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Mr. Kushner declined to comment on his change in focus, but his allies in the White House say he sees no reason to involve himself as extensively in international issues now that the State Department is run by Mr. Pompeo, whom he sees as far more competent than his predecessor, Rex W. Tillerson. They also […]

WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday celebrated a federal court ruling that will allow $3.6 billion in military construction funds to be used for the construction of the border wall. A separate court on Thursday lifted a restraining order on a private group allied with President Trump that wants to build its own barriers

There hasn’t been much public polling in the Democratic primary race, and it hasn’t offered too many surprises even on the few occasions when it has materialized. Until Thursday night. In what might be the most surprising results of the cycle, Fox News released polls in South Carolina and Nevada showing Tom Steyer in a

With two startling polling results released late Thursday afternoon, the billionaire former hedge fund executive Tom Steyer became the sixth candidate to qualify for next week’s Democratic presidential debate. Mr. Steyer will join former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., and Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Bernie

MONTREAL — New evidence indicating that an Iranian surface-to-air missile caused the plane crash this week that killed 63 Canadians is likely to undermine Canada’s already acrimonious relationship with Iran. But the disaster also threatens to damage Ottawa’s crucial but fraught partnership with Washington. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said that his

Larry David has a message for his political doppelgänger, Bernie Sanders: Drop out, already! “I thought when he had the heart attack that was going to be it — I wouldn’t have to fly in from Los Angeles. But, you know, he’s indestructible! Nothing stops this man,” the comedian, who has memorably impersonated Mr. Sanders

His aggressive push on Iran, which reached a new level of hostility with the killing of General Suleimani, has underscored that view of Washington’s policy, though officials argue that the Trump administration was seeking to deter Iran from attacking American interests. The fact that the strike against General Suleimani took place in Iraq, where the

PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Tim Smith is 35, relatively young compared with other voters. He calls himself an independent, which is common here in New Hampshire. And he’s uneasy about the political establishment and Democratic Party standard-bearers. Perhaps it is no surprise, then, that Mr. Smith voted for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the 2016

WASHINGTON — In 2002, as the George W. Bush administration marched toward its invasion of Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney chose the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to make his case for invasion and was greeted with thunderous applause. This week, the V.F.W., like other major veterans organizations that once took positions

WASHINGTON — The House took a preliminary vote on Thursday to advance a measure that would force President Trump to go to Congress for authorization before taking further military action against Iran, reigniting a fierce and longstanding debate over the role of the legislative branch in waging war. The 226-to-193 procedural vote, split almost entirely