Politics

MOSCOW — Just hours after President Trump became only the third American leader to be impeached, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday mocked what he described as an attempt by Democrats to reverse the 2016 election, and hinted that he could, himself, stay in power for many more years. Taking questions for more […]

Only seven Democratic presidential candidates — the fewest yet — will take the stage at Loyola Marymount University on Thursday night, with 46 days to go until the first votes are cast in the Iowa caucuses. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. remains the leading candidate in national polls, but three candidates are within

A federal appeals court in New Orleans handed Republicans a Christmas present. The court had been considering a case with the potential to dismantle the entire Affordable Care Act, an outcome that could have set off waves of chaos and disruption leading up to the November election, and for which there was very little contingency

The Queen’s Speech detailed the government’s plans to prioritise Brexit and to enshrine extra NHS funding into law. The speech also outlined the government’s plans to “invest in public services and infrastructure”. The PM plans to introduce a fast track visa system for qualified doctors and nurses after the UK leaves the EU. The speech

WASHINGTON — One of President Trump’s most loyal supporters, Representative Mark Meadows, announced on Thursday that he would leave Congress at the end of his term in January 2021. “For everything there is a season. After prayerful consideration and discussion with family, today I’m announcing that my time serving Western North Carolina in Congress will

Scotland’s first minister has called on the UK government to negotiate a transfer of powers to Holyrood to allow another referendum on independence. Nicola Sturgeon said there was an “unarguable” mandate for a new vote after the SNP won 48 of Scotland’s 59 seats in last week’s general election. She said a document containing her

WASHINGTON — For the most unpredictable of presidents, it was the most predictable of outcomes. Is anyone really surprised that President Trump was impeached? His defiant disregard for red lines arguably made him an impeachment waiting to happen. From the day he took office, Mr. Trump made clear that he would not abide by the

Now that the House has voted to impeach President Trump, the matter would normally move to the Senate for a trial — the third for an American president. But questions about the timing of a trial arose after the House approved two articles of impeachment against Mr. Trump. Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, wouldn’t say

As they ate, the conversation veered into Ukraine. Over a dinner of the “Presidential Cheeseburger” and wedge salad, Mr. Parnas relayed a rumor that Marie L. Yovanovitch, then the American ambassador to Ukraine, was bad-mouthing the president — an unsubstantiated claim that Ms. Yovanovitch has denied, according to two people with knowledge of the dinner.

LOS ANGELES — It is a fact of political life Representative Judy Chu is accustomed to: when there is a discussion about people of color in Washington, she will inevitably have to elbow her way in so that Asian-Americans are considered. “We have long had a problem with Asian-Americans being invisible in politics,” said Ms.