Elizabeth Warren drops out of 2020 Democratic presidential race
(The Guardian United States)

After surging to the front of the field last summer, senator saw a series of lackluster finishes in the early contestsFollow live updates on the 2020 US electionElizabeth Warren, the liberal Massachusetts senator whose sweeping economic plans shaped the Democratic policy debate, dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday after struggling to regain the momentum that briefly made her a frontrunner for the nomination.In what began as the most diverse field in history, Warren was the last major female Democratic presidential candidate in the race. Her departure sets up what is effectively a contest between two white men in their 70s - Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Continue reading...