Tag Archives: 2020

“I’m not going to be the president,” Mr. Inslee conceded. He announced shortly after that he would seek a third term as governor. Mr. Inslee drew an outpouring of praise this week for spotlighting climate issues with his candidacy. He spoke with my colleague Lisa Friedman about the attention he …

LOS ANGELES — At an auditorium here one evening this week, Atticus Tyagi, age 8, stepped onstage with a canvas bag nearly as large as he is, bearing the name of his “Gammy” — Senator Elizabeth Warren — and calmly chose raffle tickets to determine who in the audience of …

Republicans on Capitol Hill say Donald Trump may be willing to cut Social Security and Medicare if he wins in 2020, reportedly describing the potential move as a “second-term project”.  Several senators told the New York Times in a report published this week they spoke to the president about reducing …

Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts is dropping out of the presidential race, ending a candidacy that emphasized Mr. Moulton’s centrist politics and military service but gained no traction with Democratic primary voters. Mr. Moulton, 40, said in an interview that he had no immediate plans to endorse another candidate, but …

Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning to his opponents amid mounting speculation a looming recession could cost him the 2020 presidential election, saying “I always find a way to win”. Reviving his repeated attacks on media outlets which write stories that reflect negatively on his administration, the president sought …

Slipknot have announced their UK tour dates for January 2020, which will take in cities including London, Birmingham, Newcastle and Dublin. The tour will be in support of the band’s new album We Are Not Your Kind, which was released this month to rave reviews. Polish metal band Behemoth will support Slipknot on all …

Marijuana would be decriminalized, mass incarceration would be reversed and the death penalty would be eliminated as part of sweeping changes that leading Democratic presidential candidates have proposed to make to the criminal justice system, which has become a dependable political foil for its inefficiency and excesses but has also …

The upcoming James Bond film will be called No Time To Die. “Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, 007 in… NO TIME TO DIE,” reads the announcement shared on Tuesday on the official @007 account. The movie, which is expected to be Daniel Craig’s final outing as the spy, will be released on …

Over the weekend, pictures surfaced from Illinois state senator Mark Sandoval’s fundraiser showing constituents pretending to assassinate someone dressed in a Donald Trump mask. As a conservative, I have a special bone to pick with Trump on account of the nearly irreparable damage he is doing to my party, and …

Since the beginning of his 2016 election campaign, President Trump has been disturbingly willing to capitalise on bigotry and fear for political gain. But if a recession hits before the 2020 election, I fear his twisted rhetoric will only get worse. The notion that the economy is “booming” has long …