|
Aug 25, 2026
The electoral playbook has a strategic new shade.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
Runoffs in the state are typically sleepy, but the Republican Senate contest between Darline Graham and Ralph Norman seemed to be drawing relatively high turnout.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow in a military cargo plane from Riga, Latvia. It is not clear whom he met or what the purpose of his trip was.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
The justices are still struggling with whether and when to explain themselves to the public when the court issues temporary, but consequential orders.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
Under the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
The president's threat is his latest jab at Canada since trade talks between the two countries broke down.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
Republicans who have mostly refrained from criticizing the president's actions have been vocal in opposition to the move, which they say will harm their constituents
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
Nearly 30 percent of voters nationwide use mail ballots. President Trump is seeking greater federal control of mail voting.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
The president has invoked a long dormant section of law to hit one of America's closest allies, a move that has troubled courts in the past.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
The request follows a New York Times story, which revealed that Homeland Security had spent $464 million on used jets that rarely fly.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
The State Department, in a move that could affect as many as 200,000 visa holders and asylum applicants, has begun its review. Cancellations could occur in waves.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
Pennsylvania Republicans now view John Fetterman, the state's Democratic senator, more favorably than its sitting G.O.P. senator, a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena poll found.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
President Trump's endorsement track record is on the line in two races, including the high-profile contest to succeed the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
|
|
Aug 25, 2026
President Trump's endorsement track record is on the line in two races, including the high-profile contest to succeed the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The State Department, in a move that could affect as many as 200,000 visa holders and asylum applicants, has begun its review. Cancellations could occur in waves.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The Brooklyn Democrat, who is in line to be speaker should his party win the House, has drawn ire from some progressives for huddling with the president's son-in-law.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The U.S. has spent 20 years promising ‘crippling sanctions' on Iran. But the latest effort comes with a reverse twist, after military action failed to accomplish President Trump's goals.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump's order that creates "state citizenship lists" and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump's order that creates "state citizenship lists" and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The proposal comes after the Trump administration ran into legal challenges in its attempt to attach a similar fee to the H-1B visa last year.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump's order that creates "state citizenship lists" and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
That effort got new attention on Monday, when the Supreme Court allowed preparations for mail voting curbs to proceed. The justices said it is not a final determination on the order's legality.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The Supreme Court's emergency docket has shrunk in recent months, and the way justices issue opinions on these cases has also changed. Our reporter Ann Marimow looks at what these shifts tell us about the justices, and what it could mean for the court.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The president has made a big bet on a senator's sister.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The Mexican man was sent to his home country after assisting federal law enforcement by testifying against Mexican drug cartels.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged the effort was more of a warning shot that would begin a period of "quiet diplomacy."
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The president rallied for the sister of Lindsey Graham in her Senate run in South Carolina and pressured other allies to endorse her. A super PAC run by his advisers weighed in. Will it be enough?
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a news conference outlining the new package of measures.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
President Trump vowed to increase tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel to 50 percent starting Jan. 1, as the countries edged toward a full-blown trade war.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The ultraconservative congressman who has broken with the president on spending is hoping voters reward his experience, contrarian streak and all.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The United States has killed at least 223 people since its campaign of boat strikes began nearly a year ago.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
Republicans still have some clear advantages on the map, but President Trump's unpopularity has opened the door for an outcome that once seemed far-fetched.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
After the departure of thousands of federal workers, rural communities report problems obtaining loans, grants, technical assistance and support for infrastructure and other services.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
From South Dakota to Alaska, independents are challenging incumbent Republicans and eschewing a Democratic label that Western voters find toxic.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a news conference outlining the new package of measures.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
It was the final, major event planned for the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.
|
|
Aug 24, 2026
The pro-Israel group has been preparing to spend big for Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for Senate in Michigan. Does he want that?
|
|
Aug 23, 2026
A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.
|
|
Aug 23, 2026
It was the final, major event planned for the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.
|
|
Aug 23, 2026
President Trump's son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
|
|
Aug 23, 2026
"The Great American Road Trip" sends the transportation secretary and his family on a wholesome, dull tour, with a lot of help from their sponsors.
|
|
Aug 23, 2026
With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.
|
|
Aug 23, 2026
With an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.
|
|
Aug 23, 2026
A governor's race, a Senate contest and enough congressional contests to swing control of the House are all in play in Ohio, where voters of all stripes express a deep sense of powerlessness.
