Amy Klobuchar’s campaign signaled no interest in such a plan, under which each candidate would encourage supporters to back the other in certain precincts.
The president traveled to Wildwood, N.J., to return a political favor for a former moderate Democrat who last month switched parties and pledged his “undying support.”
It’s time for the candidates’ final TV pitches to caucusgoers — and these ads can tell us a lot.
Roughly 80 members of Congress, cabinet secretaries and administration officials will descend on the state to drive voter enthusiasm and make a show of force.
Interventions in Justice Department proceedings draw scrutiny after the former national security adviser raised concerns about the president’s embrace of authoritarian leaders.
Interventions in Justice Department proceedings draw scrutiny after the former national security adviser raised concerns about the president’s embrace of authoritarian leaders.
Not everyone running for president is comfortable around dogs. But some 2020 contenders have made their canine companions into campaign stars.
Not everyone running for president is comfortable around dogs. But some 2020 contenders have made their canine companions into campaign stars.
The president’s legal team completed its impeachment defense and Republicans huddled to discuss whether to call new witnesses.
The group, the Democratic Majority for Israel, will begin airing a negative campaign spot on Wednesday, as worries mount among moderate Democrats that Mr. Sanders could win the Iowa caucuses.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. An Olympic curling coach. A host of ‘Queer Eye.’ At house parties and rallies, stand-ins for the candidates hit the trail in Iowa.
The former Massachusetts governor’s endorsement interview, and what the board had to say after he left the room.
Readers react to Bret Stephens’s argument that the Democrats’ far-left candidates are as “reckless” as the president, leaving “none of the above” as a viable option.
As Mr. Biden campaigned in the state, residents appeared unmoved: “I don’t think much about anything Joni Ernst says.”
The president’s lawyer spoke about the damage wrought by partisanship in a final appeal to the closely divided Senate to acquit Mr. Trump.
Amy Klobuchar is deploying her Minnesota hot dish at voter house parties, but it may be a hard sell outside her home state.
Mr. Jones, the lone Democratic senator from the Deep South, is in a precarious political position as he cautiously approaches impeachment in a state where President Trump is immensely popular.
How Sanders can win, calls for Bolton to testify, Warren’s new line: This is your morning tip sheet.
The February visit would be a welcome distraction for both nationalistic leaders, who face deepening political troubles at home.
Protests in the 1960’s, a mimeograph machine and a long-shot candidate all contributed to Iowa’s unlikely role in the presidential election process.
Not to mention the Democratic presidential race. It can be done, if you put your mind to it.
As the candidate courted nonwhite voters, employees of color were voicing their frustrations, according to interviews, documents and a recording. The campaign said it worked to foster a progressive workplace.
With Republicans now unified, it is difficult to find a district where a challenger can credibly claim that the incumbent has been insufficiently supportive of the president.
He doesn’t want a revolution. He doesn’t have a movement. He could still win this thing.
Protests in the 1960s, a mimeograph machine and a long-shot candidate all contributed to Iowa’s unlikely role in the presidential election process.
The establishment doesn’t have the credibility to stop the surging Sanders movement.
Iowa caucusgoers aren’t just asking about the one issue that’s dominating the headlines.
Politics is about getting power to enact an agenda. And the only way to do that is face-to-face organizing.
As the liberal Bernie Sanders tightens his grip in Iowa, more traditional Democrats remain split among his four leading competitors, or are unsure altogether of whom to support.
Aunque son un bloque con potencial para la elección demócrata, algunos líderes locales creen que las asambleas todavía no son muy amigables para los hispanohablantes.
Mr. Buttigieg is the star of the show at his campaign rallies in Iowa, where his crowds are virtually all white. In South Carolina, in front of black audiences, he still needs help telling his story.
Senators hear the second installment of the president’s legal defense and arguments for why Mr. Trump should not be removed from office. Here is what to know as the Senate trial resumes this afternoon.
Senators hear the second installment of President Trump’s legal defense and arguments for why he should not be removed from office.
