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New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

On Fox News, Mamdani Speaks Directly to Trump: I Won't Be a Mayor Like Adams
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, defended his positions while parrying questions about the Israel-Gaza war.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

As Trump's Federal Hiring Freeze Expires, He Puts New Restrictions in Place
The terms of the new order indicate that federal agencies will be hiring only with the approval of his political appointees.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

On Fox, Mamdani Speaks Directly to Trump: I Won't Be a Mayor Like Adams
The leading mayoral candidate in New York City defended his positions while parrying questions about the Israel-Gaza war.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs
The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women.

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Oct 15, 2025

Oval Office Becomes a Diorama of Power Dynamics as Trump Goes After Rivals
Top officials, unwilling to fight for the historical independence of their institutions, watched on Wednesday as President Trump continued his pursuit of controlling law enforcement.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

When the Trump Guardrails Fall
The president's second term is telling us a lot about the constraints that he faced during his first administration.

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Oct 15, 2025

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump From Firing Government Workers During Shutdown
Unions representing federal workers said they expected the result would halt many of the layoffs that the administration had ordered or contemplated in recent days.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the justices grappled with whether there should be a time limit on using race as a factor in carving up voting districts.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Supreme Court Appears to Back Flexibility for Police for Warrantless Entry in Emergency
Montana is defending the actions of law enforcement officers who did not have a warrant when they responded to a possibly suicidal Army veteran.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Hegseth Warns U.S. Will Impose ‘Costs' on Russia if Peace Efforts Falter
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Long Battle Over Elon Musk's Tesla Pay Moves Closer to a Resolution
The justices on the State Supreme Court heard arguments in a long dispute about whether the Tesla chief executive's compensation was fair to shareholders.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Layoffs During Shutdown
Labor groups are set to square off against the Trump administration one day after the president renewed his threat to cut "Democrat programs."

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

The Lonely House Republican Still Coming to Work During the Shutdown
Representative Kevin Kiley of California has criticized his own party for keeping the House out of session during the shutdown. He is battling boredom and disaffection as the stalemate drags on.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Republicans Face Fallout From Racist and Homophobic Texts
Some local G.O.P. officials who participated in an online group chat are losing their jobs or being pressured to resign. But top Republicans have been dismissive.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Schumer Calls on Trump and Vance to Condemn Young Republicans' Texts
The top Senate Democrat said the president and Republican leaders had an "obligation to denounce vile rhetoric," even when it comes from within their own party.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Delaware's Highest Court Considers Elon Musk's Tesla Pay Plan
The justices on the State Supreme Court heard arguments in a long dispute about whether the Tesla chief executive's compensation was fair to shareholders.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Trump Allies Push to Bolster Putin-Backed Balkans Leader
An influence campaign has relied on allies of the president, including Rudolph W. Giuliani, to cast a Serbian politician as a victim of political persecution.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

U.S. to Take Control of More Companies as China's Rare Earth Dominance Grows
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China's dominance of rare earths calls for a more assertive American industrial policy.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Could a Supreme Court Ruling on Election Maps Affect the Midterms? Timing Matters.
A prohibition on the use of race in drawing electoral districts could allow states to redraw legislative lines before voting begins next year.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

G.O.P. Officials Condemn Racist and Homophobic Texts From Young Republicans Members
Some G.O.P. officials who participated in a monthslong online chat are losing their jobs or being pressured to resign.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

A second perilous challenge to the Voting Rights Act awaits.
The justices will decide next month whether to hear an appeal from a ruling that would shut down almost all lawsuits under the law.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Some states have their own voting rights laws inspired by the federal statute.
Experts say at least nine states could face legal challenges over those laws if the Supreme Court guts the Voting Rights Act.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines
A new analysis found that nearly 700 drugs approved for use in the United States depend on chemicals solely produced in China.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Grijalva, Now Certified in Arizona, Demands Again That Johnson Seat Her
Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva appeared at the Capitol with other Arizona Democrats on Wednesday to criticize the Republican speaker for continuing to refuse to swear her in.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

What does the court's rejection of affirmative action suggest?
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New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Why did Louisiana switch sides in this case?


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Oct 15, 2025

Here are the ‘non-African-American' voters behind the case.


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Oct 15, 2025

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans
Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

‘Politics drove this map.' How Louisiana settled on its district lines.


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Oct 15, 2025

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum
The president's call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Who are the lawyers appearing before the court?


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Oct 15, 2025

Rearguments are rare, and they can signal major upheavals.
A characteristic move of the court led by Chief Justice Roberts is to go big only after an initial encounter, as it did in the Citizens United campaign finance case.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

A Supreme Court decision brought two Black representatives to Congress.


New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Voting Rights Act's Impact Has Reached Far Outside the South
While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and localities nationwide.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Unions to Ask Court to Block Trump Layoffs During Shutdown
Labor groups are set to square off against the Trump administration one day after the president renewed his threat to cut "Democrat programs."

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Oct 15, 2025

The Voting Rights Act has faced skepticism from the court for decades.


