Former Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz, who is launching a book tour this week, said he’s “seriously thinking of running for president” as a centrist who is positioned outside the two-party system. With the field of contenders to challenge President Donald Trump growing daily, the 65-year-old coffee impresario who turned a local Seattle chain […] Read more
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has proposed a “wealth tax” on some of the richest Americans. The new tax from Warren, who recently announced her bid to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020, would only apply to Americans with more than $50 million in assets. Her Twitter announcement on Thursday came hours after an economist who […] Read more
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office issued a rare public rebuke on Friday of elements of a stunning report alleging that President Donald Trump directed his former legal counsel to lie in sworn congressional testimony about the president’s involvement in a Russian real estate deal. In a development that sent shock waves through the political world, […] Read more
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that she will run for president in 2020. Gillbrand, 52, said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that she is launching an exploratory committee. “I’m going to run for president of the United States because as a young mom, I’m going to fight for other people’s kids as […] Read more
President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency over border security is a slippery slope, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio told CNBC on Wednesday. The Florida Republican contended Trump was elected on the promise of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the president has to “keep that promise.” But “we have to be careful about […] Read more
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s nascent presidential campaign has so far drawn attention to the DNA test she took in hopes of proving her Native American bloodline, President Donald Trump’s Twitter attacks against her, and whether or not she is “likable.” Her potential impact on the policy issues that will shape the 2020 race has received far […] Read more
