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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...

The Latest: Capitol fireplaces go cold for impeachment trial

January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (all times local):7:40 p.m.The impeachment trial has claimed one of the U.S. Capitol's quaintest traditions — the crackling blazes in fireplaces that are the perk...

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...

Defense resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses

By ZEKE MILLER | January 27, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defense team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote on whether to hear witnesses or proceed directly to a vote that is widely expected to end in his...

Who can topple Trump? Dems’ electability fight rages in Iowa

By STEVE PEOPLES | January 26, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The urgent fight for the Democratic presidential nomination raged across Iowa on Sunday as the party's leading candidates scrambled to deliver closing arguments centered on the defining question of the 2020 primary: Who can beat...

Biden’s ‘consensus’ pitch faces biggest test in Iowa

By BILL BARROW | January 26, 2020

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — On a snowy morning just days before Iowans make their choice in the Democratic presidential contest, Joe Biden invoked President Ronald Reagan, warning a small crowd that the nation was at risk of losing its identity as “that...

Burundi’s ruling party picks general as presidential hopeful

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA | January 26, 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi's ruling party has chosen an army general to be its candidate in the presidential election set for May, signaling that the country's president will now retire after serving three terms.Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was chosen...

Trump lawyers argue Democrats just want to overturn election

By ERIC TUCKER, LISA MASCARO, and ZEKE MILLER | January 25, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into his impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election, arguing that investigations of Trump's dealings with Ukraine have not been a fact-finding...

NH GOP committeeman loses reelection effort

January 25, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A prominent member of the New Hampshire Republican Party has lost his national post.New Hampshire national Republican committeeman Steve Duprey lost Saturday to Chris Ager in voting at the 2020 annual meeting of the New Hampshire...