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Oct 15, 2025

The case will test what is left of the Voting Rights Act after the Shelby County ruling.
In 2013, a divided Supreme Court effectively gutted the key provision of the law, but it left another tool intact. Now that provision, too, may be at risk.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk
The State Department's X account listed six examples of people who it said had made comments about the assassination of Mr. Kirk, a right-wing activist, and said it was withdrawing their visas.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Here's the latest.


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Oct 15, 2025

Trump Threatens Spain With Higher Tariffs Over Defense Spending
President Trump said he was considering ‘trade punishment through tariffs' over Spain's refusal to increase its military spending.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Rep. Seth Moulton to Challenge Edward Markey for Senate in Massachusetts
Mr. Moulton, a 46-year-old fellow Democrat, released a video emphasizing the age difference between himself and Mr. Markey, 79.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

State Department Adviser Charged With Illegally Storing Classified Documents
Ashley Tellis, an expert on South Asian affairs, was arrested after the F.B.I. said federal agents found hundreds of pages of sensitive government records at his home in Virginia.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

What Are Tomahawk Missiles, and Why Might Trump Give Them to Ukraine?
Largely used by naval forces for more than 40 years, Ukraine could receive a newly developed land-based launcher to strike Moscow and beyond.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Supreme Court Asks When Police Can Enter Without Warrant in Emergency
Montana is defending the actions of law enforcement officers who did not have a warrant when they responded to a possibly suicidal Army veteran.

New York Times Politics
Oct 15, 2025

Will the Voting Rights Act Be Gutted? Supreme Court Could Decide Its Future.
If the justices decide that lawmakers cannot consider race in drafting maps, redistricting could result in congressional seats flipping from blue to red throughout the country.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Jack Smith Calls Idea That Politics Infected Trump Prosecutions ‘Ludicrous'
The former special counsel's first extended remarks since resigning in January were released the same day House Republicans summoned him to testify.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump Awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Trump presented the medal to Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, on what would have been his 32nd birthday.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump Dangles $20 Billion Lifeline for Argentina, With Strings Attached
President Trump said the economic support is contingent on whether his political ally, President Javier Milei of Argentina, remains in power.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump Administration Guts Education Department With More Layoffs
About a fifth of the agency's remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump Says He May Give Tomahawks to Ukraine. Is He Bluffing?
President Trump's threats to provide the missiles to Ukraine, whether he follows through on them or not, are a sign of his growing frustration with Moscow.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

White House Guts Education Department With More Layoffs
About a fifth of the agency's remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Republicans Summon Jack Smith to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee
The panel's Republican chairman, Representative Jim Jordan, accused the former special counsel of "prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional abuses."

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded
The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry
The departures of Todd Gilbert and his deputy in the Western District of Virginia show the pressure being brought on prosecutors to pursue the president's perceived foes.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump Renews Threat to Cut ‘Democrat Programs' as Government Shutdown Enters Third Week
The president said he would release a list of the cuts on Friday. "We are closing up Democrat programs that we disagree with, and they're never going to open again," he added.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal
The cease-fire talks in Egypt showed that with pressure on Hamas and Israel, seemingly huge impediments could be overcome or set aside.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

ICE Sends More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay, Resuming Operations
The offshore holding sites had been empty since Oct. 1. The nationalities of the new arrivals were not immediately known.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump Hosts Argentina's Leader as U.S. Moves Ahead With Bailout
President Javier Milei visited the White House on Tuesday after the Trump administration agreed to provide Argentina a $20 billion lifeline.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

‘A Big Day': How the U.S. and the Arab World Teamed Up to Seal the Gaza Deal
The cease-fire talks in Egypt showed that with pressure on Hamas and Israel, seemingly huge impediments could be overcome or set aside.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones's Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families
Mr. Jones was ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to families who lost children in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump to Award Posthumous Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk
President Trump was scheduled to attend a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday to honor the influential right-wing activist, who was assassinated last month.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins
A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself "battle tested" in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Slowing Electric Vehicle Sales Will Cost G.M. $1.6 Billion
General Motors said it would lower its earnings by that amount to mainly reflect the drop in the value of equipment, factories and other assets.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Trump to Meet With Argentina's Leader as U.S. Moves Ahead With Bailout
President Javier Milei will visit the White House on Tuesday after the Trump administration agreed to provide Argentina a $20 billion lifeline.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Five Takeaways From the Magazine's Profile of Zohran Mamdani
How the Democratic nominee for mayor who has stunned the New York establishment is working to shore up support and sustain his momentum.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Will the Supreme Court Use a Louisiana Case to Gut the Voting Rights Act?
The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel much of its remaining power.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Renewable Energy Is Booming Despite Trump's Efforts to Slow It
With federal subsidies ending or becoming hard to claim, companies are racing ahead with solar, wind and battery projects.

New York Times Politics
Oct 14, 2025

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.

New York Times Politics
Oct 13, 2025

Trump's Two Minds on China Sow a Chaotic Few Days
The president's bellicose vow of steep new tariffs, followed quickly by a more conciliatory message, pointed to an internal tug of war over his approach.

