US elections 2020
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Russia expert says she ‘had a couple testy encounters’ with Sondland and warned him ‘this is going to blow up’
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Event in partnership with the Storm Lake Times to feature Biden, Buttigieg, Harris, Klobuchar and Sanders ahead of Iowa caucus
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In focus
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In this first piece in our new series on swing voters, Chris McGreal reports from Monroe county, Michigan, where industrial jobs are under pressure, and asks voters who once backed Obama if they will vote for Trump again
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Stock market dips and tariff uncertainty have the president anxious about the possibility of a recession on his watch
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The former vice-president has cultivated a reputation for saying the wrong thing – but has it evolved into a 2020 liability?
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The GOP has dominated the state for 30 years, but a slew of retirements and a rise in Hispanic voters may mean Texas becomes a battleground again
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Even before the recent spate of mass shootings, candidates touted comprehensive plans for stricter gun laws
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As socialism moves from the margins to the center of presidential politics, organization faces a new and welcome problem: where to go from here?
What's left, America?
Gary Younge travels through the political landscape of the left, examining it's nature, under Trump
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Marginalized groups in America are asserting themselves and, in doing so, making others sensitized to their condition
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Voters’ feelings on socialism have shifted with half of those under 40 saying they would prefer to live in a socialist country
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Hillary Clinton’s defeat appears to have radicalised women in a way that her campaign did not – it wasn’t that she lost to a man, but that she lost to Donald Trump
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Explainers
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Almost two dozen Democratic candidates are vying for the party’s nomination to take on Trump in the 2020 race. Here’s where they stand on the key issues
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Almost two dozen Democratic candidates - and a few Republicans - are vying to be the one to take on Donald Trump in the 2020 race for the White House
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From the debates, to the conventions, to the electoral college, here’s everything you need to know
Opinion
On the road
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The former vice-president’s folksy charm went down well at the state fair – but critics say the party needs a bolder 2020 candidate
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Given the state’s notoriously close margins in elections – Trump carried the state over Clinton by 1.2% in 2016 – even the slightest swing could prove significant
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The gathering of political progressives found itself almost spoilt for choice by the Democratic presidential field for 2020
Profiles
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Presidential hopeful Julián and Texas congressman Joaquin stand up with one voice against president’s anti-immigration policies
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Exclusive: O’Rourke addresses family history and admits that he and his children are ‘beneficiaries’ of slaveholding
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The Democratic party mega-donor has to distinguish himself from other candidates with no widespread name recognition in the 2020 field
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The Minnesota senator, who has consistently won big in a purple state, may have what it takes to beat Trump – if she can survive the primary
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Warren will join a crowded field when she formally launches her campaign – but her entry will differ sharply from the enthusiasm surrounding her Senate bid seven years ago
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Former vice-president launches campaign in Pennsylvania, saying: ‘I am running to offer our country a different path’
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