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Jul 14, 2026
A day after President Trump announced a hefty 20 percent fee on cargo through the waterway, he reversed his decision.
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Jul 14, 2026
The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.
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Jul 14, 2026
In her prepared remarks, Justice Elena Kagan said the Supreme Court Police estimated a 38 percent increase in threats this year.
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Jul 14, 2026
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are requesting millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.
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Jul 14, 2026
The cooperation of Todd Blanche will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.
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Jul 14, 2026
House candidates like Beth Macy, author of "Dopesick," have crafted messages based on lifetimes in rural regions. But messages need an audience, and many minds are closed to the party.
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Jul 14, 2026
In a show of collective strength, President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted European allies at the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris. Yet Europe is still a hostage to America's foreign policy.
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Jul 14, 2026
Supreme Court justices are asking lawmakers on Capitol Hill to increase their 2027 budget, with most of the additional funding earmarked for security. Ann E. Marimow, a New York Times reporter, explains why the justices say these measures are necessary to protect them from rising threats.
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Jul 14, 2026
President Trump announced a 20 percent fee on cargo through the waterway, despite his own administration's position that such fees violate international law.
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Jul 14, 2026
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are requesting millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.
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Jul 14, 2026
The cooperation of Todd Blanche in President Trump's retribution against enemies will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.
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Jul 14, 2026
Democrats have real hope for candidates for governor in red states like Iowa and Ohio, but if Republicans seize supermajorities in the legislatures, their power would be limited.
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Jul 14, 2026
Candidates like Beth Macy, author of "Dopesick," have crafted messages based on lifetimes in rural regions. But messages need an audience, and many minds are closed to the party.
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Jul 14, 2026
Navy acquisition reforms upended a $2.1 billion contract competition. When it was over, several companies with ties to the Trump administration had made the cut.
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Jul 13, 2026
The reversal of the funding pause came after the administration faced repeated setbacks in a suit challenging the decision, which could have jeopardized programs for low-income households.
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Jul 13, 2026
Senators returned to the Capitol mourning their colleague, who played pivotal roles on multiple issues confronting lawmakers.
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Jul 13, 2026
After several days of strikes, the president notified Congress that fighting had begun again and announced shipping fees that his administration previously deemed illegal.
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Jul 13, 2026
The killing of a man in Biddeford quickly became an issue in the Senate race, with Democrats aiming to tie Senator Susan Collins to President Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Jul 13, 2026
After several days of strikes, the president notified Congress that fighting had begun again and announced shipping fees that his administration previously deemed illegal.
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Jul 13, 2026
Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, has offered condolences to those who loved Mr. Graham while considering the political fallout from his death. Republicans are scrambling to arrange a new primary election.
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Jul 13, 2026
A lot of things have changed in American politics since our writer went on parental leave.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina named Darline Graham Nordone to replace Mr. Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States will "dismantle" the international court that tries grave crimes "brick by brick, if necessary."
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Jul 13, 2026
President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so.
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Jul 13, 2026
The decision also recommended disciplinary action against the lawyers involved, including the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche.
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Jul 13, 2026
He initially called Donald Trump a "kook" who was "unfit for office," only to join the new president's Mar-a-Lago circle. "I'm still in the game," Mr. Graham once explained of his much-analyzed turnabout.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina will name a replacement for Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2026
Electric vehicle chargers are proliferating in Southern states as fast food restaurants, stores and other businesses try to lure customers.
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Jul 13, 2026
The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to an Israeli safe house in the early days of the war. But the plan fell apart.
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Jul 13, 2026
The yearslong effort to groom the former Iranian president as an intelligence asset culminated in a dramatic effort to take him to an Israeli safe house in the early days of the war. But the plan fell apart.
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Jul 13, 2026
The sharp-witted South Carolinian repaired relations with President Trump to advance his foreign policy goals, was willing to cut deals with Democrats and tried to insert himself into every legislative fight.
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Jul 13, 2026
Local Democrats are warning the top Senate Democrat to keep away as they replace Graham Platner, and the candidates are giving his leadership in Washington low marks.
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Jul 13, 2026
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are scheduled to make a rare appearance at the Capitol to testify about the court's more than $200 million request.
