America is being tested in so many ways right now.
Politics is a dominance competition. Liberals have their own tradition of it — and they should embrace it.
Gov. Kristi Noem suggested that President Biden should have euthanized the family dog, as she did. Animal experts said that such an option should be a last resort.
A decision by the Federal Election Commission would allow the Biden and Trump campaigns to raise money for outside groups pushing ballot measures.
The Secret Service said the incident posed no threat to the public, and President Biden was in Delaware at the time of the crash.
At Washington dinner parties, dark jokes abound about where to go into exile if the former president reclaims the White House.
Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator.
Conservative state governments are forbidding school districts from doing what the Department of Education says they must, under new Title IX regulations on students’ gender identity.
President Biden says lowering the cost of insulin for seniors is among his proudest domestic policy achievements. He now faces the challenge of selling it to Americans of all ages.
The president’s allies say the Justice Department’s chill take on marijuana has a political upside.
Backlash over the deal has echoes of the 1980s when Nippon Steel tried and failed to buy another American metal company.
Six months before the election, the president selected a list of awardees heavy with political allies like Nancy Pelosi, James E. Clyburn and John F. Kerry.
Over the past week, thousands of students protesting the war in Gaza have been arrested.
Thousands of immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could obtain federal health coverage this year under a new rule.
With tensions escalating and Republicans pouncing, President Biden finally weighed in and sought to increase the distance between himself and some of the more radical activism on colleges.
The first lady commended the winner of the National Teacher of the Year award during an event evoking formal state dinners.
Netanyahu is making his nation more like the worst of the old kingdom, and the crown prince is making his kingdom more like the best of the old Jewish state.
Are you better off than you were four years ago? Yes.
In a stop in Wilmington, N.C., the president announced $3 billion in new spending to upgrade water systems around the country.
President Biden also referred to Russia and China, saying they “don’t want immigrants.” A spokesman said the president was trying to make a comment about America’s immigrant “DNA,” not insult other countries.
Supposedly principled Republicans can’t reconcile condemnation of Trump with refusal to back Biden.
President Biden defended the right to dissent but made clear that he believed too many of the demonstrations had gone beyond the bounds of free speech.
It was never among the most dangerous drugs on earth, and the Biden administration is finally doing something about it.
As part of his plan to conserve the nation’s land and waters, Mr. Biden is enlarging the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
What redrawn maps might mean in November.
In 30 years of Senate bids, Mr. Biden was such a formidable incumbent that he did not face a serious threat to his return to office. His last re-election is shaping up to be something different: a fight.
The Biden administration wants to focus on a cease-fire and rebuilding Gaza, but Israel’s leader is pushing a new offensive.
The bill, which reflects growing support for legalization, would end the federal prohibition on cannabis. But it is unlikely to pass in an election year and a divided government.
President Biden has made little effort to personally address the anti-Israel protests, frustrating some Democrats who want him to show more public leadership.
As a six-week ban takes effect in Florida, and Arizona legislators repealed their 1864 law restricting the procedure, Democrats hope the issue will help carry them through a tough political environment.
The Biden administration is arguing that Idaho’s near-total abortion ban violates a federal law on emergency treatment.
The oldest president is in big trouble with the youngest voters, especially men.
It’s good to have a reality check every few months.
Economists are wondering whether political developments could play into both the Fed’s near-term decisions and its long-term independence.
White House officials have barnstormed Wisconsin to make the connection between big changes and their signature laws.
The sharp increase of so-called unmaskings, to more than 31,300 times, arose from attempts by foreign hackers to infiltrate the computer systems of critical infrastructure.
For President Biden, the campus unrest over the Gaza war recalls peace protests of his youth. But this time he cannot easily bypass the turmoil.
Republicans pressed the Treasury secretary on President Biden’s tax proposals and the fate of the Trump tax cuts that will expire in 2025.
The president and other top Democrats moved quickly to capitalize politically on Donald J. Trump’s interview with Time magazine, particularly his comments on abortion.
In arguing to the Supreme Court that he cannot be charged for acts while in office, Donald Trump has asked the justices to enforce a norm that he has long threatened to shatter.
The state is the fourth where Mr. Kennedy is all but assured a spot on the ballot in November against President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump.
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The visit comes as the Biden administration is trying to increase pressure on Hamas to accept a deal that would result in a temporary cease-fire in the war in Gaza and the release of some hostages.
U.S. lawmakers have long worried that the Chinese government could use the app to spread propaganda.
The White House wants federal agencies to keep climate change in mind as they decide whether to approve major projects.
In the battleground state of Georgia, some Black entrepreneurs are frustrated over the impact of higher interest rates, a source of economic anxiety.
