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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 […]

Perhaps no issue is more central to the career of Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey than criminal justice reform. His bipartisan criminal justice bill, the First Step Act, was signed into law in December, and Mr. Booker has made numerous other proposals to overhaul the justice system. The context After the passage of the

Ten candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination took the stage on Wednesday in Miami for the first of back-to-back debate nights. Another 10 candidates who qualified for the debates will appear on the same stage on Thursday. Here is how the candidates’ remarks stacked up against the truth. Senator Amy Klobuchar “I am

Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii is an Army National Guard veteran who deployed twice to the Middle East. Her views on foreign policy and specifically her stance on war have emerged as central issues in her campaign. The context Ms. Gabbard has focused on ending what she calls “regime change wars,” the “new Cold War”

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is seeking to wrest control of the Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security and has been lobbying President Trump to back such a move, according to administration officials. The discussions between the Treasury Department, the White House and high-ranking Secret Service officials have taken place over the

The candidates on stage tonight: Bill de Blasio, Tim Ryan, Julián Castro, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay Inslee and John Delaney. What’s happening on the ground in Miami? How many candidates are here in Florida for the first Democratic debates? So many that one, former Gov. John Hickenlooper of

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] On paper, Democrats in New Jersey have rarely commanded so much power: They control the governor’s office and both chambers of the Legislature, and a liberal surge last November nearly wiped congressional Republicans off the map. Just one G.O.P.

NASHUA, N.H. — Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana spent last weekend apart from the rest of the Democratic presidential field, which gathered in South Carolina. While the top 20 candidates are in Miami for the first primary debates this week, he isn’t there, either. Mr. Bullock is aiming to make the best of a debate

This first Democratic debates of the 2020 race have arrived, taking place Wednesday and Thursday nights from 9 to 11 p.m., with 10 candidates from the sprawling field of 24 debating each night. Poise, deftness, and the ability to introduce themselves to a nationwide audience — all those things will matter. If you also think

“While I pray that the funding Congress has approved makes it to its intended purpose, the best predictor of the future is the past,” Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts and one of four Democrats to vote against the House measure, wrote in a Medium post explaining her vote. The administration’s immigration enforcement agencies, she