Politics

In a moment that briefly froze the debate stage in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren explained why she thought Michael R. Bloomberg was the “riskiest” candidate for the Democratic Party to nominate, with a pointed recitation of his history of crude and sexist comments. Recalling pregnancy discrimination she had faced as a special-education […]

With the Dow Jones industrial average suffering its worst two-day loss in history on fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Democratic presidential contenders on Tuesday night tried to turn the tables on President Trump in an area long perceived as one of his strengths: the economy. They characterized the Trump administration’s response

Addressing concerns about his electability, Mr. Sanders, a Vermont liberal, claimed that in the overwhelming majority of polls he came out ahead of Mr. Trump. He responded forcefully to an attack by Mr. Bloomberg claiming that the Russian government was seeking to buoy Mr. Sanders’s campaign, citing Mr. Bloomberg’s past laudatory remarks about President Xi

WASHINGTON — The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against Roger J. Stone Jr. warned on Tuesday about attacks by President Trump and others on a juror in the trial, saying that fomenting public anger about the guilty verdict could prompt someone to “take it out on” members of the jury. The comments by Judge

Seven of the candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination took the stage on Tuesday night in Charleston for their last debate before South Carolina’s primary on Saturday. Here is how the candidates’ remarks stacked up against the truth. What the Facts Are: Joe Biden accurately said that Senator Bernie Sanders voted against a

Diana Taylor, the longtime partner of Michael Bloomberg, this week defended the presidential candidate’s use of nondisclosure agreements, telling those who may be bothered by them: “It was 30 years ago. Get over it.” Her remarks came in an interview with CBS News on Monday night after a “Women for Mike Rally” in Houston. Mr.

Thrilling. Invigorating. Cathartic. These were the adjectives that some Democratic women used last week to describe watching Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on the debate stage, where she confronted former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York over his past embrace of stop-and-frisk policing tactics, his history of sexist comments and the nondisclosure agreements binding

WASHINGTON — A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans’ domestic phone calls and text messages cost $100 million from 2015 to 2019, but yielded only a single significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. Moreover, only twice during that four-year period did the program generate unique information that the F.B.I. did

NEW DELHI — President Trump lashed out at two liberal Supreme Court justices on Tuesday, escalating his battle with the judicial system to new heights despite entreaties by his attorney general to refrain from attacks that complicate the administration’s legal fights. Weighing in on a domestic matter as he began a day of ceremony, meetings

WASHINGTON — A National Guard soldier is set to become the Army’s first female Green Beret in coming weeks, according to military officials, following the Pentagon’s opening of all combat and Special Operations jobs to women in 2016. The woman, an enlisted soldier, is in the final stage of training before graduating from the roughly