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 Now that former Vice President Joe Biden has officially tossed his hat into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah revealed that he's partially hoping Biden snags the nomination just so we can see "the most entertaining debates of all time" as he and President Trump get into an "old man fight."
Explaining Thursday night that the former veep comes into the race with a "whole lot of baggage," Noah highlighted Biden's tendency to stick his foot in his mouth, showing clips of Biden asking a man in a wheelchair to stand and casually tossing out racial stereotypes.
"I feel like these gaffes are what made Biden the perfect balance to Obama," Noah remarked before impersonating the former president speaking very slowly and measured.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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 Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Howard Dean warned the party's latest official candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, about the troubles he may face ahead, including the "35-year-olds" who Dean says have been running the party -- a clear nod to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and fellow freshman Democrats.
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 Three powerful Democratic congressmen are seeking more information about the recent departures of multiple senior Department of Homeland Security officials, including Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, as President Donald Trump threatened to shut down parts of the US-Mexico border.
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 Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyThree months before Robert Mueller's report was even delivered to the Department of Justice, Donald Trump was already meeting with his lawyers about how to resist, combat, and impede the possible Democratic investigations that might arise from the special counsel's findings.
In multiple conference calls and closed-door gatherings at the White House that have taken place since January, the president began mapping out, with both White House and outside counsel, how to handle the coming onslaught of congressional probes and subpoenas aimed at his administration, his family, his business empire, according to three people with knowledge of the various conversations.
By February, Trump was actively asking those around him about the ways in which subpoenas from Democratic-controlled House committees could be fiercely challenged, a senior administration official said. By that time, those close to Trump say he had already settled, firmly, on a path forward.
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 In his first television interview since the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report, President Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday night that the investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election was a "coup" and an "attempted overthrow of the United States government."
Trump, who has largely avoided reporters since last week's release of the special counsel's report revealed at least ten instances of possible obstruction of justice, called his good friend Hannity to discuss the findings. Or, more accurately, to rant to a pro-Trump audience about how there was "no collusion" and it's time for some payback.
Having begun his broadcast by hyping a new Fox News story about texts previously released last year between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, the conservative primetime star said he disagreed with the president when he said at the beginning of his presidency that he wanted to move past investigating 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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 Former Vice President Joe Biden has not only snagged the limelight from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his announcement that he is joining the 2020 Democratic presidential field, but he also snagged away some of Sanders' former staff.
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has spoken with Anita Hill, an aide to his campaign told CNN's Brianna Keilar Thursday.
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 Democratic lawmakers on Thursday sought documents on Trump administration firings of top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), saying they were concerned the dismissals were prompted by the officials' refusal to break the law.
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Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden entered the 2020 Democratic presidential field on Thursday as an instant front-runner, drawing momentum away from other leading candidates and putting new pressure on underperformers to find ways to stay relevant.
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 Joe Biden's only path as a candidate is to stand for a return to normalcy. It's to speak for all those Democratic voters who want a turn back to rationality, pragmatism and governance.
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Hickenlooper, a former governor of Colorado, will release an anti-monopoly plan in California on Friday that could challenge the dominance of such companies as Amazon and Google, his campaign told Reuters.
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 Loren ElliottNational progressive outfit Indivisible on Thursday launched a pledge compelling all 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to rally behind the eventual nominee. Bernie Sanders was the first to sign it, the group revealed.
The "We Are Indivisible" pledge asks for three commitments from him and any other prospective signers, as first reported by BuzzFeed News. First, Indivisible's pledge requests that candidates "make the primary constructive" by outlining their visions while respecting their opponents.
"I'll support the ultimate Democratic nominee, whoever it is—period," the pledge also reads. "No Monday morning quarterbacking. No third-party threats. Immediately after there's a nominee, I'll endorse."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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U.S. authorities on Thursday executed search warrants at the home and offices of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, Maryland's Republican governor said on Thursday, prompting further calls for the Democratic city leader to resign.
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 The California Democratic Party was hit Wednesday with a lawsuit by a former employee who alleges that the party's former chairman groped and sexually assaulted him.
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Democratic presidential hopefuls flocked to Houston on Wednesday to speak at She the People, a presidential forum for women of color "about us, for us and by us."
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 President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign adviser, Lara Trump, said on "America's Newsroom" on Thursday that Democratic candidate Joe Biden supports policies are that too far-left for most Americans.
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Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke joined some of his fellow Democratic presidential candidates on Wednesday by signaling a willingness to "rethink" voting rights for prisoners.
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