Contrasts abound for 2 black women in Chicago mayoral runoff

A political outsider who campaigned on reforming Chicago's police department says voters likely had the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald on their minds when th
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Warden questions timing of audit criticizing her prison

The warden of state women's prison in southwestern North Dakota is questioning an audit critical of her lockup
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Biden: 'The most important people in my life want me to run'

Joe Biden: 'The most important people in my life want me to run'
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Democrat Elizabeth Warren plans to forgo big-money donors

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she will forgo the chase for campaign money from the biggest donors in her quest for her party's nomination
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California's hurting Republicans pick insider to lead party

The California Republican Party has selected party organizer Jessica Patterson as its new chair
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Booker preaches positivity, touts local ties in Las Vegas

Booker highlights family ties to Las Vegas, casts presidential campaign as a movement to bridge American divides through social justice
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Brown pledges to be most pro-union 2020 candidate if he runs

In Las Vegas, Democrat Sherrod Brown pledges to be most pro-union 2020 candidate if he runs
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Soup for 3: Democratic hopefuls mingle with voters at church

Between bowls of soup, 3 Democratic hopefuls share ideas with Iowa voters
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Biden's 2020 opening? Dem field missing foreign policy hand

Foreign policy has largely taken a back seat on the presidential campaign trail, and former Vice President Joe Biden could seize on that opening to position him
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Retired astronaut Mark Kelly kicks off Arizona Senate bid

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly is casting his Democratic campaign for U.S. Senate as a "mission for Arizona" as he kicks off his bid to finish John McCain's last
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The Latest: Mark Kelly kicks of Senate campaign

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly is casting his Democratic campaign for U.S. Senate as a "mission for Arizona" as he kicks off his bid to finish John McCain's last
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Retired astronaut Mark Kelly kicking off Arizona Senate race

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly is kicking off his U.S. Senate campaign with a rally in Tucson, Arizona
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Harris opposes military action to get aid into Venezuela

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she doesn't "condone military action at this point" to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Venezuela
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Macron visits French farm fair amid rural anger, decline

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to protect European farming standards and culinary traditions
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Sen. Warren: US needs to address 'ugly history of racism'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the nation needs to confront its "ugly history of racism"
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Expanding the map: 2020 Dems push past early voting states

Expanding the map: 2020 Democratic candidates push past early voting states
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Dems' choice: Scrap the system or make gradual change?

Democratic presidential candidates are increasingly split into two camps: those who want to quickly overhaul economic systems that have existed for decades and
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Klobuchar to meet with Carter, Abrams in Georgia

Sen. Amy Klobuchar will meet with former President Jimmy Carter and Democrat Stacey Abrams as she brings her presidential campaign to Georgia
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Gov. Hogan: No Trump primary challenge without major shift

Maryland Gov. Hogan: No Trump primary challenge without major shift
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Opposition mounts against Texas governor's election chief

A key Texas Democrat says he won't back Gov. Greg Abbott's embattled choice for secretary of state, whose job is in peril over an inaccurate list of 95,000 vote
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Trump endorses Cornyn, who is wary of O'Rourke 2020 threat

President Donald Trump is endorsing Sen. John Cornyn for re-election in 2020, saying the chamber's No. 2 Republican "has done an outstanding job for the people
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Ready to fight: Cory Booker shows his tough side to voters

Cory Booker is known as the sunny candidate in the crowded Democratic presidential primary, but he's also trying to play the fighter
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Inside the battle to host the 2020 Democratic convention

Officials in Houston, Miami and Milwaukee are in a mad scramble to lure the Democratic presidential nominating convention in 2020, but each city has something l
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House spending plan would raise teacher salaries 6 percent

State general fund spending would increase by about 11 percent and provide a 6 percent pay increase for public school teachers across New Mexico under a budget
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The Latest: Harris won't comment again on Smollett probe

California Sen. Kamala Harris says she won't comment again on the investigation into a reported attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett until an investigation
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Border wall a complex issue for 2020 prospect Beto O'Rourke

For Beto O'Rourke, the border wall is an up-close-and-personal issue, laden with nuance, as he eyes presidential race
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Democratic candidates spend holiday in New Hampshire, Iowa

Several Democratic presidential candidates are closing out the long holiday weekend on the campaign trail, with stops planned across states key to securing thei
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Booker holds back on questions about 'Empire' actor attack

Booker holds back on questions about 'Empire' actor attack; Warren says families feeling the economic squeeze; former GOP Gov. William Weld says he would challe
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Warren highlights her work on economic crisis in Vegas stop

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is describing a squeeze on working families in America as she introduces herself to voters in the early nomin
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North Dakota Legislature heads toward midsession break

North Dakota's Legislature is in its last week before its midsession break, and lawmakers have many spending bills and major measures left to be considered in t
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Early-voting states are focus for Democrats in 2020 contest

Democratic presidential candidates are courting voters in states with influential early roles in the 2020 primary as the busy pace of campaigning over the holid
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Dem presidential candidates introducing themselves to voters

Five Democratic senators vying for their party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020 are fanning out across the country to campaign and meet
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