September 2019

How Elizabeth Warren Raised Big Money Before She Denounced Big Money

Kristen Orthman, Ms. Warren’s communications director, said the senator “believes that to take back the White House we need to build a grass-roots movement.” “When we made the decision to run the campaign this way, the players in the usual money-for-influence game dismissed it as naïve and said it would never work and it would

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On Politics: Trump Cancels Peace Talks With Taliban

Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ Faced with an ever-shrinking calendar before February’s Iowa caucuses and voters who are eager to narrow the choices, the 17 Democratic presidential candidates lagging behind the three front-runners are grasping for fresh ways to distinguish themselves. _____________________ Today’s

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Nissan board to meet; chief faces renewed pressure to resign

Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa acknowledged Monday that he is working to pass over the helm at the Japanese automaker to the next generation, indicating he was ready to step down. Calls for resignation, which arose after the arrest last year of his predecessor Carlos Ghosn on various financial misconduct allegations, have grown louder after

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Lorenzen’s 9th-inning pinch double lifts Reds over D-Backs

Relief pitcher Michael Lorenzen lined a game-ending, pinch-hit double in the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds over Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 Sunday and stop the Diamondbacks’ five-game winning streak. Lorenzen became the first Cincinnati pitcher with a walk-off hit since Randy Keisler in May 2005. It was Lorenzen’s fifth career pinch hit and occurred

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