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New York Times Politics
Nov 18, 2025

House Is Expected to Vote on Tuesday to Release Epstein Files
Ahead of what was likely to be a unanimous House vote that Republican leaders had toiled to avoid, G.O.P. lawmakers embraced the Epstein transparency bill.

New York Times Politics
Nov 18, 2025

House Democrats Press for Vote to Bar Military Action in Venezuela
The effort would invoke the War Powers Act, which expedites action on measures limiting the president's war-making authority. It faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House.

New York Times Politics
Nov 18, 2025

Trump Will Host Saudi Crown Prince in Washington
The president is offering the crown prince fighter jets, a nuclear agreement and other deals as part of his efforts to collect investment and push forward on Middle East peace.

New York Times Politics
Nov 18, 2025

When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Says America Is in ‘Golden Age,' Straining to Address Affordability
Speaking at a gathering of McDonald's franchise owners and operators, the president boasted that he had "normalized" inflation.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Tennessee Judge Temporarily Blocks National Guard Deployment in Memphis
The judge said the case "raises important questions concerning the use of the state's military forces for domestic law enforcement purposes."

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files. Why Doesn't He?
The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela
President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has "to take care of Venezuela" as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Heritage Foundation Board Member Resigns Over Video Defending Tucker Carlson
The member, Robert P. George, said the think tank's president had refused to retract his video defending Tucker Carlson's friendly interview with an openly antisemitic white supremacist.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump's Immigration Crackdown Hits a Battleground State
The Charlotte raids pose a new political test of a top Trump priority.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Administration Asks Court to Block California Ban on Masked Agents
The U.S. government says the new law threatens the safety of its agents and argues that states cannot regulate federal agencies.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

U.N. Security Council Adopts Trump's Peace Plan for Gaza
Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration's vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Bows to Reality on Epstein Files Vote, in a Rare Retreat
Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

France Steps Up Fight Against Disinformation as U.S. Pulls Back, Official Says
The French government is trying to make the case that governments can call out foreign malign influence campaigns and protect speech.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Says U.S. Will Sell F-35s to Saudis, Despite Pentagon Concerns
The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he planned to sell the advanced fighter jets to Riyadh.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

High Beef Prices? Trump Official Blames Biden and Migrants.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said migrants were bringing sick cows across the border, snarling beef supply chains.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case
The magistrate judge raised the question of whether "government misconduct" in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Project in Maldives Opens More Doors for Cryptocurrency Investors
The Trump Organization and its Middle East development partner have announced a project in the Maldives that marries two of the family's most successful moneymaking enterprises.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed ‘Misconduct' in Comey Case
The ruling by a magistrate judge in Alexandria, Va., was only the most recent setback in the department's efforts to bring charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

As Trump Looks for Distraction on Epstein, Justice Dept. Rushes to His Aid
The department was deployed, in effect, as an arm of the president's rapid-response operation to help him muscle through a damaging news cycle over Jeffrey Epstein, former and current officials said.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Hegseth Assigns Deputy to Oversee U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case
The attack killed 17 American sailors in 2000. The new assignment was the latest change to oversight in the dysfunctional military commission system.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files
More than 4,000 documents related to Earhart were posted online, but scholars were not impressed. The release coincides with a period of intensified interest in the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his connection to the president.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Hurricane Melissa Evacuees Return to Guantánamo Base
The storm and the government shutdown halted court sessions and deportation operations at the outpost in Cuba for weeks.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

Trump Administration Escalates Pressure on Venezuela
The Trump administration on Sunday placed an aircraft carrier in the Caribbean and announced it would designate a Venezuelan group as a foreign terrorist organization.

New York Times Politics
Nov 17, 2025

The Crypto Industry's $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money'
As President Trump has championed crypto and the industry has gone mainstream, funds from scammers and other criminal groups have flowed onto major crypto exchanges.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files
President Trump reversed himself by calling on the House of Representatives to vote for the release of files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Trump Defends Tucker Carlson After Nick Fuentes Interview
President Trump defended Mr. Carlson's friendly interview with an openly antisemitic white supremacist that prompted denunciations from some on the right.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

U.S. Airport Restrictions to End Monday
The administrator of the F.A.A. said that attendance among air traffic controllers had improved. New data suggested that some airlines had not been complying with the flight cuts in recent days.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Latest U.S. Strike on Boat in Pacific Kills 3, Southern Command Says
The United States has carried out at least 21 strikes on boats the Trump administration accuses of smuggling drugs, killing at least 83 people.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene Backs Trump but Stands Firm on Epstein Files
The Georgia Republican, long a loyal Trump ally, had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene Extends an Olive Branch to Trump
The Georgia Republican, long a loyal Trump ally, had come under attack by the president after showing independence, notably on the government's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Pentagon to Withdraw Some National Guard Troops From Chicago and Portland
The move comes amid court battles and objections by state and local leaders to President Trump's deployment orders.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
The disgraced financier's recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Pasta at Twice the Price? Some Italian Producers Face Huge U.S. Tariffs.
More than a dozen Italian pasta makers, accused of dumping their product in the United States, face tariffs of over 100 percent.

