Sanders facing tougher 2020 competition for liberal support
Barbara Lee supported Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential bid, helping him score one of his most decisive victories that year when he dominated the New Hampshire primary. But as he wages another bid for the White House, Lee is looking at a different candidate. "I like him, I like his ideas," the 66-year-old retired massage therapist said of Sanders. "I just think right at the...
Upbeat Trump pitches in at shelter for Harvey victims
An upbeat and optimistic president visited with victims of Harvey on Saturday, touring a Houston mega-shelter housing hundreds of displaced people and briefly walking streets lined with soggy, discarded possessions. Trump met the scene with positivity, congratulating officials on an emergency response still in progress and telling reporters that he'd seen "a lot of love" and "a lot of happiness" in the devastation the storm left behind. "As tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing," Trump said of the Harvey response after spending time with displaced children inside NRG Center, an emergency refuge housing about 1,800 evacuees.
Dallas Morning News defends endorsement of Hillary Clinton
Dallas Morning News opinion page editor Keven Ann Willey discusses her newspaper's endorsement of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump and the political leanings of the 'paper itself.