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Jan 12, 2026

Trump's Plans for Venezuelan Oil Run Headlong Into Reality
President Trump's fixation on Venezuela's oil raises the question of how much "energy dominance" is really worth nowadays.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Trump Suggests Renee Good's ‘Disrespectful' Attitude Justified Fatal ICE Shooting
President Trump suggested that Renee Good's "highly disrespectful" attitude toward law enforcement played a role in her fatal shooting by an ICE agent.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

FBI's ICE Shooting Inquiry Examines Renee Good's Possible Ties to Activist Groups
The decision is consistent with the White House's strategy of deflecting blame for the shooting away from federal law enforcement and toward opponents they have described as domestic terrorists.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Even accepting the Trump administration's claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar "perfidy."

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Jan 12, 2026

Trump Officials Are Sending 1,000 More Immigration Officers to Minnesota
The Customs and Border Protection officers are joining 2,000 other officers and agents at the Department of Homeland Security who have recently been deployed to the Minneapolis region.

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Jan 12, 2026

Trump's Feel-My-Pain Economic Message
The president appears skeptical about Americans' concerns. How will voters respond?

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Trump Explores Diplomacy With Iran While Weighing Strikes, Officials Say
Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of Iran, said his government was ready to negotiate with the United States. Iranian security forces are cracking down on protests.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

What to Know About the Criminal Investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
The Justice Department's probe into whether Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, lied about renovations to the central bank's headquarters has raised alarms.

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Jan 12, 2026

Leaders of Historians' Group Veto Resolutions Critical of Israel
The executive council of the American Historical Association said the resolutions, including one accusing Israel of ‘scholasticide' in Gaza, would put the group at risk.

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Jan 12, 2026

Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth
Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Dan Bongino, No Longer at the F.B.I., Will Return to Podcasting
The former F.B.I. deputy director, who had hosted a right-wing, pro-Trump podcast, will restart the show after a rocky tenure at the law-enforcement agency.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

With Democrats at a Crossroads, Elizabeth Warren Urges a Left Turn
The Massachusetts senator signaled alarm about her party's movement toward the center, warning in a speech that Democrats should not cozy up to the wealthy and the powerful.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

DOJ Charges Luis Nino-Moncada, Who Was Shot by Border Patrol in Portland
Last week's shooting of two Venezuela immigrants put the city on edge. Federal officials said the man who was shot had repeatedly backed into a Border Patrol car.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Federal Prosecutor Is Fired Amid Further Turmoil in Comey Case
Robert K. McBride had been serving as the top deputy to Lindsey Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Supreme Court Grapples With Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits Against Oil Companies
The justices heard arguments over whether oil companies sued by Louisiana could move the cases from state to federal court, a venue thought to be friendlier to corporate interests.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Criminal Inquiry of Powell Draws Backlash From Some Republicans
Three Republican senators offered a rare rebuke of the Trump administration's tactics, criticizing an investigation of the Federal Reserve chair.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Stocks, Bonds and the Dollar Fluctuate on Threat to Fed Chair Powell
A broader shift out of U.S. financial assets would revive last year's trend called the "sell America" trade.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Trump Administration Nears Trade Deal With Taiwan
The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island's chip giant, to build more manufacturing plants in the United States.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

The MAGA Plan to Take Over TV Is Just Beginning
Under Trump, the F.C.C. has used obscure regulatory powers to crack down on network TV. Some conservatives are pushing back.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Inside Democrats' Brewing Debate Over Which States Should Vote First in 2028
Does Iowa deserve another shot? Is South Carolina too red? New Hampshire too white? Nevada too far-flung? Democrats are starting their calendar from scratch, and there's a lot to consider.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

F.D.A. Decisions on Abortion Pill Were Based on Science, New Analysis Finds
A study of more than 5,000 pages of agency documents on mifepristone over 12 years found that agency leaders almost always followed the evidence-based recommendations of scientists.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Stocks, Bonds and the Dollar Slip on Threat to Fed Chair Powell
The broad shift out of U.S. financial assets revived last year's trend called the "sell America" trade.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Mary Peltola Runs for Senate in Alaska, Lifting Democrats' Hopes
The former congresswoman is the latest top-tier recruit for Democrats, who face a difficult Senate map this year as they try to retake control of the chamber.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

The Battle Over House Maps Spills Into 2026, Where an X-Factor Awaits
As the race to gerrymander House districts narrows to a few states, Democrats are trying to go on offense. But a Supreme Court ruling could give Republicans a major edge.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

Supreme Court to Consider West Virginia's Trans Athlete Law. It Applies to One Girl.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case that could affect laws in 27 states that bar transgender athletes from joining girls' and women's sports teams.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

How the MAGA Plan to Control TV Triggered a Free-Speech Fight
Under Trump, the F.C.C. has used obscure regulatory powers to crack down on network TV. Some conservatives are pushing back.

