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The two men, pillars of competing ideologies, are locked in a more crowded knot of candidates in Iowa and New Hampshire, whose results could alter the national findings.

It is shaky — and heavily dependent on wording.

His spokeswoman escalated a feud with NPR on Saturday but made a patently ridiculous claim in the process.

In arguing that the case for President Trump’s removal was partisan and misleading, lawyers for the president omitted facts, presented claims that lacked context or downplayed evidence gathered by House investigators.

Earlier this week, it was mostly the latter.

Trump’s address offered a split screen to the Democrats’ efforts to oust him for a president who is counting on conservatives and evangelicals to bolster his 2020 reelection bid.

The president’s legal team will seek to justify his request that Ukraine probe the Bidens — arguments his allies say will help Trump and hurt his possible 2020 rival.

The process to pick a Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election starts with the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3. Here’s what you need to know about how they work, why they matter and what is different in 2020.

Top health officials warned they would pull unspecified federal health funds if California does not comply in 30 days and said other states could face similar action. The announcement came as thousands of antiabortion activists, who are a key part of Trump’s base, gathered in Washington for the annual March for Life.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

As GOP senators prepare to decide on whether they need more evidence, a look back at when they were quite concerned about what went down.