"Don't vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances President Trump and Sen. McConnell have created," Biden said in a Sunday appeal to Republicans.PHILADELPHIA — Joe Biden was scheduled to spend his Sunday in Delaware like he usually does, in church and at home. A last-minute addition to his schedule — a speech, delivered direct-to-camera, from an atrium overlooking Independence Hall, Philadelphia’s monument to American democracy — was the mark of a campaign moving quickly to join a fight.Two days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, news that set up an...…"Don't vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances President Trump and Sen. McConnell have created," Biden said in a Sunday appeal to Republicans.PHILADELPHIA — Joe Biden was scheduled to spend his Sunday in Delaware like he usually does, in church and at home. A last-minute addition to his schedule — a speech, delivered direct-to-camera, from an atrium overlooking Independence Hall, Philadelphia’s monument to American democracy — was the mark of a campaign moving quickly to join a fight.Two days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, news that set up an...WW…

The federal case against the lawyers Colin Mattis and Urooj Rahman is a stark example of how the Trump administration is cracking down on Black Lives Matter protesters.The NYPD van on a Brooklyn street was banged up and empty, a battered steel shell with shattered windows and a mask of spray paint. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, the fourth straight night of against police brutality, a Molotov cocktail set it ablaze.A surveillance camera perched outside the NYPD’s 88th Precinct down the block captured the incident, including a tan Town & Country minivan at the scene. Around...…The federal case against the lawyers Colin Mattis and Urooj Rahman is a stark example of how the Trump administration is cracking down on Black Lives Matter protesters.The NYPD van on a Brooklyn street was banged up and empty, a battered steel shell with shattered windows and a mask of spray paint. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, the fourth straight night of against police brutality, a Molotov cocktail set it ablaze.A surveillance camera perched outside the NYPD’s 88th Precinct down the block captured the incident, including a tan Town & Country minivan at the scene. Around...WW…

Joe Biden has yet to personally address Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation, but his campaign has circulated talking points.While Joe Biden has remained publicly silent about a sexual assault allegation made against him, his presidential campaign has sought to coordinate and unify Democratic messaging on the matter, advising surrogates earlier this month to say that the allegation “did not happen.”The Biden campaign circulated talking points among top Democratic supporters shortly after the New York Times earlier this month about the allegation by Tara Reade, a former staff assistant in...…Joe Biden has yet to personally address Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegation, but his campaign has circulated talking points.While Joe Biden has remained publicly silent about a sexual assault allegation made against him, his presidential campaign has sought to coordinate and unify Democratic messaging on the matter, advising surrogates earlier this month to say that the allegation “did not happen.”The Biden campaign circulated talking points among top Democratic supporters shortly after the New York Times earlier this month about the allegation by Tara Reade, a former staff assistant in...WW…

AdvertisementWhile Joe Biden has remained publicly silent about a sexual assault allegation made against him, his presidential campaign has sought to coordinate and unify Democratic messaging on the matter, advising surrogates earlier this month to say that the allegation “did not happen.”The Biden campaign circulated talking points among top Democratic supporters shortly after the New York Times earlier this month about the allegation by Tara Reade, a former staff assistant in Biden’s Senate office who says he assaulted her in 1993.With good news and bad, talking points are standard fare...…AdvertisementWhile Joe Biden has remained publicly silent about a sexual assault allegation made against him, his presidential campaign has sought to coordinate and unify Democratic messaging on the matter, advising surrogates earlier this month to say that the allegation “did not happen.”The Biden campaign circulated talking points among top Democratic supporters shortly after the New York Times earlier this month about the allegation by Tara Reade, a former staff assistant in Biden’s Senate office who says he assaulted her in 1993.With good news and bad, talking points are standard fare...WW…

Wen had worked to emphasize the group’s status as a health care provider, leading to concerns among some staff that the organization was moving away from politics.Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen, the first physician to head the women’s health care group in 50 years, said she was removed from her position by the organization’s board “at a ,” capping months of internal concerns over her management style and a perceived shift away from the group’s political work.Wen attributed her departure to “philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood,” she said in a...…Wen had worked to emphasize the group’s status as a health care provider, leading to concerns among some staff that the organization was moving away from politics.Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen, the first physician to head the women’s health care group in 50 years, said she was removed from her position by the organization’s board “at a ,” capping months of internal concerns over her management style and a perceived shift away from the group’s political work.Wen attributed her departure to “philosophical differences over the direction and future of Planned Parenthood,” she said in a...WW…

