Emily Brooks

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Pete Buttigieg surges into top tier in Iowa as Biden falters

Emily Brooks · October 21, 2019 2:53 pm

Democratic presidential candidate hopeful Pete Buttigieg spoke to about 1,000 supporters at Iowa State University during a town hall style meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Ames, Iowa.

Buttigieg pushing to supplant Biden as centrist alternative to Warren

Emily Brooks · October 21, 2019 2:17 pm

Beto O’Rourke defends Tulsi Gabbard against Hillary Clinton’s Russian grooming claim

Emily Brooks · October 20, 2019 12:57 am

Biden fundraiser host faced sexual misconduct allegation and changed name

Emily Brooks · October 19, 2019 10:42 pm

‘Embodiment of corruption’: Tulsi Gabbard lashes Hillary Clinton over Russian asset claim

Emily Brooks · October 18, 2019 8:30 pm

In this Feb. 13, 2018 photo Democratic candidate for the 3rd congressional district Marie Newman speaks with supporters at a campaign event in LaGrange, Ill. Newman is a political newcomer challenging US Rep. Dan Lipinski in the March 20 primary.

Cory Booker and other 2020 Democrats back challengers to party’s incumbent House members

Emily Brooks · October 17, 2019 6:07 pm

Tom Steyer spent $109,000 per second he spoke during 2020 presidential debate

Emily Brooks · October 17, 2019 1:05 pm

Hunter Biden, Joe Biden.

Joe Biden says Hunter Biden’s television interview wasn’t coordinated with campaign

Joseph Simonson, Emily Brooks · October 16, 2019 9:45 pm

‘She’s going to have to tell the truth’: Biden says Warren must be honest about cost of healthcare plan

Emily Brooks · October 16, 2019 6:58 pm

Meghan McCain and Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar drops her ‘Minnesota nice’ act

Emily Brooks · October 16, 2019 3:48 am

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke battle over guns amid jockeying for ‘fresh face’ image

Emily Brooks · October 16, 2019 2:47 am

Vice President Joseph Biden participates in a round table discussion on fighting domestic violence at Safehouse Denver, Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Sitting next to Biden are Rose Andom, center, of the Rose Andom Center, and Dr. Kathryn Wells of Denver Health. Biden visited Safehouse Denver as part of his ongoing recognition that 2014 marks 20 years since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, which then-senator Biden introduced as a bill in the 1990s.

Invisible man: Biden fades into background as focus switches to Warren

Emily Brooks · October 16, 2019 1:30 am