Trump Supports Proxy Voting for New Parents in Congress, a Blow to Johnson
The president’s comment was a rare instance in which he and House Speaker Mike Johnson were not on the same side of an issue.
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The president’s comment was a rare instance in which he and House Speaker Mike Johnson were not on the same side of an issue.
A coalition of states sued over the Trump administration’s unexpected move to cut off the funds, which they said imperiled everything from c...
People familiar with the decision said Mr. Gibson, a supporter of President Trump, would be among 10 people with convictions to get back the...
The review started in response to a joint bipartisan request last week from leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
A letter from the administration promised to withdraw funding from schools that allow certain D.E.I. programs. But what counts as D.E.I. may...
Donald Trump is upending a world that has brought peace and stability for 80 years. What is it he doesn’t understand?
The video app is barreling toward a Saturday deadline to change its ownership under federal law or face a ban in the United States.
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic...
During the 30-minute meeting, Laura Loomer excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the n...
President Trump’s announcement went beyond most predictions, showing a greater willingness to follow his instincts even when critics — and s...
The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its secretary, whom th...
A measure to cancel some Canadian tariffs is all but certain to stall in the House. But with a handful of Republicans in favor, the vote sen...
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” starring Jimmy Stewart as a naïve senator, explores the idealism — and reality — behind the tactic.
TikTok’s future is in limbo as another deadline looms. For some users, nothing has been the same since those 14 hours in January anyway.
Elon Musk has become a valuable heat shield for a president who avoids blame at any cost.
The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institution...
The case has raised questions not only about how the man could have ended up on a plane to El Salvador, but also about why the administratio...
The court will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue to receive services under a law that lets them choose any qualified provider.
In the mayor’s first comments after a judge ordered corruption charges against him dropped, he urged New Yorkers to read a book by the Trump...
European companies and officials are balking at what they see as a campaign to impose U.S. policy abroad.
The co-founder of Oracle and friend of President Trump, who was a flamboyant fixture in the 1990s, has returned to the spotlight through — o...
The move was an apparent bid to ensure that Israel is exempt from new tariffs that President Trump plans to announce on Wednesday.
Plus, Val Kilmer’s legacy.
In an interview, the Texas attorney general attacked Senator John Cornyn as out of touch, and said he had talked to people close to Presiden...
The president on Wednesday will announce sweeping tariffs that he says will restore fairness to the global trading system.
After leaving NBC News in January, the former “Meet the Press” moderator is starting a new chapter as a media entrepreneur.
They are expected to convene on Wednesday to discuss a potential sale of the app, which faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership st...
The cracks in support show how seriously some conservatives are taking the administration’s aggressive and at times slapdash tactics.
The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums, scholarship and historical sites, could see grants curtailed and staffing...
Jonathan Braun, who has had a string of legal issues since President Trump commuted his drug sentence four years ago, was arrested after all...
The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal t...
The F.B.I.’s No. 2 official said he would rise above partisanship, an admission that reflected skepticism among former and current agents ab...
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order...
Lawyers for Venezuelan migrants asked the justices to keep in place a pause on President Trump’s deportation plan, calling it “completely at...
The party’s rank and file are angry and searching for a Democrat who can lead the way.
A crackdown targeting foreign students protesting Israel’s treatment of Palestinians conflicts with free-speech protections that lawmakers a...
The New Jersey senator criticized the president’s plans for Social Security, education, immigration and health care, saying the “nation is i...
Even with Republican congressional majorities, Trump favors the flourish of the order over the hassle of lawmaking.
Astead Herndon, a New York Times politics reporter and host of the podcast “The Run-Up,” unpacks what the voters and the polling say about P...
Down-ballot races in Florida and Wisconsin are seen as a referendum on the White House, while the president’s to-be-announced reciprocal tar...
A military plane ferried 17 more people accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador. The White House said it was acting under a...
Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status are challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program for many migrants.
His executive order faulted an exhibit which “promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct,” a widely held...
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of slow-walking a special election to hold the...
With increasing news reports of travelers being denied entry, understanding what might prompt extra scrutiny is key. Here’s what to know.
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in...
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread m...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argues that the American dream is about more than cheap televisions, but inflation-weary consumers might di...
The problem is that competence and execution matter.