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Jul 18, 2025
Readers, many of them unhappy, react to the cancellation of Mr. Colbert's show. Also: A rubber-stamp Congress; lessons from the Scopes trial.
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Jul 18, 2025
President Trump's request to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed despite objections from Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch's power of the purse.
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Jul 18, 2025
In voting for President Trump's cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress showed they were willing to cede their power of the purse.
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Jul 17, 2025
Will the Republican sprawling policy bill give Democrats new traction in next year's midterms?
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Jul 17, 2025
An even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post.
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Jul 17, 2025
The 51-to-48 vote came over the objections of two Republicans. The House is expected to give final approval to the package later this week, sending it to Mr. Trump for his signature.
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Jul 17, 2025
Will the Republican sprawling policy bill give Democrats a whole new traction in next year's midterms?
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Jul 17, 2025
The Alaska lawmaker was given a copy when first appointed to the Senate in 2002 and it's still on her bedside table. "Far From Home" is her new memoir.
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Jul 17, 2025
The Senate voted 51 to 48 to reclaim spending previously approved by Congress.
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Jul 17, 2025
The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch's power of the purse.
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Jul 16, 2025
Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.
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Jul 16, 2025
The lawyers wrote that Emil Bove III, the face of some controversial moves by President Trump's Justice Department, had disgraced the department.
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Jul 16, 2025
The law is creating backlash from the gambling industry and bettors who could owe taxes even if they break even.
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Jul 16, 2025
There are no easy solutions when it comes to immigration, but President Joe Biden waited too long to acknowledge the crisis at the southern border.
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Jul 16, 2025
The president's marquee policy legislation is best known for slashing taxes and cutting social safety net programs. But the sweeping measure also included many little-noticed goodies and add-ons.
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Jul 16, 2025
The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in congressionally approved funds suggested that Republicans would bow to the president's wishes in the simmering fight over spending powers.
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Jul 15, 2025
The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in funds Congress has already approved suggested that Republicans would bow to the president's wishes in the simmering fight over spending powers.
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Jul 15, 2025
Trump may be winning the battle to weaken our democracy, but he has not won the war.
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Jul 15, 2025
Michael Waltz, the former national security adviser, doubled down on the Trump administration's defense of a Signal group chat where senior officials discussed war plans.
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Jul 15, 2025
PEPFAR, the AIDS relief program, hasn't operated in Russia since 2012 and does not fund abortions.
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Jul 15, 2025
Trump may be winning the battle to weaken our democracy, but he has not won the war.
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Jul 14, 2025
The minority members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee say the White House is undercutting American soft power and letting China fill the void.
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Jul 14, 2025
Congress must reject cuts to PEPFAR, which has supported H.I.V. treatment and prevention worldwide for more than 20 years.
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Jul 13, 2025
Kimberly A. Cheatle, who resigned after Donald J. Trump was grazed by a bullet as a candidate a year ago, pushed back against findings in a Senate report released on Sunday.
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Jul 12, 2025
The order meant details in the case, which involves allegations of adultery, would not be public as the Texas attorney general challenges Senator John Cornyn in the 2026 primary.
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Jul 11, 2025
Senator Chuck Schumer urged the health secretary to declare an emergency to keep other regions from experiencing the "nightmare" seen in Texas.
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Jul 11, 2025
Cuts to public media could have the deepest impact in red, rural and Republican America.
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Jul 10, 2025
The announcement could have a significant impact on the race for U.S. Senate in Texas. Mr. Paxton is challenging Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary.
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Jul 10, 2025
The announcement could have a significant impact on the race for U.S. Senate in Texas. Mr. Paxton is challenging Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary.
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Jul 10, 2025
The top Senate Democrat said the law would lead to widespread pain for voters, imperiling Republicans who supported it and allowing his party more openings to contest control of the Senate.
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Jul 10, 2025
In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, said officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it.
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Jul 09, 2025
It is unclear whether moves targeting the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan will lead to charges.
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Jul 09, 2025
It is unclear whether the moves will lead to charges, but they suggest that President Trump's appointees intend to follow through on his campaign to exact retribution against his perceived enemies.
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Jul 09, 2025
The agency is under pressure to modernize outdated air traffic control systems that have contributed to a series of outages, near-misses and deadly accidents in recent months.
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Jul 09, 2025
The agency is under pressure to modernize outdated air traffic control systems that have contributed to a series of outages, near-misses, and deadly accidents in recent months.
