Congress moved closer to ending the government shutdown. We explain what’s happening.
Cecilia Muñoz on how to solve America’s biggest political challenge.
The president’s ballroom project will transform one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and could nearly double its size.
Why the future of the G.O.P. will likely be guided by the right’s political DNA.
The round table convenes to discuss what comes after the Democrats’ big wins — and whether the “red hat” coalition can recover.
It’s no ‘Hamilton,’ but it’s history.
The daughter of a politician, she didn’t expect to become one. But once she ran for office in 1987, there was no stopping her.
She’ll rightly be lionized as the first woman speaker, but in one sense, that was the most incidental of her myriad accomplishments.
The Supreme Court is set to consider the legality of tariffs the president has invoked emergency powers to place on many trading partners.
En un nuevo libro de fotos, Obama desentraña las complejidades de la vestimenta y el peinado durante sus ocho años en la cima de la política estadounidense.
New York will soon know who will lead the city for the next four years, but other questions remain.
In a new book, Mrs. Obama unpacks the complexities of dressing and hairstyling during her eight years at the height of American politics.
As a close race for governor between Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli comes to a close, the two campaigns were reading the tea leaves and pulling out the stops.
Former President Barack Obama told Zohran Mamdani “your campaign has been impressive to watch,” and suggested that he was invested in Mr. Mamdani’s success beyond the election.
A 2013 attempt to leverage minority power in a health care fight blew up on Republicans. Can today be different for Democrats?
Prominent figures have flocked to New Jersey to promote Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat, and Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, in a race with potential implications for the midterm elections.
A video of a recent address by Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate, has been viewed more than 25 million times.
The prosecutors were put on leave after filing a sentencing memo in the case of a man who showed up armed outside the home of former President Barack Obama.
El laboratorio donde Oppenheimer desarrolló la bomba atómica es el eje del esfuerzo de EE. UU. por modernizar sus armas nucleares. Pero el centro ha enfrentado incidentes de contaminación, interrupciones de obras e infraestructuras obsoletas.
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.
Sampling the outpouring of responses to a column by Ross Douthat about the East Wing and the ballroom. Also: Everyday acts of grace; Canada and President Trump.
The arguments against it illustrate a consistent problem with progressive stewardship of American cities.
South Florida will feel some of the most intense reverberations if Congress allows the extra insurance subsidies it approved during the pandemic to expire.
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.
Mourners are outraged over President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others say it was time for change.
What’s the smart move for Democrats in this political moment? On “The Opinions,” the columnist David Brooks says he thinks the party should channel Michelle Obama and “go high.”
Our government is once again committing human rights abuses on the ostensible authority of a legal opinion that is being kept secret from the public.
Who’s the patriot now?
Readers respond to a guest essay by Danielle Sassoon about her experience at N.Y.U. Also: A crackdown on science; a plea to the former presidents.
Rejecting prevailing views of the movement as either exemplary or ineffectual, Brandon M. Terry offers a bold new vision of our history.
A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering.
The comedian, actor, and former podcaster discusses his decision to bring “WTF” to a close after 16 years and interviewing its final guest, Barack Obama.
Politics drive a wedge between even the longest of friends.
We got our economic response to the coronavirus right. Why would we let go of that success?