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Since its inception in 2015, the camp has exploded from just 32 students to hundreds. The league has grown from a handful of schools to nearly 50, all of them public schools in Washington and nearby Prince George’s County, Md. About 30 cities, including Baltimore, New York and Chicago, have …

Who will make the next debate? If you thought you would get a break from debate chatter after this week, we’re sorry to be the bearers of bad news: It’s time to talk about September. The third set of Democratic debates, scheduled for Sept. 12 and 13, is poised to …

Much of the immigration discussion on both nights focused not on how to comprehensively address the issue but a much more narrow concern: whether the government should subsidize health insurance for people who are in the country illegally. Just 38 percent of Americans said that government health care should be …

WASHINGTON — The two rounds of Democratic presidential debates, rather than bringing clarity to the primary or culling the field of 24 candidates, have instead laid bare the fragility of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. as a front-runner and showcased the divisions over ideology and identity in a …

CINCINNATI — After imbibing days of wall-to-wall news coverage of the 2020 Democratic debates, President Trump seemed to feel a little left out. “The Democrats spent more time attacking Barack Obama than they did attacking me, practically,” he marveled. And so the neglected president flew to Ohio on Thursday night …

After the first night of CNN’s bipartite Democratic debate, the network’s analyst John King discussed the import of the event for the primary candidates’ “survival,” but interrupted himself midthought: “I don’t want to make this into reality TV.” Oh, go ahead. You might as well call the thing what it …

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering Jeffrey Epstein’s vision for his DNA, Boris Johnson’s refusal to budge on the Irish backstop and FIFA’s potential move out of Switzerland. The latest in the Epstein saga: A baby ranch The financier Jeffrey Epstein, who …

DETROIT — It was one of the most substantive presidential primary debates in recent memory, and the two Democratic candidates with the most ambitious plans dominated the stage. Most other candidates? Not so much. But a few 2020 hopefuls did stand out. Here are six takeaways from Tuesday night’s debate: …

Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. [Get On Politics delivered to your inbox.] It’s debate week. Round 2. Or maybe Rounds 3 and 4? It depends how you’re counting, I suppose. Either way, over the next two nights …

NEWTOWN, Pa. — Diane LeBas, a 71-year-old substitute teacher attending the Newtown Democrats’ summer picnic on Sunday, recounted how she was tear-gassed protesting the Vietnam War. No one could question her progressivism. “But at the moment, I’m leaving progressivism in the back seat for pragmatism,” Ms. LeBas said about the …