The decision, which was derided by Democrats, comes in a fight to win Wisconsin in the 2020 presidential election.
Centrist Democrats portrayed Boris Johnson’s victory as a warning sign for the American election. Progressives said there were few similarities between the two political races.
The lawyer’s work defending President Trump in the Russia inquiry and pressing Ukraine to investigate a rival was absent from the annual financial disclosure, despite reporting requirements.
Mr. Sanders had said Mr. Uygur was “a voice we desperately need in Congress.” But many Democrats condemned the endorsement, citing Mr. Uygur’s history of offensive comments.
Mr. Sanders had said Mr. Uygur was “a voice we desperately need in Congress.” But many Democrats condemned the endorsement, citing Mr. Uygur’s history of offensive comments.
Workers at Loyola Marymount University are in a contract dispute, and all seven candidates who qualified for the debate said Friday that they would not cross a picket line to attend.
The 2016 Brexit vote seemed to be a harbinger of President Trump’s election. But Boris Johnson’s victory may be different.
A reader writes, “This is an amazing and disturbing statistic and a window into the president’s mind and mood.” Also: The British election; advice to the Democrats.
A year after the anchor was ousted from NBC, Charlize Theron brings her back as someone who helped take on Fox News from the inside.
President Volodymyr Zelensky still needs backing from the administration. He is proposing a new ambassador and weighing hiring lobbyists to build better ties.
While Ms. Warren remains a leading candidate, her momentum has slowed in part because she faces threats from both the left and the right.
The agreement includes a commitment by China to buy more agriculture products and to strengthen laws protecting foreign companies operating there.
The Massachusetts senator describes her transformation from Republican law professor to progressive candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
‘Trump anxiety disorder’ has morphed into anxiety about everything, and impeachment isn’t helping.
If you were born between Jan. 1, 1997, and Nov. 3, 2002, we want to talk to you about politics.
Insults and indignation were served up Thursday in the House Judiciary Committee. Republicans worried they would not get to the White House ball in time.
Jared Kushner, who is overseeing his father-in-law’s re-election campaign, said the Republican Party was being redefined with the “old guard cycling out” and the people coming in “inspired by the Trump revolution.”
He won’t be on the debate stage next week. But he says his campaign continues, “debate or not.”
The president’s concern is not so much whom he will be debating but the commission that runs the debates.
The president’s concern is not so much whom he will be debating but the commission that runs the debates.
Liberal activists have dogged Mr. Buttigieg’s high-dollar fund-raisers with calls of “Wall Street Pete,” in a sign of bubbling frustration with his candidacy.
The House Judiciary Committee abruptly postponed the expected party-line approval of two articles of impeachment, now set for Friday, which will send the charges to the full House for a vote.
The Democratic National Committee announced the next set of primary debates. One will be held in each of the early-voting states.
Even better.
Should he make a one-term pledge?
Ms. Warren, who has ramped up her criticism of her presidential opponents after months of avoiding conflict, issued another rebuke on Thursday in a speech about the economy and corruption.
A union in Nevada, the third state in the primary race to vote, told candidates that health care, specifically keeping union health care, is what’s on their members’ minds.
A union in Nevada, the third state to vote in the Democratic primary, told presidential candidates that health care, specifically keeping union health care, is what’s on their members’ minds.
And why are baby boomers still in charge?
Public opinion has shifted about impeachment, but not about the president. Here’s what that means.
Mr. Biden would roll back President Trump’s immigration policies but would not decriminalize unauthorized border crossings, in contrast with his progressive rivals.
There are a lot of different ways to build walls.
Who needs a debate stage when you can raise $1.4 million in 36 hours?
Big election days like Super Tuesday will be more demographically representative (hurts Biden). There will be fewer caucuses (hurts Sanders).
President Trump told supporters at a Pennsylvania rally that they were “lucky I became your president” before denouncing the impeachment effort.
Iowa’s biggest TV market has been inundated by 2020 ads, even without any from Michael Bloomberg.
The list is the latest in a series of disclosures his campaign has made after it was criticized for lacking transparency.
The House should take its own sweet time and investigate many more aspects of the president’s perfidious behavior.
It is the only thing to do if our country’s democracy is to survive.
