Politics

SAN FRANCISCO — Senator Bernie Sanders has long promised to run a different kind of campaign and be a different kind of president. On Saturday night, what was billed as his first “grass-roots fund-raiser” of the 2020 campaign was certainly different, as donor events go. It was at a nightclub, for one thing. The D.J. […]

The US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that the US is already considering trade deals post-Brexit. He said that all areas of the economy, including the NHS and agriculture, would be “on the table” in any future US-UK negotiations. Questioned over concerns regarding US food standards, Mr Johnson

OAKLAND, Calif. — Senator Elizabeth Warren bounded onto stage before a crowd of more than 6,000 here — “the biggest one so far,” she announced excitedly — and stayed for nearly two extra hours, past 11 p.m., until everyone who wanted a picture with her had gotten one. At the same time on Friday night,

The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that if he became the next prime minster he would renegotiate the UK’s withdrawal agreement with the EU. He insisted it was possible to get a different deal and a different arrangement over the Northern Irish backstop, in spite of contradictory statements from politicians

SEOUL, South Korea — Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Sunday that he did not see a need to restore the large-scale joint military exercises that the United States and South Korea suspended over the past year as a concession to North Korea. American and South Korean troops have continued low-key, smaller-scale exercises during

Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Jo Swinson has told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that a no-deal Brexit would be irresponsible, and repeated calls for a second referendum. Swinson, who is running to be the next leader of her party, criticised Conservative leadership hopefuls who have said they are planning for no-deal – likening it to planning

WASHINGTON — A move by House Democratic leaders to thwart party members from mounting primary challenges to incumbents, even in safe Democratic districts, could have the unintended consequence of arresting the party’s shift toward a more female and racially diverse caucus, one of its most striking achievements of the last election. This past week, a

WASHINGTON — President Trump has said that his administration would lead an effort to decriminalize homosexuality around the world, eliciting condemnation from activists who pointed to the administration’s moves to dismantle protections for gay, bisexual and transgender people. The administration also stood “in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries

WASHINGTON — Emmet T. Flood, the White House lawyer who oversaw the administration’s response to the special counsel investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, will step down from the job this month, President Trump said on Saturday. The departure of Mr. Flood, who first rose to prominence when he defended President Bill Clinton

WASHINGTON — Just before his state visit to Britain was to begin, President Trump subverted diplomatic norms by rattling an already precarious political situation there: He suggested that the next prime minister of Britain “walk away” from trying to reach a deal to withdraw from the European Union and that the far-right populist Nigel Farage