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Apr 16, 2026
The action was largely symbolic since the president would be all but certain to veto the bill, but the bipartisan vote reflected resistance within his own ranks on his signature issue.
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Apr 16, 2026
The Commission of Fine Arts, a Trump-aligned advisory body, granted preliminary approval. But its vice chairman suggested losing statues atop the structure and other revisions before a final vote.
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Apr 16, 2026
A federal judge wrote that an exception he made for work on security features did not cover most of the construction on the larger ballroom project Trump has proposed.
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Apr 16, 2026
The U.S. blockade of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz would last "for as long as it takes," the defense secretary said.
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Apr 16, 2026
Republicans narrowly blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have prevented President Trump from continuing to wage war in Iran until he won authorization from Congress to do so.
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Apr 16, 2026
Penn & Teller filed a Supreme Court brief questioning the use of "investigative hypnosis" in a death-penalty case in Texas.
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Apr 16, 2026
The court had barred national security agencies from using certain tools to process Americans' data gathered under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires on Monday.
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Apr 16, 2026
Stocks may be soaring again, but the war in Iran has started to pinch the finances of many Americans.
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Apr 16, 2026
Money from Democratic donors has flowed into the coffers of the party's top Senate candidates — especially its nominee in Texas.
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Apr 16, 2026
Democrats in key Senate races out-raised their Republican rivals, but super PACs on the right are poised to play a powerful role in the midterms, new campaign finance filings showed.
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Apr 16, 2026
If tankers do not soon begin crossing the Strait of Hormuz, airlines in Europe may not have enough jet fuel to operate all of their flights.
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Apr 16, 2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to defend staff and funding cuts at the Health and Human Services Department he oversees.
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Apr 16, 2026
President Trump has lashed out at enemies, allies and even the pope, and made it harder for Republicans to keep the focus on economic issues in a midterm election year.
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Apr 16, 2026
The vice president is also the finance chair of the Republican National Committee, allowing him to court donors who could prove helpful should he run for president.
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Apr 16, 2026
"I wanted something new and something traditional and something that felt holy."
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Apr 16, 2026
When President Trump and G.O.P. leaders denounced the pope's comments about the U.S. attack on Iran, they touched off a religious debate over what is and isn't a "just war."
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Apr 16, 2026
It was the third such attack by the U.S. military in three days, and the 51st attack in a campaign against people who the United States has accused of smuggling drugs.
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Apr 15, 2026
Concerns over the Iran war led several Democratic senators who had rejected past bids to curb weapons transfers to Israel to vote to block the sale of bulldozers and bombs.
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Apr 15, 2026
President Trump's attack on Pope Leo has touched off an argument about a framework for determining when war is justified.
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Apr 15, 2026
A lifelong New Yorker and longtime City Council member, she opposed Robert Moses's wrecking ball, championed historic preservation and fought for women's and gay rights.
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Apr 15, 2026
President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a "pretty reasonable" new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.
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Apr 15, 2026
At the University of Kansas School of Law last week, she criticized her colleague while discussing his views in an immigration-related case.
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Apr 15, 2026
The story of how President Trump quadrupled the size of the original proposal for the arch follows a now-familiar pattern.
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Apr 15, 2026
It's Tax Day, but much of the country's focus has been on an unpopular war.
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Apr 15, 2026
Fresh off a two-week break, lawmakers returned to turmoil in the House, where legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security is stalled and the G.O.P. is struggling to keep its agenda on track.
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Apr 15, 2026
Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer asked staff members to bring wine to her hotel room, and to keep in touch with her husband and father.
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Apr 15, 2026
With a well-funded super PAC, the betting platforms DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics are aiming to shape future regulation of their rapidly growing industry.
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Apr 15, 2026
For the fourth time since the war began, G.O.P. senators successfully fended off an effort to constrain the president. But there were signs of growing unease among Republicans.
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Apr 15, 2026
The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore wind farms, drawing rebukes from some judges.
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Apr 15, 2026
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was once considered one of President Trump's closest European allies. Their friendship now appears in danger.
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Apr 15, 2026
More Perfect Union, a left-wing media organization, hopes to win back young voters and build a new generation of college influencers with its More Perfect University program.
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Apr 15, 2026
Vivek Ramaswamy has all but cleared the field ahead of the May primary for Ohio governor, but whether a finance and pharma billionaire is the man for the moment is another question.
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Apr 15, 2026
Vivek Ramaswamy has all but cleared the field ahead of the May primary for Ohio governor, but whether a finance and pharma billionaire is the man for the moment is another question.