He cleared a final polling hurdle to join six other candidates, ensuring there won’t be an all-white debate.
She is taking on Pete Buttigieg directly, whacking at Mike Bloomberg and emphasizing her gender as the top woman left in the race.
Not to mention beat Trump.
There was a time in America when being called a socialist could end a political career. Not anymore.
The Center for Popular Democracy Action, a collective of progressive community groups, is endorsing Mr. Sanders over Elizabeth Warren for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Pierce Bush is running in the 22nd House District, and Ronny L. Jackson is running in the 13th District.
Monday’s congressional hearing and the inspector general’s report tell a similar story.
Speculating on the unlikely possibility of four separate winners in the four early states.
Mr. Buttigieg will also open his fund-raisers to the press and identify people raising money for his campaign, in a significant concession from a candidate facing pressure over transparency.
Mr. Buttigieg will also open his fund-raisers to the press and identify people raising money for his campaign, in a significant concession from a candidate facing pressure over transparency.
The morning co-anchor, a Fox News veteran, will host a daily newscast at 3 p.m. But don’t expect Smith-style fireworks.
Democrats have narrowed their focus to two articles of impeachment against President Trump, expected to be unveiled on Tuesday, after lawyers labeled his conduct a “clear and present danger” to fair elections and national security.
A reader who is also a McKinsey alum explains that the young Pete Buttigieg would have had little choice in what he worked on. Also: Ending a life full of pain; the art of managing one’s time.
Congressional Democrats and the White House are on the cusp of an agreement on revisions to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
The mayor of South Bend, Ind., has some local black leaders vouching for him. But that hasn’t stopped his opponents from criticizing his record.
The mayor of South Bend, Ind., has some local black leaders vouching for him. But that hasn’t stopped his opponents from criticizing his record.
While demanding that an opponent, Pete Buttigieg, disclose his McKinsey clients, Ms. Warren provided a fuller explanation of her compensation as a legal consultant.
The lessons from Nixon and Clinton.
The actress went shopping for vegan snacks — and votes — in Iowa with her boyfriend, the presidential candidate Cory Booker.
The best course for the House is to present a case for impeachment focused on Ukraine and the danger to the 2020 elections.
After Kamala Harris’s departure from the presidential race, the people who saw their own paths reflected in hers are thinking about what comes next.
Before issuing his own condolences, the president channeled the Saudi king’s, and avoided any discussion of the hard questions about why the U.S. is training Saudi officers.
Mr. Buttigieg says he has no choice but to honor the agreement he signed while working for McKinsey & Company. Critics say it undermines his image of transparency.
How Bernie and Biden both channel an exhaustion with the experts.
How Bernie and Biden both channel an exhaustion with the experts.
How Bernie and Biden both channel the current distrust of technocrats.
Four white front-runners, three of them 70 or older. What is this primary telling us?
Senators, temporarily relegated to the sidelines as the House begins impeachment proceedings against President Trump, lament inaction as legislation languishes.
The president appears to love nothing more than injecting himself into governor’s races, though once in office, the governors don’t seem to feel they owe him much.
Rob Sand figured out how to win statewide office as a Democrat in Iowa, and now the presidential contenders are seeking his counsel — that is, when he isn’t deer hunting with bow and arrow.
In a volatile primary with no true front-runner, Democrats face the prospect of a monthslong delegate battle that would also feature a lengthy public airing of the party’s ideological fissures.
Steve Bullock and Joe Sestak also ended their campaigns, and Joe Biden had a tense exchange with a voter in Iowa.
Mr. Trump could find himself in 2020 presiding over a record-long economic expansion while defending his fitness to hold office.
President Trump and his allies are pushing debunked claims of corruption by Mr. Biden as a counternarrative to impeachment.
It helps explain Trump.
As President Trump calls for tariffs on imports, Americans are increasingly likely to say trade is a good thing. The trends are related — but maybe not in the way you think.
In his first TV interview as a presidential candidate, Mr. Bloomberg said other Democrats “had a chance to go out and make a lot of money” themselves, and then use it to fund their campaigns.
We spoke with the Vermont senator about his journey from the fringes of American politics to the forefront — and the ideas that shaped him along the way.
