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ROSARIO, Argentina - During a liturgy on Tuesday marking the revolution that led to Argentina’s independence, the cardinal of Buenos Aires issued a strong message of support for the nationwide measures imposed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. “We all know that defending the people means an economic meltdown. It would be sad if we opted for the opposite,” said Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, handpicked by Pope Francis to replace him as archbishop of Buenos Aires. Speaking during a Te Deum - a traditional Church service for thanksgiving - the cardinal referred to the pandemic as “a virus...

Sen. Cory Booker. D-N.J., announced Monday he is dropping out of the Democratic presidential race. With his departure, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is now the only black candidate remaining in the 12-candidate Democratic primary.

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker came to the defense of his 2020 rival former Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday as Biden continues to face unfounded attacks from President Donald Trump. "I've said time and time again that this is unacceptable, that if you come after Joe Biden, you're going to have to deal with me in this case. There is no — as you said — these are baseless, unfounded, scurrilous lies, plain and simple, trying to undermine the character of one of the statesmen of our country, not our party, but our country. And so, yeah, you've got...

According to his own deadline, the New Jersey senator Cory Booker has less than two days to save his presidential campaign. On Sunday he said an “avalanche of support” had brought him close to a self-imposed fundraising goal, but admitted he could be out of the race by Tuesday.

PELHAM, New Hampshire — Cory Booker took a veiled dig at Democratic presidential candidates such as Joe Biden on Saturday, who err on the side of pragmatism. "There's one word I can't stand: it's 'realistically.' And the reason why I can't stand is because I was the mayor of a city that had decades of crime and corruption as its reputation," the New Jersey senator and former Newark mayor told voters in Pelham, New Hampshire, a Republican-heavy town in the Granite State. Booker then detoured into steps he took as chief executive of the state capital from 2006 to 2013...

Ever felt threatened by someone else's fancy language skills? New Jersey Senator Cory Booker seemed to feel just that during the Democratic Debate on Wednesday night, when rival candidate Beto O'Rourke flexed his Spanish skills first. When Beto was asked if he would support a higher tax rate for top earners, he responded by stating that the economy needed to "work for everyone." Beto then switched mid-answer to Spanish, and Booker was caught glaring in his wake.(snip) He also dropped an answer in Spanish later in the debate. But Beto got there first. It's like someone stealing your song at...

Sen. Cory Booker argued during the Democrat presidential debate on Wednesday that Americans need to talk more about transgender people. “We do not talk enough about trans-Americans, especially African American trans-Americans, and even incredibly high rates of murder right now,” he said. He compared the transgender rights struggles to the civil rights of black Americans, recalling a time when they were lynched in America. Booker also said that up to 30 percent of LGBT schoolchildren were afraid to go to school. He then argued that Democrats needed to do more than just support the Equality Act proposed in Congress. “We...

Did I hear Cory Booker correctly?

Sen. Cory Booker is alone at the Democratic presidential debate in calling it a “mistake” to sign onto the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran. The New Jersey senator was the only one of the 10 candidates on stage in Miami on Wednesday not to raise his hand when asked if he supported the deal. […] Pressed to explain his rationale, Booker said as president he would “do the best I can to secure this country.” …

This week on The New York Times’ “The Argument,” podcast, 2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said American capitalism is “perverted.” Booker said, “The head of AEI, a guy named Brooks, talks about this fetishization of capitalism as an end unto itself and forgetting that it is a theory to get us to the higher ideal of more shared growth, better distribution of opportunity and resources. And we have so perverted the ideal of capitalism that now we tolerate policies that are allowing a new era of monopolization, of oligarchies.”

Rosario Dawson's all in on Cory Booker for President in 2020, but she might be a little biased ... because she just confirmed with us ... they're in a serious, loving relationship!!! The actress was at the Reagan National Airport in D.C. Thursday when our guy quizzed her on what's been widely rumored -- she's the woman Booker referred to last month on the Breakfast Club when he said he was dating someone very special, while adding, "I got a boo." It didn't take much prodding before Dawson said it was true and began gushing over her man, calling him...

