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People stood on chairs to catch a glimpse of Pete Buttigieg during his rally in Waterloo.Credit…Todd Heisler/The New York Times While most of the Democratic field barnstormed Iowa on Saturday, former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, who is not competing in the state, released a tax plan from afar. His plan would raise […]

BOONE — A couple of hundred people packed a Mexican restaurant for Andrew Yang, who was running late. Even though Mr. Yang may have difficulty reaching the 15 percent threshold required to earn delegates in many caucuses, his supporters seemed not to have settled on a second choice candidate to realign with in that scenario.

Ms. Warren has also sought to portray herself as a consensus candidate, airing a commercial that features Iowa supporters of Mr. Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Mr. Trump from 2016 who all say they are now supporting the Massachusetts senator. And in a plain acknowledgment of voters’ concerns about sexism in the general election, Ms. Warren

WASHINGTON — Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York unveiled a plan on Saturday that would raise an estimated $5 trillion in new tax revenue from high earners and corporations, a proposal that would almost certainly raise his personal tax bill but is less aggressive than those from his most liberal rivals for the

NORTH LIBERTY — John Kerry, the former secretary of state and presidential nominee, had just ticked through Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s record and his character as he urged Iowans to caucus for his longtime Senate colleague. Then he closed with a rhyme of sorts about Mr. Biden’s ability to defeat President Trump. “He’s going to

Pete Buttigieg spoke at an event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Saturday.Credit…Todd Heisler/The New York Times WATERLOO, Iowa — On the penultimate day of his Iowa caucus campaign, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., distilled his campaign message to a plea to Democrats: Let’s get over the fights that divided the party in 2016.

When the United States, along with France and Britain, bombed Iraq in 1993 after President Saddam Hussein violated United Nations resolutions by raiding Kuwait, Mr. Sanders said he supported those actions. Mr. Sanders sided with President Bill Clinton in September 1996, when the United States again launched missile strikes at Iraqi military targets after Mr.

This is the Impeachment Briefing, The Times’s newsletter about the impeachment investigation. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weeknight. What happened today The Senate voted Friday evening to block consideration of new witnesses and evidence in the impeachment trial, all but securing President Trump’s acquittal. The motion failed 49 to 51,

This was Iowa caucus night back in the mid-1970s. And these are members of the national media covering the voting. It was so unusual to see national media in Iowa back then that people actually paid to watch them. “The Democratic Party charged $15 a head for people to watch the media watch the people.”

John Kerry is for Joe Biden. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is stumping for Bernie Sanders. And Julián Castro is for Elizabeth Warren. But whom does George Takei support? (Hint: A certain former mayor from Indiana …) As nominating season prepares to open, we’ve gathered a snapshot of the endorsement race as it stands. Aside from garnering glittering