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Mar 28, 2020
New York became the 11th state to move its primary in an attempt to limit the risk of spreading the virus.
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Mar 28, 2020
Technical flaws, regulatory hurdles and failures of leadership impeded early screening in the United States, allowing the pandemic to spread.
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Mar 28, 2020
Aggressive screening might have helped contain the coronavirus in the United States. But technical flaws, regulatory hurdles and lapses in leadership let it spread undetected for weeks.
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Mar 28, 2020
His prolific use of a bill-blocking measure earned him his nickname, but he also won grudging respect on Capitol Hill as a political maverick.
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Mar 28, 2020
The visit, which Mr. Trump defended as "a tiny trip," was to be his first time leaving the White House in over a week. To stem the spread of the coronavirus, federal guidelines advise against most travel.
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Mar 28, 2020
Mr. Lowery helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
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Mar 28, 2020
Insurance premiums could spike as much as 40 percent next year, a new analysis warns, as employers and insurers confront the projected tens of billions of dollars in additional costs of treating coronavirus patients.
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Mar 28, 2020
Defenders of property rights find something else they want to defend: Their own communities.
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Mar 28, 2020
The two powers amplify discredited conspiracy theories and sow division as they look to undermine the United States.
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Mar 28, 2020
Joe Biden tries to break through, Bernie Sanders signals he's staying in and another Super Tuesday (of sorts) emerges.
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Mar 28, 2020
A lieutenant to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. Lowery helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott and gave the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
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Mar 27, 2020
For months, the president has downplayed the severity of the pandemic, overstated the impact of his policies and potential treatments, blamed others and tried to rewrite the history of his response.
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Mar 27, 2020
The Trump administration cited interference by Houthi rebels. But humanitarian groups and some Democrats asked for a delay because of the pandemic.
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Mar 27, 2020
In another day of mixed messages, the president criticized G.M. and authorized the use of the Defense Production Act to force it to make ventilators after the company had already announced it was going to.
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Mar 27, 2020
The bill allots as much as $23.5 billion in assistance to farmers, a key constituency of President Trump's, in the middle of an election year.
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Mar 27, 2020
The White House's coronavirus response coordinator drew criticism for comments she made about a lack of ventilator shortages, and for gushing praise of President Trump.
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Mar 27, 2020
Some thought he was "Deep Throat," the secret source who helped The Washington Post unravel Watergate. He was not.
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Mar 27, 2020
The operational effect may be limited because the surveillance laws remain in effect for existing investigations.
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Mar 27, 2020
As many states postpone primaries amid the coronavirus outbreak, Wisconsin is plowing ahead with plans to vote on April 7. Now the governor wants to send everyone an absentee ballot — in under two weeks.
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Mar 27, 2020
Dozens of lawmakers rushed back to Washington to thwart a stall tactic from Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
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Mar 27, 2020
As many other states delay their presidential primary elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin is plowing ahead with plans to vote on April 7.
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Mar 27, 2020
A secret Pentagon directive orders planning to try to destroy a militia group backed by Iran, but America's top general in Iraq cautions of the risks.
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Mar 27, 2020
The Kentucky libertarian's tactics failed, but not before forcing lawmakers back to the Capitol for passage of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, infuriating them and President Trump.
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Mar 27, 2020
The federal government approved a $2 trillion stimulus package, which includes direct payments to millions of Americans to help get through the coronavirus outbreak. If you don't need the money, here are some ideas to help you give it to someone in need.
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Mar 27, 2020
The attack came hours after the president charged that states were inflating their needs and shortly before G.M. said in a statement that it would manufacture the devices.
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Mar 27, 2020
Dozens of lawmakers rushed back to Washington to thwart a stall tactic from Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
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Mar 27, 2020
Leaders in both parties were hoping to pass the measure by voice vote, highly unusual for such consequential legislation. But the plan could collapse if even one lawmaker objects.
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Mar 27, 2020
Dozens of members of the House were rushing to Washington on Friday in case their votes were needed to clear a late-stage obstacle to passage of the economic stabilization measure.
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Mar 27, 2020
As the coronavirus rages, Americans' views of President Trump have risen slightly to reach record highs, polls show. But he remains polarizing.
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Mar 27, 2020
President Trump is 73. His leading rival is 77. And many of their strongest supporters — vulnerable to the coronavirus but enormously influential politically — are eligible for Social Security.
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Mar 27, 2020
Members of the House who return to Washington on Friday to clear the stimulus measure for President Trump will find a chamber transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 27, 2020
Gavin Weslee Blake Perry, 27, of Wichita Falls, Texas, wrote on Facebook that Democrats were terrorists and should be shot on sight, prosecutors said.
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Mar 26, 2020
A deal with General Motors and Ventec Life Systems to produce tens of thousands of the critical lifesaving devices seemed imminent. Then the announcement was pulled back.
