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“Based on the attack on Saudi Arabia, which may have an impact on oil prices, I have authorized the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, if needed, in a to-be-determined amount sufficient to keep the markets well-supplied,” Trump wrote on Twitter. The president commented after oil prices jumped 15 percent as a result of Saturday’s drone attacks

The report came from a forthcoming book written by two Times reporters titled, “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh.” The first of the candidates to call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment was former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, who tweeted on Saturday, “It’s more clear than ever that Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath. He should be impeached.” He also called for Congress to investigate the Justice Department for failing to “properly” investigate the matter: The second candidate to call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment was Sen.

The former vice president, who has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for embellishing portions of his personal and political life, told the story when being honored with having a community pool named after him in a Wilmington, Delaware, historically black neighborhood.

WASHINGTON — Ten Democrats seeking the presidency sparred Thursday night in a sprawling debate that put all qualifying contenders on the same stage for the first time. Here’s a look at how some of their claims from Houston stack up with the facts: Joe Biden: ‘‘We didn’t lock people up in cages, we didn’t separate families.’’ THE FACTS: His comment about cages is wrong. The ‘‘cages’’ — chain-link enclosures inside border facilities where migrants have been temporarily housed, separated by sex and age — were built and used by the Obama a

Beto O’Rourke has already backed mandatory buybacks for assault weapons, but at Thursday’s Democratic debate, he left no ambiguity about what that would mean. ‘‘Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,’’ he said. Less than an hour later, O’Rourke received what he described as a ‘‘death threat’’ from a fellow Texas politician.

Julián Castro on Friday defended his testy exchange with Joe Biden at Thursday night’s debate over health care that seemed to jab at the former vice president’s age, saying he would not do anything differently. “I mean, he has been around for a long time, OK,” Castro said on CNN Friday morning after he was hit with strong criticism from pundits and on social media.

Former vice president Joe Biden emerged Friday from his best debate performance of the campaign on steadier ground at the top of the Democratic presidential field after a summer that saw him losing some of his lead in the polls. But he remained a wobbly front-runner after demonstrating yet again his propensity for gaffes and rambling answers — including one odd reference to a record player — that have fueled questions about his age and mental acuity. Still, with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren rising in recent weeks, Biden showed on the debate stage in Ho

WASHINGTON — At least two Democratic presidential candidates are calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the face of a new, uninvestigated, allegation of sexual impropriety when he was in college. Kavanaugh was confirmed last October after emotional hearings in the Senate over a sexual assault allegation from his high school years. The New York Times now reports that Kavanaugh faced a separate allegation from his time at Yale University and that the FBI did not investigate the claim.

Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro said Saturday that a newly-reported allegation of unwanted sexual contact against Supreme Court Justice MORE should be investigated. In a tweet, Castro said that nonprofit owner Max Stier's allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at a party before other students pressed him against a female student, forcing his genitals to come in contact with her hand, should be investigated. "Brett Kavanaugh’s con

The Democratic clash over “Medicare for All” is highlighting perhaps the biggest question for 2020 primaries: Who has the best chance of beating MORE? Some top Democrats are warning that the full-scale version of Medicare for All pushed by Sens.