The gaggle of folks gathered in a conference room at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center on St. Paul's West Side peppered Thomas Perez, and rightfully so, with questions surrounding some really pressing and thorny social issues of the day. The group — including a county commissioner, a handful of city- and county-prosecutor types and Jose Santos, head of the local La Familia nonprofit and longtime West Side resident — on Wednesday queried the man who heads the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division about racial disparities or inequities in education and mental health services. They also asked him about...

Bush plan alienates GOP Senate candidates IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL DRAWS OPPOSITION FROM 4 HOPEFULS By Edwin Garcia Mercury News Smaller government. Tax cuts. Defeating Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer. The main contenders in the California Republican primary for U.S. Senate all agree when it comes to those views popular with their party. But there's a topic that's too touchy for any of the candidates to line up behind President George Bush -- illegal immigration. Bush's proposal to legalize many undocumented workers -- the largest share of whom are in California -- has the GOP candidates criticizing, albeit carefully, the president. In...

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<p>COSTA MESA, Calif. - Rosario Marin, a Mexican immigrant from a blue-collar family, sees herself as the best weapon California Republicans have against incumbent Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.</p> <p>She believes her background can diffuse the two-term senator's strategy of portraying her opponents as right-wing extremists.</p>

THE STATEGOP Senate Hopefuls Show Solidarity on Most Bush Policies By Jean O. Pasco, Times Staff Writer Déjà vu hit Toby Waldorf during Thursday night's forum in Los Angeles for Republican U.S. Senate candidates. The Brentwood Republican voted last year for Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor, opting for electability over philosophical compatibility. On Thursday, former Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian impressed Waldorf among the GOP candidates, but she wasn't convinced a conservative such as Kaloogian could win with California voters. This is an EXCERPT - CLICK HERE for complete story

Republican hopefuls for Senate take aim at Boxer By Rick OrlovStaff Writer Setting the stage for what could be a closely contested primary election, the four leading Republican candidates for U.S. Senate debated Thursday over which would present the biggest challenge to Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer next November. In the first forum before the March 2 primary, former Secretary of State Bill Jones, former U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin, former Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian and Los Altos businesswoman Toni Casey each sought to make their case to a crowd of more than 100 members of the Republican Jewish Coalition at the Skirball...

<p>Several top Republicans candidates seeking to oust Barbara Boxer from her two-term reign as California senator gathered for the first time Thursday at a forum where they stressed the need to tighten the nation's borders and cut taxes.</p> <p>More than 200 people attended the forum, which was sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition of Los Angeles. It marked an important opportunity for the candidates -- several of whom remain largely unknown -- to lay out their platforms before the March 2 election.</p>

<p>Lost between Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory in the Gray Davis recall and preparations for the upcoming Democratic presidential contest, the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in California isn't likely to get much attention any time soon.</p> <p>But the prize -- the right to face off against two-term Democrat Barbara Boxer next November -- is looking a little bit more attractive to Republican candidates these days. While formidable, Boxer has never been as popular as the state's other senator, Dianne Feinstein. And with a Republican suddenly in the governor's office and President Bush looking stronger on the national scene, the potential Boxer challengers are beginning to think they might just catch a wave and knock her off.</p>

This past Veterans Day, at a local event sponsored by the High Desert Republican Women, Federated, honoring America’s brave fighting men and women of the Armed Forces, I and other supporters were also privileged to witness firsthand the preliminary candidacy of, quite possibly, the GOP’s best shot at beating U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer in November of next year. This apparent no-name is nothing of the sort, for any of the bills in your wallet or purse right now are most likely autographed by this past presidential appointee. She is Rosario Marin and, not unlike Arnold Schwarzenneger’s meteoric rise in Golden...