What to Know About the White House Shooting on Memorial Day Weekend
Shots were fired near the northwestern corner of the White House complex, while President Trump was inside the building. The Secret Service...
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Shots were fired near the northwestern corner of the White House complex, while President Trump was inside the building. The Secret Service...
Let’s put the sovereign back Into popular sovereignty.
Vacant seats, and consistently poor attendance on both sides of the aisle, have exacerbated the challenges of already razor-thin margins in...
President Trump has alternated between bullying the justices and cozying up to them as the court prepares to announce major decisions that w...
A tough re-election race grew more daunting after President Trump backed Mr. Cornyn’s opponent, Ken Paxton. The Texas senator has vowed to f...
Two recent moves aligned the department ever more closely with President Trump’s own efforts to whitewash the events of that day.
The future of health advice is uncertain.
The moms are not happy.
President Trump continues to act like he’s politically all-powerful, even in the face of indications that he is not.
Why 2026 might tell us a lot about 2028.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said she wants to hire more civil rights lawyers, but the White House has proposed cutting that office...
Republicans, seeing President Trump’s personal agenda diverging from their political interests, vented their outrage about paying those who...
The change is likely to affect hundreds of thousands of people. It could also lead to more family separations as spouses or relatives wait f...
President Trump’s eldest son was married in Palm Beach, Fla. The president described celebrations this weekend as a “small, little private a...
Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is not planning to endorse his health and human services secretary, Xavier Becerra, or any other candid...
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, made the donation after agreeing to an interview with lawmakers about his relationship with Jeffrey...
The president, vice president and acting attorney general have offered a series of inaccurate claims to defend an unusual fund announced thi...
President Trump said he would send 5,000 troops to Poland, part of a back-and-forth that has left European leaders reeling.
Plus, the Friday news quiz.
After this fiasco, Ken Martin, the chair of the D.N.C., should be replaced.
President Trump faced a wall of opposition from Senate G.O.P. lawmakers, in part over his plan to create a $1.8 billion fund to reward his a...
House Republican leaders abruptly scrapped a planned vote on a measure to direct President Trump to end the conflict or win authorization fo...
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, went to Capitol Hill to allay Republicans’ concerns over a fund to pay people who claim governmen...
Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides.
President Trump said the war with Iran and “other things” would make it difficult for him to make the wedding this weekend.
The Department of Homeland Security directed all flights carrying certain travelers to arrive at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
The panel, whose members were selected by President Trump, has an advisory role on the design of the project but no enforcement power.
Critics say the deal creates a “slush fund,” a term with a colorful maritime history.
Republicans are using a special mechanism that was created to reduce deficits to push through immigration enforcement funds that should be p...
The executive order, which would signal a shift from the hands-off approach the White House previously took, follows debates over how to gai...
The Trump administration backed lawsuits brought by the Havana Docks Corporation that would allow the U.S.-owned entity to get compensation...
With two swing districts, the region from Scranton to Allentown could decide control of the House, and voters are expressing profound econom...
Once seen by some as the most conventional of President Trump’s political appointees, Todd Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role...
There’s no telling where this leads.
We need leaders who tell us hard truths while insisting that the present state of our politics is not permanent.
The Colorado State Democratic Party, reflecting the anger of rank-and-file Democratic voters, rebuked Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday over his...
President Trump’s commencement address was a mixture of jokes and praise for the seafaring life of the Coast Guard graduates. But there were...
Democrats have been trying to portray Mr. Pratt, a former reality TV star, as a MAGA Republican in the mayor’s race. President Trump just ga...
No president has ever used the federal government to advance his own personal interests and those of his family and allies as expansively an...
Several Republicans had balked at including the money in an immigration enforcement measure that the party plans to push through on a party-...
The fund that could offer payouts to Trump allies who accuse the government of mistreatment is not only highly unusual but also appears to v...
By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Trump’s finances, the Justice Department has placed the president and...
Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party...
The Justice Department accused Carmen Lineberger of emailing records related to the special counsel’s investigation to a personal account.
The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the...
The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address...
The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject...
The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of Pre...
The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.
Plus, Tesla’s big bet on big rigs.