Politics

SELMA, Ala. — Presidential candidates and prominent social justice activists descended on Alabama on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the brutal attack on civil rights marchers here in 1965, one of the most violent episodes in the struggle for black participation in democracy. A who’s who of political figures, including five Democratic presidential candidates, […]

FORT WORTH — On the heated upstairs patio of a downtown bar on a recent Friday night, dozens of Republican voters drank beers, snacked on nachos and cheered and sang along to the chorus of a disparaging ode to a liberal RINO — Republican in name only — from the swamp, who, according to the

WASHINGTON — Intelligence briefers regularly present President Trump with a classified map of Afghanistan, usually the only report on the war he examines, displaying the strikes carried out in recent days and, critically, the number of Taliban and other militants killed. During his presidency, enemy body counts have been the lens through which Mr. Trump

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he has “full confidence” in the home secretary, Priti Patel, following bullying claims made by the ex-top civil servant in her department. Sir Philip Rutnam, the Home Office’s most senior official, resigned on Saturday citing a “vicious and orchestrated” campaign against him. The BBC has also learnt that a formal

Senator Elizabeth Warren held a rally in Houston, Texas on Saturday.Credit…Ruth Fremson/The New York Times After three consecutive contests in which she won no delegates, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is trying to make a case for her ability to come back on Super Tuesday. “Since Elizabeth’s historic debate performance in Nevada, we’ve seen an

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In the Trump era, the suburbs have been Democrats’ surprising superpower. A revolt by college-educated voters, largely women, in suburbs from Virginia Beach to Oklahoma City, from Houston to Southern California, delivered the House majority to Democrats in 2018. Driven by anxiety over guns, health care and the environment, and recoiling

If you pay attention to the news ahead of Super Tuesday, you’re likely to hear about a critical bar that the candidates face, a baseline test that could reshape the large field of Democrats seeking the party’s nomination. It’s called the 15 percent rule, and here’s how it works. What’s at stake? Well, the nomination,

Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Sunday that he had raised $46.5 million in February, a sum that gives him a significant financial advantage over all of his rivals aside from the self-funding billionaire Michael R. Bloomberg as the number of states holding primaries expands widely in March, beginning on Tuesday. The Sanders campaign, which was

There was no drama this time, and no delay: Within one minute of the polls closing on Saturday, all the major networks called South Carolina for Joseph R. Biden Jr. It was the first state the former vice president has ever won in three presidential campaigns, and it was a landslide. Mr. Biden carried nearly

Mr. Buttigieg kicked off the day before the primary with another monochrome campaign stop in Charleston, S.C. Sitting up front was Phyllis Johnson, an African-American Air Force retiree who said she admired Mr. Buttigieg’s youth, military service and his eloquent manner of speaking. But she too expressed dismay with the demographics of the crowd. “He