RICHMOND — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring acknowledged Wednesday he put on dark makeup and wore a wig while an undergraduate of the University of Virginia in 1980, becoming the second statewide official here in the last week to admit imitating an African-American.
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring acknowledged Wednesday that he put on dark makeup and wore a wig while an undergraduate of the University of Virginia in 1980, becoming the second statewide official here in the last week to admit imitating an African-American and sending an already-stunned state Capitol reeling.
RICHMOND, Va. — Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Virginia on Monday emphatically denied a woman’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in 2004, suggesting that Gov. Ralph Northam’s supporters were trying to block his ascent to the governorship at a moment when Northam is besieged by demands that he resign over charges of racism.
RICHMOND, Va. — Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Virginia on Monday emphatically denied a woman’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in 2004, suggesting that Gov. Ralph Northam’s supporters were trying to block his ascent to the governorship at a moment Northam is besieged by demands that he resign over charges of racism.
RICHMOND, Va. — Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Virginia issued a statement Monday morning denying an unsubstantiated allegation of sexual assault that a right-wing media site published amid extraordinary political turmoil in the state that has raised the possibility of Fairfax becoming the next governor.
RICHMOND, Va. — Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Virginia issued a statement Monday morning denying an unsubstantiated allegation of sexual assault that a right-wing media site published amid extraordinary political turmoil in the state that has raised the possibility of Fairfax becoming the next governor.
BOSSIER CITY, La. — President Donald Trump urged Louisiana voters on Thursday to “send a message to the corrupt Democrats in Washington” by electing Republican nominee Eddie Rispone as governor, directly linking the impeachment inquiry to a state election that will test his clout in the Deep South.
BOSSIER CITY, La. — President Donald Trump touched down in Louisiana on Thursday, two days before the election for governor here, in an effort to push Eddie Rispone, the Republican nominee, to victory and flex his own political muscle at a moment Democrats are accelerating their impeachment inquiry.
NEW ORLEANS — Former Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts told senior Democrats on Wednesday that he will enter the presidential race, according to two party officials, reversing his decision last year to forgo a run and adding yet more volatility to an unusually fluid Democratic primary.Patrick was calling a list of Democrats to inform them of his decision and is expected to begin his campaign with a video before appearing in person in New Hampshire to file his paperwork to be on the primary ...
Former Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts has told Joe Biden and other Democratic officials that he is considering making a last-minute entry into the presidential race, the latest evidence of how unsettled the party’s primary is less than three months before the Iowa caucuses.
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Joe Biden on Wednesday called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment for the first time, blistering Trump as a threat to American democracy and accusing him of “shooting holes in the Constitution.”
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump should be impeached, the first time he has moved past his position of supporting a congressional inquiry but not full impeachment.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Sitting on a plastic chair in a high school music room, far from the marble corridors of Washington he has prowled for nearly 43 years as a congressman and senator, Edward Markey was clearly not looking to pick a fight with the Kennedy family. At least not yet.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has built the most formidable campaign organization of any Democratic presidential candidate in the first nominating states, raised an impressive $25 million without holding high-dollar fundraisers, and has risen steadily in Iowa and New Hampshire polls.
BOW, N.H. — As Sen. Elizabeth Warren neared the conclusion of her remarks Saturday to a few hundred activists at a house party in this small town just south of the state capital, she made a solemn vow to “protect our democracy.”
WASHINGTON — After claiming governorships from Republicans in seven states last year, including in crucial presidential battlegrounds like Wisconsin and Michigan, Democratic governors should have good reason to celebrate.
MONTICELLO, Iowa — On his first trip to Iowa in his third bid for the presidency, Joe Biden on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of coddling white supremacists, called former President Barack Obama “an extraordinary man” and vowed fidelity to long-standing Democratic priorities like Medicare and increasing the minimum wage.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday remembered Ernest F. Hollings as “a giant in this state and nation” who evolved to “write the great story of our times.”
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