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WASHINGTON — Some Democrats say the party’s presidential debate stage is too big. Some say it is too small. Some say it is too white. Nothing the Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez does is just right. “I’ve had days where I’ve gotten calls, literally, one after another, from person A, who I have great […]

Scotland “cannot be imprisoned in the union against its will” by the UK government, Nicola Sturgeon has said. She told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show the SNP’s success in the general election gives her a mandate to hold a new referendum on independence. However, UK ministers are opposed to such a move with Michael Gove

WASHINGTON, Iowa — They share awkward glances at events where nearly everyone looks like them. They take comfort in reminding one another that they propelled Barack Obama to the White House. They swear that their values and priorities are representative of more than a Corn Belt farm state. With less than two months until the

A close aide to President Trump who was dismissed last year by the White House chief of staff at the time is expected to rejoin the West Wing, according to three people familiar with the move. John McEntee, who shadowed Mr. Trump as his body man, is slated to come back in a similar role,

WASHINGTON — At the urging of Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, eight Democratic presidential candidates, and Mr. Booker, have signed a letter urging Tom Perez, the Democratic National Committee chairman, to lower the thresholds to qualify for the party’s January and February debates. The letter, written and circulated by the Booker campaign, was sent

His persuasive manner and political pursuits beyond Gary kept him in that role even after black mayors were elected in the 1970s in Detroit, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington. (A black mayor had taken office in Washington shortly before Mr. Hatcher and Mr. Stokes were elected, but that official, Walter E. Washington, had been appointed

WASHINGTON — Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a moderate Democrat who is among his party’s staunchest opponents of impeaching President Trump, is considering switching parties and could make an announcement as soon as next week, just as the House is casting its historic votes on articles of impeachment. Mr. Van Drew has had

WASHINGTON — Even as the House Judiciary Committee prepared to vote on articles of impeachment, Lindsey Graham was in a back room trying to cut a last-minute deal. If the president fully admitted what he had done, he could head off charges of high crimes and misdemeanors. Mr. Graham scribbled on a piece of paper

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — On a recent Friday, as impeachment investigators were releasing new evidence of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Ukraine and John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, was refusing through his lawyer to tell Congress what he knew about “many relevant meetings and conversations” in the matter, Representative Antonio Delgado’s mind was

Congratulations on surviving another week in American politics. We would reassure you that next week will be calmer, but we’re not allowed to lie. Here’s a look at what happened in the 2020 presidential race this week. Buttigieg named his McKinsey clients On Tuesday, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., released the names of