O’Rourke candidacy asks: Can a moderate white male win the 2020 Democratic primary?
As he had done at several stops in his first campaign trip as a presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke on Friday climbed atop a counter at a local Iowa business and addressed a small but adoring crowd. People clapped and cheered. Outside, some waited in the cold, hoping to catch a glimpse of him.
Backstory: How Reuters uncovered Beto O’Rourke’s teenage hacking days
Reuters reporter Joseph Menn exclusively revealed on Friday that Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke belonged to one of the best-known groups of computer hackers as a teenager.
Workers on Sanders’ 2020 White House campaign join union
Workers on Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign have joined a labor union, becoming the first presidential campaign in history to unionize.
Trump vetoes measure to end his emergency declaration on border wall
President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday to block a measure passed by Democrats and Republicans in Congress that would terminate his emergency declaration for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
Trump vetoes lawmakers’ measure against border wall
President Donald Trump on Friday vetoed a measure to terminate his emergency declaration to fund a border wall, striking back at Republican and Democratic lawmakers who opposed the controversial move with the first veto of his presidency.
Pelosi says U.S. House to vote March 26 on overriding Trump border-wall related veto
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday the chamber will vote on March 26 on overriding President Donald Trump’s veto of a border-wall related resolution.
U.S. imposes visa bans on International Criminal Court investigators: Pompeo
The United States will withdraw or deny visas to any International Criminal Court personnel investigating possible war crimes by U.S. forces or allies in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.
Booker says Democrats will put ‘a woman on the ticket’ in 2020 White House race
Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker all but guaranteed at a campaign event on Friday that he will pick a woman as his running mate if he wins his party’s nomination for president next year.
Trump to veto lawmakers’ measure against border wall
President Donald Trump on Friday will veto a congressional measure to end his emergency declaration to get funds to build a wall at the U.S. border with Mexico, a White House spokesman said.
Trump expected to veto lawmakers’ measure against border wall on Friday
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a veto of the congressional measure to end his emergency declaration to get funds to build a border wall at a 3:30 p.m. event on Friday, a White House spokesman said.