En una declaración conjunta, los presidentes de EE. UU. y de México se comprometieron a abordar la migración no autorizada, pero no especificaron ninguna acción concreta.
Beware strongmen who engage in magical thinking.
A number of factors have converged to make this a moment when the president might be able to break through the stalemate, advisers say. But their optimism has been dashed before.
Speaking in Atlanta, the vice president began a national tour to highlight how the Biden administration is trying to help Black Americans economically.
President Biden is under intense political pressure, including from within his own party, to address migration before the election.
Economists are divided over whether the growing amount of federal borrowing is fueling demand and driving up prices.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to get on the ballot in 50 states has already cost millions, federal campaign finance records show.
Libre, an arm of the conservative network, is set to spend millions of dollars on outreach and advertising as Republicans seek to expand inroads with Hispanic voters.
And a few things we’d like to forget.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was headed to Saudi Arabia in search of an agreement that would pause the fighting and free hostages held by Hamas.
Scenes of chaos unfolding on campuses across the country are stoking internal divisions and carry political risk as a major election year unfolds.
The president spoke with the Israeli prime minister on Sunday, the same day Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken left for his latest trip to the Middle East.
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has occasionally featured some great stand-up comedy. This “S.N.L.” veteran’s set will not join that list.
Despite an arsenal of drugs, many Americans are still unaware of their infections until it’s too late. A Biden initiative languishes without Congressional approval.
The former president called Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a ‘Democrat plant’ and attacked his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, who gave $2 million to the Kennedy campaign.
The Biden administration should be more transparent about weapons sent to Israel.
Journalists and politicians schmoozed over filet mignon at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside.
The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war.
Antes ese término estaba relegado a los márgenes del debate nacional, pero ahora forma parte del mensaje mayoritario del Partido Republicano sobre la inmigración.
The Health and Human Services Department finalized a rule prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, reversing a Trump-era policy.
The funds will allow Kyiv to purchase weapons directly from American defense companies.
During Richard Cordray’s tenure at the agency, the botched rollout of the new FAFSA upended the college admissions process.
Israel is facing one of the most fateful choices it has ever had to make.
The appearance allowed President Biden to tell the stories of love and loss that have defined his public image.
President Biden has been trying to hit his opponent where it hurts, critiquing everything from his hairstyle to his energy levels in court.
The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s worries about support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.
Republicans have been increasingly using the word “invasion” in their ads and speeches to describe migrants on the southern border solidifying the word into party’s overall message on immigration.
The president’s announcement came after months in which he and his campaign declined to say whether he would debate his predecessor.
The majority leader says the measure to help Ukraine and other recent bipartisan efforts show there is a path to success on Capitol Hill. But deep partisan differences and institutional problems remain.
“A clock is ticking on one of America’s most famous apps.”
More than 7,000 U.A.W. workers at Daimler Truck plants in North Carolina are set to strike at midnight in a labor action that could carry political consequences.
Lessons from a tumultuous summer.
The polarization of politics means that rules are imposed, gutted and restored with each election. Experts say that’s bad for the economy.
With missiles, submarines and alliances, the Biden administration has built a presence in the region to rein in Beijing’s expansionist goals.
The U.S. secretary of state and the Chinese leader struck conciliatory notes in Beijing. But there was no budging on, or hiding, their governments’ core differences.
Las armas del paquete de ayuda, considerado “un salvavidas” para el ejército ucraniano, podrían llegar al campo de batalla en pocos días.
He’s the most pro-labor president since Harry Truman. Is that enough?
As countries negotiate a landmark agreement to reduce plastic pollution, the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image.
The goal for a recent delivery of ATACMS, a coveted long-range missile system, is to put more pressure on Russian forces in eastern parts of occupied Ukraine.
Las fuerzas ucranianas usaron por primera vez una versión de mayor alcance de las armas conocidas como ATACMS, y alcanzaron un aeródromo en Crimea y a soldados rusos en el sureste de Ucrania.
REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.
The early morning campaign stop exemplifies the balancing act required for a candidate who is also a criminal defendant.
Plus, new airline refund rules.
The administration issued a major climate regulation aimed at virtually eliminating carbon emissions from coal, the dirtiest of the fossil fuels and a driver of global warming.
The president signed a bill that could ban TikTok even as his re-election team uses it to reach young voters. It was hardly the first internal disparity on matters around the globe.
The $6.1 billion for Micron, to shore up the domestic supply of semiconductors, comes after a key union endorsement and passage of an aid bill central to the president’s foreign policy agenda.
A conversation about the power of Trump’s punchlines — and the jokes President Biden should be telling.
