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WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren argued that Democrats would defeat President Trump if they “draw the sharpest distinction” with what she called the administration’s corruption — and suggested that Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s high-dollar fund-raising would undermine their ability to do that. Mr. Buttigieg said his party could scarcely afford to hew to such “purity tests” […]

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“I very much agree with Senator Warren on raising more tax revenue from millionaires and billionaires,” Mr. Buttigieg said. “I just don’t agree on the part about spending it on millionaires and billionaires when it comes to their college tuition.” Ms. Warren, who supports free tuition at public colleges and canceling most student debt, was

Mr. Brennan has repeatedly said, including in his 2017 congressional testimony, that the C.I.A. did not rely on the dossier when it helped develop the assessment, and the former director of national intelligence, James Clapper, has also testified before lawmakers that the same was true for the intelligence agencies more broadly. But Mr. Trump’s allies

WASHINGTON — The day after the House cast historic votes to impeach President Trump, Democrats grappled on Thursday with when to send the charges to the Republican-led Senate, hoping to gain leverage in a bicameral clash over the contours of an election-year trial. With some leading Democrats pushing to delay transmittal of the articles and

Will candidates differ with Pelosi on the Senate trial? LOS ANGELES — For weeks now, the leading Democratic presidential candidates have been in lock step behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on impeachment. It’s even become a stump speech applause line for Ms. Klobuchar. “When people ask me if a woman can beat Donald Trump,” the

WASHINGTON — In the final days of negotiations over President Trump’s new North American trade deal, Robert Lighthizer, the top trade negotiator, made one more attempt to pressure House Democrats to get on board with the pact. He called Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday saying he had booked a flight to Mexico to sign the

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which opens this week, has a run time of 2 hours and 21 minutes. The Democratic candidates for president are scheduled to debate Thursday night for roughly two and a half hours. A doubleheader, then, clocks in at close to five hours. Who would want to spend an evening

Brexit and the NHS have dominated the Conservative government’s agenda set out in the Queen’s Speech. The government announced its “priority” was the UK’s exit from the EU on 31 January, and a commitment to enshrine in law extra funding for the NHS. Of the more than 30 bills announced in the Queen’s Speech, seven

WASHINGTON — One day after the House impeached President Trump largely along party lines, Republicans and Democrats found themselves in agreement on something: the president’s swipe at a beloved late Democratic congressman was neither funny nor appropriate. Representative Debbie Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, said Thursday that Mr. Trump’s words about her late husband, former Representative