Politics

Joseph R. Biden Jr., defending himself on Tuesday night against suggestions that he is too “old fashioned” for today’s Democratic Party, invoked two Southern segregationist senators by name as he fondly recalled the “civility” of the Senate in the 1970s and 1980s. Speaking at a fund-raiser at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City, Mr. […]

President Trump officially began his campaign for re-election on Tuesday at a rally in Orlando, Fla., touching on themes and promoting accomplishments that are likely to be staples of his appearances from now until Election Day. Here’s a fact-check of his remarks. Russia “Nobody’s been tougher on Russia than Donald Trump.” This is misleading. Whether

Five candidates are left in the Conservative leadership contest after Dominic Raab was eliminated in Tuesday’s vote. The rules meant the candidate who finished in last place, plus any colleagues who failed to secure fewer than 33 votes, would not go through to the next round on Wednesday. That means Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael

WASHINGTON — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the liberal freshman Democrat from New York who has made fighting for immigrants’ rights a signature issue, on Tuesday described the Trump administration’s border detention facilities as “concentration camps,” provoking backlash from Republicans who said she was minimizing the Holocaust. “This administration has established concentration camps on the southern border

The first question to the five men who could be the next Tory leader and PM was about a Brexit date guarantee. Former Tory voter Lee Ward in Norwich asked Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart whether they can get a Brexit plan through Parliament by the end of October.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Mayor Pete Buttigieg remained in South Bend, Ind., on Tuesday to confront a local crisis involving the fatal shooting of a black resident by a white police officer, skipping scheduled campaign appearances in Hollywood. The shooting of the 54-year-old robbery suspect under conditions that remain murky has presented Mr. Buttigieg, a

A woman who has fostered more than 100 children asked Tory leadership candidates about cuts to health and social care. Tina in Tunbridge Wells said important issues were “going under the radar” because of Brexit, and that she struggled to get help with mental health services, special educational needs support and medical appointments. The BBC’s

All of the candidates at center stage on Wednesday are betting big on Iowa — putting them in competition with one another geographically, if not ideologically. Mr. Booker’s Iowa operation rivals Ms. Warren’s as the most robust of the race so far. Mr. O’Rourke’s retail-style campaign is a traditional fit for the state. And Ms.

The five men who could be the next Conservative leader and PM were asked about a Brexit date guarantee. Mark from Belfast, who grew up during the Troubles, asked Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Rory Stewart how they would solve the issue of the Irish border. BBC One’s Our Next Prime

President Trump on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of Patrick M. Shanahan to be the permanent defense secretary, leaving the Pentagon in transition at a time of escalating tensions with Iran and questions about the role of the military at the border with Mexico. Mr. Shanahan, who had been serving as the acting defense secretary, announced