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President Trump has generally bucked the #MeToo movement, siding instead with the men who deny accusations of sexual assault or misconduct. Now, the Republican National Committee appears to be following his lead. Steve Wynn, the billionaire former casino mogul who resigned as chairman of Wynn Resorts and as finance chairman of the R.N.C. last year […]

Bidding started at $40 million and in less than 90 seconds reached $60 million. Around and around the bidding went, but the man who never stopped raising his paddle was Mr. Mnuchin, the 85-year-old father of Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary under President Trump. There was nothing flashy about Robert Mnuchin, who was on a

Responding to a series of highly restrictive abortion laws aimed at overturning Roe v. Wade, several Democratic presidential candidates have called on Congress to codify abortion rights, signaling a newly aggressive approach in a debate whose terms have long been set by conservatives. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey was first out of the gate

Earlier on Saturday, Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, said that an increasing number of his colleagues were moving toward a conclusion that some kind of impeachment proceeding was inevitable. “We have to keep this in proportion with everything else we’re doing, but believe me, the anger and

PHILADELPHIA — Joseph R. Biden Jr., sometimes known to Democrats in this city as Pennsylvania’s “third senator,” returned to the state of his birth on Saturday to deliver a forceful call for national unity, looking past the Democratic presidential primary to directly appeal to the voters who helped power President Trump’s victory in this state

Now that several states have passed bills that effectively ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, the new laws are raising a lot of questions about early pregnancy and miscarriage treatments. The fetal heartbeat can typically be seen on an ultrasound at around six weeks into pregnancy, but many women have no idea

“There was no one cause of mass incarceration,” Ms. Chettiar said. “Many of these laws passed by the federal government and states were joint contributors.” Leading on climate change What Mr. Biden Said “I said back in 1987, I said we have an existential threat.” — Hampton, N.H., in May True. Mr. Biden was one

UKIP’s Carl Benjamin has heard reaction from abuse survivors to his rape comments about Labour MP Jess Phillips in 2016. Police say they are investigating the tweet he wrote, saying “I wouldn’t even rape you”; he added to the comments in a recent video saying “With enough pressure I might cave.” Carl Benjamin is UKIP’s

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of migrants are being flown from South Texas to holding cells in California by the Department of Homeland Security, in a move that officials said on Friday could be expanded by sending asylum seekers to processing centers throughout the United States, including the border with Canada. Customs and Border Protection officials said

The Green lead MEP candidate for the Yorkshire and Humber region, Magid Magid, has told the BBC that the Greens are the “only solid remain party that is anti-austerity” in the elections. He dismissed Change UK as a “bit of a vanity project”. He said elected Greens would work on other issues such as climate