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Jul 12, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
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Jul 12, 2026
The Republican senator denied that he had suffered a heart attack and said he had left the hospital and moved to a physical rehabilitation center. He did not give a timetable for returning to Capitol Hill.
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Jul 12, 2026
The South Carolina Republican was Ukraine's most influential champion inside President Trump's mostly "America First" political orbit.
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Jul 12, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
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Jul 12, 2026
A previously unreported encounter last summer set the stage for a rapprochement between the president and his former fixer, who has so far avoided the diatribes and prosecutions that President Trump has directed at other critics.
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Jul 12, 2026
By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn't particularly old.
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Jul 12, 2026
In an interview on Sunday, President Trump recounted his last conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham, hours before his death. Mr. Graham sounded "perfect," he said.
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Jul 12, 2026
President Trump signed an agreement that Iran said gave it control of the waterway — and global energy supplies. Now, Iran's military is violently asserting authority.
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Jul 12, 2026
Mr. Graham's unexpected death on Saturday prompted a wave of tributes for an outsize and often divisive figure in U.S. foreign policy.
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Jul 12, 2026
He died from "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.
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Jul 12, 2026
South Carolina law suggests his death triggers an Aug. 11 special Republican primary election, and the state's governor can appoint a replacement to serve out the rest of his term, through early January.
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Jul 12, 2026
Mr. Graham's sudden death on Saturday prompted a wave of tributes for an outsize and often divisive figure in U.S. foreign policy for two decades.
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Jul 12, 2026
The Iran and Ukraine wars underline the common limits of military force in achieving political ends, but also the differences between a dug-in Russian president and a vacillating American one.
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Jul 12, 2026
Key Republicans on the Judiciary Committee could push for concessions from Todd Blanche, in line to be attorney general, though they did not appear in revolt.
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Jul 12, 2026
Age seemed to be the predominant factor in the Democratic Socialists of America's primary wins in House races in New York City.
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Jul 12, 2026
Mr. Graham died of a "brief and sudden" illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.
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Jul 11, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.
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Jul 11, 2026
The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing of several Times reporters who wrote about the security of Air Force One.
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Jul 11, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.
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Jul 11, 2026
The state's large Muslim and Somali communities expressed indignation after the president reposted a video of a kindergarten promotion ceremony, including comments noting the girls were in hijabs.
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Jul 11, 2026
Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a federal judge in Washington, noted that he had little choice but to accept the Trump administration's move to end the case.
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Jul 11, 2026
Representative Ro Khanna was barred from leaving for 90 minutes. Where past U.S. leaders toured the region to show support for Israel, today's Democratic presidential aspirants are going to bolster their credentials as critics.
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Jul 11, 2026
Two senior editors discuss the difficult effort to track down allegations against the leading Democrat for Senate in Maine and the questions that soon followed.
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Jul 11, 2026
President Trump has wrongly attributed the $2 billion windfall he gained during his second term to a hot stock market and claimed that he was the only president to donate his salary.
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Jul 11, 2026
The collapse of Graham Platner's Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.
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Jul 11, 2026
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela's finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.
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Jul 11, 2026
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a "brazen act."
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Jul 11, 2026
After a 10-day clock, the housing bill turned into law at midnight without the president's signature. But his decision not to sign reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans.
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Jul 10, 2026
Shifting deadlines are confusing businesses as the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others looms, making them ineligible to live and work in the United States.
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Jul 10, 2026
The officials said that Iranian negotiators blamed the recent ship attacks on rogue military units.
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Jul 10, 2026
His candidacy stoked tensions among Democrats over gender and how to win back working-class voters.
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Jul 10, 2026
The move paved the way for the party to choose a new nominee to challenge Senator Susan Collins in a race both parties see as key to the control of the Senate.
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Jul 10, 2026
Minnesota state officials had granted a pardon to Tou Lue Vang, a Hmong man, drawing criticism that Democratic leaders were thwarting efforts to expel criminals.
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Jul 10, 2026
He helped plot a car bombing in Washington that killed two people in 1976. Fifty years later, old government secrets could decide his fate.
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Jul 10, 2026
U.S. forces hit more than 170 targets, including air defense systems, drone and missile storage sites, and military speedboats.
