Herman Cain, a onetime Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, has died from coronavirus, according to an obituary sent from his verified Twitter account and Newsmax, where he was launching a television show. Cain, 74, was hospitalized earlier this month, and his Twitter account said earlier this week he was being treated with oxygen in his lungs. It […]
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(CNN) — Amy Klobuchar’s husband, John Bessler, is recovering at home after being hospitalized for coronavirus, the Minnesota senator and former Democratic presidential candidate announced on Thursday. “He has coronavirus and has been in the hospital for pneumonia and low oxygen,” Klobuchar said in a statement. “He took a good turn, was just released and is now […]
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(CNN) — Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign transferred $18 million to the Democratic National Committee on Friday, turning to the committee to fund and manage the effort to take down President Donald Trump instead of creating a Bloomberg-backed independent expenditure. The transfer, according to memos from both Democratic groups, will go directly to increasing the size and scope of […]
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(CNN) — Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Thursday ended her presidential campaign and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. “I know Vice President Biden and his wife and am grateful to have called his son Beau, who also served in the National Guard, a friend,” Gabbard said in a statement. “Although I may not agree with the Vice […]
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(CNN) — Bernie Sanders said he will assess his presidential campaign after his poor showing in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries. “As I said yesterday, we are assessing the state of our campaign, there’s not going to be an election for another three weeks,” the Vermont senator told CNN Wednesday. “We are talking to our supporters. Anybody who suggests that […]
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(CNN) — Days after former Vice President and current Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden said he would partner with former US Rep. Beto O’Rourke to help combat gun violence, Republican congressman Ken Buck dared the duo to come “take” the semi-automatic rifle he keeps on his office wall. In a video posted to his Twitter account on Friday, Buck, a Republican […]
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(CNN) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar will end her presidential bid on Monday and endorse Joe Biden, a campaign aide tells CNN. The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator is flying to Dallas to join the former vice president at his rally, where she will suspend her campaign and give her endorsement on the eve of Super Tuesday. […]
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(CNN) — A Democratic congresswoman from Florida said Monday that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ partial defense of Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution was “absolutely unacceptable.” “As the first South American immigrant member of Congress who proudly represents thousands of Cuban Americans, I find Senator Bernie Sanders’ comments on Castro’s Cuba absolutely unacceptable,” Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell wrote in a pair of […]