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Tara Golshan

Tara Golshan

Former Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Tara Golshan

    Politics
    The 4 fights that make up the Medicare-for-all debateThe 4 fights that make up the Medicare-for-all debate
    Politics

    A guide to the discourse around paying for Medicare-for-all.

    By Tara Golshan
    Politics
    Bernie Sanders’s new bet: a climate change message can win him the Iowa caucusesBernie Sanders’s new bet: a climate change message can win him the Iowa caucuses
    Politics

    In the final 100 days before Iowa’s caucuses, Sanders is going all in on a climate change message.

    By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen
    Politics
    Beto O’Rourke drops out of the 2020 Democratic primaryBeto O’Rourke drops out of the 2020 Democratic primary
    Politics

    “My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee,” O’Rourke said.

    By Sean Collins and Tara Golshan
    Politics
    In Iowa, only 5 percent of Biden supporters are younger than 45In Iowa, only 5 percent of Biden supporters are younger than 45
    Politics

    A new poll shows Biden in fourth behind Warren, Sanders and Buttigieg — with a much older base of support.

    By Tara Golshan
    The resolution vote showed Democrats are unified on their impeachment inquiry
    Podcast
    Politics

    And Republicans aren’t budging.

    By Li Zhou, Ella Nilsen and 1 more
    Politics
    Rep. Elijah Cummings’s funeral featured a powerful indictment of Trump’s characterRep. Elijah Cummings’s funeral featured a powerful indictment of Trump’s character
    Politics

    Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Cummings’s widow Maya Rockymoore Cummings had a message for Trump.

    By Tara Golshan and Li Zhou
    Politics
    Barack Obama and the Clintons will deliver remarks at Elijah Cummings’s funeralBarack Obama and the Clintons will deliver remarks at Elijah Cummings’s funeral
    Politics

    Elijah Cummings lay in state at the US Capitol before funeral services in Baltimore, Maryland.

    By Tara Golshan
    The best and most substantive answers of the 4th Democratic debate
    Politics

    From Kamala Harris on abortion rights to Julián Castro on police violence as gun violence, the 2020 Democratic candidates delivered some memorable responses on Tuesday.

    By Anna North, Jen Kirby and 3 more
    Joe Biden’s Iraq problem
    Politics

    The former vice president has a long, complicated, and some would say checkered history with Iraq. Here’s the full story.

    By Tara Golshan and Alex Ward
    What to expect at the fourth Democratic debate
    Politics

    Can a candidate not named Biden, Warren, or Sanders have their breakout moment?

    By Tara Golshan