Politics

Democrats get personal on second night of debates, but once again scorch Trump for racism

Many of the candidates took shots at former Vice President Joe Biden.

Nita Lowey, powerful House Democrat and leading Jewish lawmaker, endorses Trump impeachment

Lowey based her assessment on the testimony last week of Robert Mueller, the special counsel into allegations of Russian influence in the 2016 election who enumerated ten possible instances of Trump and aides obstructing justice.

Ady Barkan attends the Los Angeles Supports a Dream Act Now! protest at the office of California Senator Dianne Feinstein on January 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)

Who is Ady Barkan, the health care activist name-checked by Elizabeth Warren?

Diagnosed in 2017 with ALS, he has since been arrested at least seven times protesting in the U.S. Capitol.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, July 12, 2019. (Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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