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New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

A Timeline of Trump's Strikes on Vessels He Says Are Smuggling Drugs
President Trump's military campaign has killed at least 57 people in the waters off Central and South America. The strikes have been widely criticized as illegal.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Official's Access to F.B.I. Files in Charlie Kirk Case Drew Pushback
An inquiry by Joe Kent, who leads the National Counterterrorism Center, is said to have alarmed Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Trump Administration Reinstalls Confederate Statue in Washington
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general who worked closely with slave-owning Native American tribes, is the only monument of its kind in the nation's capital.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over SNAP Funding During Shutdown
The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

G.O.P. Senators Urge Vance to Cancel Plan to Increase Beef Imports
In a closed-door meeting with the vice president, Republicans vented about a White House plan for Argentine beef they said would hurt ranchers in their states.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Mike Johnson Dismisses Trump Third Term Talk — But Applauds the ‘Trolling'
The speaker said he did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could to inflame Democrats.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Johnson Dismisses Trump 2028 Talk — But Applauds the ‘Trolling'
The speaker said he did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could to inflame Democrats.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin
The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Shutdown Makes Air Travel System ‘Less Safe,' Air Traffic Controllers Say
Controllers have urged air passengers to contact their representatives to end the shutdown. The transportation secretary also warned of consequences for travel, though he said the system remained safe.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

After Law Firm Deals With Trump, D.C. Bar Warns of Ethical Jeopardy
The bar group's ethics committee says firms that make a deal with the government may need to get waivers from clients with opposing interests.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Trump Administration Backs Plan for New Nuclear Plants
The federal government announced that it would back an effort to build several Westinghouse nuclear reactors, but offered few details.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Steven Hatfill, Covid Vaccine Critic, Is Ousted From H.H.S.
Dr. Hatfill said he was pushed out by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s chief of staff, who fired him when he refused to resign.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

California Democrats Jockey for House Seats Ahead of Redistricting Vote
Candidates are already starting campaigns and declaring their intentions for hypothetical seats that voters must first approve in the Nov. 4 election.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Food Stamp Funding During Shutdown
The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Fed's Policy Path Looks More Treacherous as Shutdown Delays Critical Data
The central bank is poised to lower interest rates again on Wednesday despite having only a partial view of how the economy is faring.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Trump's Feud With Colombian Leader Threatens U.S. Antidrug Efforts
President Trump said he is cutting U.S. aid. Gustavo Petro, a leftist guerrilla turned president, has called Mr. Trump's boat strikes murder.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the three strikes hit four boats in international waters and that there had been one survivor.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

House Report Details Biden's Decline, Claiming He Was Impaired as President
The Oversight Committee said aides to former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. covered up his deterioration and asserted that many of his decisions are "void." The committee's ranking Democrat called the report a "sham investigation."

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the National Guard' into U.S. Cities
In a speech to American troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, President Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the military if he decides it is appropriate.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

The Fierce Jockeying for House Seats That Don't Exist (Yet)
Democrats in California are already starting campaigns and declaring their intentions for hypothetical seats that voters must first approve in the Nov. 4 election.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
The lawsuit follows claims by President Trump that linked use by pregnant women of acetaminophen to autism, a connection that is unproven.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

On the Menu for Trump in Tokyo: American Rice
Rice is a point of pride in Japan, and the choice was a break from the typical diplomatic practice of showcasing local ingredients.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Trump Bonds With Japan's Leader Over Baseball and U.S. Beef
The president and Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, traded compliments in Tokyo, but signaled no major breakthrough in resolving ongoing trade issues.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

In a Looming Nuclear Arms Race, Aging Los Alamos Faces a Major Test
The lab where Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb is the linchpin in the United States' effort to modernize its nuclear weapons. Yet the site has contended with contamination incidents, work disruptions and old infrastructure.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Will Trump Meet Kim Jong-un Again? He's Very Open to the Idea.
President Trump has said he hopes the North Korean leader will reach out so they can meet again. But there has been no public response from Mr. Kim.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Amid a Record Party Investment, Two Candidates for Governor Join Forces
Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia will appear together on Wednesday, hoping to energize Democratic campaign volunteers, and voters.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

A City Council Race in Arizona Turns Toxic Over Charlie Kirk's Legacy
By nationalizing a local election, Turning Point Action is trying to show it can carry on without its founder and recall a local Republican who endorsed Kamala Harris.

