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Elizabeth Warren Has Lots of Plans. Together, They Would Remake the Economy.
Ms. Warren is providing a detailed road map of the policies she would pursue as president. Critics say they could hurt businesses and consumers.
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Thomas Kaplan
.@RBReich on Warren: "She is asking the biggest questions that exist, and that is: How do you make a free market work? How do you make capitalism actually work for the many rather than the few?"
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Unhappy With Findings, Agriculture Department Plans to Move Its Economists Out of Town
The relocation is viewed by critics as the latest case of the Trump administration stifling the work of nonpartisan experts.
Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time
Declining to hold big-dollar fund-raisers and rolling out one policy proposal after another, Ms. Warren has strengthened her candidacy, though financial questions remain.
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Thomas Kaplan
NEW: Elizabeth Warren is gaining steam. Her “I have a plan” strategy is helping her stand out. With @AsteadWesley
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How Trump Is Outspending Every 2020 Democrat on Facebook
President Trump’s re-election campaign has spent heavily on Facebook ads, reprising a strategy that was central to his 2016 victory.
Bernie Sanders Released His Tax Returns. He’s Part of the 1%.
Mr. Sanders’s income shot up after his last presidential bid, topping $1 million in 2016 and 2017 as income from books drove up his earnings.
Kirsten Gillibrand Raised $3 Million in First Quarter of 2020 Run, Campaign Says
The total for Ms. Gillibrand, announced after many rivals disclosed their numbers, trails the amounts raised by the other five senators currently running for president.
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Thomas Kaplan
Gillibrand's team says the Al Franken backlash is hurting fund-raising. Some donors "continue to punish Kirsten," the campaign says in a new memo.
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How Kamala Harris’s Tax Returns Compares to Those of Other Candidates
The candidates’ tax returns showed that they earned substantially more than a vast majority of American households.
Giant Military Contract Has a Hitch: A Little-Known Entrepreneur
Deap Ubhi has spent his tech career bouncing around. Now he’s tangled up in a little battle over one of the biggest government I.T. contracts in history.
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Thomas Kaplan
The founder of a start-up called Burrp! is now at the center of a fight over a huge Pentagon contract. With @KYWeise
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Canada Bans Boeing 737 Max Flights, Citing New Satellite Data
Satellite tracking data suggested similarities between the crash in Ethiopia on Sunday and another accident in Indonesia last October, Canada’s transport minister said.
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Thomas Kaplan
NEW: The chairman of the House transportation committee says he will investigate how the FAA certified the 737 Max and is willing to use subpoena power
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Watch State of the Union: Live Video, Fact Checks and Analysis
Join New York Times reporters for live analysis and fact-checking during president’s State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday. The speech is set to begin at 9 p.m. Eastern time.
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Thomas Kaplan
The NYT's State of the Union live chat is up and running, with an all-star cast: @maggieNYT @katierogers @shearm @anniekarni @npfandos @alexburnsNYT
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What Happened to Lindsey Graham? He’s Become ‘a Rock Star’
Once a fierce critic of President Trump, Senator Lindsey Graham is his close ally. Democrats want “the old Lindsey” back, but he loves the conservative adulation.
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Thomas Kaplan
“There’s a funny meme going around,” a Tea Party leader in South Carolina says. “It says, ‘President Trump, he’s even made Lindsey Graham great again.’”
@SherylNYT on Graham's transformation
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Trump’s Focus on a Washington Building Project Draws Scrutiny
President Trump has taken an interest in the F.B.I. headquarters, which had been set for redevelopment. Democrats wonder if he is trying to protect his hotel.
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Thomas Kaplan
Through FOIA, I obtained a photo showing Trump meeting with the GSA administrator in January. What the president said in that meeting remains a mystery. nytimes.com/2018/10/18/us/… pic.twitter.com/WSl73lbjDW
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Transcript of President Trump’s Interview With Bloomberg News
President Donald Trump was interviewed in the Oval Office on Thursday by Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait and reporters Jennifer Jacobs and Margaret Talev.
First Couple Show Limits of Law
As Sandra Lee expands her brand while Gov. Andrew Cuomo runs the state, their relationship demonstrates the limits of state law governing the financial affairs of elected officials and their romantic partners.
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Thomas Kaplan
"You are a corporation," Cuomo told Cynthia Nixon tonight.
By that logic, Cuomo's girlfriend, Sandra Lee, is also a corporation
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Trump Is Putting Indelible Conservative Stamp on Judiciary
Beyond the Supreme Court, President Trump has already put a stamp on federal appeals courts, and Senate Republicans have been eager partners in the effort.
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Thomas Kaplan
Regional circuit judges confirmed by GOP-led Senate in Obama's last two years: 1
Regional circuit judges confirmed by GOP-led Senate in Trump's first two years: 24
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Pompeo to Defend Trump With ‘Proof’ of Administration’s Actions vs. Russia
When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before a Senate panel, lawmakers will have a chance to demand information about President Trump’s meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
The Many Faces of New York’s Political Scandals
In the past decade, more than 30 current or former state officeholders in New York have been convicted of crimes, sanctioned or otherwise accused of serious wrongdoing. Here are some of them.
On Anniversary of House Obamacare Repeal, Democrats Look to Extract a Price
Democratic candidates for the House say voters will punish Republicans for voting last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act, even though the law survived.
House Chaplain Was Asked to Resign. He Still Doesn’t Know Why.
The resignation of the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, which was requested by Speaker Paul D. Ryan, has lawmakers from both parties demanding answers.
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Thomas Kaplan
"I was asked to resign, that is clear," the Rev. Patrick Conroy, the House chaplain, tells the NYT. Why? "That is unclear."
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Mike Pompeo, Confirmed as Secretary of State, Plans to Quickly Head to Europe
After the Senate voted to confirm Mike Pompeo to be the nation’s 70th secretary of state, he turned to urgent problems around the world.