New York Times Politics
Nov 16, 2025

Homeland Security Department Shifts Its Focus to Immigration Crackdown
The Department of Homeland Security was established to keep Americans safe. Under President Trump, it has so shifted its focus to illegal immigration that other aspects of its mission are suffering.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

How to Make Sense of Law Enforcement in the Streets
The variety of federal forces deployed to support President Trump's mass deportation campaign and anticrime efforts continues to expand. Often, it can be difficult for the public to tell them apart, or to understand what powers each agency has.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

Trump Pardons Two for Crimes Related to Jan. 6
Daniel Edwin Wilson and Suzanne Kaye had been convicted of crimes indirectly connected to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

Gallego Pitches Demoralized Democrats on a Midterm Message
At a health care town hall in his swing state, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, test-drove his party's new political pitch to an audience disappointed in the outcome of the shutdown.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

Donald Trump Ends Support for Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calls Her ‘Wacky'
The rupture comes ahead of a House vote on a measure that would compel the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

After an Interview With a White Nationalist, Tucker Carlson Continues to Fracture the Right
The conservative commentator has further fractured the right with his anti-Israel rhetoric and sympathy for a white nationalist. He's not in the mood to apologize.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
The New Jersey governor's race was the first significant sign that President Trump's success with Hispanic voters in 2024 may have been only a temporary shift.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

Once He Was ‘Just Asking Questions.' Now Tucker Carlson Is the Question.
The conservative commentator has further fractured the right with his anti-Israel rhetoric and sympathy for a white nationalist. He's not in the mood to apologize.

New York Times Politics
Nov 15, 2025

Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump's N.E.H.
Some Democrats and supporters of the National Endowment for the Humanities are questioning what they see as gutted procedures and a tilt toward handpicked projects.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Cuts Ties With Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calling Her ‘Wacky'
The rupture exposed the divides within President Trump's MAGA base over the Epstein files and more.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance's motorcade in Tennessee.
A police officer who was on a motorcyc

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Two Officers Injured in a Crash While Protecting JD Vance's Motorcade
A police officer who was on a motorcyc

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Says He No Longer Supports Marjorie Taylor Greene
The president accused the Georgia congresswoman of turning on him and being disloyal.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Escalates Pressure on Venezuela, but Endgame Is Unclear
President Trump's aides have provided conflicting accounts of what, exactly, they are seeking to achieve, as America's largest aircraft carrier heads toward the Caribbean region.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump
President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the dealings of Democrats with Jeffrey Epstein, after a week in which his own relationship with the convicted sex offender was in the spotlight.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

As Trump Targets Antifa in U.S., Rubio Labels European Groups as Terrorists
The State Department's search for leftist groups to designate as terrorist organizations appears rooted in President Trump's executive order on domestic groups that he calls antifa.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

The Justice Department Will Investigate Epstein Ties. Just Not to Trump.
President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the dealings of Democrats with Jeffrey Epstein, after a week in which his own relationship with the convicted sex offender was in the spotlight.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Why Matt Gaetz Is Still Around
The former congressman has remained a fixture in Washington.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Administration to Reduce Flight Cuts at Airports Imposed During Shutdown
The leaders of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation said they would continue monitoring air traffic controller staffing, which has been improving since the shutdown ended.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Pulls Nominee for Top I.R.S. Lawyer
President Trump's announcement came after the nominee, Donald L. Korb, came under fire from the far-right activist Laura Loomer on social media.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Plan Could Limit Green Cards for Immigrants From Travel Ban Countries
The policy change is a major expansion of the administration's push to crack down on immigration from countries that it says lack sufficient screening and vetting abilities.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Administration Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights
A Biden-era rule, now halted, would have forced airlines to pay passengers up to $775 in cash for significant flight disruptions.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster
In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a "hostage situation."

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

U.S. Envoy Said to Be Planning to Meet With Senior Hamas Official
An in-person encounter between Steve Witkoff and Khalil al-Hayya would signal the Trump administration's interest in keeping a direct line of communication with the group.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Demands Inquiry Into Epstein's Ties to Prominent Democrats
The move appeared to be retaliation after Democrats released emails suggesting the president knew about Epstein's sex-trafficking operation.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Trump Turns to Affordability Message Amid Economic Frustration
The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%
The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That's No Longer the Case.
President Trump has been dining with billionaires and has taken a keen interest in crises overseas, leading to fears that he is drifting away from his more populist stances.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

RFK Jr. Walks a Tightrope on Trump Deal for Obesity Drugs
The weight loss medicines are proving to be a test case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, in straddling divisions between his supporters and the president.

