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Mr. Tillerson said he did. A White House spokesman, Hogan Gidley, said Thursday night that “Jared consistently follows proper protocols” with the National Security Council and State Department. He said the “alleged ‘dinner’ to supposedly discuss the blockade never happened,” and no one in the White House was “involved in the blockade.” (A transcript of […]

De Blasio’s post-debate debacle: Quoting Che Mr. de Blasio surpassed low expectations during Wednesday’s debate and briefly appeared to be one of the candidates with potential political momentum. But by Thursday evening, he was on the defensive after he used a famous quote from Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in Miami. “Hasta la victoria siempre!” Mr.

Marianne Williamson, 66, a best-selling self-help author, is participating in the Democratic primary debate in Miami on Thursday. She has run a campaign focused on spiritual healing and ending what she says is a “low-level emotional civil war” being waged in the United States. Ms. Williamson drew particular attention last week at an event in

Who’s on stage tonight? Biden in the hot seat Every candidate but one on stage Thursday has recently participated in a nationally televised town hall forum, taking tough questions with the cameras rolling. The exception is Mr. Biden. The first debate will be one of the first times since he entered the race that Mr.

Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, said, “We are really, truly creating a whole generation of children that won’t forget what we did.” But the Democrats’ left flank in the House was defeated by the party’s moderates. In an embarrassing display of disarray, opposition from the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition and several lawmakers from

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to mortgage fraud and other charges brought by the Manhattan district attorney in an effort to ensure Mr. Manafort could still face prison time if he

MIAMI — Democratic presidential candidates leveled a stark critique of President Trump’s immigration policies and the condition of the American working class in the first primary debate on Wednesday, but split in unmistakable terms over just how aggressively the next president should seek to transform the country along more liberal lines. The strength of the

PORTAGE, Mich. — Not everyone watching Wednesday’s Democratic debate was looking for a hero. In a windowless room in southwest Michigan, a political man cave with a signed picture of Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, a flat-screen TV was tuned to an unfamiliar destination, MSNBC. A dozen activists with the Republican

Halfway through the first Democratic primary debate in Miami Wednesday night, NBC brought on a second shift of moderators — four hours over two nights, you’ve got to conserve your energy. Chuck Todd began to ask a question about gun violence. Then he stopped. What were those sounds? There was talking coming from everywhere. The

WASHINGTON — In a setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court on Thursday sent back to a lower court a case on whether the census should contain a citizenship question, leaving in doubt whether the question would be on the 2020 census. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the majority, said the