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Democrats Ask That Trump Cabinet Picks Produce Communications With Epshteyn

Democrats Ask That Trump Cabinet Picks Produce Communications With Epshteyn

The two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said prospective nominees should be prepared to testify about any discussi...

RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval

RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine Approval

Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the...

The Stock Market and TV: Trump’s Most Durable Guardrails

The Stock Market and TV: Trump’s Most Durable Guardrails

The curbs on President-elect Donald J. Trump’s impulses are mostly gone, but the old standbys are still in effect, people close to...

In Time Interview, Trump Plans Jan. 6 Pardons and Deportations as His First Acts

In Time Interview, Trump Plans Jan. 6 Pardons and Deportations as His First Acts

In a wide-ranging Time magazine interview, President-elect Donald J. Trump said he might supporting getting rid of some childhood ...

Health Protections for Migrant Children in Custody Are Set to Expire

Health Protections for Migrant Children in Custody Are Set to Expire

A 2022 legal settlement established requirements to protect the health of minors detained at segments of the southern border. It e...

In a Growing Utah City, Residents Are Turning Against Their Mayor

In a Growing Utah City, Residents Are Turning Against Their Mayor

Residents voted to rein in a mayor who they say has a penchant for secrecy and is overly deferential to developers.

U.S. and Allies Race to Shape a New Syria

U.S. and Allies Race to Shape a New Syria

As a rebel alliance with a tenuous hold on power struggles to assert control of the fractured country, Israel, Turkey and the Unit...

How U.S. Firms Battled a Government Crackdown to Keep Tech Sales to China

How U.S. Firms Battled a Government Crackdown to Keep Tech Sales to China

An intense struggle has unfolded in Washington between companies and officials over where to draw the line on selling technology t...

Clarke Reed, Who Helped the G.O.P. Conquer the South, Dies at 96

Clarke Reed, Who Helped the G.O.P. Conquer the South, Dies at 96

He built Mississippi’s Republican Party into a conservative powerhouse, making himself a regional power broker in the process.

U.S. Charges Ex-Syrian Prison Official With Torture

U.S. Charges Ex-Syrian Prison Official With Torture

The indictment was the second time in a week that the Justice Department announced that it had charged top Syrian officials with h...

Ex-FBI Informant Alexander Smirnov Agrees to Plead Guilty to Lying About Bidens

Ex-FBI Informant Alexander Smirnov Agrees to Plead Guilty to Lying About Bidens

Alexander Smirnov’s deal with the special counsel overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden could lead to 48 to 72 months in ...

Trump Reacts to Time ‘Person of the Year’ and Stock Exchange Opening

Trump Reacts to Time ‘Person of the Year’ and Stock Exchange Opening

For a man who rose to fame in the gilded yuppie era of New York City, today’s ringing the bell to open the stock exchange, and bei...

Why Christopher Wray’s Resignation May Signal a Shift in FBI Tradition

Why Christopher Wray’s Resignation May Signal a Shift in FBI Tradition

Mr. Wray’s voluntary departure could usher in a new era at the nation’s premier law enforcement agency, one in which the job of di...

Trump backs dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts in a dispute over automation.

Trump backs dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts in a dispute over automation.

Under Trump, Voice of America Journalists Fear Politicization

Under Trump, Voice of America Journalists Fear Politicization

Donald J. Trump’s choice of Kari Lake to lead Voice of America goes against recent efforts to shield the federally funded news org...

Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman

Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman

The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker. Records show otherwise.

Trump’s Energy Pick, Chris Wright, Argues Fossil Fuels Are Virtuous

Trump’s Energy Pick, Chris Wright, Argues Fossil Fuels Are Virtuous

Chris Wright, Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, says oil, gas and coal are key to solving global poverty. Some call that m...

Louisville and Justice Dept. Reach Deal on Federal Oversight of Police

Louisville and Justice Dept. Reach Deal on Federal Oversight of Police

The agreement comes after the Justice Department documented excessive use of force, illegal searches and car stops and widespread ...

F.B.I. Didn’t Instruct Informants to Encourage Violence at Capitol, Report Says

F.B.I. Didn’t Instruct Informants to Encourage Violence at Capitol, Report Says

The review acknowledged that several informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, but said that only a handful were collecting informa...

