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Beto O'Rourke 'Vanity Fair' profile mocked for stories about ex-girlfriends, bookshelves and his 'near-mythical experience Beto O’Rourke is officially in the 2020 presidential race, but early polling suggests his Vanity Fair profile isn’t going over well. O’Rourke, who announced to his supporters Thursday morning he was tossing his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination, was the star of a fawning, 8,600-word opus published by the prestigious magazine on Wednesday. The wide-ranging interview is the cover story of the latest edition of the magazine, with the 46-year-old boldly declaring he was "just born to do this". The Vanity Fair...

BREAKING: @BetoORourke announces he’s running for President #Election2020 #fox44tx @KWKTFOX44

Kamala Harris, that vaunted self-righteous feminist candidate who's using her 'year of the woman' chops to challenge President Trump in 2020, has a little problem: She slept her way to the top. You know, the mistress thing, not exactly moving on up based on hard work or merit, that little advantage of good looks, employed to their optimal practical use. Her political patron, former lawyer to pimps, Mayor of San Francisco, and State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, admitted he helped her get her political start, writing in his bloggy San Francisco Chronicle column: Yes, we dated. It was more than...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will appear on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night, where she is expected to reveal a major move toward running for the 2020 presidential nomination. The New York Democrat formed an exploratory committee and will make the presidential announcement on the CBS late-night show before heading to Iowa, sources told the Associated Press.

<p>You won’t see Beto O’Rourke announce whether he’s running for president in 2020 for a while. But you may see him do almost anything else in the meantime.</p> <p>“So, I’m here at the dentist,” the former Democrat congressman said with a giggle during a teeth-cleaning seen live on Instagram last week, before quizzing the dental hygienist about life along the U.S.-Mexico border.</p>

The old woman walked outside in her bathrobe and curlers to shout at the man who might be president. “Senator Booker!” she called out to him. Cory Booker spun around and saw the woman standing on the stoop of her apartment building. “Oh my gosh!” he said. “How are you? I haven’t seen you in the longest time!” The woman was incredulous. “What are you doing over here?” she exclaimed. “Just walking around the neighborhood,” said Booker. “I love that robe. Look at that.” Her name is Stephanie. They apparently have known each other for a while. With a warm...