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Live updates on key 2020 congressional races: Democrats seek to shore up House majority

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves her news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

According to recent reports, President Trump believes that Republicans can retake a majority in the House of Representatives in 2020. He might be the only one. Political experts largely believe that the Democrats are overwhelming favorites to retain control of the House, extending Nancy Pelosi’s speakership for one more term — which she has suggested will be her last....

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Both the GOP and the Democrats want to break up Big Tech. Could it really happen?

Rep Jim Jordan, D-OH, speaks during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on Online Platforms and Market Power in the Rayburn House office Building, July 29, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images

We live in an era of unprecedented political polarization, to the point where it seems unimaginable that liberals and conservatives could unite around any issue....

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As unemployment hits 36 million, congressional GOP rejects a second round of stimulus checks

Coronavirus economic assistance checks that were sent to citizens across the country Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Congressional Republicans are attempting to stop the passage of another relief package for Americans economically suffering as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as an estimated 36 million Americans have lost their jobs.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.,...

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Tulsi Gabbard endorses Joe Biden as she drops out of the Democratic presidential race

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, offered her “full support” to former Vice President Joe Biden as she suspended her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday. 

After mentioning how Americans need to unite during the coronavirus pandemic, Gabbard concluded that “I feel that the best way that I can be of service at this time is to continue to work for the health and well-being of the people of Hawaii and our country in Congress, and to stand ready to serve in uniform should the Hawaii National Guard be activated.”...

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Bernie Sanders dodges Rachel Maddow’s questions about struggles with black voters in the South

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., dodged questions from MSNBC host Rachel Maddow about his struggles with black voters in the South by asserting that he performs well with “people of color” overall. 

Sanders also claimed that his rival for the Democratic nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden, owes his overwhelming support from black voters to the fact that he worked for the first black president, Barack Obama....

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“Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host says Democrats and the media are “the agents of Russia” — not Trump

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“Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth falsely claimed Friday that the media and Democrats are agents of Russia, because they are allegedly attempting to delegitimize President Donald Trump.

“Every single media member in that clip, every single Democrat that parrots what they are saying — they’re working together....

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Former CNBC anchor to challenge Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Democratic primary

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A former CNBC anchor has mounted a primary challenge against one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent progressives: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

“I am the daughter and granddaughter of working class Italian and Cuban immigrants,” Michelle Caruso-Cabrera said in a statement announcing her campaign Monday. ...

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James Carville: Democratic Party would turn into a “cult” if it nominates Sanders for president

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Former Clinton adviser James Carville, suggested that the Democratic Party would convert into a Trump-like cult if it nominated the self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders to be its nominee for president. 

“There’s a certain part of the Democratic Party that wants us to be a cult,” Carville told the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday....

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Meghan McCain denounces the Iowa caucuses as a “disaster”: “I’m completely done with it”

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Meghan McCain, the co-host of “The View,” called on the state of Iowa to drop its caucus system following unprecedented delays from the state’s Democratic Party in announcing the results of the first in the nation presidential nominating contest.

“This is a disaster, and Iowa should completely remove themselves from the caucus, in general, and turn into a primary next election cycle,” McCain said on Tuesday’s broadcast....

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