Cory Booker announced Monday that he is ending his presidential run after he failed to qualify for the January Democratic debate.
The senator from New Jersey released a video on Twitter thanking supporters who have carried him through as the large primary field slowly whittled down. "I am so proud of what we built, and I feel nothing but faith in what we can accomplish together."
At its largest, the Democratic primary field featured a diverse group of candidates. With Booker's departure from the race, only one African-American candidate remains: former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, though he remains mired in the low single digits in most polls.
Neither Patrick nor Andrew Yang, the other minority candidate still remaining, have qualified for the next Democratic debate, which will be held on Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar are the only women remaining in the race.
Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice.
A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track. A handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the bill after what's become a deepening disruption of federal programs and services. But hurdles remain. Senators are hopeful they can pass the package as soon as Monday and send it to the House. What’s in and out of the bipartisan deal has drawn criticism and leaves few senators fully satisfied. The legislation includes funding for SNAP food aid and other programs while ensuring backpay for furloughed federal workers. But it fails to fund expiring health care subsidies Democrats have been fighting for, pushing that debate off for a vote next month.
Sabrina Siddiqui, National Politics Reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins to break down the SNAP funding delays and the human cost of the ongoing shutdown.
Arguments at the Supreme Court have concluded for the day as the justices consider President Donald Trump's sweeping unilateral tariffs in a trillion-dollar test of executive power.
