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Warren Singles Out Billionaires in New TV Ad
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has found a favorite set of adversaries in the 2020 presidential race: America’s billionaires.
Billionaires Only? Warren Errs in Saying Whom Her Health Plan Would Tax
WASHINGTON — When Sen. Elizabeth Warren laid out her plan for “Medicare for All” Friday, she said she would raise taxes on the top 1% of households to help pay for it. The middle class, she said, would not pay “one penny” more.
Elizabeth Warren Says She Will Release a Plan to Finance 'Medicare for All'
INDIANOLA, Iowa — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Sunday that she will release a plan to finance “Medicare for All” in the coming weeks, bowing to critics from the left and the right who have criticized her for not outlining how she would pay for a single-payer health care system.
As Warren Rises, GOP Deploys an Old Tactic
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Warren Details Her Account of Losing Teaching Job Because of Pregnancy
WASHINGTON — It is one of Elizabeth Warren’s signature anecdotes in her stump speech: By the end of her first year as a public-school teacher, she was “visibly pregnant,” and the principal wished her luck and hired another teacher to replace her.
Elizabeth Warren's Big Challenge: Winning Black Voters
ROCK HILL, S.C. — For her most recent rally in South Carolina, Sen. Elizabeth Warren chose Clinton College, a historically black institution in this racially diverse city. Her campaign handed out signs reading, “African Americans With Warren.” And in smaller print: “Black issues are American issues.”
Warren Nets $24.6 Million in Third-Quarter Fundraising, Narrowly Trailing Sanders
SAN DIEGO — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts raised $24.6 million in the past three months, her presidential campaign announced Friday, trailing only Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont for the largest fundraising haul in the most recent quarter.
Sanders Proposes a Wealth Tax, Taking Aim at Billionaires
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to create a new tax on the wealth of the richest Americans, including a steep tax on billionaires that could greatly diminish their fortunes.
Warre, a Crowd Magnet, Vows to Root Out Corruption
NEW YORK — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts brought her ascendant presidential campaign to New York City on Monday night, unspooling a forceful argument for attacking corruption in government in a defining speech of her White House bid.
To Cheers, Warren Vows Battle Against Corruption
NEW YORK — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts brought her ascendant presidential campaign to New York City on Monday night, unspooling a forceful argument for attacking corruption in government in a defining speech of her White House bid.
Warren Apologizes at Native American Forum: 'I Have Listened and I Have Learned'
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaking at a presidential forum on Native American issues Monday, offered a direct, public apology for the “harm” that she caused and pledged to uplift Native people as president.
Warren to Appear at Native American Forum
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is set to appear at a candidate forum Monday dedicated to issues affecting Native Americans, an event that will likely draw attention to her past claims of Native American ancestry.
Warren Offers a Policy Agenda for Native Americans
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Friday laid out a collection of policy proposals intended to help Native Americans, pledging to protect tribal lands and to bolster funding for programs that serve Native people.
Democrats in Iowa Offer Plans to Combat Gun Violence
DES MOINES, Iowa — One by one, Democratic presidential candidates Saturday emphasized the urgent need to confront gun violence in America, speaking largely in harmony on an issue that has been thrust to the forefront after last weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
In Combating Gun Violence, Democrats Present a United Front
DES MOINES, Iowa — One by one, Democratic presidential candidates Saturday emphasized the urgent need to confront gun violence in America, speaking largely in harmony on an issue that has been thrust to the forefront after last weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
Warren Releases Sweeping Proposal to Reduce Gun Deaths by 80%
DES MOINES, Iowa — One by one, Democratic presidential candidates Saturday emphasized the urgent need to confront gun violence in America, speaking largely in harmony on an issue that has been thrust to the forefront after last weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
Warren Calls Trump a White Supremacist
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Wednesday night that she believed that President Donald Trump was a white supremacist, broadly accusing him of dividing Americans along racial lines and providing direct and tacit support to those who believe white people are superior to other races.
Elizabeth Warren Is Building an Iowa Juggernaut
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — It was game time at the “Persist Party.”Trump and Sanders Lead 2020 Money Race, With Fundraising Reports Due Monday
WASHINGTON — The two presidential candidates who entered 2019 with the largest bases of supporters — President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont — led the 2020 field in fundraising in the first quarter of the year.
A 'Fortunate' Sanders Releases His Tax Returns. He's Now Part of the 1%.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., disclosed 10 years of tax returns Monday, providing a more detailed look at his finances than he offered when he ran for president in 2016.
