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Six big questions heading into tonight’s final debate before primaries

by STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press January 14, 2020September 14, 2020

The prime-time faceoff comes just 20 days before Iowa’s caucuses as polls suggest the nomination is truly up for grabs.

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Cory Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles

by ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press January 13, 2020September 14, 2020

His departure now leaves a field that was once the most diverse in history with just one remaining African American candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.

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Facebook refuses to ban or fact-check political ads, even false ones

by BARBARA ORTUTAY and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press January 9, 2020January 9, 2020

Google has decided to limit targeting of political ads, while Twitter is banning them outright.

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Secretary of State Pompeo won’t run for Senate

by ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press January 6, 2020January 7, 2020

Pompeo’s decision complicates GOP chances of holding the deep red state as they battle to retain their slim Senate majority in November.

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Former Google exec now running for Senate in Maine decries company’s ‘greed, corruption’

by Steve Collins January 2, 2020January 3, 2020

Democrat Ross LaJeunesse of Biddeford says the company didn’t live up to its motto: Don’t be evil.

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Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

by PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press January 2, 2020September 14, 2020

Castro, Obama’s housing secretary, ended his run Thursday after failing to garner enough support to make the most recent Democratic debate.

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Sen. Collins says she’s open to calling witnesses in impeachment trial

by MATTHEW DALY Associated Press December 31, 2019December 31, 2019

Maine’s Republican senator also says it was inappropriate for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pledge ‘total coordination’ between the White House and the Senate during the trial.