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New York Times Politics
Jul 11, 2025

Rubio and Chinese Diplomat Vie for Influence in Asia Over Trump's Tariffs
Marco Rubio wants to bolster ties with Asia to counter China's sway, but President Trump's tariff threats have nations asking why they should align with Washington.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Trump Threatens 35 Percent Tariffs on Canada in the Middle of Trade Talks
The president revived his discredited claims about fentanyl entering the U.S. from Canada to justify his latest proposed rate of 35 percent.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

The Trump administration expands its crackdown on undocumented immigrants' access to federal benefits.


New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

In South Carolina, Newsom Tests the Presidential Waters (Without Saying So)
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California met with Democratic voters in an early primary state that has become pivotal in presidential races.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Texas County Flagged Need for Flood Alarm Months Before Tragedy
Kerr County repeatedly failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Trump Nominates Nick Adams, ‘Alpha Male' Influencer, for Ambassador to Malaysia
Nick Adams rose to prominence with a hypermasculine identity and crass jokes about Hooters. President Trump named him ambassador to a country of 35 million people.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs
Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plan to downsize a "bloated" department had been on hold after a court ruling.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Justice Dept. Promised to Prosecute Abrego Garcia. Now It's Not So Clear.
In the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the administration appears primarily concerned with ensuring that a man it has described as a "dangerous illegal alien" never walks free on U.S. soil.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

RFK Jr. Cancels Meeting of Key Preventive Health Panel
The task force recommends which screenings and other preventive health measures must be covered by insurance.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Justice Dept. Demands Private Patient Info From Trans Youth Medicine Providers
Doctors and hospitals were subpoenaed for private information on gender-related care for minors, the latest move by the Trump administration to stop the treatments.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Secret Service Suspends Six Agents Over Trump Assassination Attempt
The announcement comes near the anniversary of the shooting at Donald J. Trump's campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials' Loyalty
Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, in a highly unusual use of the tool.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Schumer Says Trump Bill Boosts Democrats' Hopes in 2026 Midterm Elections
The top Senate Democrat said the law would lead to widespread pain for voters, imperiling Republicans who supported it and allowing his party more openings to contest control of the Senate.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Targeting Brazil, Trump Tests Legal Limit of His Tariff Powers
The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Some of Iran's Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks, Israeli Official Says
The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take Iran to rebuild its nuclear program in the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

L.A.-Area Bishop Excuses Faithful From Mass Over Fear of Immigration Raids
Bishop Alberto Rojas of the Diocese of San Bernardino lifted the obligation for members to celebrate Mass if they had a "genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions."

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Judge Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order in Class-Action Challenge
The federal judge reignited the legal standoff over President Trump's efforts to deny citizenship to children born to undocumented parents.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Trump Administration Is Forcing Prosecutors to Ignore Law, Whistle-Blower Says
In an interview with The New York Times, a former Justice Department lawyer, Erez Reuveni, said officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Trump Says Bolsonaro, Like Other Allies Under Pressure, Faces a ‘Witch Hunt'
President Trump's defense of the former president of Brazil was the latest example of him invoking a term he has frequently used while describing himself as a victim.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

As Drone Warfare Evolves, Pentagon Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities
Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

As Israel and Ukraine Advance Drone Warfare, U.S. Sees Its Own Vulnerabilities
Israel and Ukraine have used drones against their adversaries in audacious ways that have helped the Pentagon see the need for new technology.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

L.A. Area Bishop Excuses Faithful From Mass Over Fear of Immigration Raids
San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas lifted the obligation for members of the diocese to celebrate Mass if they had a "genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions."