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Jul 10, 2026
U.S. forces hit more than 170 targets, including air defense systems, drone and missile storage sites, and military speedboats.
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Jul 10, 2026
The president did not say he would veto the housing legislation, so it would still become law unless he does. But his pronouncement reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans.
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Jul 10, 2026
A.I. chatbots are not just a propaganda tool for violent extremists but are aiding in bomb construction and attack planning, new research finds.
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Jul 10, 2026
Senate Majority PAC says it entered July with $126 million, a new midyear high, after raising $147 million with an affiliated nonprofit from April through June. But can it keep pace with the G.O.P.?
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Jul 10, 2026
They believe the accuser, but they also grieve the demise of a campaign that promised that politics could be different — and they blame those who failed to find a less flawed candidate.
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Jul 10, 2026
The movement was better at critiquing the system than reshaping it. But it has never had this much mainstream political power.
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Jul 10, 2026
The firings and a resignation render the Election Assistance Commission useless. The moves come as President Trump seeks to impose control over how ballots will be counted in the midterms.
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Jul 09, 2026
Eric Schmitt, a New York Times National Security correspondent, analyzes recent skirmishes between the U.S. and Iran and whether they threaten ongoing negotiations for a peace deal.
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Jul 09, 2026
The name change, approved earlier this year, took effect on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. New signage with President Trump's name is expected roll out in the coming weeks.
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Jul 09, 2026
The administration appears to be reverting to an all-stick, no-carrot approach. But it has yet to answer why it believes economic warfare and bombing will yield a different result this time.
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Jul 09, 2026
The administration appears to be reverting to an all-stick, no-carrot approach. But it has yet to answer why it believes economic warfare and bombing will yield a different result this time.
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Jul 09, 2026
Experts said the lack of such capabilities poses a potential risk when the president travels overseas. The White House defended the aircraft's safety.
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Jul 09, 2026
The proposed 250-foot arch would violate a height limit on Washington structures under the traditional reading of the law. But a planning commission gave it preliminary approval anyway.
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Jul 09, 2026
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.
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Jul 09, 2026
The Trump administration wants to roll back some Biden-era restrictions on smog-causing emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.
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Jul 09, 2026
Graham Platner is one of just a handful of candidates in recent decades who have withdrawn from a Senate race after securing a major party nomination.
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Jul 09, 2026
A roundup of legal news from the country.
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Jul 09, 2026
In a letter to staff, Lonnie G. Bunch III wrote that the report was "not a fair characterization of the work and totality of the National Museum of American History."
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Jul 09, 2026
President Trump said the United States would license Ukraine to produce Patriots, which can intercept ballistic missiles. But it could be months or years before those are ready.
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Jul 09, 2026
President Trump said the United States would license Ukraine to produce Patriots, which can intercept ballistic missiles. But it could be months or years before those are ready.
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Jul 09, 2026
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.
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Jul 09, 2026
The proposed 250-foot arch would violate a height limit on Washington structures under the traditional reading of the law. But the panel, now led by the president's allies, has other ideas.
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Jul 09, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal, which comes after a woman accused him of rape, creates deep uncertainty in a race that both parties see as crucial to their hopes of winning the Senate.
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Jul 09, 2026
Graham Platner's bid for the Senate inspired progressive Democrats. But the campaign, which he suspended Wednesday, was messy, disorganized and ultimately doomed by a steady drip of scandal.
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Jul 08, 2026
The deadline to pick a new nominee is July 27 and candidates are already lining up. State party leaders said they would hold some form of nominating convention.
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Jul 08, 2026
Graham Platner's bid for the Senate inspired progressive Democrats. But the campaign, which he suspended Wednesday, was messy, disorganized and ultimately doomed by a steady drip of scandal.
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Jul 08, 2026
The last time the justices granted a rehearing request after a case decision was in 1965. The court has only once reversed itself after rehearing a case.
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Jul 08, 2026
Mr. Jackson, a longtime state legislator, lost a Democratic primary for governor this year. He has already earned some high-profile endorsements.
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Jul 08, 2026
Dr. Shah, an epidemiologist who led Maine's response to the coronavirus pandemic, finished second in the ranked-choice primary for governor.
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