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The very defective J.C.P.O.A. expires shortly anyway and gives Iran a clear and quick path to nuclear breakout. Iran must abandon its nuclear ambitions and end its support for terrorism. The time has come for the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China to recognize this reality. They must now break away from the remnants […]

Here’s the thing about wartime presidents: They tend to win re-election. It isn’t always pretty. George W. Bush won the popular vote in 2004 by the lowest margin of victory ever for an incumbent president. And, sure, some presidents have chosen not to run for re-election in the face of low approval ratings — like

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 Senator Mitch McConnell said that he had no intention of negotiating with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the terms of the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Trump, and he urged

Wallace Watson, a 52-year-old who attended her rally over the weekend in Dubuque, Iowa, said he decided to support Ms. Warren months ago because he saw her as the only candidate who could energize both voters who backed Mr. Sanders in 2016 and those who supported Hillary Clinton, the party’s nominee. In recent months, however,

Mr. Sadjadpour called the speech “strategically incoherent.” But that can be said about much of Mr. Trump’s Middle East policy in the past few months. The president pulled a small, fairly safe American force out of Syria that was primarily engaged in fighting the Islamic State with Syrian Kurdish allies, claiming it was time to

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates, joined forces on Wednesday to help rally progressive opposition to a war with Iran and to blame President Trump for his role in the Middle East crisis even as the threat of open conflict appeared to subside. In a call on Wednesday

And it suggested that when it comes to the president’s strategy in Iran, there are at least some cracks in Republican support, as administration officials continue to offer few details on the intelligence that led them to authorize the killing of General Suleimani. Since arriving in the Senate in 2011, Mr. Lee has been an

With sandwiches piled on a sideboard in the room, the group that advised the president in the Situation Room at different times throughout the day included a handful of seasoned national security officials, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley, an Army veteran of nearly 40 years; Keith Kellogg,

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday that the House would vote on Thursday to force President Trump to quickly wind down military action against Iran unless he is given explicit authorization from Congress, opening what promised to be a searing debate over presidential war powers. Ms. Pelosi issued the statement as lawmakers breathed

President Trump, responding during a White House address on Wednesday to the missile strikes by Iran, assailed the nuclear agreement reached by his predecessor and praised American military might. The 10-minute address contained numerous inaccuracies and claims that lacked evidence. Here’s a fact check. What Mr. Trump Said “Iran’s hostilities substantially increased after the foolish