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Apr 15, 2026
Frances Robles, an international correspondent for The New York Times, has reported on the region for more than 25 years.
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Apr 14, 2026
The Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the Federal Reserve threatens to delay the confirmation of the next chair.
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Apr 14, 2026
Vice President JD Vance appeared to express sympathy with critics of the war with Iran: "I recognize that young voters do not love the policy we have in the Middle East, OK. I understand."
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Apr 14, 2026
The vice president, who is Catholic, took issue with Pope Leo XIV's statement that disciples of Christ are "never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs."
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Apr 14, 2026
The gathering ended with encouraging words, even as Israel continued to refuse to halt its military campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Apr 14, 2026
Senate leaders say key provisions fall short of what is necessary to prevent aircraft from midair collisions.
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Apr 14, 2026
It was the second strike in two days, in a campaign against those the United States accuses of drug smuggling.
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Apr 14, 2026
In a thinly veiled critique of the war in Iran, China's leader said the world could not risk reverting "to the law of the jungle."
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Apr 14, 2026
The admission by Senator Ruben Gallego that he had heard, but disbelieved, rumors about Eric Swalwell and women showed the attitude on Capitol Hill toward men accused of behaving badly.
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Apr 14, 2026
Defending the convictions would likely have required administration officials to assert that far-right groups were acting on behalf of President Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Apr 14, 2026
A survey from Ipsos and Reuters, released on Tuesday, found few Americans — 24 percent — think the war in Iran has been worth the costs and benefits.
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Apr 14, 2026
Kevin M. Warsh vowed to divest a substantial amount of his more than $100 million in assets as he faces a complicated path to becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
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Apr 14, 2026
A federal judge's nearly yearlong effort to investigate whether the Trump administration had violated his order had become a point of contention in the president's battles with the courts.
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Apr 14, 2026
Three Republican-led committees, responding to a New York Times report this month, accused the Democratic fund-raising organization of withholding documents from a subpoena request.
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Apr 14, 2026
The report is part of the president's effort to claim anti-conservative and anti-Christian biases in federal law enforcement, even as he pushes to wield the legal system against his political enemies.
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Apr 14, 2026
State Democrats butted heads over a gerrymandering plan that could have eliminated the state's lone Republican seat in the U.S. House.
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Apr 14, 2026
The Treasury secretary said it is "difficult to deconstruct" the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the "elite."
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Apr 14, 2026
Three Republican-led committees, responding to a New York Times report this month, accused the Democratic fund-raising organization of withholding documents from a subpoena request.
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Apr 14, 2026
After the chaos and death that ensued during the deportation raids in Minneapolis, Stephen Miller, the architect of President Trump's mass deportation campaign, is changing course on immigration. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains how the administration's strategy is shifting.
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Apr 14, 2026
The conflict could also fuel another bout of inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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Apr 14, 2026
After spending most of her Washington career as a Republican, she joins a crowded field of Democrats running in a Virginia district that doesn't exist yet.
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Apr 14, 2026
Unlike his predecessor, Pope Leo XIV enjoys growing support from a broad swath of conservative Catholics.
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Apr 14, 2026
Oil markets shrugged it off, but the effort to hurt Iran could provoke retaliation that inflicts more damage on energy assets and the global economy.
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Apr 14, 2026
Republicans are counting on the votes of Catholics to maintain control of Congress.
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Apr 14, 2026
Representative Mike Lawler, who is seeking re-election in a swing district in the Hudson Valley, faced tough questions from constituents about his stance on the war in Iran.
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Apr 14, 2026
As the war in Iran extends into its seventh week and a truce feels increasingly shaky, many Americans expressed bewilderment about a conflict that came with little warning.
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Apr 14, 2026
Travel restrictions, proposed social media searches and sky-high ticket prices are chasing away international soccer fans, but host cities are still hoping for a boon.
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Apr 13, 2026
The United States proposed a 20-year "suspension" of all nuclear activity, even as President Trump demands assurances that Iran can never build a nuclear weapon.
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Apr 13, 2026
The attack was the 49th since the campaign against vessels in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific started in early September.
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Apr 13, 2026
Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, and his right-wing playbook were embraced by parts of the American right. Now some are worried by his defeat.
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Apr 13, 2026
The vice president, a Catholic, defended President Trump, who had accused the pope of being too liberal and "weak on crime." The pontiff responded that he had "no fear of the Trump administration."
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Apr 13, 2026
House lawmakers had been scheduled to hear testimony next week from the head of military operations in the Middle East, but the Republican majority postponed the hearing until late May.
