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Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | On Politics: Iran Threatens to Exceed Nuclear Limits Advertisement Supported by June 18, 2019 Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Iran announced on Monday that it would soon violate a central element of the 2015 nuclear deal — by producing more uranium than allowed — unless it gets European help to offset the effects of American sanctions. The White House, in turn, ordered another 1,000 troops to the Middle East. • President Trump had said North Korea and Iran could be convinced to give up their nuclear weapons programs. He is learning that it’s not so easy. • Confused about the back-and-forth over the Iran deal? Here’s an explainer. • When Mr. Trump rode down that … [Read more...] about On Politics: Iran Threatens to Exceed Nuclear Limits

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Joe Biden Says His Campaign Has Raised Nearly $20 Million Advertisement Supported by ByShane Goldmacher June 17, 2019 Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said at a fund-raiser in New York on Monday night that he had already amassed 360,000 donors with an average contribution of $55 — a disclosure that appeared to reveal he has raised $19.8 million for his presidential bid. That is more than any other candidate raised in the first quarter of the year, when Senator Bernie Sanders paced the Democratic field and raised $18.2 million from more than 500,000 donors, and there are still two weeks remaining in the second quarter for Mr. Biden. The revelation came at an unusual moment. Campaigns typically guard their financial hauls closely, only releasing figures at strategic moments to … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Says His Campaign Has Raised Nearly $20 Million

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Landlords Oppose Trump Plan to Evict Undocumented Immigrants Advertisement Supported by ByLola Fadulu and Zolan Kanno-Youngs June 17, 2019 WASHINGTON — Landlords and local officials across the country say a White House proposal to eject undocumented immigrants from subsidized housing would displace some of their most reliable tenants and add major financial strains to an already cash-strapped system. Officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, prodded by hard-liners like Stephen Miller, President Trump’s top immigration adviser, say the proposal, which would prohibit households with at least one unauthorized immigrant from living in federally subsidized housing, is needed to ensure that only verified citizens receive the benefits. But landlords and local public … [Read more...] about Landlords Oppose Trump Plan to Evict Undocumented Immigrants

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Four Years Ago Trump Was Seen as a Sideshow. Now He Is the Show. Advertisement Supported by White House Memo ByPeter Baker June 17, 2019 WASHINGTON — As he rode down that escalator in June 2015, it felt like a lark, a curiosity, just another staged television spectacle. At most, many assumed that Donald J. Trump’s candidacy would be a sideshow, sure to be entertaining but hardly decisive. Four years later, as President Trump kicks off his campaign for a second term on Tuesday with an eardrum-pounding, packed-to-the-rafters rally in Florida, no one doubts that he is the dominant force in the arena today, the one defining the national conversation as no president has done in generations. But the coming election is shaping up as a test — not just of the man but of his country. Was … [Read more...] about Four Years Ago Trump Was Seen as a Sideshow. Now He Is the Show.

Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | On Politics With Lisa Lerer: Trump’s Conventional Campaign Advertisement Supported by ByLisa Lerer June 17, 2019 Hi. Welcome to On Politics , your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. As President Trump prepares to officially kick off his re-election campaign in Orlando tomorrow night, his numbers are, as he is fond of saying, “not good, folks.” In a new poll of ruby red Texas, less than 40 percent of voters say they would “definitely” re-elect Mr. Trump. Numbers released over the weekend by the president’s favorite media outlet, Fox News, show him trailing Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders and other Democrats. His internal numbers may be even worse, putting him behind Mr. Biden by double digits in Michigan, Wisconsin and … [Read more...] about On Politics With Lisa Lerer: Trump’s Conventional Campaign