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WASHINGTON — President Trump asserted Friday that he had the legal right to intervene in federal criminal cases, a day after Attorney General William P. Barr publicly rebuked him for attacks on Justice Department prosecutors and others involved in the case of Roger J. Stone Jr., the president’s longtime friend. In a morning tweet, Mr. […]

WASHINGTON — Russia is intensifying a pressure campaign on U.S. military forces in northeastern Syria following the American withdrawal from much of that area ahead of a Turkish cross-border offensive last fall, American military and diplomatic officials say. Russian military personnel have increasingly had run-ins with U.S. troops on highways in the region, breaking agreements

After the chaos in Iowa, Nevada Democrats want to show the country what a caucus should look like. Nevada holds the next Democratic nominating contest, on Feb. 22, and the differences with Iowa will go far beyond how the results are tabulated. Nevada’s caucuses will be the first to offer early voting, which begins Saturday.

Rashad Robinson is the president of Color of Change, a racial justice organization. Lately, he has been busy interviewing Democratic presidential candidates — Bernie Sanders on “Medicare for all,” Pete Buttigieg on criminal justice reform and Elizabeth Warren on corporate accountability, for instance — for Color of Change’s podcast, “Voting While Black.” When he’s not

Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand in the race It’s starting to dawn on everyone that, after the relative breeze of the New

“It has been a hard thing for Pete and for his administration to not be a top-down policymaker, but to find ways of gaining authentic input from large varieties of people,” said Ms. Schuth, director of Near Northwest Neighborhood Inc., which helps low-income residents buy homes. “And I absolutely think he’s gotten better at that.”

North Dakota officials have reached a settlement with two Native American tribes over the state’s restrictive voter identification law. The settlement, announced on Thursday, includes a legally binding consent decree to ensure that Native American voters are not disenfranchised. It is a major victory for the tribes and — pending formal approval by tribal councils

A powerful union in Nevada declined to endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary, dealing a blow to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who had hoped his longstanding ties to organized labor and opposition to “Medicare for all” would win him its support and a much-needed boost in the state’s upcoming caucuses. “We’re

“Iran will be held fully responsible for lives lost, or damage incurred, at any of our facilities. They will pay a very BIG PRICE! This is not a Warning, it is a Threat,” Mr. Trump tweeted on New Year’s Eve. “Happy New Year!” Hours into 2020, Iran’s supreme leader responded with a taunt. “You can’t

“They were in the process of telling us that we need to be good little boys and girls and not debate this in public,” Mr. Lee said then, emerging red-faced from the briefing. “I find that absolutely insane. It’s un-American, it’s unconstitutional and it’s wrong.” They were joined on Thursday by six other Republicans in