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Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. In the end, the Democratic primary race finished as it started: with Joe Biden. While the former vice president wasn’t the first candidate in the […]

The Bernie Sanders campaign was built on big promises. There was the promise of affordable health care, the promise of free college, the promise of a higher minimum wage. For voters who didn’t need, or want, those promises, he offered something else: That he alone could expand the electorate and win back voters who had

“The White House says they don’t support that, but we do,” she said. Congress initially allocated $349 billion to the program, which is intended both to help small businesses and to encourage them to continue paying and employing their workers. Under its terms, the loans provided are to be forgiven for businesses that maintain their

The campaign is “ensuring folks have the facts, engaging in good-faith dialogue, so we can come to some actionable items,” said Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to Mr. Biden who has helped lead the progressive outreach. “I think we will get there with a number of these groups and I think we’ll get there sooner

President Trump and his Republican allies are launching an aggressive strategy to fight what many of the administration’s own health officials view as one of the most effective ways to make voting safer amid the deadly spread of Covid-19: the expanded use of mail-in ballots. The scene Tuesday of Wisconsinites in masks and gloves gathering

Ms. Tripp was later given immunity from wiretapping charges in exchange for her testimony. She was soon a figure of ridicule, being played by John Goodman in “Saturday Night Live” sketches. While Ms. Tripp had been central to Mr. Starr’s case against Mr. Clinton, the conservatives and Clinton-haters who once hailed her did little to

“To not have any control over anything, to just be waiting and on the edge of your seat, it’s mind blowing at this point.” Janette’s fiancée, Michael, is detained on Rikers Island. He’s serving time because he failed to check in with his officer, violating his parole for drug possession. Now Michael, and hundreds like

Boris Johnson has been “sitting up in bed” and engaging with hospital staff as he continues to be treated for coronavirus. The prime minister spent a second night in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Speaking at the Downing Street press briefing, Chancellor Rishi Sunak paid tribute to his friend Mr Johnson adding

WASHINGTON — A showdown is taking shape in Congress over how far Washington should go in expanding voting access to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, with Democrats pressing to add new options for voters and President Trump and Republicans resisting changes they say could harm their election prospects in November. The confusion and court fights

The spread of coronavirus in the UK is “not accelerating”, says the deputy chief scientific advisor. In Wednesday’s briefing at Downing Street, Prof Angela McLean showed graphs she said showed “good” and “encouraging” signs about the battle to slow the spread of the virus. Despite this, Prof McLean said the number of deaths is expected