The move in 1972 to begin the presidential nominating process in the Upper Midwest was greeted by frigid temperatures and a blizzard. It took another half-century, but we’re there again. You might have heard that the forecast in Iowa on Monday is cold — very cold. What you might not know is that this level […]Read More

Congress left Washington Friday for the long holiday weekend with a fragile plan to prevent a government shutdown next week, as a revolt over spending brewed among hard-right House Republicans. Funding for 20 percent of the government is set to expire on Jan. 19, and the rest expires on Feb. 2. House Speaker Mike Johnson […]Read More

As former president Donald Trump prepares for somewhere between one and four criminal trials this year, the only thing certain about his court schedule is the profound uncertainty that hangs over all of it. The diffuse nature of the U.S. court system, the uncharted legal territory of the cases against the former president and the […]Read More

Democrats began the search last summer, fanning out through the northern swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to find the nurses, electricians, farmers and floor installers who could best testify to the danger of Donald Trump returning to power. The previously unreported project by the outside group American Bridge 21st Century developed 732 leads, […]Read More

The Defense Department has not properly kept tabs on more than $1 billion worth of shoulder-fired missiles, night-vision goggles, one-way attack drones and other sensitive equipment that the United States has provided to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, the Pentagon’s inspector general said in a report released Thursday. The watchdog’s findings, which raise questions […]Read More

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial wound down Thursday with closing statements in the case, which accuses the former president of exaggerating the values of his properties to secure better financial terms. While much of the day unfolded in conventional fashion — with lawyers from both sides using their allotted time to offer […]Read More

It is less than a week until the Iowa caucuses, a hackneyed introductory phrase that, in four days, will transform into something like, “At long last, voters get their say.” But the point remains that voting (or whatever you want to call what they do in Iowa) is imminent and the march toward the Republican […]Read More

Donald Trump’s campaign greeted the news that Chris Christie was ending his presidential bid with a memo making the case that it wouldn’t matter much — and particularly that it wouldn’t benefit Nikki Haley. Instead, the memo reinforced the idea that this is something that could indeed help Haley, at least in the all-important New […]Read More