Author: Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY

“California moving to the front of the pack rather than where it used to be will have a big effect on how candidates campaign,” one Democratic strategist said.

Elizabeth Warren proposed the legislation after special counsel Robert Mueller Watergate-era rule that prohibitsindicting sitting president.

The White House hopefuls—including Bernie Sanders, Julian Castro, Bill de Blasio, and Jay Inslee—joined demonstrations by workers in 13 cities targeting the world’s most powerful restaurant chain over wages and working conditions.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders will call for a ban on building for-profit charter schools in a major education policy address to be delivered Saturday in South Carolina, a senior campaign officialfor the 2020 contender tells USA TODAY.

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Beto O’Rourke isn’t just struggling in the polls. He’s also battling with the middle-aged man plague of ear hair.

Kamala Harris said during a campaign event that she would use executive order to pause imports of the firearm until the ATF can analyze whether the ban should be permanent.

In the early going, the former vice president seems wary of his position as the favorite to win the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

“Let’s get a person with real teaching experience,” the Democratic presidential hopeful said in an email to supporters Monday.

Kim Foxx also appeared to compare Smollett’s case to her office’s handling of another hot case, the indictment of R&B singerR. Kelly.

The city Rahm Emanuel leaves behind is bedeviled by many of the same ails that he inherited when he was elected in 2011—entrenched gun violence, runaway municipal pension fund crisis, and a black exodus from neighborhoods plagued by disinvestment…