Politics

Pete Buttigieg vs. Amy Klobuchar: An Abridged History of Midwestern Iciness

The first February debate: ‘Cool newcomer’ After weeks of juggling the Senate impeachment trial with a presidential campaign, Ms. Klobuchar began seizing on a comment that Mr. Buttigieg made regarding the trial. The former mayor had said at a campaign rally that although he found the televised trial “exhausting and “it’s just, it gets you

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Trump Says Harvey Weinstein Verdict ‘Sends a Very Strong Message’

NEW DELHI — President Trump on Tuesday called the conviction of the former film mogul Harvey Weinstein on two felony sex crime charges “a great victory” for women that “sends a very strong message” about sexual misconduct, even as he sought to highlight the defendant’s ties to Democrats. Asked whether justice had been done in

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Trump Accuses Schiff of Leaking Intelligence on Russia’s 2020 Interference

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday accused the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee of leaking information about Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2020 election, dismissed the intelligence as “exaggerated” and refused to acknowledge that Moscow was behind similar efforts in 2016. “I can’t imagine that people are not going to go after them

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Charter Schools in Surprise Political Fight as Trump and Democrats Turn Away

WASHINGTON — Public charter schools — caught between growing Democratic disenchantment and a Trump administration shift toward private schools — are preparing for political battle, as the long-protected education sector finds itself on the verge of abandonment. Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, proposed major changes this month to a federal education fund that for decades

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Bernie Sanders Says He’ll Attract a Wave of New Voters. It Hasn’t Happened.

“Do I think that there is room for growth,” he said, “and do I think that Senator Sanders would have liked the numbers to have been even further up among voters of color, among young voters, among working-class voters? Absolutely.” Mr. Khanna expressed confidence that the numbers would increase in a general election contest against

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