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LAS VEGAS — Supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren have formed a last-minute super PAC to boost her candidacy in Nevada and are plunging $1 million into television and other ads in the race’s final days, despite the Massachusetts senator’s previous outspoken opposition to such groups. The group, which calls itself the Persist PAC, filed paperwork […]

A Public Policy Institute of California survey on Tuesday showed Mr. Sanders with a lead of 32 percent to 14 percent against Mr. Biden, putting him in position to claim a clear majority of delegates from the nation’s largest delegate prize. Mr. Bloomberg has shown more strength in recent state polls in the South, where

LAS VEGAS — Ahead of a crucial Democratic debate on Wednesday night, Bernie Sanders is facing new pressure to release his full medical records, more than four months after he had a heart attack while campaigning and vowed he would provide “comprehensive” records on his health. When asked during a CNN town hall on Tuesday

LAS VEGAS — On Page 31 of the Nevada Democratic Party’s caucus manual, there are step-by-step instructions for precinct leaders on how to begin entering and tabulating caucus results. “Open iPad case.” “Hold iPad horizontally.” “Press the small round ‘home’ button on the side of the screen twice.” “This brings you to your iPad home

With 1,282 rooms, the Trump hotel was offering a range of accommodations for the night of the president’s arrival Tuesday, with rooms starting at $140, according to its website. Some third-party booking sites touted even better deals. “The exterior windows are, of course, gilded in glistening 24-carat gold,” the booking app HotelTonight said, offering a

WASHINGTON — Ignoring appeals from his attorney general to stop tweeting about the Justice Department, President Trump on Wednesday renewed his attacks on the agency, demanding “JUSTICE” for himself and all future presidents. With a series of retweets, Mr. Trump appeared to embrace the suggestion that Attorney General William P. Barr “clean shop” at the

WASHINGTON — John C. Rood, the Defense Department’s top policy official, is the latest member of President Trump’s national security team involved in the Ukraine matter to leave the government. Mr. Rood, the under secretary of defense for policy, will step down at the end of February, the department’s press secretary, Alyssa Farah, said Wednesday.

February 2015 In an audio clip from his speech at the Aspen Institute, which circulated widely this month, Mr. Bloomberg said: “It’s controversial, but the first thing — 95 percent of your murders and murderers and murder victims fit one M.O. You can just take the description, Xerox it and pass it out to all

Will Sanders play offense or defense or neither? LAS VEGAS — There are two big questions for Mr. Sanders when he takes the debate stage: Will he be a target for attack? And will he attack Mr. Bloomberg? Rivals challenged Mr. Sanders at times in the last debate, before the New Hampshire primary, but he

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 Michael Bloomberg’s candidacy has been riding a jet stream lately, propelled by Joe Biden’s