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Republicans have readied a plan to overturn California’s law phasing out gas-powered vehicles, using a statute aimed at striking down federa...
What others should learn from Joe Biden.
In a White House meeting, the U.S. president is expected to point to alleged discrimination against white South Africans, a week after welco...
Tax cuts pushed by President Trump are amplifying debt and deficit concerns among the powerful market players who influence interest rates.
The president visited the weekly meeting of House Republicans to make the case for the legislation and pressure members of his party to fall...
An assessment contradicted a presidential proclamation. A political appointee demanded a redo, then pushed for changes to the new analysis,...
After killing a criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams, the Trump administration has begun investigating his chief rival in the New York Cit...
The Trump administration approved a first of its kind waiver for Nebraska, allowing a ban on soda purchases through the Supplemental Nutriti...
The Texas Republican is leading the conservative revolt against what his party calls its “big, beautiful bill.” Whether he will dig in or re...
Trump’s wanton attacks on institutions and individuals have a specific purpose.
Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s office pushed back on speculation that there had been a coverup around the illness.
Administration officials have suggested suspending a legal principle that protects against unlawful detention, and struggled to accurately d...
A large tax cut, as well as more money for defense and immigration enforcement, would be financed by slashing health, nutrition, education a...
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to lift protections for thousands of Venezuelans, leaving them potentially vulnerable to...
Representative LaMonica McIver, Democrat of New Jersey, faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark. Sh...
An unlikely group is coalescing around the health secretary’s drive for restrictions on atrazine, which is linked to cancer, birth defects a...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet his international counterparts at a G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada.
A cancer diagnosis could be a chance to rebuild trust.
Billy Long’s effort to promote the credit, along with his pushing of a fraud-ridden pandemic-era tax break, will be under close scrutiny dur...
The office audited the bureau’s use of a disputed warrantless wiretap law that is set to expire next spring unless Congress reauthorizes it.
Qatar had been trying to sell off a luxury jet for years, with no luck. Then President Trump’s team set its sights on it.
Conservatives have been holding out against the major tax and spending cut package to implement President Trump’s agenda, arguing it will sw...
The payment, if approved, would represent an extraordinary concession by the Justice Department, which prosecuted nearly 1,600 people in con...
The president recently attacked Walmart, saying it should “eat” the costs rather than pass them on to customers.
The idea is politically popular, but the tax benefits may not go as far for low-income workers as many may think.
A federal judge had blocked the administration’s plan to remove the temporary protected status of more than 300,000 immigrants.
For every group demanding one policy, another equally powerful bloc insists on the opposite. The coalitions encompass the divergent ideologi...
Emil Bove III has emerged as a top contender to fill a vacancy on the appeals court covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, people f...
The talks took place as some on the American right who had clashed with Pope Francis, Leo’s predecessor, seek better ties with the papacy.
Once bitter rivals, the president and the governor now share an education agenda they hope will reshape schools across the nation.
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s chief Iran negotiator, offered the clearest outlines of the administration’s position in talks over Tehran’...
His overhaul of the State Department’s human rights bureau will make the United States weaker.
What is Project Esther? Katie J.M. Baker, a national investigative correspondent for The New York Times, explores the Heritage Foundation’s...
A measles outbreak in the state has not stopped “medical freedom” activists from pushing forward with their goal. They now have an influenti...
The Trump administration’s aggressive push to deport migrants has run up against resistance from the judiciary.
The federal government has taken a reactive approach to aviation policy, often leading to delays in modernization efforts and inadequate sta...
Trump aides have discussed requiring insurers to cover the procedure, though one leading medical group says it has been shut out of the proc...
The proposed termination of medical research funded by the V.A. is part of the Trump administration’s broader pressure campaign against the...
Whether the ultraconservatives dig in and force big changes to the megabill carrying President Trump’s agenda or capitulate, as they have in...
Administration officials had said the post — a picture of seashells forming the numbers “86 47” — amounted to an assassination threat by the...
Republicans have demanded that the government release the recording of a 2023 interview in a classified documents inquiry, arguing that it m...
The downgrade means that each of the three major credit rating firms no longer gives the United States its best rating.
Trump administration officials say that the term refers to assassination, but lexicologists say it emerged from diner slang.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said the agency was happy to review “out-of-the-box pitches.”
Conservatives are demanding deeper cuts in federal spending, including the elimination of clean energy tax credits and work requirements for...
Even though most Americans may see lower taxes, Republicans’ spending cuts could outweigh those benefits and leave some worse off.
Even though most Americans may see lower taxes, Republicans’ spending cuts could outweigh those benefits and leave some worse off.
President Trump’s four-day trip yielded a remarkable turnabout with Syria and announcements of multibillion-dollar deals for U.S. companies.
More than lying to the public, too many Democrats were lying to themselves.