Biden warns 'there will be no NATO' if Trump wins re-election

Former Vice President Joe Biden savaged Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda in an interview that aired Friday morning, warning that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be completely disbanded if the president captures another White House term in 2020. “What bothers me abroad is, look, the idea that we can go it alone with no…

Biden would name a teacher as Education secretary, wouldn't appoint his wife

Former Vice President Joe Biden told public school teachers Friday that the first thing he would do as president would be to pick a teacher as Education secretary. But he also made a pledge about that appointment. "So the press doesn’t get confused, I promise I’m not going to appoint my wife," Biden said of…

The time Julián Castro did business with Trump — and quickly regretted it

On Saturday, Julián Castro announced he wants Donald Trump’s job. Back in 2002, he wanted Trump’s business. As a San Antonio City Council member in his late 20s, Castro voted to give $600,000 in taxpayer subsidies to land Trump’s Miss USA beauty pageant — a move that delighted the business mogul at the time and…

A climate debate could be risky for Dems — but many want it anyway

Democrats across the ideological spectrum want their party to dedicate one of its presidential primary debates to climate change — despite the risk of exposing their own divides. At least five presidential candidates have backed fellow presidential contender Jay Inslee’s idea for a climate-centric debate, in a sign of the issue’s growing profile among Democratic…

Rahm Emanuel signs off in Chicago, says Biden is showing 'discipline' in 2020 bid

CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel leaves the Chicago mayor’s office defiant toward his critics on the left and encouraged — though noncommittal — about Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden’s campaign. Click Here: Tienda Santos Laguna Emanuel, who passes the reins to Lori Lightfoot Monday after an often-tumultuous second term, sat down last week with POLITICO for…