If the fantasy that Democrats are all zealots were reality, the primary campaign would have turned out quite differently.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want to make public college free for everyone, even the wealthy. But Pete Buttigieg, who wants an income limit, disagrees.
Ms. Warren has previously avoided attacking most of her top-tier rivals by name. Her remarks came as Mr. Buttigieg has taken a lead in some Iowa polls.
From Russia to Ukraine, the House needs to show the president’s pattern of corruption.
The candidate, citing a nondisclosure agreement, has been largely mum about his stint at “the firm.” Former McKinsey employees helped fill in the blanks.
I don’t want to look back and wonder what more I could have done to save our planet.
Do TV ads really make a difference in an election, or is Michael Bloomberg wasting his millions?
The rise and fall of a former top contender.
He needs to give voters more information about his work for the consulting firm McKinsey.
The billionaire businessman and former mayor of New York is hoping he can forge a path to the Democratic nomination by positioning himself as a centrist who can take on President Trump.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a tense exchange with a voter questioning Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings. Mr. Biden also challenged the man to do push-ups.
The former New York City mayor unveiled a detailed plan for addressing gun violence in Aurora, Colo., the site of a 2012 massacre at a movie theater.
Who gets to pick the next president of the United States — President Trump, Russia or us?
As the party reckons with the likelihood of an all-white candidate lineup for the December debate, Cory Booker and Julián Castro see fund-raising gains.
Shortly after John Kerry, the former secretary of state, endorsed Mr. Biden in the 2020 Democratic primary, the former vice president had a heated confrontation with a voter.
Shortly after John Kerry, the former secretary of state, endorsed Mr. Biden in the 2020 Democratic primary, the former vice president had a heated confrontation with a voter.
Led by Elizabeth Warren, presidential candidates and liberal economists are pushing an unorthodox “pro-growth” argument for raising taxes on the rich.
And why are birthrates dropping?
For Democrats, it’s Des Moines for the holidays.
It is worth exploring the election system in this country and who benefits from it.
The 2020 Democratic field was historically diverse. But the next debate won’t look like it.
Kamala Harris’s campaign had its flaws, but we can’t let liberal biases go unchecked.
His set of tax plans would ask the highest earners to pay more to fund a smaller-scale expansion of government than those proposed by other leading Democrats.
Yes, transitioning to a more equitable system might eliminate some jobs. But the status quo is morally untenable.
The trip was engineered to introduce him to voters who have received far less attention from his campaign than a largely white cohort of donors and Iowa caucusgoers.
President Trump’s personal lawyer has been in Budapest and Kyiv this week to talk with former Ukrainian prosecutors for a documentary series intended to debunk the impeachment case.
Wednesday: California’s junior senator is out of the race. Also: More on PG&E’s role in causing the Camp fire.
It’s not just political marketing.
By bringing together two of his least limited constitutional powers, the president has created a toxic mess.
The House Intelligence Committee has given its report on President Trump to the Judiciary Committee. What comes next will look very different.
Polls have a poor record on predicting behavior around social issues and disfavored groups.
VoteVets is the first major organization to endorse the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who served in Afghanistan with the Navy.
Kamala Harris is out of the race. We diagnosed her messaging missteps with our colleague Astead W. Herndon.
The 300-page report lays out Democrats’ case that President Trump abused the power of his office to solicit political help from a foreign power and obstructed the inquiry into his actions.
The former vice president has lost his advantage in the leadoff caucus state, but he’s hoping his “No Malarkey” bus tour can win over rural voters.
She was crowned the perfect Democrat for 2020. Here’s what doomed her campaign.
The California senator broke barriers but ran out of money as she struggled in polls. Her abrupt announcement is perhaps the most surprising development to date in the 2020 race.
The president said he was in no rush to complete a deal, injecting further uncertainty into a dispute that has rocked global markets.
The senator unveiled a broad plan at a decisive period for his struggling campaign as he faces the prospect of not making the December debate.
As Western leaders gather in London this week, you might be able to detect a huge rupture beneath the surface.
Democrats like the “optional” part of the so-called public option. But the very existence of new government insurance could shake up the system.
