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For the past year, the question of how much the president might need such “hard dollar” checks has been a source of debate and, at times, contention among his aides. But there has been little effort to cultivate people who can gather checks in increments of $2,800 at a rapid clip, according to multiple campaign […]

There will be two ways for Democratic candidates to qualify for their party’s next presidential debate, scheduled for Feb. 7, the Democratic National Committee announced on Friday. All six candidates who qualified for this past week’s debate have qualified for the next. The candidates can meet the same thresholds they had to last time: 225,000

Early state polling shows Ms. Warren with an edge among female voters but Mr. Biden with more backing overall. Nationally Mr. Biden leads among female voters, a reflection of his strength in the race. At events for Ms. Warren and Ms. Klobuchar in recent months, female voters were grappling with contradictory ideas. They thought the

WASHINGTON — With years of trillion-dollar deficits ahead, the Treasury Department said that it would soon begin issuing 20-year bonds in an effort to generate investor interest in government debt. The Treasury Department, which has not issued a 20-year bond since 1986, announced on Thursday evening that the new type of debt would be available

WASHINGTON — The last time a president was put on trial, few were more responsible for putting him in the dock than Kenneth Winston Starr. Now the former independent counsel whose investigation led to President Bill Clinton’s impeachment 21 years ago will come to the defense of another president charged with high crimes and misdemeanors.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he “never heard” that his top envoy to Ukraine, Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch, might have been under surveillance before she was recalled to Washington, accused of being disloyal to President Trump. “Until this story broke, I had, to the best of my recollection, had never heard

CNN calls senator’s retort to a reporter ‘extremely unbecoming.’ CNN responded on Thursday after Senator Martha McSally, an Arizona Republican, dismissed a basic question from the network’s congressional reporter by calling him “a liberal hack.” “It is extremely unbecoming for a U.S. senator to sink to this level and treat a member of the press

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans on adding former independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr and the defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz to his legal team for his trial by the Senate, a person briefed on the plan said Friday. Mr. Starr, whose investigation into President Bill Clinton’s sexual relationships led to his impeachment, will be joined by

Welcome to Poll Watch, our weekly look at polling data and survey research on the candidates, voters and issues that will shape the 2020 election. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidential campaign has been defined by what it’s not as much as by what it is. He hasn’t made waves with big-ticket policy

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 In the Senate chamber, Representative Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, read aloud the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against President Trump, signifying the opening