The former South Bend mayor’s endorsement interview, and what the board had to say after he left the room.
Once acquaintances as members of the wealthy Manhattan elite, Michael Bloomberg and President Trump have become bitter rivals. And a flurry of Bloomberg attack ads is angering the president.
Hours after an article described an unpublished manuscript by his former national security adviser, President Trump rejected John Bolton’s account.
Hours after an article described an unpublished manuscript by his former national security adviser, President Trump rejected John Bolton’s account.
And how to fix the problem.
Welcome to our new morning newsletter. Today: Iowa countdown, our Bolton scoop, a big endorsement and more.
The fracking ban pushed by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders epitomizes a Democratic quandary: Appeal to swing voters or energize a liberal movement?
Why there’s a wide split in recent surveys in the state.
At the start of his 2020 bid, the Vermont senator told his supporters that he condemned bullying. Is it his problem if many don’t seem to listen?
The recording of a dinner President Trump held with big-dollar donors in 2018 demonstrates just how alive and well special-interest access and influence remains in Washington.
The Senate is poised to deliver another blow to voter confidence in our system.
The current system is a form of white privilege that warps the process.
The candidates gave their stump speeches. They took photos and shook hands. They tried mightily to address the polling elephant in the room without appearing to concern themselves with it.
Speaking at a prominent synagogue near Miami, the former New York City mayor spoke of his Jewish heritage and his support for Israel.
Republicans want to cast President Trump’s impeachment as a narrow argument over aid to Ukraine. Democrats want to describe it as part of a broader struggle with Russia.
Party officials say they are running accessible caucuses. But Iowans seeking even the simplest accommodations say they are struggling to get firm answers.
The former vice president has made inaccurate claims this month about his record on Social Security, race and foreign policy.
We sat down with Democratic presidential candidates and asked them a new set of questions, including how they’d debate President Trump to the last book they read.
Before the Iowa caucuses, we sat down with the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates (again) to ask 20 questions on President Trump, foreign policy, celebrity crushes and more.
The actress and activist decided against running for office herself a few years ago. But she’s out stumping for Elizabeth Warren.
We sat down again with Democratic candidates and asked them a new set of questions. Watch their answers.
Iowa’s most influential newspaper called Ms. Warren “the best leader for these times,” making its selection just over a week before the state’s caucuses.
The recording from a dinner in 2018 showed that the president spent an hour with two key players in the Ukraine pressure campaign. He has repeatedly said he does not know them.
A pair of new Supreme Court cases reveal a foundational flaw in how we pick the president.
Only the voters can send the president packing? That’s a joke.
Consider Trump’s impeachment from some other angles.
Seeking inroads in the state, Mr. Steyer, a hedge-fund billionaire, is paying black vendors, hiring black staff members and appearing in rural outposts, lavishing money and attention. It’s paying dividends.
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar hit the 2020 campaign trail on Saturday during a break in the impeachment trial.
With solid support from liberals, Mr. Sanders appears to be peaking just as the caucuses approach. But many Iowa voters said they could still change their mind.
Conservatives have won a generational lock on the highest courts, entrenching Citizens United. But the courts aren’t the only way to bring change.
Paying attention to the impeachment trial this week? Us too. But here are 7 things that happened on the campaign trail you may have missed.
South Dakota has four dead presidents carved in stone on Mount Rushmore. But good luck getting real, live presidential hopefuls to come visit.
Let’s not exchange one reckless president for another.
Mike Bloomberg is playing true to type.
The Sanders campaign highlighted Mr. Rogan’s supportive comments in a video. But the podcast host has been criticized for aiding conspiracy theorists and for remarks about transgender people.
The nonprofit Commission on Presidential Debates has sponsored every general election debate since 1988, but the Trump campaign has raised concerns about its 2020 events.
Right-wing media have been laying the groundwork for Trump’s acquittal for half a century.
House managers are wrapping up their oral arguments that President Trump should be removed from office, focusing Friday on the obstruction of Congress charge. Here are the highlights so far.
