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Steyer cites ‘racist’ Bloomberg tactics in Super Tuesday ad

By MEG KINNARD | February 19, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In a billionaire-to-billionaire media matchup, Tom Steyer is taking on Mike Bloomberg in a multimillion-dollar Super Tuesday ad buy, accusing the former New York City mayor of “racist” policies including “redlining” and...

Super PACs aid Warren, Klobuchar whether they like it or not

By SARA BURNETT | February 19, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar are getting help for their presidential bids from separate super PACs, whether they like it or not.Persist PAC started running ads Wednesday in Nevada to support Warren. The Massachusetts senator...

House impeachment manager from Texas endorses Joe Biden

By BILL BARROW | February 19, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is looking ahead to the critical Super Tuesday primary slate with a new endorsement from a Texas congresswoman who served as an impeachment manager in the Senate trial of President Donald Trump.Rep. Sylvia Garcia,...

President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long

By JILL COLVIN, ZEKE MILLER, and MICHAEL TARM | February 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump went on a clemency blitz Tuesday, commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence and pardoning former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, among a long list of others.Those...

The Latest: Klobuchar revisits flub about Mexico’s leader

February 18, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):7:35 p.m.Amy Klobuchar is trying to make amends for not being able to name Mexico’s president recently -- but she's still making a small mistake.The Minnesota senator...

Bernie Sanders’ campaign to request recount of Iowa caucuses

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE | February 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign plans to ask for a partial recount of the Iowa caucus results after the state Democratic Party released results of its recanvass late Tuesday that show Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in an effective...

Bloomberg would sell business interests if elected president

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE | February 18, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected U.S. president, a top adviser said Tuesday.Bloomberg would...

Bloomberg to go face to face against rivals after ad blitz

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and KATHLEEN RONAYNE | February 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Bloomberg, the one-way conversation with Democratic voters is about to end.By spending more than $400 million of his own money and largely bypassing his opponents by skipping the early primary states, Bloomberg has rocketed...

Bloomberg’s debate debut set to shake up Democratic primary

By STEVE PEOPLES | February 18, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mike Bloomberg will confront the greatest test of his presidential campaign on Wednesday when he faces five Democratic rivals in a debate in Las Vegas that could fundamentally change the direction of the party’s 2020 nomination fight.The...

Tennessee Democrats push to move up presidential primary

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI | February 18, 2020

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would be the first state in the nation to hold a presidential primary, freeing it from having to compete for attention on Super Tuesday, under a new bill.Democratic state lawmakers touted the need for the change on...

Judge hears arguments in Jill Stein’s voting machine lawsuit

By MARC LEVY | February 18, 2020

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's top elections official spent hours in federal court Tuesday, defending the certification of voting machines being used by Philadelphia and two other Pennsylvania counties, including one where problems led to undercounted...

Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

By ELLIOT SPAGAT | February 18, 2020

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year...