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In their trial brief, the president’s lawyers wrote: “Not a single witness with actual knowledge ever testified that the president suggested any connection between announcing investigations and security assistance. Assumptions, presumptions and speculation based on hearsay are all that House Democrats can rely on to spin their tale of a quid pro quo.” The House […]

Carol Roberts from Greendale, Wis., asks: Mr. Bloomberg has said that if he doesn’t get nominated, he’ll spend $100 million to support whichever Dem. candidate is nominated. How can he do that without exceeding the $2,800 limit? Thanks, Carol, for an excellent question. At least a few Democratic strategists are eager to learn how, exactly,

WASHINGTON — A few days after Election Day in 2016, Donald J. Trump received a call on his cellphone from Michael R. Bloomberg, an old acquaintance he had clashed with during the campaign. Mr. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, had called to offer his congratulations, but the president-elect cut him off.

WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate Republican leaders struggled on Monday to salvage their plans to push toward a quick acquittal of President Trump this week in his impeachment trial, after a new account by his former national security adviser corroborated a central piece of the case against him. The newly disclosed revelations by

CrowdStrike An American cybersecurity company that investigated how Russians hacked Democratic National Committee servers in 2016. CrowdStrike is the subject of a false conspiracy theory, birthed on the dark web and promoted by Mr. Trump, that claims Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. Derek Jeter Representative Hakeem Jeffries joked on Thursday about a

WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, privately told Attorney General William P. Barr last year that he had concerns that President Trump was effectively granting personal favors to the autocratic leaders of Turkey and China, according to an unpublished manuscript by Mr. Bolton. Mr. Barr responded by pointing to a pair

If Mr. Gantz rejects the plan or gives it a lukewarm reception, that could send his more right-leaning supporters back to Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud or other parties in the right-wing bloc, likewise snatching away the chance of a slim victory. At a minimum, the peace plan will complicate Mr. Gantz’s efforts to focus Israeli voters’

President Trump’s lawyers began their promised assault on former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son, Hunter, on Monday, describing what they said was significant evidence of corruption that made Mr. Trump’s interest in the case proper. Pam Bondi, one of the president’s lawyers, said the defense team would rather have ignored questions

Senator Patrick J. Toomey, Republican of Pennsyvlania, indicated that he was open to calling witnesses.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times Add another name to the list of Republicans toying with calling witnesses at President Trump’s impeachment trial. At a private luncheon of Republican senators on Monday, Senator Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania, indicated to colleagues that

BETTENDORF, Iowa — As they streamed out of the ballroom following a Scott County fund-raising banquet Saturday night, one after the other Iowa Democrats admitted that they still had not decided whom to support just over a week before the state’s presidential caucuses. But by not mentioning his name as they rattled off their short