Tag: Presidents

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Obituary: Edward Nixon

Philip Terzian · March 8, 2019 12:00 am

On March 6, 2019 sailors perform pre-flight checks on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).

Beltway Confidential

Early retirement for aircraft carriers is weapons-grade stupidity

Harold Hutchison · March 7, 2019 7:39 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., speaks during the 2019 California Democratic Party State Organizing Convention in San Francisco, Sunday, June 2, 2019.

Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney embraces capitalism, spurns socialism

Katelyn Caralle · March 7, 2019 2:26 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership, on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019.

Joe Biden has 95 percent chance of running in 2020, says his strategist

Katelyn Caralle · March 7, 2019 12:39 pm

Then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at an event in Washington.

Eric Holder will not run for president in 2020

Katelyn Caralle · March 4, 2019 1:47 pm

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks to a crowd that gathered at a rally at the McAllen Convention Center on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.

Beto O’Rourke has decided on 2020, will let people know ‘soon’

Katelyn Caralle · February 28, 2019 12:30 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a event hosted by the local Democratic party in Sioux City, Iowa on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019.

Bill de Blasio’s wife throws 2020 White House bid in doubt: Timing ‘not exactly right’

Katelyn Caralle · February 27, 2019 9:37 am

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, holds a press conference on the Green New Deal Resolution outside of the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

How socialism destroys private charity and hurts the poor

Brad Polumbo · February 26, 2019 1:09 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks as Sen. Ed Markey, (D-MA) right, listens during a news conference announcing Green New Deal legislation in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

The Green New Deal and the politics of pessimism

David Davenport · February 25, 2019 4:07 pm

President Lyndon B. Johnson sports a big grin as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Jan. 5, 1964. The chief executive returned to Washington after a two-week working holiday at his Texas ranch.

Beltway Confidential

A president’s prank, and how a strange vehicle made it possible

J. Mark Powell · February 20, 2019 7:27 pm

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts speaks at a campaign event at Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City, Iowa.

Elizabeth Warren would declare national emergency for climate change, gun violence, student loan debt

Katelyn Caralle · February 20, 2019 12:22 pm

Judge deals blow to Obama hopes of building his library on historic park land

Anna Giaritelli · February 20, 2019 2:25 am