Politics

Republicans Move to Block Impeachment Witnesses, Driving Toward Acquittal

WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate Republicans worked aggressively on Wednesday to discount damaging revelations from John R. Bolton and line up the votes to block new witnesses that would bring President Trump’s impeachment trial to a swift close. As the Senate entered a two-day, 16-hour period of questioning from senators, Mr. Trump laced […]

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Trump’s Mideast Plan Leaves Palestinians With Few Options

JERUSALEM — For Mahmoud Abbas, the ailing octogenarian president of the Palestinian Authority, his life’s work — a viable state side-by-side with Israel — is quickly slipping away. President Trump’s Middle East plan deprives the Palestinians of nearly everything they had been fighting for: East Jerusalem as their national capital, the removal of Jewish settlements

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Trump’s Lawyer Argues Any Act to Win Re-Election Is ‘in the Public Interest’

Representative Adam B. Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, walking into the Senate chamber.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times Pushing back on President Trump’s defense team’s expansive view of his presidential prerogatives, Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and the lead impeachment manager, accused Mr. Trump of being “a president

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As Other Democrats Feud, Bloomberg Hammers Trump on Health Care

As Mr. Bloomberg’s ads blanket the airwaves, his Democratic rivals have spent most of their time going after one another, using health care as the vehicle to debate whether the party should nominate a moderate or a liberal seeking transformative change. Lise Talbott, who works for a community health center in the Central Valley of

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PMQs: Blackford and Johnson on Scottish migration policy

The SNP’s Westminster leader read a list of backers for Holyrood’s plans for Scottish immigration proposals. Ian Blackford said it would “grow our economy and protect public services” as he called for “a tailored migration policy for Scotland”. Boris Johnson said Westminster’s points-based system would “deliver the immigration this country needs” and he called on

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