New York Times Politics
Nov 14, 2025

Swalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him
Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat, said he would not back down from his criticism of President Trump, and denied wrongdoing.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
The employee, Dr. Jenna Norton, was a key organizer of "The Bethesda Declaration," a scathing public letter issued in June to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Republicans Tried to Squelch the Epstein Furor. Instead, They Fed It.
A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Far Right's Fixation on Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect Reaches F.B.I.'s Top Ranks
For all his bluster, the F.B.I.'s deputy director Dan Bongino played a central role in stoking expectations that the bureau would quickly find the suspects who planted pipe bombs.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Trump Administration Proposes a Drastic Cut in Housing Grants
In a major shift, HUD's plan would direct most of the $3.9 billion in homelessness funds away from Housing First to programs that prioritize work and drug treatment.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Justice Dept. Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump's Claims About Cartels
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president's desired course of action.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Trump Officials Prepare Tariff Exemptions, Seeking to Lower Food Prices
If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump's key economic policies over concerns about affordability.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Some TSA Workers to Get $10,000 Bonus Checks for Shutdown Work
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who "went above and beyond" during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines to Pay Compensation
The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, "We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim."

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

SNAP Benefits Are Resuming as Government Reopens After Shutdown
Several states have restarted food stamp payments, but millions of Americans are still awaiting the November deposits that the Trump administration resisted paying out in full.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
The strike in the Caribbean Sea brings the death toll in the Trump administration's lethal campaign to 80 since early September.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

U.S. Officials Raise Concerns About Saudi Arabia's Bid for F-35 Jets
A Pentagon intelligence report says China could try to acquire advanced F-35 technology in Saudi Arabia if the Trump administration sells jets to the kingdom.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city's left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Fetterman, Senator Who Survived Stroke, Hospitalized After Fall
Senator John Fetterman, the hoodie-wearing Pennsylvanian who nearly died during his campaign and was later hospitalized for clinical depression, had minor injuries, according to his office.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Katie Wilson, a Political Newcomer, Is Elected Mayor in Seattle
Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Boeing Defense Workers Approve New Contract
More than 3,000 workers who make fighter jets and weapons in the St. Louis area have been on strike for over three months.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Government Shutdown Ends and Federal Workers Return
Government employees were expecting to see paychecks again as early as Nov. 20 after six weeks in limbo.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

How a 17-Year-Old Girl Became Enmeshed in the Matt Gaetz Scandal
A teenager with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance
Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson's interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide's script.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Epstein's Emails About Trump
Our investigative reporter Steve Eder provides context about Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with President Donald Trump based on information from over 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein's estate released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Trump Administration Expected to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
In a major shift, HUD's plan would direct most of the $3.5 billion in homelessness funds away from Housing First to programs that prioritize work and drug treatment.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Some South Korean Workers Return to Georgia Factory After U.S. Reissues Visas
The State Department has reissued visas for many workers detained in a September raid, lawyers said, as the Trump administration tries to undo damage from the operation.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

What's Behind the Coming House Vote on Releasing the Epstein Files
Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson's interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide's script.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers Amid Government Shutdown
The region was already unsettled by sweeping government layoffs and funding cuts when the shutdown started.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

How D.C. Area Businesses Aided Furloughed Workers, One Gesture at a Time
The region was already unsettled by sweeping government layoffs and funding cuts when the shutdown started.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Comey and James Challenge Appointment of Lindsey Halligan, Trump Loyalist Prosecuting Them
The outcome could have serious consequences for the cases against two of President Trump's opponents, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Comey and James Challenge Appointment of Trump Loyalist Overseeing Their Prosecutions
The outcome could have serious consequences for the cases against two of President Trump's opponents, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out.
Anchorage will experiment with internet voting in local elections, betting that its ease and security will win over voters even in an era of election conspiracy theories.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

The Shutdown Is Over. But for Federal Workers, the Anxiety Persists.
After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the financial burden of going without pay.

New York Times Politics
Nov 13, 2025

How Pakistan's Spending Blitz Helped Win Over Trump and Flip U.S. Policy
As Pakistan has hired lobbyists with close ties to President Trump, it has also received favorable tariff treatment and unique access in Washington.

New York Times Politics
Nov 12, 2025

Trump Signs Bill to End Government Shutdown
President Trump signed the bill ending the shutdown after 43 days, after the House approved it, largely on party lines.

New York Times Politics
Nov 12, 2025

The D.N.C. Ordered Workers Back to the Office. Its Union Isn't Pleased.
Thumbs-down emojis flowed onscreen as Washington-area employees learned they would have to show up five days a week. Their union called the move "callous."

New York Times Politics
Nov 12, 2025

Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
In a major shift, HUD's plan would direct most of the $3.5 billion in homelessness funds away from Housing First to programs that prioritize work and drug treatment.

New York Times Politics
Nov 12, 2025

After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down'
Jeffrey Epstein cast himself as a Trump insider and wanted to leverage potentially damaging information about the president and his business dealings, according to emails with associates.

New York Times Politics
Nov 12, 2025

House Passes Bill to End Government Shutdown, Sending It to Trump
The 222-to-209 House vote sent the legislation to President Trump's desk, heralding an end to the shutdown after 43 days.

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