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April 17, 2019 at 10:18 am

O’Rourke says he gave more to charity than tax returns show

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Facing questions about his relatively meager charitable giving, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said Wednesday that he and his family had...

April 3, 2019 at 9:12 pm

O’Rourke, Sanders vie for same young voters in 2020 campaign

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In the growing Democratic presidential field, they seem like a study in opposites. One's 77, a democratic socialist from the U.S.-Canada...

March 29, 2019 at 2:43 pm

The Origin Story: A blind date, a border and Beto O’Rourke

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — "1659." Thirty-two-year-old Beto O'Rourke didn't know what the text arriving to his flip phone meant. But he knew it was...

March 29, 2019 at 11:25 am

The Origin Story: A blind date, a border and Beto O’Rourke

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — "1659." Thirty-two-year-old Beto O'Rourke didn't know what the text arriving to his flip phone meant. But he knew it was...

March 20, 2019 at 11:22 am

Centrist or liberal? Beto O’Rourke’s political splits

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — At a packed eastern Iowa house party, a staffer for Democrat Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign tried to clear enough space for...

March 17, 2019 at 10:05 am

Other 2020 Dems begin sharpening criticism of Beto O’Rourke VIEW

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Back when he was still just teasing a presidential run, Beto O'Rourke told Vanity Fair he was "born to be in"...

March 17, 2019 at 5:57 am

Beto O’Rourke says nothing in his past will hinder 2020 run VIEW

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke told supporters Sunday that he's never taken LSD and there's "nothing" he hasn't already revealed about...

March 14, 2019 at 3:02 am

O’Rourke begins 2020 bid with big crowds, centrist message WATCH

Until he challenged Republican Sen. Ted Cruz last year, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke was little known outside his hometown of El Paso. But the...

March 9, 2019 at 2:12 pm

O’Rourke documentary provides no hints on possible 2020 run

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Beto O'Rourke is sitting in his kitchen hours after a closer-than-expected Texas Senate race loss to Ted Cruz, musing about how...

March 7, 2019 at 11:33 am

Ralph Hall, oldest-ever member of US House, dead at age 95

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Texas Rep. Ralph Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House and a man who claimed to have once sold...