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Cory Booker gives pass to Ilhan Omar over anti-Semitic comments, says Trump's language fuels terror in US

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker gave a pass to Rep. Ilhan Omar聽and her聽history of controversial comments, ignored his own party鈥檚 condemnation, and instead said President Trump鈥檚 criticism of her leads to right-wing terrorism in the country.

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Cory Booker's tax returns shows income from lucrative speaking gigs, royalties

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker鈥檚 tax returns show most of his wealth stems from lucrative speaking engagements and royalties.

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Cory Booker says his 2020 running mate will be a woman

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., announced Wednesday that voters can expect to see a female on the ticket if he wins his party鈥檚 nomination.

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91爆料 Poll: Interest in 2020 already at Election Day levels

More than three-quarters of voters are already interested in the 2020 presidential election, including over half, 52 percent, who are 鈥渆xtremely鈥� interested, according to the latest 91爆料 Poll.聽That matches interest levels typically seen only in the last weeks before Election Day.聽

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2020 Democrats slam Barr over Russia report handling, call on Mueller to testify

Democratic presidential candidates directed their ire toward Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday as they blasted the law enforcement chief's handling of Special Counsel聽Robert Mueller鈥檚 Russia report, including the press conference Barr held moments before the report's release.聽

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Dems blast Barr following Mueller report release, call on special counsel to testify before Congress

Democrats have gone on the offensive following the release of the redacted report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Russian interference in the 2016 election 鈥� requesting Mueller to testify before Congress, slamming Justice Department officials for discussing the report with the White House before its public release and even calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign.

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Brit Hume says Democrats can no longer deny crisis at southern border

91爆料 senior political analyst Brit Hume said Wednesday that given聽"obvious" facts at the southern border,聽Democratic politicians could no longer deny that the U.S. was dealing with a crisis.

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Kamala Harris and Cory Booker missed most votes of all Dem senators running in 2020

Kamala Harris and Cory Booker have each missed more than one-fifth of the Senate鈥檚 votes so far this year as they campaign for president, according to an Associated Press analysis of congressional data.

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Trump builds unprecedented war chest; Sanders tops Dems 2020 fundraising fight

President Donald Trump enjoys a humongous financial head start over his Democratic challengers as the 2020 election cycle heats up, after hauling in more than $30 million in fundraising in the first three months of this year. And Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont 鈥� one of the co-front runners in the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination polls 鈥� holds a large lead over his rivals when it comes to the cash his campaign has on hand.

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Booker pushes plan to cut taxes for workers by hiking capital gains tax

On the day that Americans faced the annual deadline to file their tax returns, presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker unveiled a plan that he said would cut taxes for some 150 million people.

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Cory Booker promises to 'bring a fight to the NRA鈥� at launch of national campaign tour

2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. promised on Saturday to 鈥渂ring a fight鈥� to the National Rifle Association, as he called for a range of gun control reforms as part of the hometown launch of his national campaign.

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Cory Booker's not surging in the 2020 race 鈥� and his campaign says that's just fine

Sen. Cory Booker鈥檚 not soaring in the polls, and he doesn鈥檛 appear to have the buzz that Beto O鈥橰ourke and Pete Buttigieg have enjoyed the past six weeks. But that鈥檚 just fine with the senator's presidential campaign.

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Cory Booker introduces Senate bill on slavery reparations

Sen. Cory Booker on Monday introduced a bill that would study the possibility of reparations for descendants of slaves, embracing a push that recently has caught the interest of fellow 2020聽Democratic presidential candidates.

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Booker raises $5 million, lagging behind multiple Democrats running for White House

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker鈥檚 campaign for president announced it raised over $5 million in February and March -- among the smallest fundraising figures to be disclosed voluntarily by a Democrat so far.

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Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren among Democrats to speak at NAN convention Friday

A number of Democratic presidential candidates have already spoken at Al Sharpton鈥檚 four-day National Action Network Convention in New York that started Wednesday, but Friday will host a slew of some of the most prominent hopefuls.

