Sen. Kamala Harris of California announced on Tuesday the end of her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. “My campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue,” she said in a statement.

The former mayor of New York City is jumping into the crowded field for the Democratic presidential nomination a little more than two months before the Iowa caucuses. Michael Bloomberg, 77, formally declared his campaign for president on Sunday, ending weeks of speculation.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a top candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, declared that her party stands for abortion in Wednesday’s primary debate. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow asked Warren about Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a fellow Democrat who signed a bill protecting unborn babies from abortion in his state after they have a detectable heartbeat, and whether there was room in the party for a someone like him.

The leading Democratic candidates for president tackled the ongoing impeachment inquiry at their party’s fifth debate on Wednesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who top the polls, joined seven other White House hopefuls on the stage at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.

WASHINGTON—For several months in 2018, U.S. sanctions gutted the value of Turkish currency as Turkish authorities held American Pastor Andrew Brunson on phony charges. The United States lifted the sanctions once Turkey released Brunson, WORLD’s 2018 Daniel of the Year, in October of that year, proving U.S. economic pressure can be an effective tool in getting countries to uphold human rights. Now the U.S.

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to return to the U.S. Senate. He announced Thursday he will seek the Republican nomination in 2020 to challenge Democratic Sen. Doug Jones for his old seat from Alabama.

WASHINGTON—For the first time in more than 30 years, the United States went an entire month without welcoming any refugees.