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“Hillary and Clinton,” a Broadway play that explores the relationship of a political power couple, will close on Sunday, four weeks earlier than scheduled. The play, by Lucas Hnath, stars Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow and is directed by Joe Mantello. It opened in April; at the time of its closing it will have played […]

Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Iran announced on Monday that it would soon violate a central element of the 2015 nuclear deal — by producing more uranium than allowed — unless it gets European help to offset the effects of American sanctions.

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said at a fund-raiser in New York on Monday night that he had already amassed 360,000 donors with an average contribution of $55 — a disclosure that appeared to reveal he has raised $19.8 million for his presidential bid. That is more than any other candidate raised in

WASHINGTON — Landlords and local officials across the country say a White House proposal to eject undocumented immigrants from subsidized housing would displace some of their most reliable tenants and add major financial strains to an already cash-strapped system. Officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, prodded by hard-liners like Stephen Miller, President

The speaker has been on a campaign to make the case against impeachment, saying in private and public that the move is the most divisive that Democrats could pursue. Instead, she has hammered away at a three-pronged strategy for challenging Mr. Trump — “legislate, investigate, litigate”— by pressing forward with measures to check his power

“He’s really broken the mold in a lot of ways, and he’s really moved the Republican Party away from the traditional Reagan stool,” said Antonia Ferrier, a Republican consultant who worked for Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other party leaders on Capitol Hill. “But whether it’s him or it’s history, the reality is the

Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. [Get On Politics delivered to your inbox.] As President Trump prepares to officially kick off his re-election campaign in Orlando Tuesday night, his numbers are, as he is fond of saying, “not good, folks.” In a new

The 2020 Democratic primary race is moving into its next phase: the first debates are taking place over two nights next week and the lineup was announced on Friday. The campaigns are prepping their candidates and are trying to divine what voters want to hear. So, we thought we’d ask you first: Do you plan

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Monday defended his approach to working with Republicans, suggesting that those who cannot conceive of working with the opposition might as well “start a real, physical revolution.” “Folks, look, if you start off with the notion there’s nothing you can do, well, might you all

WASHINGTON — Iran threatened on Monday to accelerate its nuclear program in violation of a 2015 nuclear agreement, moving it closer to the ability to buildi an atomic weapon — something that President Trump has vowed to prevent. But it was Mr. Trump who withdrew the United States from the Obama-era nuclear agreement in May