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He called out more than a dozen other Republican defenders, including Representatives Kevin McCarthy of California, the minority leader; Jim Jordan of Ohio; Mark Meadows of North Carolina; and Elise Stefanik of New York. Noticeably absent, and unmentioned by the president, were Rudolph W. Giuliani, his personal lawyer at the center of the Ukraine pressure […]

WASHINGTON — The president of the United States spoke for an hour on Thursday at the White House, a careening open-mike act that was by turns free-associative whirlwind, grievance fest, group shout-out and profane rant against his expanding inventory of political enemies — or, as he called them, “the crookedest, most dishonest, dirty people I

Senator Bernie Sanders said he was not the leader in the Democratic primary race, as he tried to move on from Iowa during a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Thursday night. Asked whether he was the front-runner, he said, “No.” “I think we have an excellent chance to win here in New Hampshire,”

The attack at Walmart cut deep into the fabric of the binational, bicultural and bilingual city connected by bridges and generations of families to its sister city of Ciudad Juárez in Mexico. Most of the people killed or wounded were either Mexicans or Mexican-Americans. Minutes before the shooting, the suspect posted a lengthy anti-immigrant manifesto

WASHINGTON — In the wake of the Senate acquitting President Trump in an impeachment trial over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rivals including former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Republican senators are pressing ahead with their probes into the finances of Mr. Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Last year, the top

Democrats, including former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., have previously accused Mr. McConnell of stopping the Obama administration from speaking out more forcefully against Russian interference. Mr. McConnell has long denied those allegations, pointing to a bipartisan letter that congressional leaders ultimately released in late September 2016. The response to Russia’s meddling presented a

But Mr. Sanders, speaking at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters, cited his lead in other, raw numbers that are effectively an expression of the popular vote in Iowa. “Even thought the vote tabulations have been extremely slow, we are now at a point, with some 97 percent of the precincts reporting, where our campaign is

But Mr. Sanders, speaking at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters, cited his lead in other, raw numbers that are effectively an expression of the popular vote in Iowa. “Even thought the vote tabulations have been extremely slow, we are now at a point, with some 97 percent of the precincts reporting, where our campaign is

But Mr. Sanders, speaking at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters, cited his lead in other, raw numbers that are effectively an expression of the popular vote in Iowa. “Even thought the vote tabulations have been extremely slow, we are now at a point, with some 97 percent of the precincts reporting, where our campaign is

FRESNO, Calif. — “There’s nothing magical about California,” Michael R. Bloomberg declared after a day flying through the state — or Iowa, for that matter, he added. But here he was in California, not any of the four early nominating states, trying to make the magic happen. So there were free carne asada tacos in