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Mad dash for campaign cash: 2020 Dems race to post big numbers before filing deadline

The fundraising pitches from the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are coming fast and furious. Sunday is the last day candidates can bring in campaign cash in the first fundraising quarter for the 2020 presidential race. Starting as early as Monday, the candidates can start reporting their fundraising hauls, and the numbers will be repeatedly analyzed and scrutinized.

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Booker hometown rally to kickoff national campaign swing

Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker鈥檚 heading home to kickoff what he鈥檚 calling a 鈥淛ustice for All Tour.鈥�

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Cory Booker says if elected president, he will bring fight against NRA like it 'has never seen'

The Democratic presidential hopeful who once likened himself to 鈥楽partacus鈥� during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings last year is now vowing to battle the National Rifle Association.

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Top Dems want report, now submitted, made public ASAP

Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his long-awaited report on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential race and possible collusion with Trump associates on Friday, March 22.聽

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2020 Dems take aim at filibuster, say Senate tradition should 'go the way of history'

Add Beto O鈥橰ourke to a growing list of Democratic presidential candidates who are considering scrapping聽long-standing Senate procedure in hopes聽of passing a sweeping progressive agenda should they make it to the White House.

Entertainment 3 hours ago

Katie Couric revealed she once went on a date with Cory Booker

Longtime journalist Katie Couric revealed a surprising bit of information about her dating life while on "The Wendy Williams Show."

Entertainment 3 hours ago

Cory Booker calls girlfriend Rosario Dawson a 'wonderful,' 'incredible human being'

Cory Booker couldn't contain his love for his girlfriend Rosario Dawson.

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Cory Booker denies he's a socialist, says he wouldn't pardon Trump if he were president

2020 White House candidate Cory Booker denied he's a socialist and vowed he would not consider pardoning President Trump if he were elected to the White House, in an interview Monday night.

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Booker wants female running mate: 鈥楾here will be a woman on the ticket鈥�

Sen. Cory Booker聽suggested Friday that he would plan on selecting a woman as his running mate if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination.聽

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Cory Booker confirms he's dating Rosario Dawson: 'I'm very happy about it'

Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker confirmed on Friday that he鈥檚 dating actress Rosario Dawson.

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Hillary Clinton to join DNC's Perez at party fundraiser

Hillary Clinton is jumping back into the fundraising game, even if she's not running for president again.聽

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Cory Booker evades questions on Dem policies, changes topic to Paul Manafort

2020 presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, appeared on 鈥淭he Late Show鈥� and completely hijacked a portion of the interview that was meant to discuss policy.

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Democratic presidential hopefuls descend on Selma to mark 45th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday'

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., delivered a fiery speech on Sunday to a crowd gathered inside a Selma, Ala. church to commemorate the civil rights march that came to be known as "Bloody Sunday" 鈥� telling the hundreds gathered to hear him speak that it was a time to recommit to the fight for justice in America.

Opinion 3 hours ago

Michael Knowles: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading Democrats to defeat in 2020

The 2020 Democrat presidential candidates have served a combined 48 years in the Senate. They鈥檝e served an additional 27 years in various mayoral offices and governor鈥檚 mansions across the country.

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Sharpton, at meeting with Kamala Harris, says Smollett should face 鈥榤aximum鈥� punishment if allegations true

Al Sharpton, on the sidelines of a meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, said Thursday that 鈥淓mpire鈥� star Jussie Smollett should face "accountability to the maximum" if the actor indeed staged an attack last month initially described as a hate crime.聽

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Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, other 2020 Dems forced to change tune on Jussie Smollett case

They say hindsight is 20/20. And that鈥檚 certainly the case for some Democratic聽presidential hopefuls as twists continue to emerge in the case of the alleged attack on actor Jussie Smollett.