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Apr 13, 2026
For Democrats, the drama is reverberating well beyond the state.
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Apr 13, 2026
The U.S. military has provided few details on how it might carry out President Trump's orders as he seeks to pressure Tehran on a peace deal. But history and established practices offer some clues.
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Apr 13, 2026
The American Library Association filed a lawsuit arguing that cuts ordered by President Trump were illegal because they did not have congressional approval.
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Apr 13, 2026
Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida, said she wanted votes as early as Wednesday on expelling Representatives Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales over sexual misconduct accusations.
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Apr 13, 2026
The judge said President Trump had not "plausibly alleged" that The Journal published the article with actual malice.
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Apr 13, 2026
The image showed President Trump bathed in divine light and clad in religious robes. His interpretation was that the image depicted him as a doctor, not Jesus Christ.
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Apr 13, 2026
The image, which President Trump shared on Truth Social shortly after criticizing Pope Leo, depicted him as a divine leader healing the sick.
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump's announcement of a U.S. blockade was his latest effort to pressure Iran to negotiate after direct talks over the weekend did not yield an agreement.
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Apr 13, 2026
A prominent conservative bishop who serves on President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission was among those who called on the president to apologize.
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Apr 13, 2026
As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as "lunatic" and "clearly insane."
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump lashed out on Sunday night at Pope Leo XIV, who responded hours later by saying he would continue to oppose war.
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Apr 13, 2026
Democrats have struggled to find a candidate for governor who can capture the imagination of voters in one of their most important strongholds.
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump is trying to choke off the country's lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.
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Apr 13, 2026
The image, posted on Truth Social, appeared to be A.I.-generated and depicts the president as a divine leader healing the sick.
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump lashed out on Sunday night at Pope Leo XIV, who responded hours later by saying he would continue to oppose war.
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Apr 13, 2026
President Trump's announcement of a complete U.S. blockade was his latest effort to pressure Iran to negotiate after direct talks over the weekend did not yield an agreement.
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Apr 13, 2026
A fledgling Democratic group and the far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes seek to make gains on college campuses that have recently been dominated by Turning Point USA.
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Apr 13, 2026
Vice President JD Vance led the highest-level talks between the United States and Iran in nearly 50 years.
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Apr 12, 2026
President Trump's lengthy post on social media showed there were really no boundaries when it comes to people he might target, including the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.
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Apr 12, 2026
The president has sent mixed messages on how long he expects costs to be high. Some in his party voiced fresh concern after his comments on Sunday.
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Apr 12, 2026
In an interview with The New York Times, the Rev. Al Sharpton reflected on the performances of 10 Democrats who spoke and explained why two did not.
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Apr 12, 2026
China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military systems. The buildup has been compared to the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.
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Apr 12, 2026
A visit to the Capitol by stars of the "Real Housewives" offered a glimpse into how the nation's elected representatives mimic the gossipy world of reality TV. Nobody appears to relish the similarities.
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Apr 12, 2026
The lack of a breakthrough after 21 hours of negotiations leaves the Trump administration facing several unpalatable options.
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Apr 12, 2026
On his way to Florida, President Trump said it did not matter to him if a deal with Iran was reached or not: "We win, regardless," he said.
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Apr 11, 2026
The immigration judges' abrupt dismissals marked the latest efforts by the Trump administration to reshape the country's immigration courts.
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Apr 11, 2026
The National Action Network convention showcased similarities and some differences in a wide open field of possible contenders.
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Apr 11, 2026
A three-judge panel allowed construction on the ballroom to proceed until April 17, but asked a lower court to untangle the details of the president's plans.
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Apr 11, 2026
American destroyers began work to make the strait safe for commercial traffic, U.S. officials said, as negotiators discussed conditions for an extended cease-fire. Iran denied that any warships had passed through.
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Apr 11, 2026
The Manhattan district attorney's office is examining a claim that Representative Eric Swalwell, a candidate for governor in California, assaulted a woman in New York City in 2024.
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Apr 11, 2026
Despite numerous attempts to reform the Postal Service, the agency's business model has not changed significantly since 1970. Officials are proposing to decrease service and increase prices.
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Apr 11, 2026
President Trump's executive order, which has been challenged as unconstitutional, would limit the Postal Service to sending only the ballots of voters deemed eligible.
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Apr 11, 2026
Federal agents arrested a man whose mother served as a spokeswoman for the Islamist embassy captors during the hostage crisis that began in 1979.
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Apr 11, 2026
China may have shipped missiles to Iran, and Beijing is allowing some companies to sell Tehran supplies that can be used in military production, American officials said.
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