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August 16, 2019 at 9:40 am

O’Rourke visits town targeted by ‘terrifying’ ICE raids VIEW

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Beto O'Rourke on Friday became the first Democratic presidential candidate to visit one of the Mississippi towns where federal immigration agents...

August 15, 2019 at 6:27 am

O’Rourke restarting White House bid as battle against Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Beto O'Rourke rejoined the presidential race on Thursday nearly two weeks after a mass shooting in his Texas hometown, using a...

August 14, 2019 at 6:00 am

O’Rourke resuming presidential run with ‘major’ Texas speech VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beto O'Rourke will formally rejoin the presidential race on Thursday, resuming a campaign that has been suspended for nearly two weeks with...

August 9, 2019 at 1:45 pm

Democrats use Iowa event to attack Trump — not each other VIEW

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — The packed field of Democratic presidential candidates descended Friday night on a small, northern Iowa town, delighting a raucous crowd...

August 8, 2019 at 6:07 pm

Pressure mounts on Hickenlooper, but Senate is no sure bet

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — As his campaign cash dwindles and he continues to scrape the bottom in polls, pressure is mounting on former Colorado...

August 4, 2019 at 2:52 pm

El Paso shooting offers O’Rourke a real-time political test

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beto O'Rourke, his once-soaring presidential prospects in swift decline, returned to El Paso, Texas, to try to help cope with the shootings...

August 3, 2019 at 5:02 am

O’Rourke cancels prison tour, heads to Texas after shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke canceled a visit to California's San Quentin State Prison and abruptly flew to his native El Paso,...

July 30, 2019 at 9:21 pm

Williamson rides stream of consciousness to debate spotlight VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is calling for revolution. Marianne Williamson would rather see a psychic, "moral uprising." The 67-year-old self-help author and spiritual adviser...

FILE – In this June 28,1968 file photo, presidential candidate, former Alabama Gov, George Wallace arrives in Boston. If President Donald Trump making racism a cornerstone of his reeleciton campaign sounds familiar, thatâ€™s because another presidential candidate did the same half a century ago. And George Wallace saw the strategy resonate with many. Wallace was elected governor of Alabama in 1962 and declared, â€œSegregation now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever.â€ (AP Photo, File) WX102 WX102

July 30, 2019 at 7:34 am

Trump channels George Wallace with racial appeals

WASHINGTON (AP) — If President Donald Trump putting race at the forefront of his re-election campaign rings familiar, that's because another White House hopeful did...

July 25, 2019 at 9:51 pm

Resumed federal executions raise death penalty’s 2020 stakes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The question to Michael Dukakis, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988, was brutally personal. "If Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would...