Ukraine’s government learned of the military aid freeze during the Trump administration’s pressure campaign — and tried to keep that knowledge from going public, an ex-deputy foreign minister said.
Abortion rights groups responded to our story, claiming political momentum heading into 2020.
In a report intended to counter Democrats’ impeachment case against President Trump, Republicans will argue his efforts to get Ukraine to investigate his rivals had nothing to do with politics.
Daniel S. Goldman met Representative Adam B. Schiff in the green room at MSNBC. Stephen R. Castor is a veteran government lawyer. They now have starring roles in Washington’s impeachment drama.
The Trump campaign retaliates after the billionaire candidate's media organization announced that it would steer clear of investigating Democratic contenders while still covering the president.
President Trump left a dreary Washington on Monday with some pointed words for Democrats, who, he said, are deliberately holding an impeachment hearing while he is out of the country.
Mr. Bullock, who won two terms as governor in a red state, didn’t catch on with Democratic primary voters. An aide said he would not run for Senate in Montana, as many Democrats have hoped.
An overwhelming majority of delegates are at stake in states more racially diverse than Iowa and New Hampshire.
Mr. Sestak, a Democrat, entered the race late and walked 105 miles across New Hampshire in search of votes, but he never gained any traction in a crowded field.
The House Judiciary Committee had been leading the debate over whether to impeach President Trump long before the Ukraine affair. This week, it returns to the center of the maelstrom.
Miscalculations, and an unexpected victory by President Trump, have put abortion access at its most vulnerable point in decades, and the left on the defensive. Now it is trying to recover.
The Democrats need a unifier. It could be the Vermont Socialist.
The Democrats need a unifier. It could be the Vermont Socialist.
Research suggests they would gain moderate and conservative support — without losing ground among their base.
For all the emphasis placed on the various divides among the candidates, the question of “to fight or not to fight” might represent the most meaningful contrast.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health scare raised the question of how the Senate would handle a Supreme Court vacancy in a presidential election year.
Most Americans view President Trump’s potential impeachment along partisan lines. But a crucial slice of the electorate remains undecided, with possible implications for the 2020 election.
Ms. Harris is the only 2020 Democrat who has fallen hard out of the top tier of candidates. She has proved to be an uneven campaigner who changes her message and tactics to little effect and has a staff torn into factions.
Most college-educated Republican men oppose the plan, which otherwise finds wide backing. On Medicare for all, divisions are more starkly partisan.
My brother dishes on Trump, impeachment and the 2020 field.
Calling himself the “retirement guy” and pitching a “Gray New Deal,” Mr. Buttigieg has crafted a message that resonates among older white Americans, helping him rocket past other candidates in some polls.
Orders from the Republican Party and other conservative groups helped push Mr. Trump’s best-selling book, records show.
A new Senate bill would rescind medals from 20 U.S. soldiers who slaughtered hundreds of Native Americans. “The horrifying acts of violence against hundreds of Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee should be condemned,” Ms. Warren said.
Dating back to “The Apprentice,” he has long grasped that cultural loyalties can animate Americans far more than high-minded principles.
In 1981, he was elected mayor of Burlington. But the city’s bureaucracy showed him that winning wasn’t everything. So he learned how to fight back.
“In our politics today, we’ve forgotten to talk about the poor as intently as we’ve fought for the middle class,” Mr. Castro said, proposing free breakfast and lunch for all public school students.
“In our politics today, we’ve forgotten to talk about the poor as intently as we’ve fought for the middle class,” Mr. Castro said, proposing free breakfast and lunch for all public school students.
As fights over the president’s stonewalling of Congress play out slowly in courts, he is reducing the prospect that voters learn new damaging facts about him before the 2020 election.
The president took on the impeachment inquiry, Democrats and the news media in his first return to the state as a formal resident.
Michael Bloomberg made a splashy entrance into the 2020 race — and you’ll see one of his ads soon.
Michael Harriot, who wrote a scathing essay about Mr. Buttigieg in The Root, said his goal was to point out that “the ignoring and whitewashing of the issues, and trying to remain appealing to moderate voters, does a disservice to the Democratic Party’s core constituency.”
White House lawyers briefed President Trump in late August about the complaint, people familiar with the matter said.