Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
February 4, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H.; retired Adm. Mike Mullen, a former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman.
Biden, Black caucus agree on path forward on police reform
February 3, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus left a meeting Thursday with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with an agreement on how to address the issue of policing in America after the recent killing of Tyre Nichols.
‘You are worthy’: Sen. Booker draws tears at Jackson hearing
March 24, 2022 GMTSen. Cory Booker cut through a tense third day of hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday with a speech on racial progress that drew tears from the nominee and held the rapt attention of colleagues.
Takeaways: Joy, tears, culture wars dominate Jackson hearing
March 24, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson who is being scrutinized.
Lawmakers eye grants to fund innovation to save right whales
February 18, 2022 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers from Massachusetts and New Jersey want to set up a new grant program to help develop technology that assists in saving a rare species of whale from extinction.
The North Atlantic right whale numbers less than 340 and faces threats from collisions with large ships and entanglement in fishing gear.
Crow, Warren, Booker test positive for breakthrough COVID-19
December 20, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. senators and a third lawmaker say they have tested positive for COVID-19 after having been vaccinated, as the nation deals with another surge in cases and the emergence of the omicron variant.
Rep. Crow tests positive for COVID-19 after Ukraine trip
December 20, 2021 GMTDENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jason Crow says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from an official congressional delegation visit to Ukraine.
In a tweet on Sunday, the Colorado Democrat said he is fully vaccinated and got a booster shot and is experiencing only mild symptoms.
Sen. Cory Booker headlines party fundraiser in New Hampshire
December 12, 2021 GMTMANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker praised the president for his handling of the pandemic and accused Republicans of spreading misinformation while headlining a Democratic Party fundraiser in New Hampshire Saturday.
Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
October 28, 2021 GMTBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West in response to Republican-backed state laws that make it easier to kill the predators.
Senators: Bipartisan police overhaul talks end with no deal
September 23, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan congressional talks on overhauling policing practices have ended without an agreement, top bargainers from both parties said, marking the collapse of an effort that began after killings of unarmed Black people by officers sparked protests across the U.S.
Senators: Bipartisan police overhaul talks end with no deal
September 22, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan congressional talks on overhauling policing practices have ended without an agreement, top bargainers from both parties said Wednesday, marking the collapse of an effort that began after killings of unarmed Black people by officers sparked protests across the U.S.
Senate Democrats unfazed by GOP police funding proposal
August 11, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes, lawmakers in Congress concoct amendments that are so politically devastating to the rival party that they provoke terror, fury or grudging admiration.
Tuesday night, a proposal by Republican Sen.
Buttigieg tours New York rail tunnel as $11B project looms
June 28, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg toured the century-old rail tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey Monday and offered his support for an $11 billion project to build a new tunnel that has endured years of political squabbling and funding disputes.
Families of Black men slain by police are hopeful for reform
April 30, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The family and representatives of Black men slain by the police met with senators and White House officials Thursday — and left optimistic that police reform could be approved by May 25, the anniversary of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis...
Booker aide tapped for cannabis panel after NAACP pressure
March 24, 2021 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday named a staffer for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and member of the Rev...
Gov. Newsom challenged to address Senate’s lack of diversity
December 20, 2020 GMTSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Should California get its first Latino U.S. senator or should the 100-member chamber maintain one Black woman’s voice...
Booker, Democratic lawmakers introduce NCAA reform bill
December 17, 2020 GMTA bill introduced Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers would grant college athletes sweeping rights to compensation, including a share of the revenue generated by their sports, and create a federal commission to oversee college athletics.
Plan to replace 110-year-old bridge submitted to Congress
December 12, 2020 GMTNew Jersey lawmakers say a plan to replace a century-old bridge connecting New Jersey to New York and points north and south has been submitted to Congress for final review...
Record 4M voters cast ballots in election, Murphy says
November 5, 2020 GMTMore than 4 million ballots were cast in this week's presidential election in New Jersey, the most in state history, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday.
