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Bernie Sanders projected to win Nevada caucuses

By Adam Shaw, Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Sen. Bernie Sanders will win the Nevada caucuses, Fox News is projecting, furthering the democratic socialist’s lead over his Democratic rivals and raising the question as to whether he can be stopped on his path to the Democratic nomination. With six percent of delegates in, Sanders leads with 55.3 percent. According to those returns, former Vice President Joe […]

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Nevada caucuses get underway as state Dems hope to avoid repeat of Iowa chaos

By Adam Shaw, Paul Steinhauser | Fox News The Nevada caucuses are getting underway on Saturday as Democratic presidential hopefuls face a more diverse electorate, with Sen. Bernie Sanders looking to keep his early momentum going — and with state Democrats hoping to avoid the chaos that hit Iowa’s caucuses earlier this month. The closely-watched process began at noon […]

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Trump, Schiff spar ahead of Nevada caucuses over claim Russians trying to help Bernie Sanders

By Alex Pappas | Fox News President Trump and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff tangled on Twitter ahead of the Nevada caucuses on Saturday over the reports U.S. officials believe Russia is attempting to interfere in the Democratic presidential primary by helping Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The back-and-forth also follows the president’s recent dismissal of reports that the U.S. intelligence community believes Russia […]

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Bernie Sanders’ surge has party elders rattled, as Nevada poised to boost momentum

By Brooke Singman | Fox News Bernie Sanders’ surge in national polls and success in the early-voting states has Democratic Party elders increasingly concerned about the self-proclaimed democratic socialist’s potential to become their nominee — as he heads into this weekend’s Nevada caucuses with a massive lead and aiming to cement his front-runner status. Establishment Democrats inside and […]

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Sanders’ ‘Medicare-for-all’ proposal in crosshairs of powerful Nevada union

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Being the front-runner in a presidential primary battle is a double-edged sword, which is something Bernie Sanders is learning the hard way as he and the rest of the Democratic primary field focus their efforts on Nevada’s “first in the west” caucus next Saturday. The Vermont senator, who has jumped ahead of former Vice President […]

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Democracy 2020 Digest: Struggling Warren pulls back from South Carolina, puts her chips on Nevada

By Paul Steinhauser, Alex Pappas | Fox News Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign appears to be concentrating its firepower on Nevada rather than South Carolina – with those two states on deck in the presidential-nomination calendar. Warren’s campaign confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday that they will not continue their current TV ad buy in South Carolina when it expires on Feb. 16. Instead, […]

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Nevada’s powerful Culinary Union says members were ‘viciously attacked’ by Sanders’ supporters

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News The politically influential Culinary Union in Nevada released a statement on Wednesday claiming that its members have been “viciously attacked” by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. after the union publically warned its members against backing a candidate in the state’s Democratic caucus who supports “Medicare-for-All.” The union’s statement comes amid reports of harassment […]

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Former Trump Official Seeking to Flip Democrat Senate Seat Announces ‘Deport Them All’ Plan for Illegal Immigration

By Tom Ozimek Jeff Gunter, a former Trump official who’s looking to flip a key U.S. Senate seat in Nevada from Democrat to Republican, has announced an initiative to help tackle the border crisis that involves a combination of bolstering border security and assisting with the mass deportation of illegal immigrants. “Build the Wall, Deport […]