New York Times Politics
Oct 28, 2025

Trump Win Praise, But No Movements on Trade in Japan
President Trump and Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, traded compliments during a stop in Tokyo, but signaled no major breakthrough in ongoing trade negotiations.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Government Shutdown Imperils SNAP and Other Antipoverty Programs
Within days, tens of millions of low-income Americans may lose assistance for food, child care and utilities if the federal government remains shut down.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

White House Withdraws Nominee for Top State Department Job
Joel Rayburn had been questioned over ties to a former Trump administration official who admitted to defying the president's push to withdraw troops from Syria during his first term.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Jack Smith Asks Justice Dept. for Guidance on Testifying to Congress
Republicans have accused some people who worked for Mr. Smith, the former special counsel who investigated President Trump, of hiding behind grand jury secrecy rules.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

AFGE, Top Federal Workers' Union, Sides With Republicans on Shutdown
The American Federation of Government Employees, in a shift, called on Congress to immediately reopen the government without the health care measures sought by Democratic lawmakers.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Trump Keeps Musing About a 3rd Term Despite Constitutional Limits
A president who has chafed at the limits on his power sees political benefit in talking about remaining in office.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

It's Unconstitutional, but Trump Keeps Musing About a 3rd Term
A president who has chafed at the limits on his power sees political benefit in talking about remaining in office.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Fire the Top Copyright Official
An appeals court sided with the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying her role is to work with Congress.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

New College of Florida, a Conservative Bulwark, Will Sign Trump's ‘Compact'
The school, once a progressive college, was remade by Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration. Now, it is the first school to agree to the Trump administration's list of demands.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Trump's China Deal May Avert a Crisis of His Own Making
The Trump administration is hailing a potential deal that may return the U.S.-China relationship to where it was before the president began a trade war against Beijing.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Trump Gives Mexico More Time to Change Trade Policies and Avoid Tariffs
Taxes on goods from Mexico had been set to go into effect at the end of the week.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Behind the Dismantling of the C.D.C.: Reform or ‘Humiliation'?
The agency has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, but critics say that there is no real plan, only animosity.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

How Carney Is Dealing With Canada's Trade Tussle with Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney is focusing on what the country can control, including looking for economic partnerships abroad, especially in Asia.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

A West Texas Children's Clinic Where Vaccine Suspicion Is Encouraged
Parents who come to Pia Habersang's practice in Amarillo shun vaccinations, with the encouragement of the clinic's nurse practitioner; the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; and President Trump.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Carney of Canada Says He'll Meet Xi of China
The meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and Xi Jinping, China's top leader, scheduled for later this week, appeared to signal a pivot to Asia after decades of poor relations between his country and Beijing.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Trump Says a Recent M.R.I. Scan Was ‘Perfect,' and He'd ‘Love' a Third Term
President Trump made the comments on the second day of his trip to Asia. The Constitution limits presidents to two terms, but Mr. Trump has suggested he might try to circumvent it.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

ICE Detains British Media Commentator Sami Hamdi
Sami Hamdi, who often speaks against Israel, was in the United States on a speaking tour. The Department of Homeland Security said his visa had been revoked.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

As Trump Tours Asia, Democracy's Ideals Aren't on the Agenda
Several of the leaders President Trump will encounter are either autocrats or presiding over fragile democracies. And some admire his willingness to break the rules.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

As This President Tours Asia, Democracy's Ideals Aren't on the Agenda
Several of the leaders President Trump will encounter are either autocrats or presiding over fragile democracies. And some admire his willingness to break the rules.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Will Trump's Tariffs Survive Supreme Court's ‘Major Questions' Test?
The justices used the doctrine, a judicially created method of reading statutes, to thwart several major Biden programs.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

Why Attacks on Spanberger Don't Seem to Stick in Va. Governor's Race
Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee, has a commanding lead in polls. Her Republican rival, Winsome Earle-Sears, has focused on a texting scandal involving the Democrat running for attorney general.

