Twelve Democratic White House hopefuls are squaring off for a presidential debate that could be a critical test for the front-runners.Joe Biden is under siege from personal attacks by President Donald Trump, and Bernie Sanders is recovering from a heart attack.Elizabeth Warren is likely to face new scrutiny after surging in the polls.The Democratic White House race officially begins with the Iowa caucuses on 3 February.The pack will be whittled down until a White House nominee is crowned at the party convention next July before he or she faces Mr Trump, a Republican, in the November 2020 election.Tuesday night’s debate, hosted by CNN and the New York Times, in the electoral battleground state of Ohio will be the most crowded so far in the Democratic race.Also on stage are South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg, California Senator Kamala Harris, New York entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, former Obama housing secretary Julian Castro and Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and billionaire activist Tom Steyer.Languishing on single digits in the opinion polls, they will be striving to make a splash with time running out.It is the first debate since congressional Democrats… Read full this story
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