House managers wrapped up their oral arguments on Friday, focusing on the obstruction of Congress charge against the president. Here were the highlights.
Mr. Trump was the first sitting president to speak in person at the annual March for Life.
Senator Klobuchar’s interview with the editorial board, and its subsequent deliberation today on “The Choice” podcast.
The state’s caucuses often come down to the wire, but this year’s contest is especially uncertain.
Even the goal of defeating President Trump isn’t enough for some voters to commit to backing the eventual Democratic nominee, expressing a clear aversion to a candidate who is too liberal or centrist for their tastes.
Polarization has changed the two parties — just not in the same way.
Polling data. Is it right?
Will fracking determine who wins Pennsylvania in the presidential election?
Will fracking determine who wins Pennsylvania in the presidential election?
A new study, which found that Americans were reluctant to use the word “she” to describe a hypothetical president, highlights the sneaky ways language illuminates bias.
What happens to a society that loses its capacity for awe and wonder at things to come?
Despite his reputation for gruffness, Sanders hesitates to attack his opponents directly. He shouldn’t hold back.
The state’s Latino population is a potentially important bloc in the Democratic voting. But some local leaders believe efforts to make caucus sites friendlier to Spanish speakers have fallen short.
The Iowa caucuses are around the corner. As you get ready for primary season, take a look at our cheat sheet on the race.
The House impeachment managers sought to undercut the central elements of President Trump’s defense, wading into a detailed defense of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The move, which would be unlikely to happen until after the Senate impeachment trial, could enhance her chances of becoming vice president but could also anger liberals in California.
Here’s why he is still winning.
Why attend an Iowa caucus in Des Moines or Cedar Rapids when you can do it from Tbilisi?
The president’s advisers have urged him not to pay attention to the low-polling Democratic presidential candidate. But as Michael Bloomberg poured cash into attack ads, he became harder to ignore.
At several points, the lawmakers have used video clips of President Trump as evidence of his motives in pressuring Ukraine for investigations into the Bidens.
Ms. Williamson, a self-help author who dropped out of the Democratic presidential race this month, said she was not endorsing Mr. Yang per se, but wanted to help him get through the early primaries.
As he runs for president, Mr. Biden has repeatedly faced questions about the overseas business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden. He has mostly kept his cool — but not always.
Senator Warren’s interview with the editorial board, and its subsequent deliberation, today on “The Choice" podcast.
A review of the Democratic presidential candidate’s reported assets calls into question his claims that he no longer has investments in oil, gas and coal.
President Trump swipes at Democrats ahead of the Senate’s long afternoon and evening hearing arguments for removing him from office.
Forthright talk about the endorsement.
Katie Kingsbury of The Times’s editorial board argues for the endorsement of both Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar.
Adam Schiff and his team presented the evidence and witness testimony they had gathered in the impeachment inquiry.
As House impeachment managers emphasize the facts, President Trump’s defense team calls the process unfair.
Several Democratic candidates and top contenders in the Feb. 3 caucuses are at the impeachment trial while Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg court hundreds of voters each day.
The Sanders-Warren spat looked as if it’d blow over. Instead it’s fueled the “electability” debate.
A reader says her remarks about nobody liking Bernie Sanders are “meanspirited and divisive.”
He’s gaining, and he has some considerable advantages he lacked in 2016.
Gatherings like the World Economic Forum give the president’s adviser and daughter a chance to meet the world’s power brokers, who have come to acknowledge her influence in the White House.
The president signaled a willingness to scale back Medicare, a shift from his 2016 platform of protecting entitlement programs.
The New York entrepreneur’s endorsement interview, and what the board had to say after he left the room.
The survey, conducted for CNN, is the first national debate-qualifying poll showing Mr. Sanders in the lead. Joe Biden was close behind in the poll and led another.
Mr. Sanders had mostly avoided going on the offensive in 2019, but with his standing in the polls rising, he saw an opening to criticize Mr. Biden on the Iraq war and Social Security — and he took it.
With three of his top rivals pinned down at the Senate impeachment trial, Mr. Buttigieg has seized the opportunity to camp out in the state, largely below the radar.