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows
An analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science shows the impact of the administration's budget plan on the kind of studies that produce the most breakthroughs.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Rubio Tells Top Russian Diplomat of Trump's Frustration Over Putin's War
The U.S. secretary of state met with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of a gathering of Southeast Asian nations, where he also defended new U.S. tariff threats.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

New Democratic Group Says Answer to the Party's Woes Lies With the States
The founders of the initiative, the States Forum, say they hope to extend successful Democratic policies across states and even to the national level.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

What Democrats Can Learn From Mamdani's Victory
Beyond his social media talent and approaches on affordability and Israel, Democratic voters have been inching to the left for years.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

These Younger Democrats Are Sick of Their Party's Status Quo
Majority Democrats, a new group of elected officials from all levels of government, has outsized ambitions to challenge political orthodoxies and remake the party.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Trump Fuels Fear Among Immigrant Farm Workers in California's Central Valley
The fertile valley feeds the world. President Trump has thrown farmers and farmworkers there into turmoil, but recently offered them a glimmer of hope.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for investigating Americans and Israelis over the war in the enclave.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

A Reporter's Trail From a Bush-Era Cyberattack to Trump's Strike on Iran
During the Obama administration, a Times reporter revealed details of a cyberattack on a nuclear enrichment center in Iran. He followed the story to the White House, and learned lessons critical to covering the recent bombing of Fordo and Natanz.

New York Times Politics
Jul 10, 2025

Trump Names Sean Duffy as Interim Head of NASA
President Trump had pulled the nomination of a close associate of Elon Musk to lead the agency in May. The decision fueled a public breakdown of their alliance.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Officials Take Steps to Target Comey and Brennan, Who Investigated Trump
It is unclear whether moves targeting the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey and the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan will lead to charges.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists
A senior Homeland Security official testified in court on Wednesday that his department had relied in part on an anonymously compiled list to identify foreign academics for investigation.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Rubio Visits Asia as Trump Raises Trade-War Tensions
Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks about countering China as it expands its global influence. But President Trump's tariff threats have created friction with U.S. partners.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Tillis Suggests He Regrets Vote to Confirm Hegseth, Calling Him ‘Out of His Depth'
The North Carolina senator, who recently said he did not plan to run for re-election, said the defense secretary's decisions have been amateurish and show he is unfit to lead a large organization.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Asks Liberian President Where He Learned English, the Country's Official Language
English is the official language of the West African country, which was founded in part by freed American slaves.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Is Trump Actually Making the U.S. Economy More Competitive?
Experts fear that the president's economic policies could increase costs and stifle innovation.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

James Comey Tracked by Secret Service After Post Critical of Trump
After the former F.B.I. director put a picture on Instagram of seashells arranged to say "86 47," law enforcement tailed his car and tracked his cellphone, steps usually reserved for serious threats.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

New U.S. Army Shaving Rule Could Affect Many Black Soldiers
Soldiers with skin conditions like razor bumps will no longer be granted permanent medical waivers that allow them to grow beards and could be kicked out of the Army if they are not clean shaven.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Administration Takes Steps to Target 2 Officials Who Investigated Trump
It is unclear whether the moves will lead to charges, but they suggest that President Trump's appointees intend to follow through on his campaign to exact retribution against his perceived enemies.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Supreme Court Won't Revive Aggressive Florida Immigration Law
The law, enacted this year, made it a crime for unauthorized migrants to enter the state. Challengers say immigration is a federal matter.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Senate Confirms Bryan Bedford to Lead FAA
The agency is under pressure to modernize outdated air traffic control systems that have contributed to a series of outages, near-misses and deadly accidents in recent months.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Discusses Economic Investment With African Leaders at White House Meeting
The administration is aiming to strike deals to expand the United States' access to critical minerals and to counter China's rising influence in Africa.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Paul Bugas, Director of a Nuclear Bunker For Members of Congress, Is Dead at 96
The Cold War-era shelter, hidden below the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, was designed to house members of Congress in the event of a nuclear attack.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Senate Confirms Bryan Bedford to Lead F.A.A.
The agency is under pressure to modernize outdated air traffic control systems that have contributed to a series of outages, near-misses, and deadly accidents in recent months.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Thune Says Russia Sanctions Vote Could Come as Soon as This Month
Momentum has been building behind a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions on countries that purchase Russian oil, as Republicans work behind the scenes to win President Trump's support.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Biden's Former Doctor, Kevin O'Connor, Refuses Questions in GOP Health Inquiry
Kevin O'Connor cited both physician-patient privilege and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions from the House Oversight Committee.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Administration Renews Attacks on Harvard With Negotiations Uncertain
The Department of Homeland Security issued administrative subpoenas seeking data about the university's international students, while two federal agencies challenged Harvard's accreditation.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Elon Musk Consulted Curtis Yarvin, Right-Wing Thinker, on Third Party
The two men spoke about Mr. Musk's push to create the America Party before the midterm elections. Mr. Yarvin has expressed support for a monarchy, along with provocative ideas about race.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Administration Sues California Over Transgender Athletes
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against two California agencies, accusing them of violating Title IX by allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

