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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has popped to the top of the pack of Democratic candidates in Iowa, the state that holds the first caucus.   November's Monmouth University Poll shows Buttigieg with 22 percent support, followed by former Vice President Joe Biden at 19 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 18 percent and Sen. Bernie Sanders with 13 percent support.   This is the first time the 37-year-old gay veteran has ever gotten first place in any poll, and while Biden's and Warren's numbers are within Buttigieg's factoring in the margin of error - the mayor has gained 14 points since Monmouth's August poll, now joining the top tier of Democratic primary candidates in the state.   Democratic presidential hopeful Mayor Pete Buttigieg is now in the top tier of Democratic hopefuls in Iowa a new Monmouth University Poll shows  South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is No. 1 in Iowa, according to the November Monmouth University Poll  Former Vice President … [Read more...] about Pete Buttigieg leads in Iowa! Poll shows Indiana mayor leaping past Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren in major shakeup of first-in-the-nation caucuses

Protesters at Thursday's debate in Houston, Texas waited until the last question of the night to storm the stage and break out in chants pleading for help, claiming their lives are at risk because they are DACA recipients. As ABC moderator George Stephanopoulos went in reverse order from the opening statements, shouts interrupted first respondent, Joe Biden. 'We are DACA recipients!' a group of protesters shouted as Biden began to answer a question asking the candidates to explain their biggest professional setbacks. 'Our lives are at risk!' they continued to cheers from the audience. Shouts from the demonstrators could be heard for more than 30 seconds, but faded as they were escorted out of the debate hall. A law enforcement officer at the entrance of the debate location told DailyMail.com that the protesters were detained by security inside the building on Texas Southern University, where the third round of Democratic primary debates was taking place. The officer said they would be … [Read more...] about Immigration protesters storm Democratic debate stage shouting ‘We are DACA recipients! And our lives are at risk! Please save us!’ and stop Joe Biden’s final answer

Donald Trump increased his incendiary racist comments against four congresswomen accusing one of marrying her British “brother”. The President fuelled further division among the American people at his latest re-election rally where he described the quartet - known as ‘the squad’ as a “force of evil”. The continued attack saw leading British politicians join anti-racist campaigners Hope Not Hate to condemn Donald Trump’s racially charged attacks. London Mayor Sadiq Khan , dozens of MPs, trade union chiefs and activists have sent a message of support to Democrats Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley after the US President’s racist tweets at the weekend. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now They wrote: “ We are disgusted by Donald Trump’s attack on you. “His blatant, unashamed racism has appalled people … [Read more...] about Donald Trump makes America hate again by accusing Democrat Ilhan Omar of marrying her brother

Donald Trump asserted Tuesday morning that Joe Biden and his son Hunter should be forced to appear in Congress to testify as part of the impeachment hearings. The president claimed the impeachment inquiry is focusing its attention on calling second and third-hand witnesses instead of looking at direct evidence hearing from those who were directly involved – including the transcript of his phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, which he says proves there was no wrongdoing. 'Why is such a focus put on 2nd and 3rd hand witnesses, many of whom are Never Trumpers, or whose lawyers are Never Trumpers, when all you have to do is read the phone call (transcript) with the Ukrainian President and see first hand?' Trump lamented in a Twitter thread Tuesday morning. 'He and others also stated that there was 'no pressure' put on him to investigate Sleepy Joe Biden even though, as President, I have an 'obligation' to look into corruption,' he continued, 'and Biden's actions, on tape, about … [Read more...] about Trump says BOTH Bidens ‘should be forced to testify’ in impeachment hearings as he announces he will release transcript of earlier call with Ukraine’s president this week

Nikki Haley, in a rare move, spoke out in an interview published Monday against Donald Trump for seeking assistance from Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, but voiced her continued her support for her former boss. While on her media stops as part of her book tour, Haley told NPR 'it is not a good practice for us ever to ask a foreign country to investigate an American.' She as referring to Trump's request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to publicly announce a probe into his political rival and former Vice President Joe Biden. Despite her mild criticism of the president, Haley insists Trump's interactions with Zelensky and his actions regarding foreign policy in Ukraine do not warrant impeachment. 'I don't see it as impeachable,' she told NPR. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said no president should ask a foreign country to investigate an American citizen, but insisted Donald Trump's actions are not impeachable Trump asked Ukrainian President … [Read more...] about Nikki Haley says ‘it’s never a good practice for us to ask a foreign country to investigate an American’ but insists an election should determine Donald Trump’s fate instead of an impeachment