Incoming West Virginia Lawmaker Is Accused of Making Terroristic Threats

Incoming West Virginia Lawmaker Is Accused of Making Terroristic Threats

Joseph de Soto, 61, was elected last month to represent the 91st District, but he was arrested before he was sworn in.

Patel’s Warm Senate Welcome Reflects the G.O.P.’s Turn Against the F.B.I.

Patel’s Warm Senate Welcome Reflects the G.O.P.’s Turn Against the F.B.I.

Senate Republicans have largely embraced President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to run the bureau, demonstrating that his anti-F.B...

F.A.A. Administrator Will Resign Before Trump Takes Office

F.A.A. Administrator Will Resign Before Trump Takes Office

Mike Whitaker, who runs the Federal Aviation Administration, is leaving the leadership position after serving only one year of a f...

Defying Veto Threat, House Approves Measure Adding 66 New U.S. Judges

Defying Veto Threat, House Approves Measure Adding 66 New U.S. Judges

President Biden and House Democrats objected to the bipartisan measure that would immediately give President-elect Donald J. Trump...

Musk’s Foundation Gave Away Less Money Than Required in 2023

Musk’s Foundation Gave Away Less Money Than Required in 2023

Private foundations must donate 5 percent of their assets every year. Elon Musk’s enormous charity missed that standard for three ...

Who Is Alina Habba, the Lawyer Trump Picked to Serve as Counselor to the President?

Who Is Alina Habba, the Lawyer Trump Picked to Serve as Counselor to the President?

Ms. Habba, who has advised the president-elect on legal matters in recent years, offered fiery defenses of him during his civil fr...

Pentagon announces new counter-drone strategy as unmanned attacks on US interests skyrocket

Pentagon announces new counter-drone strategy as unmanned attacks on US interests skyrocket

The Pentagon unveiled a new counter-drone strategy after a spate of incursions near U.S. bases prompted concerns over a lack of an...

China Is Cutting Off Drone Supplies Critical to Ukraine War Effort

China Is Cutting Off Drone Supplies Critical to Ukraine War Effort

China’s escalating conflict with the US over trade is now extending to the drones that have become a vital part of Ukraine’s defen...

At the Kennedy Center, a Send-Off to Biden and Questions About the Future

At the Kennedy Center, a Send-Off to Biden and Questions About the Future

A bipartisan crowd honored Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval and the Apollo Theater. Some won...

Lara Trump to Step Down as R.N.C. Co-Chair Amid Florida Senate Speculation

Lara Trump to Step Down as R.N.C. Co-Chair Amid Florida Senate Speculation

The daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald J. Trump, Ms. Trump gave no indication of her next move. Senator Marco Rubio’s seat ...

Progressive Dems rage at Biden for giving Trump the spotlight during final weeks in office

Progressive Dems rage at Biden for giving Trump the spotlight during final weeks in office

President Biden is facing criticism from Democrats over allowing President-elect Donald Trump to take over the media before taking...

Top Dem says Congress should 'abandon' $895B defense bill over transgender treatment ban for kids

Top Dem says Congress should 'abandon' $895B defense bill over transgender treatment ban for kids

House Rep. Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, is signaling he could withhold support from this year's d...

Donald Trump says this is the reason he won last month's presidential election

Donald Trump says this is the reason he won last month's presidential election

President-elect Trump, in a major interview, pinpoints the key reason why he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the White Ho...

Trudeau Now Tied With Conservative Leader on Who’s Trusted to Deal With Trump

Trudeau Now Tied With Conservative Leader on Who’s Trusted to Deal With Trump

Canadians’ trust in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deal with incoming US President Donald Trump is growing, a new survey suggest...

TikTok asks federal appeals court to bar enforcement of potential ban until Supreme Court review

TikTok asks federal appeals court to bar enforcement of potential ban until Supreme Court review

TikTok on Monday asked a federal appeals court to bar the Biden administration from enforcing a law that could lead to a ban on th...

Reeves Vows UK Will be ‘Ambitious’ in Deepening Ties With EU

Reeves Vows UK Will be ‘Ambitious’ in Deepening Ties With EU

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the UK would make a bigger push to deepen its economic ties with the European Union...