New York Times Politics
Jan 12, 2026

U.S. Citizens Are Joining the Military to Protect Undocumented Parents
Amid an ICE crackdown in her area, an Oregon National Guard recruiter offers U.S. citizens a way to save their immigrant parents.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which is said to center on renovations of the Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington, signals an escalation in the long-running clash between President Trump and the chair.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
The investigation, which centers on renovations of the Federal Reserve's headquarters in Washington, signals an escalation in the long-running clash between President Trump and the chair.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

‘I Think We Don't Like Them': Trump Says MAGA Has No Room for Antisemites
After years in which President Trump has variously embraced and tolerated far-right figures and groups, the Republican Party is mired in a debate about how expansive its coalition should be.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Two Hours, Scores of Questions, 23,000 Words: Our Interview With President Trump
Four New York Times reporters pressed Mr. Trump about a range of topics in a nearly two-hour interview. Here is a transcript of their conversation.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Thousands March in New York to Protest ICE Killing and Denounce Trump
About 2,000 protesters, prompted by the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration agent, gathered near Central Park and marched through Manhattan.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated'
President Trump's comments were a blunt distillation of his administration's racial politics, which rest on the belief that white people have become the real victims of discrimination in America.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Trump Says Cuba Will No Longer Get ‘Oil or Money' From Venezuela
President Trump urged Cuba to "make a deal, before it's too late" in a social media post, but it was unclear what he meant. Cuba's president responded with defiance.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Glenn Youngkin Says JD Vance Would Be a ‘Great' Republican Nominee in 2028
But the departing Virginia governor sidestepped questions about whether he himself planned to run for president in three years.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

‘Hundreds More' Federal Agents to be Deployed to Minneapolis After ICE Shooting
The announcement by the homeland security secretary came days after an immigration officer shot and killed a woman, Renee Good, in the city.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

‘I Don't Think We Like Them': Trump Says MAGA Has No Room for Antisemites
After years in which President Trump has variously embraced and tolerated far-right figures and groups, the Republican Party is mired in a debate about how expansive its coalition should be.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

After Minnesota Shooting, ICE Again Limits Congressional Visits
The new guidelines for immigration facilities, issued by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, are virtually identical to a policy that a federal judge halted last month.

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Jan 11, 2026

Guantánamo Prison Enters 25th Year
The prison has outlasted the war in Afghanistan, has employed tens of thousands of temporary troops and holds six men charged but not yet tried in death penalty cases.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Senate Democrat Says a U.S. Strike on Iran Risks Strengthening Its Government
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said any attempt to support protesters in Iran with a military operation could backfire.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.

New York Times Politics
Jan 11, 2026

Trump's ‘Superstar' Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
President Trump promised to fill the appeals courts with "my judges." They have formed a nearly united phalanx to defend his agenda from legal challenges.

New York Times Politics
Jan 10, 2026

Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue
The president has said he will be "hitting them very hard" if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

New York Times Politics
Jan 10, 2026

U.S. Launches Major Strikes on Islamic State Targets in Syria
The airstrikes followed an even larger attack in December to avenge the killing of three Americans last year.

New York Times Politics
Jan 10, 2026

FBI's Inquiry Into Minneapolis ICE Shooting Faces Doubts After White House's Remarks
Ex-law enforcement officials said the administration's declarations that the killing was justified elicited questions about the F.B.I.'s willingness to scrutinize the agent who fatally shot an unarmed activist.

New York Times Politics
Jan 10, 2026

A ‘Ticklish Subject': Trump's Words on Immigration Often Collide and Contradict
In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump made a point of keeping distance from certain hard-line immigration policies, even as he continues to demonize and shut out immigrants.

New York Times Politics
Jan 10, 2026

Trump's Steep Science Budget Cuts to Be Turned Back by Congress
After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed cuts and even boosting funds for basic research.

