Politics

WASHINGTON — When Hurricane Dorian crashed through the Atlantic Coast in September, President Trump assumed a take-charge role in response. But he undermined his own effectiveness after it became apparent that before displaying a map in front of the television cameras in the Oval Office, he had altered it with a Sharpie pen to match […]

WASHINGTON — An urgent push by Congress to renew several expiring F.B.I. surveillance powers foundered on Wednesday, as House Democrats feuded privately over stronger privacy protections and Republicans remained uncertain about what President Trump, a vocal skeptic of government spying, would accept. The powers — a set of tools put in place after the Sept.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it had created an official section in its immigration office to strip citizenship rights from naturalized immigrants, a move that gives more heft to the Trump administration’s broad efforts to remove from the country immigrants who have committed crimes. The Denaturalization Section “underscores the department’s commitment to

President Trump’s re-election campaign sued The New York Times for libel on Wednesday, alleging that an Op-Ed article published by the newspaper falsely asserted a “quid pro quo” between Russian officials and Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign. Mr. Trump often threatens to sue media organizations but rarely follows through. The lawsuit, filed in New York State

WASHINGTON — In its latest attempt to win over African-American voters, President Trump’s 2020 campaign said Wednesday it would lease 15 retail properties in predominantly black neighborhoods across swing states like Florida and Pennsylvania, where it will build welcoming “community centers” that sell merchandise, register voters and spread the word about Trump policies that have

SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes asked the prime minister about Andrew Sabisky who resigned as a Downing Street aide when past comments on race, eugenics and pregnancies were revealed. Boris Johnson said he did not “share those views” and the former aide “no longer works for the government”. UK viewers can watch Politics Live in full

Senator Elizabeth Warren had perhaps the most complicated argument to make, saying that Mr. Sanders was winning “because the Democratic Party is a progressive party” but comparing her own record of accomplishment favorably to his. “Progressives have got one shot,” she said, “and we need to spend it with a leader who will get something

Internet memes have been made asking ‘Where’s Boris?’ as the PM has not been seen at flooding scenes, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The Labour leader asked Boris Johnson if he backed a Tory council leader who claimed the PM had “turned his back” on flooding victims. Mr Johnson said he was “proud” of the government

Since at least 1900, members of the House and Senate have tried to pass a law making lynching a federal crime. To date, they have not succeeded. The bills were consistently blocked, shelved or ignored, and the passage of time has rendered anti-lynching legislation increasingly symbolic. Now, a measure to add lynching to the United

Flooding victims who cannot get insurance, or sell their homes, need the government “to help them out at their time of crisis” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told the House of Commons. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told him about compensation plans under way, and claimed similar help would be “beyond the capacities” of a Corbyn-led