A ruling in the emergency abortion case heard at the high court on Wednesday could turn out abortion rights supporters to the polls.
New regulations could spell the end for plants that burn coal, the fossil fuel that powered the country for more than a century.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is in China this week as tensions have risen over trade, security, Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Middle East crisis.
Tensions over economic ties are running high, threatening to disrupt a fragile cooperation between the U.S. and China.
The former president has skewed largely peaceful pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses as “riots,” filled with “tremendous hate.”
The money from Washington, which includes $5 billion to replenish Israel’s defenses and $1 billion for Gazan civilians, comes as Israel readies to invade Rafah.
The suffering in the war in Gaza is unacceptable. Young people will make that point clear this summer in Chicago.
“What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific,” the Israeli prime minister said in a televised statement. “Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities.”
President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.
Republicans tried to quash the union drive with partisanship. It didn’t work.
The former president is asking the Supreme Court to put the presidency above criminal law as he pursues a broader agenda of expanding the office’s power should he win the election.
President Biden signed an aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after it received bipartisan support in Congress.
Ukrainian forces for the first time used a longer-range version of weapons known as ATACMS, striking an airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine.
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The $95.3 billion measure comes after months of gridlock in Congress that put the centerpiece of President Biden’s foreign policy in jeopardy.
Weapons from the support package, considered “a lifeline” for Ukraine’s military, could be arriving on the battlefield within days.
Polls show voters are angry about costs, like mortgages, and worried they will stay high if the president wins re-election.
The justices weighed whether a federal law aimed at protecting access to emergency medical care superseded Idaho’s near-total abortion ban.
The case, which could reverberate beyond Idaho to other states with abortion bans, is the second time in less than a month that the justices have heard an abortion case.
It is difficult, if not impossible, to attempt to counter polarization at a time when partisan sectarianism is intense and pervasive.
Nicholas Kristof asks: Where has our moral president gone?
A liberal Pittsburgh-area congresswoman turned away a centrist challenger, Nikki Haley kept ringing up votes against Donald Trump, and a Senate race began in earnest.
An oceanside area currently crowded with displaced Gazans is among the sites being eyed for a larger safe zone for evacuees, a military official said.
President Biden tied a six-week abortion ban that will soon take place in Florida to former President Donald J. Trump and Republican efforts to ban abortion nationwide.
President Biden will deliver the commencement addresses in May as U.S. support for Israel fuels protests on other campuses.
The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters place more trust in President Biden than Donald Trump.
Democrats see an opening to win back rural Trump voters fed up with their groundwater being pumped by huge farms.
The congressional breakthrough on security assistance to Ukraine and Israel will let the president finally deliver arms to match his words. But it could be only a temporary respite.
The administration’s top drug official, Rahul Gupta, said he would bring up the handling of Chinese swimmers’ positive tests at a meeting of sports officials this week.
Israel has failed to achieve its two primary goals of the war, while the suffering of Palestinians erodes support even among its allies.
Twice last week, President Biden suggested without evidence that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals there after his plane went down off the New Guinea coast during World War II.
The Supreme Court temporarily revived the regulations in August by a 5-to-4 vote after lower courts blocked them.
President Biden announced $7 billion more for solar power projects and pointed to a new a climate work force as he tries to galvanize young voters.
Israeli leaders expressed alarm about the possible action by the Biden administration over rights violations in the West Bank.
The ad portrays a woman trying to leave the state to have an abortion. The Campaign for Democracy, a political action committee started by Mr. Newsom, the California governor, created it.
In the last two weeks, the president worked to avoid an immediate disaster. But it’s his own policies that have set the region on its current dangerous trajectory.
President Biden’s campaign had $85.5 million on hand at the end of March, filings show, and Donald Trump had $45 million, but the president is spending far more freely on the race.
What would $60 billion buy? Lots of air-defense missiles and artillery ammunition, according to the Pentagon.
The return of Trump to the White House would be disastrous for the planet.
Israel atacó una ciudad estratégica con una fuerza cuidadosamente calculada, pero dejó claro que podría atacar el centro del programa nuclear iraní.
The law lapsed only briefly after a late-night deal that allowed votes on privacy advocates’ proposed changes, all of which were defeated.
Israel hit a strategic city with carefully measured force, but made the point that it could strike at a center of Iran’s nuclear program.
Progressives in the House who oppose unfettered military aid to Israel are pressing their colleagues to vote against the $26 billion bill, which is likely to pass, to send a message to President Biden.
Mr. Kennedy’s success in landing on the battleground state’s ballot guarantees that he will shape the race this November. Both parties are racing to define him.
“It’s the worst story I’ve ever covered.”
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.
Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”