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DES MOINES — With a glaring question mark hanging over the Iowa caucuses, a frustrated pack of Democratic presidential candidates sought to turn the mood of chaos to their own advantage Tuesday morning as they barreled toward the next nominating contest, in New Hampshire. Even before the candidates boarded chartered jets late Monday and headed […]

The prime minister has warned that climate change is harming “the most vulnerable populations around the planet”. Boris Johnson’s comments came at a launch event for the COP26 climate summit which is to be held in Glasgow later this year. He also said it was important to link the issues of biodiversity and climate change,

President Trump, foreshadowing elements of a State of the Union address set against the backdrop of impeachment, will bring a top Border Patrol agent as one of his guests on Tuesday night when he addresses a joint session of Congress. In addition to that agent, Raul Ortiz, who last week was promoted to the job

DES MOINES — You’re probably wondering how we ended up in this situation. It’s the morning after the Iowa caucuses. We were promised four sets of results, and we didn’t even get one. Blame 2016. A lot of reasons contributed to the fiasco on Monday, chiefly a breakdown of the process by which caucus leaders

DES MOINES — They are a mix of campaign veterans and political rookies, deeply committed to a complex Democratic process that defies most accepted tenets of representative elections. They number more than 1,600, and they are the volunteers whom the Iowa Democratic Party relies on to ensure that its time-honored process runs smoothly, and that

JOHNSTON, Iowa — For weeks undecided Iowans have been saying that they may make their decision based on the last candidate they see in person. On Monday night, that sentiment paid off for Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota at Johnston Middle School. The senator was a surprise guest at the Johnston 2 precinct, popping in

DES MOINES — Every four years since the 1970s, the political gods have smiled upon Iowa, endowing its residents with uncommon power to set the course of national politics as the first nominating contest. For that privilege, Iowa has found itself — more this year than ever — in the position of defending its perch.

WAUKEE, Iowa — The Republican Party belongs to President Trump, and everyone in the Waukee Elementary School gymnasium knew it. Even the man who was ostensibly trying to persuade his neighbors otherwise. “I want to explain to you why I, I — you might be surprised to see someone supporting Joe Walsh in front of

DES MOINES — A night that was supposed to bring clarity to the Democratic presidential contest turned into a long ordeal of confusion and delays on Monday, as the Iowa Democratic Party failed to report results from more than a handful of precincts for hours after the state’s famed caucuses began. Struggling to adopt a

For three years, Steve Bray has been in Westminster, opposing Brexit, but what will he do now that Britain has left the European Union? While Brexit supporters celebrated the UK’s departure with a party in Parliament Square, the campaigner from Port Talbot – nicknamed Mr Stop Brexit – said his protest would not stop. Read