Nicole Goodkind

Staff Writer
Nicole Goodkind is a political reporter with a focus on Congress. She previously worked as a reporter for Yahoo Finance, where she covered fiscal and monetary policy. Before that she wrote about music and culture for Paper Magazine, The Today Show and Fuse TV. Nicole is a native New Yorker.
                                    
Analysis
The Return of the Kennedy Dynasty: Joe Kennedy III to Run for SenateA poll earlier this month gave Kennedy a 14-point advantage over the Democratic senator he'll challenge.

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White Supremacy is a Global Terror Threat: Report"It shouldn't be lost on anyone that the white supremacist shooter in El Paso venerated the shooter in Christchurch who in turn celebrated the actions of the shooter in Pittsburgh."

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Israeli Elections Could Spell Trouble for Netanyahu, TrumpNetanyahu delivered a tempered speech where he refused to concede the close race. "Israel needs a strong, stable, Zionist government committed to Israel as a national state for the Jewish people," he said.

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President Trump Raises Questions of Dual Loyalty Amongst Hispanic AmericansJust one month after the president said that Jewish Americans had a dual-loyalty to Israel and the U.S., Donald Trump decided to use a New Mexico rally to question Hispanic Americans' love of the country as well.

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9/11 Fund Faces New Challenge: Getting Sick Survivors to Sign Up"We all remember what this neighborhood was like in the days and weeks following the attacks. You've earned our respect, our attention and also this healthcare. I don't care how many EPA secretaries said it was safe here, none of us are idiots."

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House Republicans Reveal 2020 Strategy: Attack Obamacare (Again)"That's what we stand for. That's what we want to implement when we get the new majority next year, which we will," continued Scalise.

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Four States Cancel Republican Primaries, Angering Trump's GOP Challengers"A president always defines his or her party, and today the Republican Party has taken a wrong turn, led by a serial self-promoter who has abandoned the bedrock principles of the GOP," wrote Weld, Walsh and Sanford.

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Don't Discount Trump's 2020 Chances Warns Former Senate Majority Leader"If anyone thinks Trump can't be reelected, they better get another thing coming. He can be reelected," said Reid, before adding, "hope to hell he isn't."

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Who Won the Democratic Debate? Biden, Beto and 10 Andrew Yang FansThe trio only won by default; there were no huge, stand out moments other than Yang promising to give $1,000 a month to 10 families for the next year.

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What to Look For in Tonight's Democratic DebateThis is the first time that all of the top contenders will appear together, and one of the first chances they have to fully differentiate themselves from one another.

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Post-9/11 Veterans More Likely to Have Experienced Emotional TraumaThese soldiers are more likely to have been deployed than their predecessors, about 77 percent of post-September 11 soldiers were deployed at least once, compared with 58 percent of those who served before them.

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Amy McGrath on How She Plans to Beat Mitch McConnell in 2020A fighter pilot, Amy McGrath has already been to war three times and is now taking on, arguably, the most powerful man of Washington

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Democrats and Republicans Are Watching the North Carolina Election CloselyIt's a very close race, and a very expensive one, too. The candidates are polling within a margin of error of each other, and nearly $20 million has been spent to date.

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Israeli PM Netanyahu Announces Plans to Annex Parts of the West BankNetanyahu also promised to annex the West Bank, home to controversial Israeli settlements, just prior to his last election in April. "I'm going to extend sovereignty," he said in an interview with Israeli Channel 12 at the time.

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Watch: Major 2020 Candidates Band Together in Ad Against Gun Violence"Gun violence is literally life and death," says Warren to open the video. O'Rourke follows her with "it has become so numbingly common," and then Buttigieg adds that "we have kids going to school wondering if they're going to be physically safe."

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Congress is Back in Session With Just 21 Days to Avoid a ShutdownThe House will likely focus on legislation around gun policy and election security and the Senate, led by Republican Mitch McConnell, has a large group of judicial nominees waiting for approval.

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Pete Buttigieg Wants to Make Climate Change About Religion"If you believe that God is watching as poison is being belched into the air of creation, and people are being harmed by it—countries are at risk of vanishing in low-lying areas—what do you suppose God thinks of that?" he asked the audience.

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Jobs Report Falls Short of Expectations, Stokes Fears of Recession"President Trump's erratic behavior and reckless economic policies are causing uncertainty and angst for the American worker. Wage growth is flat. Manufacturing is in decline. And job growth continues to slow," wrote Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez.

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Texas Attorney General Stayed Quiet For Months as a Gun Owner Sent Threats"We will open fire on these thugs," Ralph Pulliam, the white man who sent the messages, wrote in an email to the office. "It will be a bloodbath."

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Jay Inslee Won the 2020 Climate Change Town Hall and Four More TakeawaysPerhaps Washington Governor and 2020 dropout Jay Inslee has Washington D.C. in his future after all. Climate czar has a nice ring to it.

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Here's Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Climate ChangeHere's a handy summary of what we know so far about each candidate's plan.

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Bill de Blasio Contemplates Leaving Race Next Month"I think the logical thing to say is, I'm going to try to get into the October debates. If I can, I think that's a good reason to keep going forward, and if I can't, I think it's really tough to conceive of continuing."

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A Case of Anti-Semitism? Labor Dept Shows Trump Admin is WorriedLate last month Trump said that Jewish people who voted for Democrats (that's the vast majority of Jewish people in the U.S.) were being disloyal, bringing up the common anti-Semitic trope of dual loyalty.

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Charles Koch Comes Around To President Donald TrumpThe president has called the Koch brothers "totally overrated" and "a total joke in real Republican circles."

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'People Are Going to Die': Trump Ends Protections for Very Ill Migrants"This attack on children and their families is inhumane and unjust. These families are all here receiving treatment that is unavailable in their home countries, and our government has issued them a death sentence."

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Kirsten Gillibrand Opens Door for Deluge of 2020 Candidates to Leave RaceGillibrand dropping out of race creates a moment of reflection for Democrats polling at less than 2%

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Trump Rolls Back Greenhouse Gas Oversight So Far That Oil Companies Object"It's the right thing to do for the planet," wrote the chairwoman and president of BP America in defence of federal regulations.

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Bernie Sanders Voters More Likely to Believe Epstein was Murdered: PollRepublicans are also far more likely than Democrats to think Epstein was killed.

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Just Ten Democratic 2020 Candidates Made It To Next Round of DebatesFor some candidates, the writing is already on the wall: They don't have a shot at winning this race.

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Trump Says Green Energy is a 'Dream' Calls Himself an Environmentalist"I'm not going to lose that wealth, I'm not going to lose it on dreams," he said. "I want clean air, I want clean water, I want a wealthy country... I'm an environmentalist."
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