Politics

On the coronavirus, Mr. Trump at the news conference initially said that the Mexican border could be a port of entry for infected people, and that he had the power to limit access. “Yes, we are thinking about the southern border,” he said. “We have received a lot of power on the southern border over […]

He claimed that even Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the lone Republican to vote to impeach Mr. Trump on one article, abuse of power, had split the baby. “Even him, I got half a vote,” he said. “He couldn’t do it all. He wanted to get nice free publicity for himself.” Mr. Trump also falsely

Barbara Boxer, a former California senator who spoke fondly of Mr. Biden, her onetime colleague, said she would “never tell other people what to do.” But underperforming candidates, she added, “ought to look at what their staying in the race means to the country, to the party and to their own reputations.” Ms. Boxer said

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tom Steyer, the billionaire former hedge-fund executive whose prolific campaign spending altered the Democratic primary and allowed him to persist in the race, withdrew following a loss Saturday night in South Carolina. Speaking to supporters here, Mr. Steyer announced he was ending his long shot presidential bid, but promised to continue working

In Oregon, officials say that an elementary school employee was among the new, unexplained cases. Dr. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon’s state health officer, said a broader shutdown of schools was an option the state could pursue at some point. On Friday night, health officials there announced that a teenage boy and a woman in her 50s

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. scored a decisive victory in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, reviving his listing campaign and establishing himself as the leading candidate to slow Senator Bernie Sanders as the turbulent Democratic race turns to a slew of coast-to-coast contests on Tuesday. Propelled by an outpouring of support from

Seeking to draw a direct contrast with President Trump and present himself as the best Democratic alternative, Michael R. Bloomberg will deliver a three-minute prerecorded address on the coronavirus outbreak in an ad on network television Sunday night, his campaign announced. It was not immediately clear how much of Mr. Bloomberg’s personal fortune he spent

As they neared the turn of the millennium, and steeled themselves for the Y2K bug, Americans faced a critical question: Whom would they crown the teen queen of pop? In 1999 there were four candidates. Britney Spears was an early front-runner, riding the breakout success of “… Baby One More Time.” Christina Aguilera, her fellow

In Mr. Sanders, she faces an opponent who has already competed statewide in Massachusetts, in 2016, when he lost narrowly to Hillary Clinton. Mr. Sanders won 48.7 percent of the vote in that race and was strongest in the more working-class areas of western Massachusetts, carrying more than 70 percent in some precincts that bordered

Mr. Trump has long lamented the cost of “endless wars,” and by the time he took up direct negotiations with the Taliban, he knew American voters were interested mostly in one thing: ending participation in a war that has now dragged on for more than 18 years, its objectives always shifting. When historians look back