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Jul 09, 2025
Momentum has been building behind a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions on countries that purchase Russian oil, as Republicans work behind the scenes to win President Trump's support.
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Jul 08, 2025
Is there a way to elect an independent bloc of senators?
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Jul 08, 2025
As Dan Osborn begins a new Senate campaign, he thinks some Republicans have buyer's remorse.
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Jul 08, 2025
A steamfitter and former union leader, running as an independent but with Democratic support, will take on the Republican incumbent, a billionaire's son.
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Jul 08, 2025
As Dan Osborn launches a new Senate campaign, he thinks some Republicans have buyer's remorse.
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Jul 07, 2025
The Missouri senator's evasions expose a disgraced Senate.
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Jul 06, 2025
What Senator Thom Tillis's retirement says about today's Republican Party.
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Jul 06, 2025
President Trump's domestic policy law jeopardizes plans to reopen one rural county's hospital — and health coverage for hundreds of thousands of state residents.
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Jul 04, 2025
President Trump triumphantly highlighted tax cuts in the legislation while downplaying cuts to Medicaid and other assistance for poor Americans.
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Jul 04, 2025
Congress is no longer in the business of thoughtful legislating. Its role has been reduced to putting political points on the board for the president.
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Jul 03, 2025
The plan, part of the Republican domestic policy bill, includes all but the wealthiest families. But states must opt in, which could limit its reach.
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Jul 03, 2025
Social work majors might struggle to get student loans. University endowments would be more heavily taxed. But students in some training programs would become eligible for Pell Grants.
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Jul 03, 2025
Seven writers on the best and worst provisions in Trump's bill.
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Jul 03, 2025
The wide-ranging domestic policy legislation could impact taxes, clean energy choices, health care access and more.
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Jul 03, 2025
Seven writers on the best and worst provisions in Trump's bill.
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Jul 02, 2025
To secure a key vote, an "absurd policy" was created that winds up encouraging states to make more mistakes.
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Jul 02, 2025
If members of the House demand changes to the legislation the Senate has passed, the two chambers will have to work out their differences in what could be a prolonged negotiation, potentially killing the effort.
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Jul 02, 2025
Fiscal hawks have repeatedly threatened to bring down their party's agenda out of debt fears, only to back down after pressure from party leaders and President Trump.
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Jul 02, 2025
Democrats are sharpening their political arguments against their opposition as the president's major policy bill moves through Congress.
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Jul 02, 2025
Readers criticize several aspects of the Trump policy bill. Also: In praise of U.S.A.I.D.
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Jul 02, 2025
The nation's largest abortion provider must stop offering it in some states or risk losing millions in Medicaid funding to provide basic health care for low-income Americans.
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Jul 02, 2025
President Trump's agenda passed in the Senate. It now goes to the House. Plus, we take a close look at this Supreme Court term.
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Jul 02, 2025
Plus, the science of staying cool.
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Jul 02, 2025
But the benefits of the deduction, estimated to cost $31 billion over four years, may be limited to a narrow slice of consumers, economists say.
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Jul 02, 2025
The nation's largest abortion provider must stop offering it in some states or risk losing millions in Medicaid funding to provide basic health care for low-income Americans.
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Jul 02, 2025
A revival of U.S. solar panel manufacturing that began during the first Trump administration could end with the phasing out of tax incentives for clean energy.
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Jul 01, 2025
The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.
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Jul 01, 2025
Trump's "big beautiful bill" would gut Medicaid, nutrition assistance and clean energy credits. All for what?
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Jul 01, 2025
Senators cast 43 recorded votes during a marathon session on President Trump's domestic policy bill, nearly reaching the 44-vote record from 2008. The session lasted roughly 27 hours without a recess.
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Jul 01, 2025
If President Trump gets his domestic policy bill over the finish line, it will be a vivid demonstration of his continuing hold over the Republican Party.
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Jul 01, 2025
To meet the president's Friday deadline, the speaker will have to corral his party into accepting a bill several have criticized.
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Jul 01, 2025
The Alaska Republican, a frequent critic of the president who is often a swing vote, acknowledged the bill would harm Americans but backed it after winning carve outs for her state.
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Jul 01, 2025
The sprawling legislation that Republicans expended extraordinary effort to muscle through the Senate was a high-stakes risk that is likely to have major consequences for the party and the country.
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Jul 01, 2025
By ending tax credits for wind and solar power, Senate Republicans may have jeopardized billions in investments in their own districts.
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Jul 01, 2025
Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina defied the president on his signature measure.