About 96 hours after polls closed, with his staff scattered around the country, Biden delivered the speech he had to put off for four straight nights — one his family had been waiting to hear for decades.WILMINGTON, Delaware — About five hours before polls closed on Election Day, 21 empty pickup trucks appeared in the parking lot of the Chase Center, sitting in two careful rows facing the stage where Joe Biden was supposed to address the nation in a victory speech later that evening.The fleet of Jeep Gladiators and Jeep Wranglers, along with some Ford Rangers and Chevy Silverados, had been...…About 96 hours after polls closed, with his staff scattered around the country, Biden delivered the speech he had to put off for four straight nights — one his family had been waiting to hear for decades.WILMINGTON, Delaware — About five hours before polls closed on Election Day, 21 empty pickup trucks appeared in the parking lot of the Chase Center, sitting in two careful rows facing the stage where Joe Biden was supposed to address the nation in a victory speech later that evening.The fleet of Jeep Gladiators and Jeep Wranglers, along with some Ford Rangers and Chevy Silverados, had been...WW…

Hillary Clinton set out to give a forward-looking message in her speech to the Democratic National Convention.WILMINGTON, Delaware — Some Democrats might’ve recognized the quote immediately: a gut-punch of a line from her concession speech, delivered four years ago, Nov. 8, 2016, on a rainy morning at the New Yorker Hotel.“After the last election, I said, ‘We owe Donald Trump an open mind and the chance to lead.’ I really meant it.”But when Hillary Clinton opened her live address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, the first she’s given to a national audience since she...…Hillary Clinton set out to give a forward-looking message in her speech to the Democratic National Convention.WILMINGTON, Delaware — Some Democrats might’ve recognized the quote immediately: a gut-punch of a line from her concession speech, delivered four years ago, Nov. 8, 2016, on a rainy morning at the New Yorker Hotel.“After the last election, I said, ‘We owe Donald Trump an open mind and the chance to lead.’ I really meant it.”But when Hillary Clinton opened her live address to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, the first she’s given to a national audience since she...WW…

“You do not understand how much this means for us,” a longtime Democratic official said of Biden picking Kamala Harris as his running mate.At 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Yolanda Caraway was sitting at her desk, smiling as the notifications lit up faster than she could read them. “‘This is the first thing that’s lifting my mood in four months.’ ‘So excited I can’t stand it!’ ‘Howard University all the way.’ ‘’Kamala! Kamala!! Kamala!!!’”The emails came one after the other, many from Black political leaders who, just like Caraway, have seen the Democratic Party through decades of change and...…“You do not understand how much this means for us,” a longtime Democratic official said of Biden picking Kamala Harris as his running mate.At 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Yolanda Caraway was sitting at her desk, smiling as the notifications lit up faster than she could read them. “‘This is the first thing that’s lifting my mood in four months.’ ‘So excited I can’t stand it!’ ‘Howard University all the way.’ ‘’Kamala! Kamala!! Kamala!!!’”The emails came one after the other, many from Black political leaders who, just like Caraway, have seen the Democratic Party through decades of change and...WW…

Bernie Sanders — the guy who admits he can be grumpy and “nasty” and a “real son of a bitch,” the guy who’s known for giving the same speech over and over again — that guy is trying to win this campaign, maybe his last, by making people feel less alone.i.He doesn’t bother explaining why he’s here.This is early on, late May, a few months into the race, but he is already of the belief that he is doing something extraordinary with his presidential campaign — something that’s never been done before. The trouble is describing it. There’s no word for this in modern politics. It is, he believes,...…Bernie Sanders — the guy who admits he can be grumpy and “nasty” and a “real son of a bitch,” the guy who’s known for giving the same speech over and over again — that guy is trying to win this campaign, maybe his last, by making people feel less alone.i.He doesn’t bother explaining why he’s here.This is early on, late May, a few months into the race, but he is already of the belief that he is doing something extraordinary with his presidential campaign — something that’s never been done before. The trouble is describing it. There’s no word for this in modern politics. It is, he believes,...WW…

“If I could be any candidate right now, I would want to be her.”HOUSTON — It’s impossible, stupid, and likely embarrassing to predict who is going to win the Democratic presidential primary.But it’s already become clear who has shaped it: Elizabeth Warren.Warren, the 70-year-old Massachusetts senator, has put her agenda for structural change at the center of the 2020 campaign, helping turn the party’s center into its right and its radical left into a plausible alternative. She’s set the standard for how you run a presidential campaign and watched her rivals — including the men who typically...…“If I could be any candidate right now, I would want to be her.”HOUSTON — It’s impossible, stupid, and likely embarrassing to predict who is going to win the Democratic presidential primary.But it’s already become clear who has shaped it: Elizabeth Warren.Warren, the 70-year-old Massachusetts senator, has put her agenda for structural change at the center of the 2020 campaign, helping turn the party’s center into its right and its radical left into a plausible alternative. She’s set the standard for how you run a presidential campaign and watched her rivals — including the men who typically...WW…