WASHINGTON (AP) — The bloody attacks in Paris are putting the Syrian refugee crisis at the center of U.S. politics as migrants from that war-torn country surge toward the West and security concerns rise. The debate, which cuts straight to the American identity as a refuge, on Monday, November 16, ranged from whether to … Continue reading
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Debate Takeaways: Somber on Paris, disputes over Wall Street
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Call it a tale of two debates. The deadly attacks in Paris cast a somber mood at the start of the second Democratic presidential debate, but the field spent the rest of the night tossing sharp elbows over Wall Street reform, gun control and the minimum wage. Hillary Rodham … Continue reading
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton on guns; Sanders on wage inequality
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders persisted in using shopworn stats on income inequality and Hillary Rodham Clinton glossed over the well-heeled donors to her campaign in the latest Democratic presidential debate. Some of the claims in the debate Saturday, November 14, night and how they compare with the facts: CLINTON: “Since we last debated in … Continue reading
The Latest: O’Malley closes by railing on Republicans
7:59 p.m. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is using his 90-second closing to rail on the Republicans, mocking their two debates as lessons in intolerance. He says of his Democratic colleagues: “What you heard tonight (was a) different debate than the sort of debate you heard from the two presidential Republican debates.” The Republican … Continue reading