Elizabeth Warren Coverage

Primary battle to replace U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield becomes a barometer for NC Democrats

In the primary battle for the 1st Congressional District, state Sen. Don Davis and former state Sen. Erica Smith have competing visions. Davis wants to work with Republicans. Smith wants a more forceful Democratic Party.

Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter

Fact check: How many student loan borrowers failed to finish college?

Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., says many Americans carrying heavy student loan debt aren't even getting their money's worth. She tweeted: "Almost 40% of borrowers with student loan debt didn't finish their degree." PolitiFact investigates her claim.

Paul Specht, PolitiFact reporter

Daniel Craig hosts 'SNL,' but Elizabeth Warren steals the show

It started out familiar: a "Saturday Night Live" sketch centered on impersonations of political figures. But then it was rescued by something even more familiar: the show's ability to wrangle real-life politicians to come on the show during an election season -- which in this case yielded Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who announced Thursday that she was exiting the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Dave Itzkoff, New York Times

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Time for another 'perfect' call?

Friday, March 6, 2020 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

Was being pregnant the reason Warren lost a teaching job?

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren tells a different story today than she once did about how she lost a teaching job shortly after graduating from college.

Did Warren lose teaching job due to 'pregnancy discrimination'?

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren tells a different story today than she once did about how she lost a teaching job shortly after graduating from college.

Tom Kertscher, PolitiFact reporter

Sanders under attack in sharp exchanges in debate

Amidst all the shouting, cross-talk and scripted soundbites from the seven candidates in Charleston, S.C., here are the facts from the 10th Democratic presidential debate.

Fact check: Free-for-all during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate

To all the policy wonks tuning into the start of the recent Democratic presidential debate looking for robust discussions of Medicare for All, income inequality or criminal justice policy, sorry.

PolitiFact Staff

Did Bloomberg blame blacks for 2008 housing market collapse?

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., used the Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas to launch attacks against Mike Bloomberg, including his the billionaire's rhetoric on the collapse of the housing market and financial crisis.

George Zimmerman sues Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren for defamation

George Zimmerman is suing Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren, seeking $265 million in damages.

Fact check: Warren said Bloomberg blamed minorities for housing crisis

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., used the Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas to launch attacks against Mike Bloomberg, including his the billionaire's rhetoric on the collapse of the housing market and financial crisis.

Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporter

Bloomberg on the defensive, fact-checking the Las Vegas Democratic debate

After saying he wouldn't run and then changing his mind, after altogether skipping Iowa and New Hampshire, after spending $250 million of his fortune on television and radio ads, Mike Bloomberg stood at the end of a debate stage in Las Vegas days before Democrats vote there and got battered by his five opponents.

PolitiFact Staff

WRAL News poll: Trump could see NC trouble in presidential race

If President Donald Trump wants to carry North Carolina in November in his re-election bid, he needs to hold his own among the state's moderate voters, according to a new WRAL News poll.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor

Are the women the only undefeated Democratic candidates?

During a debate among presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, "Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they've been in are the women."

Fact check: Have Warren and Klobuchar ever lost an election?

During a debate among presidential candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, "Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they've been in are the women."

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Warren makes fishy claim about food exports

In a Dec. 10 policy brief, Elizabeth Warren laid out plans to leverage the power of the oceans to fight climate change and boost jobs in the fishing industry. Among her points, Warren said America had offshored too much of the fish processing business.

Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact correspondent

Is a quarter of fish caught in US processed in Asia and then imported?

In pushing for new jobs and a lower carbon footprint, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren overstates the amount of U.S. fish that is processed in Asia.

2020 Democratic candidates wage escalating fight (on the merits of fighting)

For all the emphasis placed on the identity and generational partitions between the Democratic candidates for president, the question of "to fight or not to fight" might represent a more meaningful contrast. You could classify Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders as the pugilists in the field, whereas Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, fashions himself a peacemaker. Former Vice President Joe Biden would also sit in the latter camp.

Mark Leibovich, New York Times

Warren Wealth Tax Could Slow Economy, Early Analysis Finds

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax would slow the United States economy, reducing growth by nearly 0.2 percentage points a year over the course of a decade, an outside analysis of the plan estimates.

Jim Tankersley, New York Times

Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren pushes agenda at Raleigh campaign stop

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren campaigned at Broughton High School Thursday evening, exciting a crowd of more than 3,500 who attended.

Julian Grace, WRAL News reporter

Elizabeth Warren campaign rally at Broughton High School in Raleigh

Elizabeth Warren campaigned in Raleigh on Thursday at Broughton High School.

Warren Unveils a $20.5 Trillion Health Care Plan, to Political Risk

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday revealed her plan to pay for an expansive transformation of the nation’s health care system, proposing huge tax increases on businesses and wealthy Americans to help cover $20.5 trillion in new federal spending.

Thomas Kaplan, Abby Goodnough and Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times

NBC News/WSJ poll: Biden leads Democratic 2020 field; Warren's support grows

The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden still leading the field of candidates vying to be the Democratic 2020 presidential nominee.

Warren Calls Trump a White Supremacist

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Wednesday night that she believed that President Donald Trump was a white supremacist, broadly accusing him of dividing Americans along racial lines and providing direct and tacit support to those who believe white people are superior to other races.

Thomas Kaplan, New York Times

FRANK BRUNI: Trump wishes he was running against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 -- It's better to run against four people than against one. Four are more readily turned into an idea. A symbol. And what do Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Aynna Pressley symbolize? They suggest in aggregate that the future of both the Democratic Party and the country belongs as much to women and to people of color as to anyone else. Trump is betting that Americans threatened by that will be scared enough to drive up the turnout for him. He's wagering, too, that enough voters whose allegiances aren't predetermined will balk at that -- and will overlook his administration's dysfunction and his own indecency -- to keep him in the White House.