Latest in 2020 election

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Television Stations, which is already seeing record levels of political advertising, is expanding its roster of 2020 election programming with a new Friday evening weekly show in Atlanta. The Road to November, a new half-hour show, will air Fridays at 7 p.m. ET starting February 14 as part of the…

Sinclair Broadcast Group marked marked Tuesday’s one-year anniversary of STIRR, its ad-supported streaming service, by announcing plans to launch a new channel dedicated to live 2020 election events. The company also said STIRR has attracted more than 1.6 million app downloads during its first year. Sinclair, the No…

Former New York mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg has announced that he is running for president, a decision that make shake up the race for the Democratic nomination. “I believe my unique set of experiences in business, government, and philanthropy will enable me to win and lead,” Bloomberg wrote on Twitter in…

With the 2020 election right around the corner, MTV is launching the “+1theVote Campaign” ahead of what many are touting as one of the most important elections of our time. The year-long initiative will target first-time voters to take part in the election and to help make voting a part of their personal identity and…

NBC News and Meet the Press are launching a new project to cover the 2020 election from the vantage point of five key counties in swing states. Meet the Press moderator and political director Chuck Todd and reporters Vaughn Hillyard and Dasha Burns will provide coverage from Milwaukee County in Wisconsin, Kent County…

Splinter, the left-leaning news site that in many respects succeeded Gawker after that digital brand’s legal meltdown, is closing down. Seven employees who are members of the Gizmodo Media Group’s union were laid off as a result of the move, but they are expected to shift to roles at other sites within the…

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is gearing up for the 2020 election with a new mobile game. The TBS late-night show announced Saturday it’s getting back into the mobile political game business with the “Full Frontal'$ Totally Unrigged Primary” app, after last year’s "This Is Not A Game: The Game." The show describes…

President Donald Trump is in Orlando today — not to visit Disney World but for the official kickoff rally to launch his 2020 re-election campaign. Deadline is live-blogging the event, so follow all the action and reaction here. The livestream can be accessed here. People began camping out Monday to attend the event…

Mayor Pete Buttigieg has only officially been in the presidential race for one day, and the South Bend, Indiana politician has already raised big bucks. James Murdoch, considered the more moderate of conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s sons, donated $2,800 to Buttigieg last month, according to Federal Election…

As a 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg lacks the state and federal political experience of the opponents he's facing in the primary. But he showed this evening at CNN's Democratic Presidential Town Hall at South By Southwest that he can criticize the White House…

With hyped Democratic presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren — not to mention rising star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — advocating for more and more progressive stances on government, the 2020 election is bringing socialism to the forefront like never before. But Democratic Presidential…

California Congresswoman Katie Hill says there’s a reason the Democratic National Committee decided to block Fox News from hosting any 2020 presidential primary debates — Democratic viewers have no interest in watching the channel. “I think we know that there are basically no Democrats who watch Fox News, so to me…