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Buttigieg, Sanders lead as Iowa releases partial results; Klobuchar in fifth
The early results show former Midwestern Mayor Pete Buttigieg and fiery progressive Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the opening contest in the party's 2020 primary season. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar were trailing in the tally of State Delegate Equivalents.
Who is Veronica Escobar? She will deliver Spanish State of the Union response
The first-term Democrat from El Paso, Texas, was thrust into the spotlight last year because of the Trump administration's immigration policies and a mass shooting that targeted Latinos.
Democratic convention host committee leaders put on leave
The two leaders of Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention have been placed on leave pending an investigation into allegations that they oversaw a toxic work environment, a letter sent to staff working on planning the event revealed.
Fact check: Bracing for Trump's 'relentless optimism'
The most jagged edges of President Trump's day-to-day rhetoric may be sanded at the edges Tuesday night. No speech is more carefully prepared than the State of the Union. Even so, he's prone to exaggeration and sometimes fiction. If his past speeches to Congress are prologue, buyer beware.
What went wrong: Tech problem with mobile app causes Iowa caucus chaos
Some caucus organizers were forced to call in results for the state party to record manually, introducing delays and the possibility for human error. Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price says the delays were not the result of a hack or intrusion. The party said it expects to release unofficial results later Tuesday after manually verifying its data against paper backups.
Democrats have no Iowa caucus results, blame 'coding issue'
In a statement, the Iowa Democratic Party blamed a “coding issue in the reporting system” that it said has since been fixed. State party officials said “our plan is to release results as soon as possible” later Tuesday.
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