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Thursday, January 2, 2020

January 2, 2020

Good Thursday morning. Happy new year! Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

After months of attacks from other candidates, and questions and some blowback from both liberals and moderates, the most ambitious and expensive of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s many plans, “Medicare for all,” is now just a passing mention.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg raised more than $24.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, his presidential campaign said on Wednesday, another strong showing that leaves him well positioned to finance a large campaign operation as primary voting approaches.

President Trump entered the new year facing flare-ups of long-burning crises with two old adversaries — Iran and North Korea — that are directly challenging his claim to have reasserted American power around the world.
Mr. Trump said Tuesday that the United States and China would sign a “very large and comprehensive” trade deal at the White House in January. The details? They haven’t been released yet.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had planned to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. He canceled. That would have been the first meeting between Mr. Zelensky and a top Trump administration official since the impeachment inquiry began.

Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, will no longer be running for Senate in New Hampshire. He’s instead focusing on the president’s re-election.

Today’s On Politics briefing was compiled by Isabella Grullón Paz in New York.

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