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Jul 01, 2025
The Senate passed President Trump's marquee bill to slash taxes and social safety net programs after more than 24 hours of debate and negotiations. It must now go to the house for final approval.
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Jul 01, 2025
Senators cast 49 votes during a marathon session on President Trump's domestic policy bill. Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote on the final version after roughly 27 hours without a recess.
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Jul 01, 2025
The Senate voted 51 to 50 to pass President Trump's sweeping domestic policy package.
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Jul 01, 2025
Party leaders were able to muscle through considerable internal rifts, but the bill's fate in the House was uncertain.
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Jul 01, 2025
Voting for over 24 hours, senators donned fluffy blankets in the frigid chamber, gobbled fast food and recorded behind-the-scenes tours of the Capitol as Republicans before passing their sweeping policy bill.
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Jul 01, 2025
The president and his Senate allies have cited inaccurate claims about their tax and policy bill.
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Jul 01, 2025
Among the most expensive pieces of legislation in years, the Republican legislation could reshape the country's finances for a generation.
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Jul 01, 2025
Voting for over 24 hours, senators donned fluffy blankets in the frigid chamber, gobbled fast food and recorded behind-the-scenes tours of the Capitol as Republicans struggled to pass their sweeping policy bill.
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Jul 01, 2025
All but a handful of states have some laws regulating artificial intelligence.
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Jul 01, 2025
All but a handful of states have some laws regulating artificial intelligence.
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Jul 01, 2025
Republican leaders were pushing for a final vote to pass their marquee tax cut and domestic policy legislation, but had yet to resolve major issues after an all-night session of voting and negotiations.
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Jul 01, 2025
After losing to Ted Cruz last year, Mr. Allred is planning his second statewide run and looking for a stronger political climate for Democrats.
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Jul 01, 2025
A popular former Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, is expected to announce a bid this summer. The Republicans are banking on an endorsement by President Trump to clear their field.
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Jul 01, 2025
And so will many voters.
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Jun 30, 2025
Senator Marsha Blackburn said in a statement that she was pulling her support for an amendment to the Senate's domestic policy package, one that she had worked on with Senator Ted Cruz.
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Jun 30, 2025
The billionaire and former Trump adviser suggested that if the domestic policy bill passed, he would swiftly form a new "America Party" and back primary challenges to Republicans.
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Jun 30, 2025
On Monday, Senate Republicans voted on several proposed amendments to the measure in an attempt to gain the support of at least a half-dozen Republicans that remained undecided. If just four Republicans voted against Trump's controversial domestic policy plan, the bill would fail to pass.
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Jun 30, 2025
Language in the chamber's spending bill says that state laws related to A.I. cannot pose an "undue or disproportionate burden" to tech companies.
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Jun 30, 2025
The Senate held an hourslong vote-a-thon on the legislation as Republicans continued to grasp for the support to pass President Trump's signature legislation.
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Jun 30, 2025
Senate Republicans can afford to lose no more than three of their own votes on the bill, but two already are opposed and others remained undecided.
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Jun 30, 2025
The legislation includes tax cuts as well as big cuts to Medicaid, food benefits and other programs, and it would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt.
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Jun 30, 2025
Republicans delayed a rapid-fire series of votes on the measure until Monday morning as they grasped for the support to pass President Trump's signature legislation.
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Jun 30, 2025
As the Senate prepares to vote on a key piece of the president's domestic agenda, prominent critics, including Elon Musk, are speaking out.
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Jun 29, 2025
New official estimates showed the bill would swell deficits while slashing health programs and insurance coverage, posing potential problems as the legislation moved forward in the Senate.
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Jun 29, 2025
Senate Republicans are charging forward with a plan to disregard the chamber's longtime rules affecting what bills can be passed along party lines.
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Jun 29, 2025
New official estimates showed the bill would swell deficits while slashing health programs and insurance coverage, posing potential problems as the legislation moved forward in the Senate.
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Jun 29, 2025
The day after President Trump castigated the North Carolina Republican for saying he was opposed to the policy bill carrying his domestic agenda, the senator announced he would not seek a third term.
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Jun 29, 2025
Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.
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Jun 29, 2025
A new analysis showing the legislation would be far more expensive than the House version could complicate its chances of final passage in that chamber, where fiscal hawks have said the cost must not grow.
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Jun 29, 2025
New official estimates showed the bill would swell deficits while slashing health programs and insurance coverage, posing potential problems as the legislation moved forward in the Senate.
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