EU Seeks U.S. Trade Deal as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
The European Union is still hoping for a rough outline of a deal, even after President Trump talked about sending the bloc a letter outlining tariffs that would be imposed Aug. 1.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump to Discuss Economic Investment With African Leaders at White House Meeting
The administration is aiming to strike deals to expand the United States' access to critical minerals and to counter China's rising influence in Africa.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

U.S. Copper Prices Surge on Trump's Threat of 50% Tariff
Prices for the metal hit a record high after the president suggested a higher rate than many analysts were expecting.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Treats Tariffs More as a Form of Power Than as a Trade Tool
Instead of viewing tariffs as part of a broader trade policy, President Trump sees them as a valuable weapon he can wield on the world stage.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Bessent Steps Up Criticism of Fed as Auditions for Chair Intensify
The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank's policies as President Trump looks for its next leader.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Didn't Always Tout Tariffs. Now He Sees Them as a Way to Flex Power.
Instead of treating tariffs as part of a broader trade policy, President Trump views them as a valuable weapon he can wield on the world stage.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

How Crypto Lobbying Won Over Trump
The industry's courtship of Donald J. Trump resulted in one of the great lobbying free-for-alls in recent Washington history.

New York Times Politics
Jul 09, 2025

Trump Takes Reins on U.S. Economy With Policy Bill and Tariffs Renewal
President Trump has achieved much of his agenda, leaving the fate of the economy squarely in his hands.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

L.A. Moves to Join Lawsuit Against Trump Administration's Immigration Raids
The legal move came the day after federal agents and National Guard troops converged on a Los Angeles park in an extraordinary show of force.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Trump Got the Green Light to Fire Federal Workers. Now, They Wait.
A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump's directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Trump's Frustration With Putin Preceded Resumption of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine
President Trump lashed out at the Russian leader on Tuesday, signaling a change in his posture toward the conflict.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Trump Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell
The president held forth in public for 104 minutes, using a cabinet meeting to express much that is on his mind.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

T.S.A. Officially Tells Air Travelers They Can Keep Their Shoes On
Pointing to "layered screening," Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, ended two decades of socks and bare feet at U.S. airport checkpoints.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Trump's Cabinet Meeting Agenda: Vent and Then Discuss the Décor
The president held forth in public for 104 minutes, using a cabinet meeting to express much that is on his mind.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Trump and Bondi, Confronted Over Epstein Files, Tell Supporters to Move On
A small but influential cohort of the president's far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.
The president is deploying the word "deal" liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View
The president is deploying the word "deal" liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration's Mass Firings of Federal Workers
The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court's ruling that paused the largest phase of the president's efforts to downsize the government.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

California Rejects Trump Demand to Remove Trans Athletes From Women's Sports
The Trump administration signaled that it would pursue enforcement actions against the state and previously threatened to cut federal education funds.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Trump Escalates Criticism of Putin After Restoring Arms Shipments to Ukraine
President Trump is increasingly suggesting that he believes his Russian counterpart had become an impediment to the peace deal he aims to make.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Agriculture Dept. to Crack Down on Chinese Ownership of American Farmland
The agriculture secretary announced a plan to limit Chinese and foreign purchases of farmland as part of its national security strategy.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

10 Charged With Attempted Murder in Officer Shooting at ICE Detention Center
One police officer was wounded after at least two people shot at officers outside an immigration detention center in Texas, according to a criminal complaint in federal court.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Laura Loomer, Trump's Blunt Instrument
The right-wing provocateur and Islamophobe has few friends in the West Wing but a big fan in the Oval Office.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation
A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Says
A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Liberal Fund-Raising Drive Seeks $250 Million to Aid Pushback Against Trump
Donors hope to raise huge sums of money to help those fighting what they see as a drift toward authoritarianism, but without attracting unwanted White House attention.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

