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Mr. Steyer’s campaign spending in South Carolina’s black community is the result of a “formula” prescribed by Johnnie Cordero, the leader of the state Democratic Party’s black caucus, Mr. Cordero said during an interview in January. In addition to following Mr. Cordero’s suggestions by holding events at African-American venues and hiring black vendors, Mr. Steyer’s […]

Good morning and welcome to On Politics, a daily political analysis of the 2020 elections based on reporting by New York Times journalists. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Where things stand in the race If you want to know what the candidates are thinking, just look at where

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, after weeks of pleading from Congress, is moving to request emergency funding to bolster its coronavirus response efforts, alerting lawmakers that it would send a request as soon as Monday afternoon. The size and the scope of the funding request were still unknown as of Monday, but Congress is likely

LONDON — The United States government began laying out its extradition case against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, in court on Monday by arguing that he had put lives at risk and was no better than an “ordinary” criminal. “Reporting or journalism is not an excuse for criminal activities or a license to break ordinary

AHMEDABAD, India — President Trump began a two-day visit to India by joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a campaign-style rally in a 110,000-seat cricket stadium that illustrated the populist bond between the two men and impressed a president who revels in spectacle. “America loves India. America respects India,” Mr. Trump said. “And America will

The Speaker has welcomed his new chaplain in the Commons. Reverend Canon Patricia Hillas is the 80th person to hold the role, replacing the Rev Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who became the Bishop of Dover in 2019. Addressing the smiling chaplain in the under gallery, Sir Lindsay Hoyle said: “All honorable members and others in the

It has long been seen as one of the flukes of American political history: For three decades after the American Revolution, the women of New Jersey had equal voting rights with men. The state was the first — and for a long time, the only — to explicitly enfranchise women, in laws passed more than

When he became prime minister in the spring of 2014, the travel ban was lifted, and later that year, Mr. Modi made his first triumphant visit to the United States, where he had a private dinner with President Obama. Mr. Trump is popular in India, where 2019 polling by the Pew Research Center found 56

Theresa Villiers has said she believes misogyny is behind recent briefing to the media criticising Home Secretary Priti Patel. The former environment secretary told the Today programme: “I’m sick of spiteful briefings against women in high public office, it happens again and again.” It has been reported that Ms Patel is distrusted by intelligence chiefs

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s immigration policies — like travel bans and visa restrictions or refugee caps and asylum changes — have begun to deliver on a longstanding goal: Legal immigration has fallen more than 11 percent and a steeper cut is looming. While Mr. Trump highlights the construction of a border wall to stress his