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LONDON — Britain has named Karen Pierce, a career diplomat and the country’s current ambassador to the United Nations, as its new ambassador to the United States, the prime minister’s office announced on Friday. Ms. Pierce succeeds Kim Darroch, who announced his resignation last year after his blunt assessments of President Trump as “radiating insecurity” […]

“They are in a nowhere zone on policy,” says Andrew Biggs, resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, and a former deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration during the George W. Bush administration. “In response to Democratic proposals to expand Social Security and raise taxes, Republicans will say, ‘We don’t want

A renowned Malian musician said when he came back to Paris on Monday from a concert tour in the United States, he opened the case to his kora and found the instrument in pieces. The musician, Ballake Sissoko, 53, blamed the Transportation Security Administration, prompting outrage among his fans on Facebook and international headlines. But

When the Democrats do eventually pick a nominee and reflect on this process, the rise and staying power of Mr. Yang in this race — outlasting some governors and senators, drawing money and interest far longer than most people expected him to — will offer a clear lesson: In a campaign of maximum anxiety and

Less than 10 hours after announcing that he was “calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass,” Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said he had actually been calling only for isolated recanvassing of areas where irregularities had been reported in the caucus results. In an interview with Rachel

Veterans of the Obama administration say that the candidates have a lot of work to do to convince voters — even those who reject Mr. Trump’s worldview — to focus on their approaches to building alliances, using force and competing with an aggressive Russia and a rising China. “Every presidential campaign I’ve ever been a

Less than 10 hours after announcing that he was “calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass,” Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said he had actually been calling only for isolated recanvassing of areas where irregularities had been reported in the caucus results. In an interview with Rachel

WASHINGTON — The Navy secretary ousted by President Trump said Thursday that he would endorse Michael R. Bloomberg for president, a high-profile defection that Mr. Bloomberg’s allies hope will convince Democratic voters that their best chance of defeating Mr. Trump is the former mayor of New York. Richard V. Spencer, who was ousted as Navy

Then there are the people away from home to consider, and caucusgoers who speak a language other than English. The list of accessibility challenges helps explain why in Iowa, a state of more than three million people, the largest number to participate in a Democratic caucus — at least as of Monday — was about

Jeff Weaver, Mr. Sanders’s adviser, said the campaign found the debate rule change to be “an outrage” but otherwise believed “the D.N.C. has tried to be evenhanded.” But Mr. Weaver added, “Of course, given our experience, we are ever vigilant.” It’s not just Sanders supporters who are uneasy with Mr. Perez. James Carville, who has