Tuesday's Headlines: Iowa caucuses descend into chaos as delay leaves outcome uncertain
'It kind of failed us': With eyes of the world on Iowa, another hiccup in American democracy; Breakdown in Iowa casts spotlight on caucus system; Undecided New Hampshire prepares for key first primary role after Iowa caucuses; On cusp of all-but-certain acquittal, Trump to use State of Union address to position himself in reelection bid; A Senate that has largely decided on the verdict hears closing arguments; States scramble to carry out travel restrictions ordered by administration to control spread of virus; Coronavirus threatens U.S.-China relations, global health system; Macao to shut casinos to stem outbreak as Hong Kong reports its first coronavirus fatality; Is Bernie Sanders really happening?; The problem with impeachment is that the Constitution is working; The Super Bowl poses this: What's more obscene, sex or sexism?; It's not enough to remember the Parkland shooting; On health care, is Trump malicious or just incompetent? Yes.; How the Senate can still hold Trump accountable; Jared Kushner reportedly angers Netanyahu camp by slowing Israeli annexation moves; Rush Limbaugh says he has advanced lung cancer; In Taylor Swift's Netflix documentary, these two emotional scenes are especially jarring; Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan president who ruled with iron fist, dies at 95
Technical problems forced a delay in announcing the results, frustrating candidates and voters. Some campaigns challenged the process, and the episode is sure to intensify criticism of the caucuses.
Election 2020●By Matt Viser and Toluse Olorunnipa ●Read more »
State Democratic Party officials had prepared what they thought was a system for reporting results that would be easy to use and protected from cyber attacks. But something happened that froze everything.
It is an open question whether the president will use the speech Tuesday night to complain as he has in other forums about his impeachment or to prematurely celebrate the trial's probable outcome.
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL●By Philip Rucker and Seung Min Kim ●Read more »
Though Beijing and Washington have deployed emergency resources, there remain significant gaps in communication, information sharing and trust between the two major powers.
After the release of the U.S. peace plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had wanted to bring settlements into Israel proper before March elections.
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