It's still not clear what the voter turnout percentage was, however, because the results are still unofficial...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
October 16, 2020 GMTA roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
Senators seek highest civilian honor for Till and his mother
September 16, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Congress should give the nation’s highest civilian honor posthumously to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, a Republican and a Democratic senator said Wednesday...
Senators lay out plan for college athletes bill of rights
August 13, 2020 GMTA group of senators led by Cory Booker of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on Thursday released a plan for reforming college sports with an athletes bill or rights...
Cory Booker wins Democratic Senate primary in New Jersey
July 8, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker wins Democratic Senate primary in New Jersey.
Democrats prepare police reform bills after Floyd’s death
June 4, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats, powered by the Congressional Black Caucus, are preparing a sweeping package of police reforms as pressure builds on the federal government to respond to the death of
Emotions run high as anti-lynching bill stalls in Senate
June 4, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate impasse over a widely backed bill to designate lynching as a federal hate crime boiled over on Thursday in an emotional debate cast against a backdrop of widespread protests over police treatment of African Americans...
Early voting in Tennessee’s presidential primary begins
February 12, 2020 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Early voting for Tennessee's presidential primary has officially begun.
Voters will be able to cast their ballots ahead of the March 3 presidential primary starting Wednesday until Feb...
Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles
January 14, 2020 GMTDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety...
Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles
January 13, 2020 GMTDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety...
Booker: Impeachment trial could be ‘big blow’ to my campaign
January 9, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Cory Booker said a looming impeachment trial and other pressing issues in Washington could deal a “big, big blow” to his Democratic presidential campaign by keeping him away from Iowa in the final weeks before the Feb...
Warren, Klobuchar, Booker recent fundraising lags top rivals
January 3, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said Friday that she raised $21...
Warren blasts billionaires as Democrats end year campaigning
December 31, 2019 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren marked one year of running for president on Tuesday by slamming billionaires from both parties who she says put corporate interests above the needs of the rest of the country, as many top Full Coverage: Election 2020
Buttigieg leads 2020 rivals in Wall Street contributions
December 21, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The financial sector, blamed by progressives for spawning the 2008 economic collapse, is lining up behind Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign...
Booker’s critical test? Languishing campaign plots a rebound
December 5, 2019 GMTNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The news of Kamala Harris' sudden departure from the presidential race came during an all-staff conference call led from Cory Booker's campaign headquarters in Newark, the New Jersey city that he led for seven years and that propelled him to national fame...
Campaigns swarm Harris donors after she exits the 2020 race
December 5, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris’ exit from the Democratic presidential primary has set off a stampede among her former rivals, who are moving fast to improve their campaigns' fortunes by winning over donors who supported the California senator...
10 Democrats qualify for next week’s presidential debate
November 14, 2019 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Ten Democratic presidential candidates have qualified for next Wednesday’s debate in Georgia, giving voters a smaller lineup on stage to consider even as the party’s overall field expands...
Castro says he raised $800,000 to stay in presidential race
November 1, 2019 GMTDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro has announced raising the $800,000 he said he needed to avoid dropping out of the presidential race.
2020 Democrats put focus on guns amid impeachment fever
October 3, 2019 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates reiterated their call for gun control Wednesday and urged Americans to keep up the fight for change, sidestepping the issue of impeachment in Washington and whether it will divert lawmakers...
Democrats propose spending trillions fighting climate change
September 4, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Five Democratic presidential candidates in the span of 24 hours have released sweeping plans to address climate change, ahead of a series of town halls devoted to the issue.
2020 Democrats lay blame on Trump’s rhetoric for shootings
August 5, 2019 GMTMANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates sought to lay blame Sunday on President Donald Trump following a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying his language against minorities promotes racial division and violence...
The Latest: Democrats close debate by focusing on Trump
August 1, 2019 GMTDETROIT (AP) — The Latest on Wednesday's Democratic presidential debate (all times local):
Biden’s burden: What to watch in Democratic debate
July 31, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has read all the modifiers in front of his front-runner status: shaky, fragile, vulnerable...
