By Tyler Olson | Fox News The comeback kid? Joe Biden may or may not have pulled off a Bill Clinton-style recovery for his primary campaign, but at least for now, the political stars are aligning for the Democratic presidential candidate who was all but counted out after failing to win any of the first three contests. Now, after dominating […]
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Democracy 2020 Digest: Bloomberg won’t budge as rivals clear field for Biden
By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar exited the White House race in the past 24 hours – moves that will likely help consolidate moderate Democratic support for former Vice President Joe Biden in his bid to prevent populist and progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders from capturing the Democratic presidential nomination. But centrist Mike Bloomberg isn’t ready to follow in their footsteps, saying on the […]
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Dow, S&P and Nasdaq score biggest point gains ever as stocks make coronavirus comeback
By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness Stocks registered a robust rebound after the worst week since the financial crisis. U.S. equity markets surged Monday as Wall Street rebounded from its worst week since the financial crisis and has President Trump and U.S. health officials made more progress in developing a plan to combat the coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose […]
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Klobuchar ends 2020 bid, set to join Buttigieg in Biden endorsement ahead of Super Tuesday
By Alex Pappas | Fox News Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg – bitter rivals throughout the presidential primary race – are both ending their campaigns and plan to endorse Joe Biden, as part of a concerted effort by lower-performing candidates to close ranks behind the former VP and prevent Bernie Sanders from running away with the nomination. Klobuchar’s withdrawal […]
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Leslie Marshall: Biden’s big victory in SC primary strengthens his challenge to Sanders
By Leslie Marshall | Fox News Former Vice President Joe Biden’s big victory in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary Saturday gives strong backing to his efforts to position himself as the candidate best able to defeat democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for the party’s presidential nomination. Biden captured 48 percent of the vote, compared with just 20 percent […]
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Biden calls SC primary ‘real comeback’ as he sets sights on Super Tuesday
By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Former Vice President Joe Biden called his victory in Saturday night’s South Carolina Democratic primary “a real comeback” as he looks to carry momentum into the upcoming Super Tuesday primaries. Biden, who appeared on “Fox News Sunday,” seemed confident that the South Carolina win shows he can challenge his Democratic presidential primary rival Bernie Sanders and reclaim […]
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Trump nominates John Ratcliffe for top intelligence post
By Alex Pappas | Fox News President Trump on Friday said he is nominating Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe to serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI), months after the Republican congressman abruptly withdrew his name for the post. “I am pleased to announce the nomination of @RepRatcliffe (Congressman John Ratcliffe) to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI),” the president tweeted. […]
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Trump accuses Dems of ‘politicizing’ coronavirus, tells South Carolina rally ‘we are totally prepared’
By Alex Pappas | Fox News President Trump accused his Democratic critics of “politicizing” the coronavirus outbreak Friday as he rallied supporters in North Charleston a day before the Democratic primary in South Carolina. Speaking at the North Charleston Coliseum for more than an hour, Trump dismissed the complaints from Democrats about his handling of the virus as “their new hoax” […]
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Chris Stirewalt: Why Super Tuesday looks like it will backfire on Democrats
By David Montanaro | Fox News The move by some states – including California and Texas – to move up their primaries to Super Tuesday appears that it’s going to backfire on the Democratic Party, Fox News digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt argued on the “I’ll Tell You What” podcast. Speaking alongside “The Daily Briefing” anchor Dana Perino, Stirewalt said that the party establishment appears […]
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Oil and gas industry predicts fracking ban would cost US 7.5 million jobs by 2022
By Sam Dorman | Fox News Prominent 2020 Democratic candidates have proposed fracking bans that could trigger a recession and leave millions of Americans without work, a trade association for the oil and gas industry said on Thursday. The American Petroleum Institute (API) predicted that a ban on fracking and new oil leases would reduce GDP by $7.1 trillion by 2030, cost the economy […]
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Dow drops over 700 points as coronavirus prompts CDC warning
By Jonathan Garber FOXBusiness The 10-year yield held near a record low on safety play. U.S. equities remained under pressure Tuesday, a day after suffering their steepest declines in two years. All three of the major averages opened with modest gains but quickly rolled over into negative territory extending the previous day’s losses that were brought on by the […]
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Democrats may try to eliminate Ocasio-Cortez’s House seat, paper says
By Edmund DeMarche | Fox News Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., would do well to prepare to see her House seat vanish after this year’s redistricting over to her targeting of “established Democrats” with funds from her Courage to Change PAC, according to a New York Post editorial. The editorial, which ran on Sunday, said the freshman representative has been in “hot water” with some […]