|
|
Aug 22, 2026
A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. "I couldn't get elected today," she said in 2013.
|
|
Aug 22, 2026
The board will vote whether to house the museum in its Arts and Industries Building rather than build on a site owned by the National Park Service.
|
|
Aug 22, 2026
A study shows a modest decline in soda purchases, but it's not clear that the results will hold up in the long run.
|
|
Aug 22, 2026
Race preparations have snarled traffic, rerouted flights and forced the National Gallery of Art to conduct vibration tests.
|
|
Aug 22, 2026
Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker from Jacksonville, shocked Democrats in red Florida by soundly defeating her centrist primary opponent. Now comes the hard part.
|
|
Aug 22, 2026
Bad polls. Misleading betting odds. Surveys meant to shape narratives. Ahead of the midterms and 2028, there is suddenly serious confusion about candidate strength and voter sentiment.
|
|
Aug 22, 2026
As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
President Trump was in South Carolina to stump for Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey. But his own political future was on his mind, too.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The plan complies with President Trump's executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio's legal authority.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
Representative Thomas Kean Jr. was joined Friday on the campaign trail by House Speaker Mike Johnson. An aide to Mr. Kean blocked a reporter's entry. Then the police were called.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
Vice President JD Vance traveled to his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, and spoke at a steel factory where his grandfather once worked.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
Mr. Newsom, the governor of California, normally has harsh words for President Trump. But he called the new children's savings accounts "one of the best things" the president has done.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet's editorial independence.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
Plot twists in several states have led to rapid-fire races that have felt more reminiscent of European-style snap campaigns than traditional American marathons.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
Five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president's lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The GEO Group has profited from the administration's mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president's super PAC last month.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The board will vote whether to house the museum in its Arts and Industries Building rather than build on a site owned by the National Park Service.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The structures will go up in West Potomac Park, the site of President Trump's planned National Garden of American Heroes.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
It was the latest example of President Trump's bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
Changing the museum's designated site to the Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall would bypass congressional approval.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
The Trump administration wants average Americans to be able to buy guns online and have them shipped to their doors. Small gun stores warn it could upend the industry and risk public safety.
|
|
Aug 21, 2026
Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone's data during an airport customs search, called the government's peering into people's private lives "creepy."
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
President Trump's former personal lawyer tried to revisit the past in a radio interview. But this was not exactly a stroll down memory lane.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
The transportation secretary's six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Jake Lang has descended four times on Dearborn, Mich., which is majority Arab American. His rhetoric and protests have stirred fear among residents.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 "potential" noncitizens on the state's voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba's economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Jake Lang has descended four times on Dearborn, Mich., which is majority Arab American. His rhetoric and protests have stirred fear among residents.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Senator Darline Graham has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
At times this year, the Democratic Party's centrist wing has felt under siege from the left. But it has won several tough primaries recently.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
The State Department informed Congress of its intent to fund the stabilization force on the same day the president's Board of Peace announced a plan to disarm Hamas.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Most sex crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities. The federal agents appeared to be using civil rights statutes to scrutinize Mr. Swalwell's conduct, a person familiar with the case said.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
Chief Justice Roberts, once such a lawyer, has said he has mixed feelings about the trend.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
President Trump's decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances.
|
|
Aug 20, 2026
"The Necessary Conversation," a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
The president did not specify what actions he would take, and he has on other occasions abandoned threats to dramatically escalate the war with Iran.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
Senator Bill Cassidy said Dr. Heidi Overton's role in President Trump's executive order on vaccines last week was "almost disqualifying."
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
President Trump called on Congress to pass a major cryptocurrency bill that would tilt regulation in the industry's favor.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
Democrats in Alabama and beyond are trying to harness Black anger over the Supreme Court's weakening of the Voting Rights Act and the Republican redistricting that followed.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
The call is the latest sign of a rapprochement between President Trump and his former fixer, who served as the star witness against his former boss in New York State Court.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
President Trump's promises to restore fiscal order and reduce the amount of America's debt burden have been hampered by spending on the Iran war, tax cuts and tariff refunds.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
A series of recent losses has eroded the president's winning record, raising new questions about his hold over the party's voters.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
Dr. Overton is a fierce opponent of abortion rights and a supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda.
|
|
Aug 19, 2026
Kim Yo-jong, a powerful adviser and sister of Kim Jong-un, also said she was "unaware" of any communication with Washington, contradicting President Trump's claim her brother had responded to his outreach.
|
|
