some Democrats worry...

Woman behind ‘fired up’ Obama campaign chant backs Steyer

By MEG KINNARD | January 27, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina woman credited with popularizing a memorable slogan and chant that epitomized the 2008 presidential campaign of then-Sen. Barack Obama has endorsed Tom Steyer's bid for the White House.The billionaire climate...

Trump officials and backers to flood Iowa on caucus day

January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is mustering governmental muscle as it tries to turn out Republican voters next month in early voting Iowa.With most of the attention focused on the battle for the Democratic nomination,...

Elizabeth Warren seeks a spark in the final sprint to Iowa

By STEVE PEOPLES, SARA BURNETT, and WILL WEISSERT | January 27, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Elizabeth Warren is fighting to regain momentum in the turbulent tussle for the Democratic presidential nomination amid lingering questions about her consistency and ability to defeat President Donald Trump.Warren was considered...

2020 Watch: Can the establishment stop Bernie Sanders?

By STEVE PEOPLES | January 27, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:———Days to Iowa caucuses: 7Days to general election: 281———THE NARRATIVEAfter almost one year of primary drama, the...

Organization becomes critical in final week before Iowa vote

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE | January 27, 2020

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — At nearly nine p.m. on Saturday, Samy Amkieh was about to head back to his office after braving 20 degree temperatures to knock on doors for three hours in East Des Moines. But the 20-year-old field organizer knocked on one more...