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Iowa Democratic Party to release 'majority' of caucus results Tuesday afternoon

The results of Monday night's contest, the first of the 2020 Democratic primary, were delayed due to technical issues.

04/02/2020

USA

Chief Justice Roberts to attend Trump's State of the Union amid impeachment trial

Rehnquist was absent from the speech to a joint session of Congress by President Clinton in 1999 when his trial was ongoing.

04/02/2020

USA

9 killed, including 3 kids, at video game arcade in Mexico

Among the dead were are three children aged 12, 13 and 14.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa Democratic Party blames app 'coding issue' for delay in caucus results

Officials said in a statement Tuesday that the problem had been fixed and that it hoped to release the vote tally on Tuesday.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa's reporting chaos helped two candidates — and it hurt two others

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

04/02/2020

USA

Trump's campaign shouts 'rigged' as Iowa caucuses thrown into chaos

There was no evidence that the state Democratic Party, which is overseeing the election, was "rigging" the results.

04/02/2020

USA

U.K. to ban sale of new gas, diesel and hybrid cars

"We know as a country, as a society, as a planet, as a species, we must now act," said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

04/02/2020

World

Trump sending 20,000 troops to train with Europeans on Russian border

It's the biggest US deployment of soldiers to Europe in more than 25 years. But NATO insists its not about Russia.

04/02/2020

USA

Coronavirus updates: The latest news on the outbreak and the global response

As the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rises to 425 in mainland China, here is the latest you need to know.

04/02/2020

USA

South African court issues arrest warrant for former president Zuma

Zuma is accused of receiving bribes from French arms manufacturer Thales through his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa Democrats under fire after botching release of caucus results

The results of the Iowa Caucus were delayed, causing chaos on the first key night of the US democratic party primaries.

04/02/2020

USA

So far, there's only one loser in Iowa: The state's Democratic party

Analysis: Iowa's colossal inability to count its Democratic caucus votes threatens to end its first-in-the-nation status for good.

04/02/2020

USA

Candidates give victory-like speeches in Iowa sans results

The speeches added to the disarray in Iowa late Monday amid major delays in the reporting of results of the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses.

04/02/2020

USA

Video appears to show Trump pretending to conduct band during anthem

The president has made an issue of NFL players who kneel when the anthem is played.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa caucus results much slower than expected, state Democratic Party 'quality controlling'

After 10:00 p.m. ET, no data had yet been made public in the first-in-the-nation voting state.

04/02/2020

USA

Entrance poll shows dip in first-time Iowa caucusgoers

This year's level of new participants is well shy of that in 2008, when a whopping 57 percent of Democrats said they had never caucused before.

04/02/2020

USA

Trump the projected winner in Iowa's GOP caucuses

Trump was projected as the winner over minor candidates Joe Walsh and Bill Weld.

04/02/2020

USA

Iowa entrance poll: Most Dems care more about beating Trump than issue

About two-thirds of voters participating in the caucus said they would rather see the Democratic Party nominate a candidate who "can beat Donald Trump."

04/02/2020

USA

Amazon workers protest proposal to raise bar for shareholder resolutions

An employee-led group says an SEC proposal would discriminate against smaller investors and employees awarded company stock.

04/02/2020

USA

Democrats await Iowa caucus results in the battle to take on Trump

Seven out of the nine past winners of contested Democratic contests here went on to win the party's nomination.

04/02/2020

USA

Moderate Democratic senator calls for Trump to be censured

The Senate has largely been split down party lines on whether to convict or acquit the president

03/02/2020

USA

Google breaks out YouTube ad business for first time

Google bought the video platform in 2006, building it over the years into a dominant player in the internet video market.

03/02/2020

USA

Klobuchar puts Trump's impeachment at center of high-stakes closing pitch in Iowa

"I may be the juror in that chamber, but you are the juror in this election," Klobuchar told prospective caucusgoers at events over the weekend.

03/02/2020

USA

After Big Tech, can Big Privacy be the next big thing?

Privacy-focused technology companies are offering a variety of services, from personal data scrubbing to business-focused software meant to help companies comply with the law.

03/02/2020

USA

Air Canada flight with damaged engine makes emergency landing in Madrid

The plane landed safely after requesting an emergency return after one of its two engines was damaged and a tire ruptured during take off.

03/02/2020

USA

Not so 'Lonesome?' Galápagos tortoise subspecies thought extinct lives on.

Conservationists working on Ecuador's Galápagos Islands have discovered a young female tortoise that is partially related to Lonesome George.

03/02/2020