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November 20, 2019 at 8:32 pm

Buttigieg comes out ahead, Biden stumbles in Democratic debate VIEW

The Democratic presidential candidates momentarily sidelined the impeachment inquiry on Wednesday night, when they met in Atlanta for the November MSNBC-Washington Post debate. Below are...

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October 16, 2019 at 12:10 pm

Trump appears to confirm U.S. nukes are in Turkey

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has often said things he perhaps shouldn't have and repeatedly has disclosed sensitive information as president. On Wednesday, he did...

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October 15, 2019 at 8:56 pm

Winners and losers from the October Democratic debate

The fourth Democratic debate is over, after 12 candidates jousted over three hours. Below, your winners and losers (and two-betweeners). Winners — Elizabeth Warren, the...

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President Donald Trump, left, waves to members of the media as he walks with the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, second from the left, on the tarmac after Trump’s arrival, with first lady Melania Trump, right, on Air Force One at Melsbroek Air Base, Tuesday, July 10, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) OTKM105 OTKM105

October 13, 2019 at 7:46 am

Analysis: Gordon Sondland is about to blow a hole in Trump's Ukraine defense

Ever since former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker handed over those text messages, President Donald Trump's defenders have pointed to one of them...

September 26, 2019 at 11:26 am

5 key takeaways and allegations from the Trump whistleblower complaint

Key takeaways and allegations from the seven-page declassified whistleblower complaint alleging misdeeds by President Donald Trump with regard to Ukraine.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine, addresses the United Nations General Assembly, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, at the U.N. headquarters in New York. The Justice Department’s response to President Donald Trump’s call with the leader of Ukraine has helped further the perception that Trump regards his attorney general not as the nation’s highest law enforcement officer but as a political ally. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times) XNYT227 XNYT227

September 26, 2019 at 4:46 am

Trump lures Ukraine’s president where many have gone before him: Under the bus

WASHINGTON - The July 25 phone call that the White House released Wednesday was embarrassing for the leader at the heart of it. It showed...

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September 25, 2019 at 1:58 pm

Analysis: Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president includes a key promise; but it might not be the one you think

Ever since the White House released a rough transcript of President Donald Trump's July 25 call with Ukraine's president Wednesday morning, those in search of...

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August 29, 2019 at 10:46 am

New report provides a rebuke of Comey — and a debunking of Trump

WASHINGTON — James Comey has always been a complicated man in American politics. His decision as FBI director in 2016 not to charge Hillary Clinton...

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House, before boarding Marine One in Washington, on Friday, Aug. 9. Trump was headed to a political fund-raiser in Southampton, N.Y., followed by a vacation at his golf club in New Jersey. (Gabriella Demczuk / The New York Times)

August 12, 2019 at 10:12 am

Analysis: 23 bizarre conspiracy theories Trump has advanced

The president this weekend elevated a tweet implicating the Clintons in Jeffrey Epstein's death. This is one of the biggest conspiracy theories Trump has ever...

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August 8, 2019 at 1:30 pm

Trump could bring the NRA to heel | Aaron Blake / Syndicated columnist

For the second time in his presidency, President Donald Trump is threatening to buck the National Rifle Association on gun control. The first time —...