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Calls for pragmatic centrism helped Joe Biden clinch the Democratic presidential nomination

Democrats are making new moves toward a virtual presidential nominating convention this August.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday categorically denied allegations from a former Senate staffer that he sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, saying “this never happened.” Biden’s first public remarks on the allegation come at a critical moment for the presumptive Democratic nominee as he tries to relieve mounting pressure after weeks of leaving denials to his...

The general election for president is underway between President Donald Trump and the presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden.

Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, announced she is suspending her campaign for president and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president.

Florida’s Hispanic voters would support former Vice President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump if the general election were held today, according to a Telemundo Station Group poll. If Bernie Sanders faced Trump, the Vermont senator would lose against the incumbent president but within the poll’s margin of error. The poll commissioned by the Telemundo Station Group conducted by...

What exactly are delegates, and how do they determine who becomes the Democratic nominee? We emptied our toy box to explain how primaries and caucuses help the Democratic Party select the next presidential nominee.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced he is ending his 2020 Presidential bid and will endorse former Vice President Joe Biden.

The senator from Minnesota is expected to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden.

Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced he was suspending his campaign Sunday evening.

Joe Biden scored a thundering victory Saturday in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on the strength of African American support, a decisive win that could force moderate rivals out of the race and blunt the rise of progressive leader Bernie Sanders. Biden’s win came at a perilous moment in his 2020 bid as he needed an emphatic rebound after underwhelming...

Six presidential candidates faced off at the Democratic Debate in Las Vegas, Nev. on Wednesday night. Here are the key moments you may have missed.

Six presidential candidates faced off at the Democratic Debate in Las Vegas, Nev. on Wednesday night. Here are the key moments you may have missed.

Senator Amy Klobuchar admitted to the gaffe during the Nevada Democratic Debate, but said forgetting his name doesn’t reflect what she actually knows.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced the names of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates who will appear on the ballot in Connecticut’s April 28, 2020 primary election. According to a representative, the Secretary of the State places the names of candidates on the ballot, if she determines that the “candidacy of such person for such party’s nomination for…

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ robust start in the race for the presidential nomination is triggering alarm among congressional Democrats.

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet ended his presidential campaign by wishing the remaining Democratic candidates well shortly after polls closed in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday night.

Joe Biden is facing increasingly formidable competition in South Carolina, a state his campaign has long assumed was safely in his column and one he’s repeatedly described as a “firewall” in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and billionaire activist Tom Steyer are challenging the former vice president’s standing in South Carolina. The Feb. 29 primary...

A top Democrat in Congress says the party’s future under Tom Perez is under scrutiny amid fallout from the Iowa caucus and the winnowing of the presidential primary field to the exclusion of candidates of color

The Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump shifted the votes of some independent voters, but most Americans were driven even deeper into their political corners by the sessions, according to an LX and Morning Consult poll released Friday. The survey, conducted during the final 24 hours of the quickest impeachment trial in U.S. history that ended in a...