New York Times Politics
Oct 13, 2025

Trump Takes a Victory Lap, but Avoids Questions About What's Next
Except for brief references, President Trump did not talk about what it would take to rebuild Gaza or the future of the Palestinian people.

New York Times Politics
Oct 13, 2025

Part Enabler, Part Buffer: The Bind of the Justice Dept.'s No. 2
Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, has helped usher in President Trump's retribution campaign. But he faces anger on the right for resisting some of the most extreme measures.

New York Times Politics
Oct 13, 2025

In L.A., a Former Ally of Mayor Bass Will Run Against Her
The former supporter, Austin Beutner, who once ran the city's public schools, announced he will challenge Ms. Bass's re-election bid in next year's mayoral race.

New York Times Politics
Oct 13, 2025

Originalist ‘Bombshell' Complicates Case on Trump's Power to Fire Officials
As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president's power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.

New York Times Politics
Oct 13, 2025

Fragments of 2003 Cable Detail Torture in a Secret C.I.A. Prison
An interrogator covertly used a power drill and handgun to menace a prisoner, without permission from the agency's headquarters.

New York Times Politics
Oct 13, 2025

They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide. Now They're Fighting for New Lives.
Hundreds of infectious disease specialists have been let go by the Trump administration. Here are four who focused on keeping pandemics at bay.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Trump Heads to Israel and Then Egypt as Hostage-Prisoner Swap Nears
In Israel, he plans to meet with hostage families and address the Knesset, and in Egypt, he will help lead a summit with more than 20 countries to discuss the peace process in Gaza.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Trump leaves for a visit to Israel, and will later co-chair a meeting in Egypt on the Gaza peace plan.
Several Arab nations will attend the summit, along with the U.N. secretary-general and the heads of state from the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Trump Has Not Ruled Out Invoking Insurrection Act to Deploy National Guard, Vance Says
Vice President JD Vance asserted in an interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press" that crime was "out of control" in major U.S. cities.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Why Now? The Lost Chances to Reach a Hostage Deal, and a Cease-Fire, Months Ago
On Gaza, President Trump put few, if any, guardrails on Israel's offensive, bucking international demands for a cease-fire. Then he changed course.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Trump Announces Longtime Aide Dan Scavino as Head of Personnel
Mr. Scavino, one of Mr. Trump's most trusted advisers and a deputy chief of staff, has been by his side since the 2016 campaign.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Appeals Court Allows Federalized National Guard, but Retains Block on Chicago Deployment
National Guard troops sent to the Chicago area can stay under the Trump administration's control, but remain barred from operations while a legal fight proceeds, the ruling said.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Air Traffic Controllers Reject Credit for Ending the Last Shutdown
Controllers missing work was widely cited as the reason the last shutdown came to an end. But that assumption might have been overblown, according to controllers, aviation safety experts and congressional aides.

New York Times Politics
Oct 12, 2025

Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?
There is little information in court filings about the dozen plaintiffs who challenged the state's voting map as an illegal racial gerrymander.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
Friday's layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to disease outbreaks and running an influential journal. Officials said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

In L.A., a Former Ally of Mayor Bass Is Expected to Run Against Her
The former supporter, Austin Beutner, who once led the city's public schools as superintendent, is expected to challenge Ms. Bass's re-election bid in next year's mayoral race.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Appeals Court Allows Federalized National Guard, But Leaves Block on Chicago Deployment in Place
An appeals court said National Guard troops could remain under the Trump administration's control, but left in place an earlier temporary ruling barring troops from deploying into the Chicago area as a legal fight proceeds.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
Friday's layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Among Portland Protests, It's Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!
Images of anarchists clad in black gave the city a bad name in 2020. Now, demonstrators in Portland are poking fun at President Trump's apocalyptic talk with colorful animal suits.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Trump Says He Will Pay Troops Despite Government Shutdown
The president said he had identified funds even though Congress has not appropriated new money for the military.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Among Portland Protests, It's Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My.
Images of anarchists clad in black gave the city a bad name in 2020. Now, demonstrators in Portland are poking fun at President Trump's apocalyptic talk with colorful animal suits.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Biden Is Receiving Radiation Therapy for Cancer
The former president, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in May, also had a cancerous lesion removed from his forehead recently.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Peter M. Fishbein, Lawyer Named in Savings-and-Loan Lawsuit, Dies at 91
His firm's $41 million settlement in representing Charles H. Keating Jr. raised questions about government overreach.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

Some Americans Are Starting to Feel the Impact of the Government Shutdown
The Trump administration said over 4,000 workers would be laid off. Farmers trying to plan next year's crops don't have all the tools they need. Some medical services have been curtailed in Native communities.

New York Times Politics
Oct 11, 2025

How the Government Shutdown Will Be Felt
The effects of a shutdown tend to unfold in stages. As agencies, departments and federal employees figure out how to weather the storm, Karoun Demirjian, a Times reporter, explains what to know.

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