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Democrats seeking to challenge him say Trump's economy has benefited the rich while leaving behind the working class. Here are some of the views of the top 2020 presidential candidates on jobs, taxes and government assistance. Trump says his efforts to deregulate industries and cut taxes have boosted the stock market and brought the unemployment rate to historic lows.

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:24:03 -0500

Ask Victor Burch about the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, and he will rattle off a string of issues of more pressing concern to him, starting with making a living as a barber in this northwestern suburb of Detroit. Voters like Burch and places like Livonia will be at the epicenter of November's presidential contest. Michigan itself is a crucial battleground state that Trump carried unexpectedly in 2016 by about 11,000 votes, propelling him to the White House along with wins in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:12:20 -0500

Britain is urgently exploring options to for its nationals to leave the Chinese city of Wuhan, the centre of a coronavirus outbreak, and is finalising the details of the plan, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. "The foreign office is urgently exploring options for British nationals to leave Hubei province, the details are being finalised," the spokesman told reporters.

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:09:41 -0500

Pete Buttigieg is betting big on Iowa and New Hampshire, hoping success in the largely white states will help him overcome dismal support from black voters by the time more diverse states weigh in on his bid for the presidency. Buttigieg's most recent swing through South Carolina, the first state with a large black population to hold a primary, underscored the depth of his challenge with the critical Democratic voting bloc. Amid campaign stops designed to put Buttigieg before black audiences, the white, openly gay, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, faced continued questions about his record on race, his ability to earn black voters' trust and his sexuality.

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:08:40 -0500

Donald Trump's lawyers will wrap up their arguments on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of the Republican president after attacking Democrat Joe Biden but shrugging off disclosures from a former top White House adviser. In about seven hours of arguments before the Senate on Monday, Trump's lawyers largely ignored revelations in an unpublished manuscript by John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, that go to the heart of impeachment charges against Trump. It was not clear when senators would begin submitting their questions to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, the next step in the Senate impeachment trial.

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:03:35 -0500