New York Times Politics
Jan 10, 2026

Volkswagen Suffers More Than Rivals From Auto Industry Woes
The German automaker's sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Judge Bars Trump From Withholding Election Funds to States
The ruling is the latest legal setback to President Trump's sweeping effort to compel changes to state election standards.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Trump Calls for 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Cap, After Killing Other Fee Limits
The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Trump Wants 10% Cap on Credit Card Interest Rates, After Killing Other Fee Limits
The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Russell Vought, CFPB Leader, Requests $145 Million for Agency He Wants to Eliminate
A federal judge ordered Russell T. Vought, the bureau's acting director, to keep requesting funds for the financial watchdog's operations.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Dr. Oz Visits California to Target ‘Fraud'
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and Bill Essayli, a Los Angeles-based prosecutor, said they were investigating federally funded services.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota
The move was part of a broader effort to to freeze social services to some Democratic-led states amid a fraud investigation in Minnesota.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds
The ruling temporarily halted plans to freeze more than $10 billion in funds for anti-poverty programs bound for five Democratic-led states.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump's second term.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Trump's $100 Billion Venezuela Oil Plan Gets a Cool Reception
President Trump met with oil and gas executives on Friday in an effort to push them to invest money in Venezuela, a plan many of them are reluctant to embrace.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Gavin Newsom on Democrats, 2028 and His Fruit-only Breakfasts
The California governor is powered by smoothies and bursting with thoughts about U.S. politics.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Trump Threatens to Take Greenland ‘the Hard Way'
The president continued to advance an imperialist vision of American foreign policy, where the U.S. can dominate neighboring countries "whether they like it or not."

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

What Is the War Powers Resolution, and Why Is Trump's Claim About It Misleading?
The resolution created different sections of statutory code. A part the Senate is weighing using has not been widely seen as unconstitutional.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

How Americans Learned to Love Thomas Paine
"Common Sense," published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the radical founder's strange and winding story.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Jobs Report Shows U.S. Hiring Slowed One Year Into Trump's Second Term
As economists pointed to some of the president's policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Christopher Raia to Be FBI Deputy Director After Bongino's Departure
Even as the selection of a career agent, Christopher G. Raia, leaves an unusual three-person leadership structure in place, it returns a career agent to the second highest-ranking post.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

New F.B.I. Deputy Director Chosen After Bongino's Departure
Even as the selection of a career agent, Christopher G. Raia, leaves an unusual three-person leadership structure in place, it returns a career agent to the No. 2 post.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

GOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

U.S. Hiring Turned Sluggish One Year Into Trump's Second Term
As economists pointed to some of the president's policies to explain the latest Labor Department data, White House aides sought to make the case for optimism in the new year.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Trump Officials Reopen Thousands of Refugee Claims in Minnesota
The review comes as the federal government escalates its immigration enforcement in the state.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

How Our White House Photographer Finds New Angles on the Oval Office
Doug Mills, winner of three Pulitzers, sits, crawls and hoists cameras high in the air to bring viewers fresh perspectives. He was at it again this week during our marathon interview with President Trump.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Supreme Court Issues First Ruling of Term but Don't Yet Get To Tariffs
Only once in the modern era have the justices taken this long to issue their first decision — and when it came, it wasn't the hotly anticipated case on President Trump's tariffs.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

U.S. Boards Another Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil
The tanker, the Olina, is the fifth to be boarded or seized by U.S. forces in recent weeks as part of an effort to control Venezuela's oil exports.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Why Many Republican Voters Support Trump's Use of Force in Venezuela
They don't like nation building, but they do want to project American power.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Brian Heywood Is Bankrolling Conservative Ballot Measures in Washington
Brian Heywood, a Seattle-area hedge fund founder, has spent millions to put conservative initiatives in front of Washington lawmakers and voters. Next up: parental rights and transgender athletes.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

A Financier's Twist on Buying Influence: Bankrolling Ballot Measures
Brian Heywood, a Seattle-area hedge fund founder, has spent millions to put conservative initiatives in front of Washington lawmakers and voters. Next up: parental rights and transgender athletes.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

Wary of Investing in Venezuela, Big Oil Heads to the White House
The amounts of money, time and political uncertainty trouble executives at large Western oil companies, who plan to meet with President Trump on Friday.

