Politics

“The Democrats onstage saw themselves as morally courageous. American voters, it turned out, saw a group of politicians hopelessly out of touch,” the New York Times reports. “Standing side by side at a primary debate in June 2019, nine of the party’s candidates for president were asked to raise

“President Trump said the U.S. will begin sending letters Monday to other countries setting a tariff rate on their imports,” Axios reports. “After months of threats, Trump is abruptly re-escalating the trade war.”

“Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared publicly on Saturday night for the first time since the 12-day war with Israel began last month, Iran’s state media and his official website reported,” the New York Times reports. “After weeks of sheltering in a bunker, Mr. Khamenei on

Ron Brownstein: “For most of the 20th century, it was common for members of Congress to break from their party’s dominant position on key votes — even when that placed them in opposition to a president from their own side. That tendency was visible for years among Republicans from the East and West

“The White House has little to show as President Donald Trump’s self-imposed deadline to reach trade deals with dozens of countries arrives in four days. Trump bragged he would rapidly secure dozens of trade deals, but his administration has claimed just three — and the details are thin,” Politico