Billionaire philanthropist and Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot is dead at 89, CNBC has confirmed. Perot, who ran for president twice in 1992 and 1996, died after a five-month battle with leukemia, said James Fuller, a representativ... Read more
Former Republican Rep. Scott Taylor will try to take down Democratic Sen. Mark Warner in Virginia next year. The ex-congressman and Navy Seal announced his plan to challenge Warner on Monday morning. Taylor faces a difficult task in unseating th... Read more
The first Democratic presidential debate appears to have shaken up the 2020 race — at least for now. A series of polls released after 20 candidates faced off last week found a bump for Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and a slide for the early fron... Read more
Ariana Grande’s “Sweetener” tour, which began in March, is already breaking records — at least for registering new voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Grande announced she would be partnering with non-profit voter registration group... Read more
The top Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential race wasted little time in their first primary debate before taking heavy swings at President Donald Trump. Vice President Joe Biden said that “Donald Trump put us in a horrible situation.”... Read more
Warren’s election reform proposal includes standardized federal election rules, increased federal oversight of elections, and a constitutional amendment guaranteeing voting rights. Warren estimates her plan would cost $20 billion over 10 years,... Read more
Nineteen billionaires and ultra millionaires including George Soros, Abigail Disney and members of the Pritzker family release a bipartisan letter asking the 2020 presidential candidates to support a tax on the American families with the largest... Read more
Roy Moore, who was accused of sexual misconduct with teens decades ago, will run for the U.S. Senate again in Alabama. He will try to take on Democratic Sen. Doug Jones against the wishes of national Republicans and even President Donald Trump.... Read more
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is cutting ties with some of its own pollsters after leaked internal polling showed the president trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in critical 2020 battleground states. The move comes after N... Read more
President Trump tells Fox News that if Iran were to block the Strait of Hormuz, “it’s not going to be closed for long.” Trump was responding to a hypothetical question following the attacks Thursday on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, south... Read more
