Campaign 2020Immigration, economy dominate in a showcase of differences
Deep divides over health care and economic policy took center stage in the first debate, as 10 candidates jousted over the best formula for beating President Trump and fixing the struggles of the middle class.
The Fix
Analysis Winners and losers from the debate’s first night
The one-liners and questions in Spanish were great. The debate’s technical issues? Not so much.
The Take
Analysis Amid squabbles, a consensus: More government activism
The candidates signaled not only differences with President Trump but also with a more cautious approach by Democratic politicians of the past two decades.
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Fact Checker
Analysis In first Democratic debate, a handful of stats stretched past the breaking point
Many candidates were armed with statistics, and most ranged from mostly or partly true. Here’s a round-up of 13 statements that caught our attention.
U.S. asylum officers ask federal court to end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
The officers, who have been directed to implement the program, say it is “fundamentally contrary to the moral fabric of our Nation and our international and domestic legal obligations.”
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Test pilots struggled to control the plane in a Boeing simulator. The problem is not the same as the faulty data issue that investigators say contributed to the crashes of 737 Max planes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Group of 20 Summit
Today’s WorldView
Analysis Japan’s prime minister hopes to use the gathering to highlight unity among the global community. However, the president is unlikely to suddenly start building bridges while he’s in Osaka.
The president’s comments foreshadowed what are expected to be rancorous hearings July 17.
The 5th Circuit questioned whether the House of Representatives and Democratic states have standing to appeal a Texas ruling that the law is unconstitutional.
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A look at the wisdom readers receive when they pick up the right book at the right time.
Senate Republicans are unlikely to agree to make the provision law, but the amendment reflects frustration.
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Offended social media users used the hashtag #KimOhNo to express their outrage, accusing her of appropriating an item — and an idea — central to Japanese culture.
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Perspective
The U.S. women’s soccer star is just a person unafraid to express the good, bad and unflinchingly ugly in our diverse and complicated country, and that allows her to be a mirror.
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The rules on liquids can be confusing. Leave it to the model-slash-cookbook author-slash-television host-slash-social media personality to show us how it's done.
