Opinion | What Elon Musk Wants
The journalist Kara Swisher discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led...
Tony Roberts, a Nonchalant Pal in Woody Allen’s Films, Dies at 85
He had an acclaimed Broadway career in musicals and comedies, but moviegoers knew him mostly as...
Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
As the Trump administration works to dismantle the aid agency, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet...
Opinion | The Trump Crisis Deepens
The president is using every tool at his disposal to reshape the American founding.
As Trump and Musk Upend Washington, Congressional Phones Can’t Keep Up
In the three weeks since President Trump took office and gave Elon Musk free rein inside...
Opinion | Trump’s Gaza Deal: War Crimes in Exchange for Beachfront Property
The president’s proposal wasn’t serious, but it was dangerous.
Opinion | This Is How Democrats Can Counter Elon Musk
Recklessness will not get us to a revitalized government, but neither will excessive caution and addiction...
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
Barbara Kingsolver Uses ‘Demon Copperhead’ Royalties to Build Rehab Center
Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it...
Opinion | Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes?
There can be no appeasement. None.
Trump’s Power Grab Defies G.O.P. Orthodoxy on Local Control
New York City traffic. California water rules. Middle school sports. Few local policies are outside the...
Trump Signs Order to Fight ‘Anti-Christian Bias’
The president convened a task force to “prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism.” Critics said he’d turned...
Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff
Officials for the agency were notified of the planned cuts on the same day they learned...
Federal Election Commission Chair Says Trump Has Moved to Fire Her
Ellen L. Weintraub, who has served as a commissioner for the nation’s top elections watchdog since...
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on...
Palmerston, the British Foreign Service Cat, Takes Up New Post in Bermuda
The cat, who first served in 2016, had feuded with Larry, the chief mouser at 10...
An Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Plan for Gaza
Once a critic of nation building, the president now envisions taking over a Middle East enclave,...
‘Riviera’ in Gaza and U.S.A.I.D. Assault Capture Trump’s Vision of U.S. Power
Mr. Trump’s America First vision is a one-way street that erects walls to keep illegal immigrants...
New Leaders of Justice Dept. Move to Assert Control Over Agency
The department’s No. 2 official, Emil Bove, escalated his conflict with the interim leaders of the...
White House Orders C.I.A. to Send an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
‘Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender
Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended...
Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza
Although the president had been talking about the idea for weeks, there had been no meetings...
Opinion | The Breaking of the Constitutional Order
The political analyst Yuval Levin discusses Trump’s first few weeks in office and the limits of...
Opinion | DeepSeek and the Dangerous A.I. Nonsense That Trump and Biden Fell For
This is not a Sputnik moment. It’s way past that.
Opinion | Trump, Musk and DOGE Are Tearing Apart the Government
Musk and Trump are launching a frontal assault on the concept of democratic governance
Why Elon Musk Is So Focused on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, ‘America’s Checkbook’
Spending power, privacy concerns and conflicts of interest have put the bureau at the center of...
Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Unworkable, Analysts Say. Does He Mean It?
President Trump’s proposal to transfer millions of people out of Gaza was hailed by the Israeli...
Opinion | Musk? Trump? Who Exactly Is Running the Federal Government?
What should be an uncomplicated question yields a complicated answer.
A 525-Pound Bear Found a Crawl Space That Was Jussst Right
An Altadena, Calif., resident came home after being displaced by the Eaton fire to find a...
Harry Stewart Jr. Dies at 100; One of Last Tuskegee Airmen to See Combat
His boyhood dream to be an adventurous pilot was fulfilled thanks to World War II. But,...
Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab
In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little...
Trump Says He Would Jail Americans in El Salvador ‘in a Heartbeat’
The proposal is almost certainly illegal, experts said, but President Trump’s eagerness to entertain it showed...
Mt. Rushmore and a Third Term: G.O.P. Lawmakers Rush to Flatter Trump
A competition of sorts has broken out to see who can be the most pro-Trump member...
China Strikes Back After Trump Imposes 10% Tariff on Goods
After a 10 percent tariff on Chinese products took effect on Tuesday, China announced retaliatory measures,...
N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care
A White House executive order threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care...
Stocks Fall Around the World as Trump Tariffs Loom
The S&P 500 regained some of its losses from earlier in the day. Shares in Asian...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something...
Judge Further Blocks White House Spending Freeze
The restraining order, along with a similar directive by another judge from Friday, amounted to a...
Trump’s Trade Move Could Increase Costs for Many Online Goods
The president’s tariff measures included a big change to trade rules that could increase costs for...
He Went to Jail for Stealing Someone’s Identity. But It Was His All Along.
A decades-long theft of a man’s identity raised questions about who gets believed in the justice...
Elon Musk’s Blitz Shakes U.S. Government as He Sweeps Through Agencies
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been...
Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. Europe Has Got the Message.
As some allies grow weary of American power, Americans seem to be growing weary of their...
Opinion | A Presidency That’s Off the Rails. It Took Only Two Weeks.
But we’ve underestimated Trump’s political strength many times before.
One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.
A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration...
Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’
A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to...
From Groceries to Cars, Tariffs Could Raise Prices for U.S. Consumers
If they take effect, President Trump’s new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China are...
As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces
President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence.
Marco Rubio Tells Panama’s Leader ‘Immediate Changes’ Are Needed
The secretary of state said the United States could take steps to “protect its rights.” Panama’s...