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Mar 26, 2020
The $2 trillion aid package is expected to save jobs and bail out companies, but it reorders the relationship between government and private industry.
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Mar 26, 2020
American politics were rewired after the Great Recession. The current crisis could shake things up again.
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Mar 26, 2020
Trump administration officials are discussing taking action after China said it would expel almost all American journalists for The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.
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Mar 26, 2020
The federal guidelines are meant to help states decide whether to relax or enhance the quarantine and social distancing measures they have put in place.
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Mar 26, 2020
The agency said it would not penalize companies that violate rules on monitoring and reporting pollution discharges.
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Mar 26, 2020
The opposite is more likely to be true, according to research and experts.
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Mar 26, 2020
The economic stabilization package includes more than $12 billion for housing and protection from evictions and foreclosures, as the pandemic hits cities already in housing crises.
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Mar 26, 2020
Eight years after the Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal, the Education Department said the university still needed to overhaul its procedures.
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Mar 26, 2020
With the odds of winning long, some Democrats wonder why Bernie Sanders is still in the presidential race. He's still pushing his agenda, though it's not clear who's listening.
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Mar 26, 2020
Federal prosecutors accused President Nicolás Maduro of participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy, in a major escalation of the Trump administration's efforts to pressure him to leave office.
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Mar 26, 2020
The weekly figure is among the first data on the economic toll of the vast disruption of normal life and commerce caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 26, 2020
The infection rate within the American military has shot up to a degree some officials find alarming.
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Mar 26, 2020
The weekly figure is among the first data on the economic toll of the vast disruption of normal life and commerce caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 26, 2020
North Korea and Iran have not taken him up on the offer for aid on combating the coronavirus. And Russia and China have extended similar offers of help to the United States.
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Mar 26, 2020
Joe Biden and other Democrats were already talking about health care before the coronavirus, but the outbreak gives new urgency to a central issue for the party.
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Mar 26, 2020
Criticism from Cuomo and provisions for interest groups: This is your morning tip sheet.
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Mar 26, 2020
Unfilled jobs and high turnover mean the government is ill equipped for a public health crisis, said many former and current federal officials and disaster experts.
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Mar 26, 2020
The retired agent, Robert Levinson, was said to be the longest-held American hostage in history. A scandal erupted inside the C.I.A. over his disappearance.
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Mar 26, 2020
Joe Biden and other Democrats were already talking about health care before the coronavirus, but the outbreak gives new urgency to a central issue for the party.
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Mar 26, 2020
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there were early signs that New York's restrictions on gatherings could be slowing the virus but that more needed to be done in New York City.
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Mar 26, 2020
The plan would provide direct payments to taxpayers, jobless benefits and a $500 billion fund to assist distressed businesses, with oversight requirements demanded by Democrats.
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Mar 25, 2020
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted that the $2 trillion rescue package would pass the Senate on Wednesday night and said that Americans would receive stimulus checks "within the next three weeks."
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Mar 25, 2020
His books on Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton and others could be as unsparing as his syndicated column. He was also a familiar face on PBS public-affairs programs.
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Mar 25, 2020
According to officials, the man had expressed racist and anti-government sentiments.
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Mar 25, 2020
By Wednesday morning, the White House sought to correct the impression that the department was putting a pause on the Mission Act.
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Mar 25, 2020
The plan would provide direct payments to taxpayers, jobless benefits and a $500 billion fund to assist distressed businesses, with oversight requirements demanded by Democrats.
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Mar 25, 2020
He's making overly optimistic promises for the country, but new polling is promising for him.
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Mar 25, 2020
The bill moving through Congress is more than twice as large as the stimulus package passed in 2009, but it will soothe a shutdown economy for only a few months.
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Mar 25, 2020
Col. W. Shane Cohen had served on the case for less than a year and set a January 2021 jury selection date that now appears uncertain.
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Mar 25, 2020
The retired agent, Robert Levinson, was said to be the longest-held American hostage in history. A scandal erupted inside the C.I.A. over his disappearance.
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Mar 25, 2020
Congress's emergency coronavirus bill would provide colleges and universities with about $14 billion to weather shutdowns and move to distance learning. That is unlikely to be enough.
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Mar 25, 2020
"I think we should get on with this," Joe Biden said, dismissing the idea that another debate is needed with his rival, Senator Bernie Sanders.
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Mar 25, 2020
The largest economic stimulus measure in modern history would authorize direct payments to taxpayers and loans to small businesses, and create a $500 billion corporate bailout fund.
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Mar 25, 2020
Small banks, retailers and for-profit colleges got provisions they wanted. So did Boeing. Among those who could potentially benefit: President Trump's company.
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Mar 25, 2020
President Trump and others have asked if halting normal life and commerce to fight the coronavirus is worth the cost. Here's how economists figure it.
