According to the most recent polls, Pete Buttigieg, the former South Bend, Ind. mayor is expected to finish second behind Sen. Bernie Sanders, while former vice-president Joe Biden struggles ahead of Tuesday’s primary. CBC | World News
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Sanders to seek partial re-canvass of Iowa caucus results as local Democrats say Buttigieg leads
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg narrowly beat rival Bernie Sanders in Iowa in the race for delegates, according to projected national delegate allocations released by the Iowa Democratic Party on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Iowa Democrats say partial caucus results coming late Tuesday afternoon
The Iowa Democratic Party says it will release partial results of Monday night’s caucuses later Tuesday after a delay that the party attributed to technical issues. CBC | World News
Read More »McConnell dismisses ‘factional fever’ of Democrats a day ahead of impeachment trial vote
A day before the Senate is expected to acquit U.S. President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, the chamber’s top Republican on Tuesday exhorted senators to clear Trump and stop Democrats’ “factional fever” from scorching America’s system of government. CBC | World News
Read More »In Iowa, Democrats have 1 key question. Who is the candidate to beat Trump?
The ability to beat Trump may be the “number one criteria” for the eventual Democratic nominee, and the top priority for Iowa Democrats tonight when they caucus for a candidate. But voters are at odds over who is most electable against the president. CBC | World News
Read More »Democrats make plea to ‘common sense’ in closing arguments of Trump impeachment
Closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are unfolding Monday as much for history as any effort to sway votes, one final chance to influence public opinion and set the record ahead of his expected acquittal in the Republican-led Senate. CBC | World News
Read More »Super Bowl parties, large rallies cap Democrats’ final push in Iowa
Ahead of Monday night’s caucuses, which kick off the state-by-state nominating process to pick U.S. presidential nominees, Democratic candidates are making their closing pitches in earnest around the state of Iowa. CBC | World News
Read More »Democrats unlikely to convince 4 Republicans to hear witnesses at impeachment trial
Another key Republican has announced opposition to calling witnesses in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom a bid by Democrats to have testimony in the trial and paving the way for an expected acquittal of Trump. CBC | World News
Read More »Democrats demand Bolton testify in wake of ‘explosive’ details about Trump-Ukraine affair
The stakes over witness testimony at U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut a key defence argument: that Trump never conditioned military aid to Ukraine on investigations into his political rival Joe Biden. CBC | World News
Read More »Republicans seem unmoved by Democrats’ push for witnesses at Trump impeachment trial
Republicans in the U.S. Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial despite persistent appeals from Rep. Adam Schiff and the other House prosecutors. CBC | World News
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