2020 debates: Biden-Harris rematch and progressive faceoff
July 19, 2019 GMTATLANTA (AP) — The second set of summer Democratic presidential debates will feature a rematch with a twist, plus the first showdown of leading progressives as the party wrestles with its philosophical identity and looks ahead to a 2020 fight against President Donald Trump...
On edge: 2020 Dems face prospect of being cut from debates
July 1, 2019 GMTMIAMI (AP) — The largest presidential field in modern Democratic politics could quickly shrink as more than half of the contenders are in real danger of failing to meet tougher requirements to participate in the fall round of debates...
Democrats’ use of Spanish in debate evokes praise, eye rolls
June 27, 2019 GMTALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke answered a question about marginal tax rates in Spanish...
Booker campaign gets 2020 jolt with pushback against Biden
June 21, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker's supporters have spent months waiting for a moment when the charismatic senator could break through a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates...
Biden not apologizing for remarks on segregationist senators
June 20, 2019 GMTJoe Biden refused calls to apologize Wednesday for saying that the Senate "got things done" with "civility" even when the body included segregationists with whom he disagreed...
Democrats favor more access to capital for black businesses
June 16, 2019 GMTCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Four Democrats vying for their party's presidential nomination honed in on the economic concerns of the black community during a forum Saturday in South Carolina, a state where nonwhite voters will play a major role in next year's primary election...
Correction: Election 2020-California Democrats story
June 3, 2019 GMTSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story June 1 about Democratic presidential candidates speaking in California, The Associated Press reported erroneously that New Jersey Sen...
Presidential hopeful Hickenlooper backs impeachment probe
May 30, 2019 GMTDENVER (AP) — Ex-Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has become the latest Democratic presidential hopeful to call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
Hickenlooper described himself Thursday as an "extreme moderate" but said special counsel Robert Mueller's (MUHL'-urz) WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, a process that would include an interview and safety training...Cory Booker proposes national license for all gun owners
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Beer pong 2020: Will Gillibrand’s cool campaign pay off?
May 4, 2019 GMTNASHUA, New Hampshire (AP) — Her first shot landed short and her teammate's bounced away. But Kirsten Gillibrand's second ping pong ball splashed home and she threw both arms skyward while her opponents chugged, celebrating a beer pong victory in the most presidential way possible...
Democratic hopefuls demur on pursuing Trump post-White House
April 21, 2019 GMTAMHERST, N.H. (AP) — Some Democratic contenders for president aren't saying whether they would re-open investigations into President Donald Trump if they were to oust him from the White House in 2020...
Booker returns to Newark to recharge his 2020 campaign
April 14, 2019 GMTNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mired in the 2020 pack, Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker returned on Saturday to the city where he earned his political chops, hoping for a surge as he undertakes a two-week tour around the country and expressing confidence to supporters that he, like the country he wants to lead, "will rise...
Democrats want feds to target the ‘black box’ of AI bias
April 10, 2019 GMTCongress is starting to show interest in prying open the "black box" of tech companies' artificial intelligence with oversight that parallels how the federal government checks under car hoods and audits banks...
2020 by the numbers: Democratic candidates posting big stats
April 2, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — How many ways can you measure the first quarter of the year? For Democratic presidential candidates, it's 300-plus events, 26 states and hundreds of voter questions...
2020 Democrats aim to make inroads in rural America
March 11, 2019 GMTDENMARK, S.C. (AP) — Deanna Miller Berry doesn't often see presidential candidates. So when New Jersey Sen...
Pot-litics: 2020 Democrats line up behind legalization
March 9, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A growing list of Democratic presidential contenders want the U.S. government to legalize marijuana, reflecting a nationwide shift as more Americans look favorably on cannabis...
Democratic presidential hopefuls honor Selma march
March 4, 2019 GMTSELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thunder rolling above Brown Chapel AME Church, Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker warned Sunday of a looming threat to American democracy and called for protecting the legacy of the civil rights movement with love and action...