New York Times Politics
Oct 27, 2025

How the Firebombing of His Home Changed Josh Shapiro
In an interview, the Pennsylvania governor offered his most detailed accounting yet of the April attack — and how he's grappling with its aftermath.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Mamdani and the Left's Biggest Stars Unite Before a Sea of Supporters
As Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined Zohran Mamdani on Sunday at Forest Hills Stadium, a bigger test for the left may still lie ahead.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

How Canada Is Dealing With Its Latest Tussle With President Trump
Prime Minister Mark Carney is focusing on what the country can control, including looking for economic partnerships abroad, especially in Asia.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Sid Davis, Reporter Who Witnessed Johnson's Swearing-In, Dies at 97
A veteran journalist, he covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and provided the pool report on the ceremony aboard Air Force One.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level
Whether because of his increasingly mercurial approach or despite it, President Trump has won some foreign policy victories in his second term. The question now is whether he can build on his record.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Newsom Says He Will Consider a 2028 Presidential Run After the Midterms
The California governor acknowledged in an interview Sunday on CBS that he would give the question serious thought after the 2026 elections.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

‘No Idea How Long People Can Hold Out': Federal Workers Feel Brunt of Shutdown
As more than one million government employees go without pay, many are turning to side jobs and food banks to make ends meet.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Trump and Xi Could ‘Consummate' TikTok Deal This Week, Bessent Says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday that China and the United States had reached "a final deal on TikTok," but offered few details.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

What Voters Think of Trump's White House Ballroom
There is outrage. But also optimism. And then there is the question: Given everything else going on, why now?

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

What Voters Think of Trump's White House Ball
There is outrage. But also optimism. And then there is the question: Given everything else going on, why now?

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President's Policies Have Hit Hard
The state has become a stronghold for President Trump. Now, his efforts on trade, energy and immigration are squeezing farmers, disrupting labor and threatening industries.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

Under Trump, Voice of America Is Down but Not Out
Buttressed by courts and support from some Republican lawmakers, federally funded newsrooms that President Trump has tried to eliminate have yet to be rendered obsolete.

New York Times Politics
Oct 26, 2025

As the Left's Biggest Stars Unite Behind Mamdani, a Bigger Test Awaits
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will join Zohran Mamdani on Sunday to help push his bid to win the Nov. 4 election for mayor of New York City.

New York Times Politics
Oct 25, 2025

Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat
The ad, which will stop airing on Monday, used audio of a 1987 address by Ronald Reagan making a case against tariffs.

New York Times Politics
Oct 25, 2025

Navy Begins Evacuating Families From Guantánamo Bay Ahead of Hurricane Melissa
The base commander on Saturday expanded a previous evacuation order to include "non-mission-essential U.S. citizens."

New York Times Politics
Oct 25, 2025

Canada-U.S. Tensions Stay on Baseball Field During Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series
At Game 1 of the World Series in Toronto on Friday, overt politics were absent. Unity between the two nations was on display before the first pitch.

New York Times Politics
Oct 25, 2025

Kamala Harris Suggests She Is Considering Another Presidential Run
Ms. Harris, in an interview with the BBC, gave her strongest indication yet that she was thinking about making another bid for the Oval Office.

New York Times Politics
Oct 25, 2025

Timothy Mellon Is Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops During Shutdown
Timothy Mellon is a billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump.

New York Times Politics
Oct 25, 2025

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself
The speaker's decision to hold the House in an indefinite hiatus during the shutdown is his latest move to diminish the role of the legislative branch — and his own post.

New York Times Politics
Oct 25, 2025

As Vance Takes on a Forceful New Role, His Positions Are Shifting
Vice President JD Vance has found himself defending or promoting positions that he once opposed, even as recently as the campaign.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump Administration Plans a Shake-Up at ICE to Speed Deportations
The preliminary plan stems from frustration over the pace of the deportations, which are lagging behind President Trump's demands.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

J. William Middendorf II, 101, Dies; Navy Secretary and Musical Diplomat
A G.O.P. fund-raiser, he was the Navy chief under Gerald R. Ford and held ambassadorships in the 1970s and '80s. He gained notice for his classical music compositions.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey
The Trump administration said that monitors will watch polling in two states, led by Democrats, where key races or issues are on the ballot.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China
President Trump is embarking on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with Beijing.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Bannon Claims ‘There Is a Plan' For Trump to Run for a Third Term
The claim comes after months of President Trump toying with the idea, insisting that he is "not joking" about defying a constitutionally-mandated term limit.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

D.C. Seeks to Block National Guard Deployment in Court
During a hearing on Friday, lawyers told a judge that National Guard troops sent from Republican-led states had been conducting conduct law enforcement work.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

What Is the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, and Why Is It Heading to Latin America?
The Pentagon is sending the Ford Carrier Strike Group, with several warships and thousands of sailors, to the region as the Trump administration ramps up attacks on boats it claims are carrying drugs.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump Administration Won't Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown
The Agriculture Department said that it would not use the funds to cover benefits in November, imperiling a program 42 million people use to pay for groceries.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

