Why Biden declared war on Trump — and poked at Warren

Why Biden declared war on Trump — and poked at Warren-politico: After calling for Donald Trump’s impeachment for the first time, Joe Biden experienced something here he rarely sees on the campaign trail: a sustained standing ovation. His Rudy Giuliani joke had the crowd roaring, as did his digs on Trump’s tax secrecy. It was just the kind of crowd energy that the Biden campaign had hoped to tap as it abruptly shifted gears on Wednesday, revealing a new intensity and an amped up response to the president’s relentless attacks.

Sanders and Warren transform how presidential campaigns are paid for

Sanders and Warren transform how presidential campaigns are paid for-politico: The latest batch of fundraising reports released this week confirmed a new reality of presidential politics: the traditional, big-dollar model of funding a presidential campaign is going the way of landlines and the VCR. With Elizabeth Warren’s announcement Friday that she had raised nearly $25 million in the last three months, slightly less than Bernie Sanders reported Tuesday, two candidates who didn’t hold traditional donor events became the top two fundraisers in Democratic primary.

Biden faces dual challenges from Trump, Warren

Biden faces dual challenges from Trump, Warren-thehill: Joe Biden is at a crossroads in his quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, as President Trump fights an impeachment inquiry by unloading on the former vice president and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) overtakes him in some polls.

Senate clears stopgap spending bill, averts shutdown

Senate clears stopgap spending bill, averts shutdown-politco: The Senate today passed stopgap spending legislation that would ward off a looming government shutdown and keep federal funding on autopilot through November 21. The upper chamber easily cleared the bill, H.R. 4378, in an 81-16 vote. President Trump is expected to sign it. Current federal funding runs out Monday.

Trump insiders see reasons to worry about Warren

Trump insiders see reasons to worry about Warren-thehill: President Trump’s allies see reasons to worry about the rise of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who is gaining steadily in Democratic primary polls and attracting huge crowds of supporters to her campaign rallies. The Hill interviewed more than a half-dozen current or former advisers to Trump, and about half viewed Warren as the most formidable nominee in a head-to-head match-up against Trump, while the other half described former Vice President Joe Biden as the tougher general election foe.

Warren's rise shakes up Democratic field

Warren's rise shakes up Democratic field-thehill: A new poll showing Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) leading former Vice President Joe Biden in Iowa has shaken up the Democratic nomination battle, and insiders across the party are gaming out what it all means. Warren currently has 22 percent support to Biden’s 20 percent, according to the well-respected Des Moines Register–CNN–Mediacom poll, released Saturday night. The two are well clear of the rest of the field, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in third place with 11 percent support.

Consequential GOP class of 1994 all but disappears

Consequential GOP class of 1994 all but disappears-thehill: Twenty-five years ago Friday, 367 Republicans running for Congress lined up on the Capitol steps on a clear September day weeks before the midterm elections to sign the Contract with America. Seventy-three were sworn in a few months later as part of the first Republican House majority in 40 years, and one of the most consequential groups of newcomers in modern political history. Only three of those Republicans remain in Congress.