Elon Musk agrees with Ron Paul's call to 'ELIMINATE foreign aid'

Elon Musk agrees with Ron Paul's call to 'ELIMINATE foreign aid'

Elon Musk agrees with former Rep. Ron Paul's call for the elimination of foreign aid.

Lara Trump leaves RNC amid Senate chatter

Lara Trump leaves RNC amid Senate chatter

In announcing her resignation the president-elect’s daughter-in-law said "the job I came to do is now complete."

Zelenskiy Discussed Frozen Conflict, Guarantees With Trump

Zelenskiy Discussed Frozen Conflict, Guarantees With Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he raised the risk of a frozen conflict with Russia and pressed for security guarante...

Syria Rebel Group Political Chief to Form Temporary Government

Syria Rebel Group Political Chief to Form Temporary Government

The rebel group that toppled Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad tasked Mohammed Al Bashir to form a transitional government, Syrian...

New Jersey's Andy Kim appointed to Senate three weeks early after election win

New Jersey's Andy Kim appointed to Senate three weeks early after election win

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Sen.-elect Andy Kim, D-N.J., to the Senate on Sunday, meaning he'll join the upper chamber t...

Haiti’s Death Toll Hits ‘Staggering’ 5,000 After Voodoo Killings

Haiti’s Death Toll Hits ‘Staggering’ 5,000 After Voodoo Killings

Haiti’s death toll this year has hit startling levels after gangs ordered the revenge killing of at least 184 people over the week...

Putin’s Syria Setback Threatens Key Russian Military Bases

Putin’s Syria Setback Threatens Key Russian Military Bases

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria represents a personal defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a potentially serious s...

Is the College Football Playoff bracket fair? Here are some tweaks that would have changed things

Is the College Football Playoff bracket fair? Here are some tweaks that would have changed things

The committee that chose the 12 contenders for college football’s national title was only worried about ranking the teams

Government's 'Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day' post sparks backlash: 'Glad this type of bulls--- will end'

Government's 'Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day' post sparks backlash: 'Glad this type of bulls--- will end'

The Department of Health and Human services issued a "Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day" post that earned a wave of backlash on ...

'Warrior whose vote cannot be bought': Hundreds of vets pour out in support of Tulsi Gabbard for DNI

'Warrior whose vote cannot be bought': Hundreds of vets pour out in support of Tulsi Gabbard for DNI

More than 250 veterans signed a letter endorsing former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence in...

Romania Starts Talks on New Cabinet After Cancelled Vote

Romania Starts Talks on New Cabinet After Cancelled Vote

Romania’s pro-European parties kicked off talks on Monday for a new government following the shock cancellation of a presidential ...

Spanish Premier Sanchez Should Seek Confidence Vote, Ally Says

Spanish Premier Sanchez Should Seek Confidence Vote, Ally Says

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez should seek a vote of confidence in parliament, according to one of the parties that supporte...

Russia’s Military Found a Surprisingly Simple Way to Buy US Chips

Russia’s Military Found a Surprisingly Simple Way to Buy US Chips

A cache of internal Russian documents reviewed by Bloomberg reveals how Putin’s forces have been able to keep purchasing American ...

Syrian Future Is Precarious After Assad Ouster

Syrian Future Is Precarious After Assad Ouster

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A Century-Old Law’s Aftershocks Are Still Felt at the Supreme Court

A Century-Old Law’s Aftershocks Are Still Felt at the Supreme Court

In 1925, Congress let the justices choose the cases they would decide. That change “continues to prompt political contention and c...

Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on sta...

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Georgia doctors speak out to challenge misinformation on state's abortion law, death of Amber Thurman

Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East d...

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Pentagon sending a ‘few thousand’ personnel to Middle East day after Biden said he wouldn’t add combat troops

Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

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Jimmy Carter becomes first president to turn 100

After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Join...

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After Shaq, Jay-Z, Beyonce And Others, Tesla Cybertruck Joins Joins Irvine Police Department's Fleet, Will Be Used For Community Outreach Efforts

Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both...

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Scandals, failed assassinations and political rhetoric: Both sides go high and low

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