J. William Middendorf II, 81, Dies; Navy Secretary and Musical Diplomat
A G.O.P. fund-raiser, he was the Navy chief under Gerald R. Ford and held ambassadorships in the 1970s and '80s. He gained notice for his classical music compositions.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump Is Putting Election Deniers in Charge of Elections
Now that he is back in the White House, he has made some of them more powerful than ever.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump's Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
A small company that has been manufacturing motors domestically for only a few weeks and has Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser won a parts order from the Army.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Food Banks Offer Groceries for Furloughed Federal Workers
In the Washington region, the Capital Area Food Bank is providing food distribution specifically for federal workers and contractors who are going without pay.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump to Use $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops
It is not clear how far the gift will go toward covering the salaries of the nation's 1.3 million troops.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump to Investigate Whether China Abided by 2020 Trade Deal
The administration announced its trade investigation on Friday, ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump Officials Float New Plan for Abrego Garcia: Send Him to Liberia
The proposal was the latest twist in a byzantine saga that has transformed the Salvadoran migrant into one of the best-known symbols of President Trump's aggressive deportation agenda.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Amid the Rubble of the East Wing, Lessons in How Trump Exercises Power
From the first day of his second term, President Trump has taken an ends-justify-the-means approach to his presidency.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America as Drug Operation Expands
The Trump administration has acknowledged 10 strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats from South America, which have killed 43 people.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Before Renovating White House, Truman Got Buy-In From Congress and Experts
President Harry S. Truman consulted Congress, architects and a fine arts commission on everything from construction plans to fabric samples. President Trump is taking a different approach.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Republicans Who Have Rarely Opposed Trump Raise Questions About His Drug War
The president said he wouldn't seek congressional approval for his expanding military offensive against cartels, but some in his party believe Congress should weigh in.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Letitia James Pleads Not Guilty as Battle Over Trump-Urged Prosecution Begins
The New York attorney general, indicted by President Trump's handpicked prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, appeared in federal court on Friday.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Trump Decries Anti-Tariff Ad From Ontario, Canada, That Faithfully Quotes Reagan Speech
The anti-tariff ad, which Trump pointed to in cutting off trade talks with Canada, uses several sound bites from an April 1987 speech, though not in the order President Ronald Reagan said them.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

U.S. Says 6 Killed in Strike on Boat in Caribbean Sea Operated by Tren de Aragua
The Trump administration announced another attack, its 10th, in its campaign against what it said were vessels smuggling drugs headed for the United States.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

A Quick Route to Rebuild Half of Gaza, or Another U.S. Pipe Dream?
There are many questions about whether a plan to rebuild Israeli-held parts of the enclave is feasible or doomed from the outset.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

U.S. Diplomats Will Work With Troops to Maintain Gaza Cease-Fire, Rubio Says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a visit to Israel that the State Department would increase its presence at a center set up to monitor the peace deal.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Rebuilding Israeli-Held Parts of Gaza: Workable or Another U.S. Pipe Dream?
There are many questions about whether the idea is feasible or doomed from the outset.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Federal Workers Have Started Missing Paychecks During the Shutdown
Thousands missed their first paychecks this week, with no end in sight to the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

Letitia James to Appear in Court as Battle Over Trump-Urged Prosecution Begins
The New York attorney general, indicted by President Trump's handpicked prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, is expected to plead not guilty in her arraignment on Friday.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

How Does the U.S. Decide Which Boats to Target? Here's What We Know.
Officials say intercepted communications are the core of the intelligence collected on the boats.

New York Times Politics
Oct 24, 2025

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law
The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs.

New York Times Politics
Oct 23, 2025

Trump Says He's Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada
The president said his move, which again throws relations with one of the United States' closest trading partners into turmoil, was motivated by an advertisement he deemed fraudulent.

New York Times Politics
Oct 23, 2025

Protester Who Played ‘Star Wars' Song Sues After Arrest in Washington
Sam O'Hara was playing the "Imperial March" theme from the movie while protesting the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital when he was handcuffed by city police officers.

New York Times Politics
Oct 23, 2025

Trump Official Says U.S. Can House Migrants at All of Its Overseas Bases
A Justice Department lawyer made the claim in response to a challenge to the administration's use of the base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold detainees designated for deportation.

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