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Elizabeth Warren’s Allies Claim ‘Erasure’ as They Seek to Reignite Campaign

RENO, Nev. — A bad month for Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts keeps getting worse. She finished in a respectable third place in the Iowa caucuses, but a results-tallying meltdown muddled what could have been a good evening. New Hampshire was better at logistics but worse for her candidacy, considering she ended up closer to […]

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Comedy Returns to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Will Trump?

Live from Washington, it’s Saturday night! Kenan Thompson, the longest-tenured “Saturday Night Live” cast member, will serve as M.C. of this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the annual media jamboree that has become a flash point on free expression in the Trump era. The dinner, to be held April 25, is also set to

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Michael Bloomberg Surges in Poll and Qualifies for Democratic Debate in Las Vegas

WASHINGTON — Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York has qualified for Wednesday’s debate in Las Vegas, the first time the billionaire will appear onstage alongside his Democratic presidential rivals. A national poll from NPR, PBS NewsHour and Marist released on Tuesday showed Mr. Bloomberg with 19 percent support among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents,

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Huawei Is Winning the Argument in Europe, as the U.S. Fumbles to Develop Alternatives

This month, the administration is expected to try to squeeze Huawei even further by closing a loophole that has allowed the firm to continue buying parts and products from American companies, despite a Trump administration ban on selling to Huawei. While the Pentagon initially opposed the effort, fearing it could hurt defense suppliers, it has

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Reality Winner, Imprisoned for Leaking Russian Hacking Report, Seeks Clemency

An Air Force veteran who has been imprisoned for nearly three years for leaking a classified report on Russian hacking while she was an intelligence contractor applied for clemency from President Trump on Monday. The contractor, Reality L. Winner, 28, petitioned the Office of the Pardon Attorney, which is part of the Justice Department, to

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Bolton Hints at Further Revelations if He Overcomes White House ‘Censorship’

DURHAM, N.C. — John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser to President Trump, suggested on Monday that his unpublished book contained far more revelations than just the campaign to pressure Ukraine for help with domestic politics but said he was fighting “censorship” by the White House. In his first public appearance since the Senate

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Bloomberg Campaign Opens First Attack on a Democratic Rival: Bernie Sanders

At his California rally, Mr. Sanders also took on his other critics in the party. “The Democratic establishment is getting nervous,” he said. “They say, ‘Oh, Bernie can’t win the election.’ Take a look at this crowd today.” “What the establishment is trembling about right now — they are crying on television — what they

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An Afghan Killed 2 Americans. The U.S. Government Issued the Gun.

On Feb. 8 an Afghan soldier turned his American-supplied M249 light machine gun on a group of American and Afghan commandos who were huddled and patiently waiting for an airlift from a small base in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province. The burst of fire killed Staff Sgt. Javier J. Gutierrez and Staff Sgt. Antonio R. Rodriguez

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Young, Conservative and Working for Trump? The Dating Pool Is Small

The Miller wedding was not even the first time a White House couple has decided to pump money back into the president’s private business: Last November, Zach Bauer and Meghan Patenaude, two longtime administration officials, married in a black-tie ceremony at the Trump International Hotel. Zach Everson, a journalist who documents the goings-on at the

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