New York Times Politics
Jan 09, 2026

The Many Lives of a Radical Founder
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," published 250 years ago this week, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of his strange and winding story.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Amid Protests, ICE Told Agents to Take ‘Decisive Action' if Threatened
The guidance comes as immigration officers have been met with increasingly hostile protesters in cities.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

5 Democratic States Sue Trump Administration Over $10 Billion Funding Freeze
The administration cited without evidence "potential" widespread fraud in its move to cut off funds for child care subsidies and other support for low-income families.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

U.S. Border Patrol Agents Shoot 2 in Portland During Traffic Stop
The shooting in a city previously targeted by the Trump administration came as Minneapolis grappled with a federal agent's killing of a woman a day earlier.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Federal Agents Shoot 2 During Traffic Stop in Portland, Ore.
The shooting in a city previously targeted by the Trump administration came as Minneapolis grappled with a federal agent's killing of a woman a day earlier.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Trump Feels ‘Strongly' That Russia Would Not Invade Ukraine Again
The president told The Times that he felt "strongly" that Russia would not invade Ukraine again.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Federal Agents Shoot 2 in Portland, Ore., Police Say
The shootings in Portland, a city previously targeted by the Trump administration, come as Minneapolis grapples with a federal agent's fatal shooting of a woman a day earlier.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Trump Sees AI's Economic Promise, While Dismissing Potential Threats
The president said that artificial intelligence would create such an abundance of jobs that robots would be required to fill the gaps.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Congress Tries, but Fails, to Take a Stand for Its Own Powers
House votes to override a pair of Trump vetoes were an unusual bid by some in the G.O.P. to assert their own branch's prerogatives. But they fell short.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Senate Agrees to Display a Jan. 6 Plaque Honoring Officers
Federal law mandated that the memorial tablet be installed by March 2023, but Congress blew past that deadline.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

House Passes Doomed Bill to Restore ACA Subsidies
The passage of the bill was a triumph for Democrats, who drew substantial Republican backing. But it has no path forward, and an election-year compromise is a long shot.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Trump Backs RFK Jr.'s Moves on New Childhood Vaccine Schedule
In an interview with The New York Times, the president said that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had not gone too far in his recommendations.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Trump Backs Kennedy's Moves on New Childhood Vaccine Schedule
In an interview with The New York Times, the president said that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had not gone too far in his recommendations.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

The Next Phase of Trump's Renovations: A New ‘Upper West Wing'
Besides changes to the White House, President Trump also said he planned to tear up the brick walkways in Lafayette Park and replace them with granite.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Bondi Warns Minnesota Protesters to Stay Away From Federal Agents
Trump administration officials also spent the day attacking the woman killed by an ICE agent.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Trump Urges Voters to Oust Republicans, Including Susan Collins
After five G.O.P. senators joined Democrats on a war powers vote, the president lashed out, including at his party's most politically endangered senator.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

These 5 Republicans Broke With Trump on Venezuela War Powers
The Republican defectors paved the way for a debate that could expose bipartisan concern about President Trump's actions in Venezuela. Mr. Trump called for them to lose their seats.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Josh Shapiro Starts a New Chapter, Attacking the ‘Toxicity in D.C.'
Kicking off his re-election bid, the Pennsylvania governor warned against federal overreach and promised, "I will not let anyone mess with a Pennsylvanian."

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

The Many Faces of Trump: What We Saw When We Interviewed the President
During an extensive sit-down with The New York Times, President Trump showcased the various personas he employs in his role. There were unpredictable turns throughout.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Trump Says He ‘Probably Should' Take Obesity Drugs, but Has Not
President Trump has talked in the past about people he knows who have taken "the fat drug."

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Congress Tries — but Fails — to Take a Stand for Its Own Powers
House votes to override a pair of Trump vetoes were an unusual bid by some in the G.O.P. to assert their own branch's prerogatives. But they fell short.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Russian Propaganda Ramps Up After U.S. Raid in Venezuela
A network of websites known as "Portal Kombat" is spreading messages about U.S. military hardware, according to tracking firms.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Fact-Checking Trump's Justifications for the Venezuela Operation
The president has repeatedly tied Venezuela to drug overdose deaths, claimed the Maduro regime sent an influx of criminal migrants and accused the country of stealing American oil.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

Trump ‘Always' Respects Election Results, but in the U.S., He Says They're ‘Rigged'
Over the years, the president has consistently sought to undermine faith in the voting process.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

G.M. Books a $7.1 Billion Loss as It Scales Back E.V. Ambitions
General Motors said it was writing down the value of battery and electric vehicle factories after changes in federal policy undercut demand.

New York Times Politics
Jan 08, 2026

House Passes Spending Package Before Another Shutdown Deadline
The legislation would fund parts of the government ahead of a Jan. 30 deadline in a bipartisan breakthrough after the nation's longest shutdown.

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