How Insularity Defined the Last Stages of Biden's Career
The effort by Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s inner circle to limit access to him helps explain why it took him more than three weeks to drop his re-election bid after his disastrous debate performance.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Why Musk's Third-Party Bid Is Unlikely but Not Impossible
Answering reader questions about the obstacles and opportunities for new parties like the one formed by Elon Musk.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

The Mexican Businessman Grateful for Trump's Tariffs
A small company in northern Mexico had faced steep competition from China in making straps, plugs, fasteners, grommets, zip ties and clamps. Now, U.S. tariffs have driven a spike in his business.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Could Musk Really Create a Viable Third Party?
Building a new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn't been done.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel praised President Trump's role in his country's establishment of diplomatic relations with some Arab states. But Mr. Trump has supported Israeli actions that have strained those ties.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Netanyahu Releases Letter Nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel praised President Trump's role in his country's establishment of diplomatic relations with some Arab states. But Mr. Trump has supported Israeli actions that have strained those ties.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Why a Third-Party Bid Is Unlikely but Not Impossible
Answering reader questions about the obstacles and opportunities for new parties like the one formed by Elon Musk.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

What to Know About the Collapse of the F.D.A.
The regulatory agency confronts a future determined by a health secretary hostile to its mission.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Dan Osborn to Seek Pete Ricketts's Nebraska Senate Seat, Stressing Class Issues
A steamfitter and former union leader, running as an independent but with Democratic support, will take on the Republican incumbent, a billionaire's son.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.
How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the agency.

New York Times Politics
Jul 08, 2025

The Businessman Grateful for Trump's Tariffs
A small company in northern Mexico had faced steep competition from China in making straps, plugs, fasteners, grommets, zip ties and clamps. Now, U.S. tariffs have driven a spike in his business.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Trump Pledges to Send More Weapons to Ukraine
"They have to be able to defend themselves," the president said, appearing to signal a reversal after his administration paused some weapons transfers just last week.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Trump and Netanyahu Meet Amid Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations
The two confronted an array of high-stakes Middle East issues. But first they took a victory lap, including the Israeli leader telling President Trump he had nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit
In a court filing, the tax agency said a decades-old ban on campaigning by tax-exempt groups should not apply to houses of worship speaking to their own members.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Veterans Affairs Dept. Scales Back Plans for Job Cuts
The department abandoned its previous plan to cut 80,000 workers, saying it expected a reduction of around 30,000 jobs by the end of September.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Trump Looks to Avoid Casting Blame in Texas Flood as Democrats Question Cuts
The White House rebuked critics for raising questions about the administration's efforts to shrink federal agencies that deal with disaster preparedness and response.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Three Big Questions After the Texas Floods
The Trump administration and its predecessors will face scrutiny over the disaster that has killed more than 100 people.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Trump Administration Will Try to Deport Abrego Garcia Before His Trial, Justice Dept. Says
The plan directly contradicted the White House, which last month described as "fake news" reports of plans to re-deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Here Are Trump's New Tariff Threats
President Trump has told 14 countries that they will face tariffs of at least 25 percent on Aug. 1 if they don't reach agreements by then.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Trump Revives Trade War, Threatening Steep Aug. 1 Tariffs on Allies
President Trump said Japan and South Korea, two of America's closest allies, would face tariffs of 25 percent unless the countries reach some kind of trade agreement with the United States. Other countries received notice of higher levies.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
New restrictions on Covid shots run counter to scientific evidence, the groups said.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

It's Hard to Create a Third Party, Even for Elon Musk
Building a viable new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn't been done.

New York Times Politics
Jul 07, 2025

New Document Undermines Trump Administration's Claims About Deported Venezuelans
The document from El Salvador seems to undermine a position that lawyers for the Justice Department and top Trump officials have taken time and again in front of a judge in Washington.

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