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Mar 25, 2020
As many as 12 states may hold primaries on June 2, which now carries the biggest delegate haul since Super Tuesday. That could change how the rest of the Democratic race plays out.
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Mar 25, 2020
The package would provide direct payments to taxpayers, jobless benefits and a $500 billion fund to assist distressed businesses, with oversight requirements demanded by Democrats.
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Mar 25, 2020
The decision raised the question of whether the Trump administration will promise not to seek the execution of two ISIS detainees accused of abusing hostages.
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Mar 25, 2020
Business owners, pastors and others are voluntarily closing their doors as the coronavirus spreads, seeking to fill a void when clarity from political leaders is lacking.
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Mar 25, 2020
The largest economic stimulus measure in modern history would authorize direct payments to taxpayers and loans to small businesses, and create a $500 billion corporate bailout fund.
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Mar 25, 2020
Seven states have moved toward holding their primaries on June 2, which now carries the biggest delegate haul since Super Tuesday. That could change how the rest of the Democratic race plays out.
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Mar 25, 2020
An aid bill advances, and President Trump wants to jump-start the economy: This is your morning tip sheet.
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Mar 25, 2020
Officials are trying to determine the military's role in safeguarding the United States from a new enemy within its borders, even as commanders fear infection across the ranks.
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Mar 25, 2020
As more states postpone primaries amid the coronavirus pandemic, June 2 now carries the biggest delegate haul since Super Tuesday. That could change how the rest of the Democratic race plays out.
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Mar 25, 2020
The plan would provide direct payments to taxpayers, jobless benefits and a $500 billion fund to assist distressed businesses, with oversight requirements demanded by Democrats.
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Mar 24, 2020
Without continued humanitarian assistance, the U.N. warned, crisis areas will be unable to contain the coronavirus, potentially killing millions of people.
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Mar 24, 2020
With his coronavirus briefings, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has emerged as an authoritative voice in the crisis.
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Mar 24, 2020
"You can't just come in and say let's close up the United States of America," the president said, insisting again that he did not view the coronavirus as any more dangerous than the flu.
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Mar 24, 2020
If the administration had reacted to the ventilator shortage in February, a private sector effort starting now might have made lifesaving equipment in mid- to late April. Now it is unlikely to be before June.
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Mar 24, 2020
President Trump and others have asked if halting normal life and commerce to fight the coronavirus is worth the cost. Here's how economists figure it.
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Mar 24, 2020
The online platform could allow physicians to upload patient data on how malaria drugs perform on coronavirus patients.
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Mar 24, 2020
Primary elections are being pushed back. The Olympics are officially in 2021. The election-year calendar seemed set in stone and now it is up in the air.
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Mar 24, 2020
It was the strongest sign yet that he plans to keep competing against Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary.
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Mar 24, 2020
Lawmakers are eyeing the appointment of a new inspector general to keep tabs on Treasury's $500 billion "slush fund."
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Mar 24, 2020
As museums shutter and theaters go dark, cultural institutions are calling for the government's help. But they recognize they're not the first priority during a pandemic.
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Mar 24, 2020
Democratic strategists worry that President Trump's consistent airtime is giving him a messaging advantage.
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Mar 24, 2020
As the S.E.C.'s enforcer, he targeted firms that made illegal campaign contributions in the U.S. and bribed officials to gain business in other countries.
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Mar 24, 2020
Top Democrats and administration officials said they were optimistic about finalizing a compromise on a nearly $2 trillion economic package after agreeing to add oversight for a bailout fund.
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Mar 24, 2020
A new Trump narrative runs counter to the medical consensus: This is your morning tip sheet.
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Mar 23, 2020
The president has become increasingly concerned as Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has grown bolder in correcting his falsehoods about the spread of the coronavirus.
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Mar 23, 2020
Signs of a large-scale federal response to the coronavirus outbreak have begun to appear, generating praise from local officials but also pleas that they need much more.
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Mar 23, 2020
The Federal Reserve will buy bonds as needed to calm markets, and will buy corporate debt in a series of emergency lending programs.
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Mar 23, 2020
Lawmakers are said to be skeptical about other Trump administration ideas, including expanding presidential power to curb asylum and suspending deadlines for arraignments.
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Mar 23, 2020
The president is questioning whether stay-at-home orders have gone too far. But relaxing them could significantly increase the death toll from the coronavirus, health officials warn.
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Mar 23, 2020
The briefing has given him a unique perch from which he can talk about the pandemic and try to project leadership after initially minimizing it. But that's not always what he has done.
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Mar 23, 2020
About 5,700 U.S. citizens and legal residents have already returned with the government's assistance, and flights scheduled this week could help another 1,600.
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Mar 23, 2020
Life has changed in big ways and small for our On Politics readers from around the world.
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