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Iowans adjust to ‘weird’ final days of caucus campaign

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE | January 28, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In normal years, Iowa is the center of the political universe during the final stretch before its famed caucuses. Top candidates rumble across the state on multi-city bus tours and hold giant rallies every night. Images of the...

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...

Report alleges killings in Burundi as elections draw near

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | January 28, 2020

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Repression has intensified in Burundi as the country prepares to hold elections, according to a human rights research group.Abductions and killings target the government's political opponents in rural areas where the crimes are...

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...

Collins expected to try ousting new GA senator in GOP battle

By JEFF AMY and ALAN FRAM | January 27, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump and vocal opponent of his impeachment, is expected to announce he will challenge fellow Republican and newly appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler for her seat this year, a Republican...

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...

Democrats’ competing impulses: Should they fight or unite?

By THOMAS BEAUMONT | January 27, 2020

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Democratic presidential race that started as a struggle between the activist left and the moderates has become something far less ideological and more emotional as the first nominating contest has come into view: Should they...

Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic

By ARON HELLER | January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted Israel’s prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaited Mideast peace plan, expressing confidence that despite adamant Palestinian rejection they...

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...

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...