Chosen by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the seven Democratic lawmakers reflect the geographic and demographic diversity of the party’s caucus.
A day after they seemed to have brokered a truce, Joe Biden released a video criticizing “Bernie’s negative attacks” and Bernie Sanders responded with one blasting his rival’s record on Social Security.
The debate raises the larger question of whether any Republican senators will join Democrats in insisting that senior administration officials appear before the Senate.
The Democrats’ last standard-bearer won’t say she’ll commit to anyone who wins the nomination, disrupting party unity.
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bennet are all on jury duty for the Senate impeachment trial. They’re also running for president.
There is a winnable approach for Democrats in the impeachment trial.
Members say what impressed, disappointed and surprised them.
The amendment, which is likely to be defeated along party lines, would cover a series of communications the administration has withheld.
Good arguments can be made, he said, both for or against the idea that the president’s campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rivals rose to the level of an impeachable offense.
Republicans made last-minute changes to the rules to placate moderates, but Democrats called them an outrage.
Republicans made last-minute changes to their proposed rules to placate moderates, but they held together to turn back Democratic efforts to subpoena documents.
David Sirota’s job is to remind the candidate’s supporters why he dislikes the news media.
The California businessman’s visit to the editorial board, and the board’s subsequent deliberation, today on “The Choice” podcast.
Senate Republicans should not push for the political hit job that even a vulnerable foreign government refused to provide.
Mrs. Clinton’s sharp criticism of her former rival in an upcoming documentary series ricocheted across the Democratic Party on Tuesday, threatening to reopen the barely healed wounds of 2016.
A veteran political journalist offers a guide to visiting the state in the run up to the February vote, when after hitting the slopes you can hit a stump speech or two.
Joe Biden’s forceful remarks, made at an event in Iowa focused on voters of color, reflected his intensifying competition with Senator Bernie Sanders in the state.
After defending the stop-and-frisk policing tactic, the former mayor apologized. But black voters in the Democratic presidential race may not forgive him.
The opinion piece by Zephyr Teachout accused Joe Biden of having “a big corruption problem.”
They quit their jobs, their religion, their relationships and even quitting itself.
Marianne Williamson joined the presidential campaign in January 2019. One year later she left it.
Lying about a rival is bad, even if you don’t like his past positions.
A lawyer for Mr. Parnas, who is facing campaign finance charges, argued that Mr. Barr had too many conflicts of interest to oversee his prosecution.
Readers react to The Times’s unusual decision to endorse two candidates.
The candidates may be getting a bit testy, but organizers for three Democratic presidential campaigns amicably share a farmhouse that reflects Iowa’s culture of grass-roots politics.
Senator Sanders’s visit to the editorial board, and their subsequent deliberation today on “The Choice” podcast.
Most of the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls took part in speeches, a march and a rally in the state capital, before heading to an Iowa forum focused on minority communities.
Even more grounds for impeachment.
Her fighting spirit lives on in today’s social movements.
A desire not to offend potential customers in a divided nation, as well as wariness of President Trump’s Twitter account, means fewer topical ads.
The decision to endorse two candidates was a significant break with convention. The board said it reflected the Democratic Party’s “radical” and “realist” models.
On his first campaign stop for the Martin Luther King holiday in South Carolina, Joe Biden denounced the president in some of his strongest language yet.
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg are trying to woo older black voters with policy. Those policies may be why they’re struggling to win their support.
A podcast introduction to the Times editorial board.
As the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump nears, the Republican senator from Colorado has gone to ground as he tries to keep moderates and independents in his corner while facing a tough re-election race.
Filming this special episode of “The Weekly” required a strict set of rules — and a plan to keep a secret.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. and advisers to the Sanders campaign exchanged sharp accusations over his record as the two presidential candidates chased an overlapping slice of blue-collar voters.
The two progressive candidates seem to be trying to play down their differences that came into view over the past week. But many of their supporters were not ready to move on.
The retired pilot responds to recent comments from the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on the way the former vice president talks.
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