2020 presidential race

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden spent Tuesday trading insults — sometimes almost simultaneously— as they stumped across Iowa in split-screen moments that could preview a ferocious fight ahead if the two face off for the presidency next year.

"Both of them being around is a nice contrast for voters so that they can hear two different sides," said Steve Drahozal, chairman of the Dubuque County Democratic Party.

The Minnesota senator is promoting the proposals during a weekend visit to Iowa.

A flood of laws banning abortions in Republican-run states has handed Democrats a political weapon heading into next year's elections, helping them paint the GOP as extreme and court centrist voters who could decide congressional races in swing states, members of both parties say.

So far at least six candidates have publicly opposed DeVos, often as they offer their own pledges to support public schools and raise pay for teachers across the country.

The president's visit to Pennsylvania, intended to boost Republican congressional candidate Fred Keller's prospects over Democrat Marc Friedenberg in a Tuesday special election for an open seat, had as much to do with helping his own chance for reelection as it did with pushing Keller over the finish line.

To combat disparities in education funding, the senator from Vermont is proposing "large new investments in programs that serve high-poverty communities, support special needs students, and augment local efforts to integrate school districts."

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for president,