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June 24, 2020

Progressive candidates surge in New York congressional primaries

With a plethora of absentee ballots to count, the results in many of the contests from New York鈥檚 Tuesday primaries remain far from final. But the partial returns clearly indicate strong showings by progressive candidates in Democratic congressional primary elections in and around New York City.

June 24, 2020

Ocasio-Cortez takes victory lap after primary blowout: 'Their money couldn't buy a movement'

With 100 percent of results in, the congresswoman running her first reelection campaign took 70 percent of the primary vote.

June 24, 2020

Engel falls behind insurgent left-wing challenger in preliminary results, as Ocasio-Cortez wins primary

Longtime U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel聽of New York,聽who was first elected in 1988 and rose to become one of the most powerful Democrats in the House, was substantially trailing middle聽school principal Jamaal Bowman in Tuesday's primary -- which could mark the second major upset of a veteran New York City Democratic congressman in just聽two years.

June 23, 2020

AOC beats back Dem challenger in NY congressional primary

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., fended off a challenge by former CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera to win the Democratic primary in New York鈥檚 14th District, the Associated Press projected Tuesday.

June 22, 2020

Trump urges AOC to run against Schumer, says she鈥檇 win

President Trump urged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to run against the state鈥檚 longtime Sen. Chuck Schumer in the 2022 primary in November, saying that she would be a 鈥渂ig improvement鈥� and that she would likely win.

June 21, 2020

AOC gloats that Trump鈥檚 Tulsa turnout was sabotaged by 鈥榯eens on TikTok鈥�

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to take pleasure Saturday night in reports that the turnout for President Trump鈥檚 Tulsa, Okla., rally was lower than expected.

June 21, 2020

Daniel Turner: Carbon tax is a bad idea that would hurt our economy and destroy jobs

The absolute last thing our country needs is a new tax that would slow our economic recovery and hiring. But environmental zealots have never let facts get in the way of their radical polices to restructure our entire economy to be 鈥済reen.鈥�

June 19, 2020

AOC rival calls congresswoman 'temperamental princess' ahead of Tuesday primary

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a "temperamental聽princess" for having reporters and audience members clear the room before she entered a congressional debate this week.聽

June 19, 2020

AOC rival Michelle Caruso-Cabrera turns to Wall Street for huge fundraising windfall: report

Some of Wall Street鈥檚 biggest titans are pumping big bucks into defeating first-term Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by bankrolling the campaign of her business-friendly Democratic primary opponent, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, campaign records reveal.

June 13, 2020

Secret Service walks back denial of using pepper spray on White House protesters

The U.S. Secret Service on Saturday reversed its denial that no agents used tear gas or pepper spray June 1 to remove protesters near the White House, as the park clearing has come聽under intense criticism and the focus of a聽lawsuit from activists who allege聽law enforcement聽violated their constitutional rights to demonstrate聽against George Floyd's death.