Politics
Deval Patrick Said His Record Of Fixing Problems Other Candidates Only "Have Plans For" Is Resonating In New Hampshire
“For me it’s not about having a plan or an ambition — it’s about having results. In New Hampshire, folks know what I’m talking about," the presidential candidate told BuzzFeed News.
Darren Sands
The Supreme Court Allowed A Kentucky Law Requiring A Woman To Listen To A Fetus’s Heartbeat In Order To Get An Abortion
The law also requires the doctor to give the patient an ultrasound and describe the images before the patient can get an abortion.
Ema O'Connor
There’s A Persistent Idea That Pete Buttigieg Ignored Black South Bend. It’s Not True.
“I had access to Pete not because I searched it out, but because he opened the door," one neighborhood activist said.
Henry J. Gomez
“No Evidence”: An Official Probe Has Debunked Trump’s Claim The FBI Planted A Spy In His Campaign
The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General has contradicted some of the president’s conspiracy theories, but it also found misconduct by FBI agents who investigated the president's campaign.
Dominic Holden
A Danish Think Tank Says The US Ambassador Banned A Trump Critic From An Event
A NATO expert was supposed to speak at an event in Copenhagen but got a letter from event organizers saying Ambassador Carla Sands did not want him there.
Miriam Elder
Joe Biden Gave An Aggressive Defense Of How He Handles Criticism Of His Son
"The appearance looked bad and he acknowledged that. And that’s it, that’s all I’m going to talk about," Biden told reporters aboard his campaign bus a day after a tense exchange with a voter.
Nidhi Prakash
Pete Buttigieg Released Some Detail Of His Work At McKinsey But Still Is Not Naming Clients
"I am asking McKinsey to do the right thing in the name of transparency," Buttigieg said in a statement calling on the firm to release the clients’ names.
Henry J. Gomez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Said Mike Pence And Mike Pompeo Are Not “Fit To Serve In Public Office,” Given Impeachment Evidence
As evidence mounts against President Donald Trump, Ocasio-Cortez said that Pence and also Secretary of State Mike Pompeo should be held accountable. "I don’t think that either of them are fit to serve in public office — ever again."
Kadia Goba
Joe Biden’s Fans In Iowa Think He Was Right To Push Back On The Man Who Asked About His Son
"It’s way past time for the Democrats to stand up and call out the bull, or as Joe says, the malarkey,” a Biden supporter said.
Nidhi Prakash
Republicans Are Pushing A New LGBTQ Rights Bill — And It’s Full Of Loopholes
The bill would ban anti-LGBTQ discrimination nationwide for the first time while creating many exemptions for small businesses, adoption agencies, and religious objectors.
Dominic Holden
NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed.
A NATO affiliate carried out a four-month experiment into manipulation on social media websites. The findings are published in a major new report.
Alberto Nardelli
House Republicans Say The Senators Running For President Shouldn't Be Allowed To Be Jurors In Trump's Impeachment Trial
Republican Rep. Jason Smith will introduce legislation Thursday trying to force the Democratic candidates to recuse themselves from Trump's Senate trial — though it isn’t binding.
Kadia Goba
Joe Biden Challenged A Man In Iowa To An "IQ Test" Or Pushup Contest After He Asked Biden About His Son
"You're a damn liar," Biden told a man at a campaign event.
Nidhi Prakash
Rudy Giuliani Made A Surprise Visit To Kyiv And Nobody There Is Happy About It
Ukrainian and American officials in Kyiv told BuzzFeed News they had no advance warning of Giuliani’s arrival and only learned about it from media reports.
Christopher Miller
The Stakes 2020: Bloomberg’s Virality And Texts With A Kamala Staffer
In this edition of The Stakes 2020, BuzzFeed News' newsletter about the 2020 campaign, we text with Ian Sams, the national press secretary for Kamala Harris, about the end of her campaign.
Ben Smith
A Protester Disrupted Pete Buttigieg’s Black Allies’ Attempt To Show Their Support, And It Was Really Tense
A man whose race and identity could not immediately be verified took the microphone from a black South Bend leader at a Buttigieg campaign event.
Henry J. Gomez
Democrats Are Freaking Out About Pro-Trump Messaging To Occasional Black Voters
"We haven't yet found the right language that makes the community feel as if we understand where they're coming from and what's actually happening to them,” a DNC official said.
Darren Sands
Kamala Harris Dropped Out, But The #KHive And Stan Culture Aren’t Leaving Politics
2016 was just the beginning. 2020 has taken stan culture and Politics Twitter, converged the two, and spit out tribes of supporters locked in a symbiotic relationship with their chosen campaigns.
Ryan C. Brooks
Cory Booker Has "Anger" Over Kamala Harris Ending Her Campaign While Billionaires Stay In The Race
“It’s a damn shame frankly that Kamala Harris’s voice is no longer in this race,” Booker said on AM to DM.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
Julián Castro Said Kamala Harris's Campaign Suffered Because The Media Holds Candidates Of Color To Different Standards
Castro told BuzzFeed News “there has to be more responsibility” in political reporting.
Nidhi Prakash
Tom Steyer Thinks Michael Bloomberg Should "Meet Some Americans And Look Them In The Eye"
The billionaire presidential candidate told BuzzFeed News the other billionaire presidential candidate can't just rely on TV spending.
Katherine Miller
Democrats Have Released Their Impeachment Case Against Donald Trump
"The President placed his personal political interests above the national interests of the United States, sought to undermine the integrity of the U.S. presidential election process, and endangered U.S. national security," Democrats concluded.
Paul McLeod
Kamala Harris Is Ending Her Presidential Campaign
She informed staff today she is suspending her campaign, according to an aide.
Ruby Cramer
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Could Save Bernie Sanders' Campaign
If — or when — the impeachment trial heads to the Senate, it will trap presidential candidates in DC. But Bernie Sanders has AOC.
Addy Baird
A Major Latino PAC Is Backing An Openly Gay Democrat In A Crowded New York Primary
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s PAC will endorse the 31-year-old on Monday in a 12-person primary for retiring Rep. José Serrano’s seat.
Kadia Goba
A Woman Claimed Andrew Yang Discriminated Against Her At His Tutoring Company
“In my experience, Andrew is yet another businessman who doesn’t think that women deserve to be compensated the same as men for the same work,” the woman told BuzzFeed News.
Molly Hensley-Clancy
12 Impeachment Conspiracies You’re Likely To Hear About At Thanksgiving
Pull this up on your phone before you start arguing at the dinner table this year.
Ryan Broderick
Nine Democrats Who Represent Swing Districts Have Endorsed A Veteran To Replace Republican Rep. Pete King
The group has backed Jackie Gordon of Long Island to take back the Republican seat as rumors swirl about a possible Lara Trump run.
Kadia Goba
Anthony Weiner Is The Most Important Politician Of The 2010s
Anthony Weiner’s penis tweet was the Big Bang of our political era.
Matt Berman
She’s On The Left, He’s On The Right. In Congress, These Unlikely Friends Are Out To Cause Trouble.
Rep. Mark Meadows led the House’s most conservative caucus. Now he’s sharing tips with the head of the most progressive caucus, Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
Addy Baird
