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.
The former president portrayed largely peaceful pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses as “riots,” saying that “Charlottesville is like a ‘peanut’” in comparison.
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 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?
Israel says an assault on Gaza’s southernmost city is vital to dismantling Hamas and has proposed evacuating civilians. But more than a million people have taken refuge in the city.
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.
Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches.
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.
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.
At a national park in Virginia on Monday, the president will point to investments in clean energy and appear with future members of his American Climate Corps.
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.”
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.”
If workers at a plant in Tennessee agree to unionize, it would reflect the growing power of groups like the U.A.W. at a crucial political moment.
President Biden’s push to transform the race into a binary choice between him and Donald Trump has been aided by blanket coverage of Mr. Trump’s courtroom appearances.
The president didn’t start the war in the Middle East. But now it could define his campaign — and his legacy.
The administration has blocked a proposed industrial road needed to mine copper in the middle of the state, and has banned oil drilling on 13 million acres in the North Slope.
The new regulations extended legal protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students and rolled back several policies set under the Trump administration.
While imposing sanctions on Iran, U.S. and European governments are urging restraint amid fears of a cycle of escalation as Israel weighs retaliation for an Iranian attack.
At a campaign rally in Philadelphia, members of the Kennedy family endorsed President Biden, rejecting one of their own, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate.
The Biden administration had paused deportations of Haitian migrants in recent months as their home country was wracked by violence.
The rollout of endorsements from the Kennedys signaled the urgency the Biden campaign feels toward Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent bid, and its desire to discredit him.
Hecklers disrupted a concert in Ohio — and online critics pounced to say, falsely, that it started because the liberal singer had expressed support for the president.
The Natural Law Party, which has ballot access in Michigan, nominated Mr. Kennedy. President Biden’s campaign is worried that he could tip the election to former President Donald J. Trump.
The president’s campaign has featured initiatives aimed at young people, union workers and environmentalists, but it is not clear that they will be sufficient to rekindle support in those groups.
The grant to the memory chipmaker is the latest federal award aimed at boosting U.S. chip manufacturing.
The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.
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The president is increasingly hitting back with tariffs and other measures meant to restrict imports, raising tensions with Beijing.
Los abogados eligieron a siete miembros del jurado para ayudar a decidir el caso contra el expresidente, acusado de falsificar registros comerciales para encubrir un escándalo sexual que involucra a una estrella del cine para adultos.
Well-known members of the storied political family endorsed the president in Philadelphia, rejecting one of their own as he worries Democrats with an independent bid.
A look at new polling that shows Joe Biden may be struggling with the Gen Z voters he needs to win.
Biden needs to find a narrative for his candidacy, then work like hell to push it out. But it’s hard to argue people out of their feelings.
Senators are under pressure to reject amendments to a House-passed bill so it can become law before a statute expires Friday night. But the program would continue after any such lapse — with some caveats.
The nuclear industry has a long history of failing to deliver on its promises.
With the issue of abortion rights, the vice president has hit her stride.
El gobierno de Biden había retirado temporalmente las sanciones después de que el presidente Nicolás Maduro accediera a posibilitar unas elecciones libres.
The Biden administration had temporarily lifted sanctions after President Nicolás Maduro agreed to make free elections possible. Now Mr. Maduro has put up barriers to a credible vote.
Democrats quickly swept aside the articles of impeachment accusing the homeland security secretary of refusing to enforce immigration laws and breach of public trust, calling them unconstitutional.
Speaking to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh, the president urged major increases to some tariffs on steel and aluminum products from China.
In all likelihood, it would amount to more of the same. We could do worse.
President Biden’s remarks on the issue came shortly after Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa basketball star, was selected first in the W.N.B.A. draft.
Los dictadores son eso: dictadores, con o sin sanciones de Estados Unidos.
La elaborada estrategia del representante republicano para aprobar un paquete de ayuda exterior, a pesar de las objeciones de su partido, requerirá la cooperación de los demócratas para aprobarlo y, posiblemente, salvar su puesto.
Se ha hablado mucho de la edad del presidente, pero su forma de vestir cuenta otra historia. Hay lecciones que aprender.
Winning the state, where he narrowly defeated Donald J. Trump in 2020, is crucial to his re-election strategy.
In a speech to union steelworkers in Pittsburgh, the president will announce several new measures meant to raise new barriers against floods of Chinese imports.
The former president has trotted out a host of false and misleading claims to defend his conduct, attack judges and prosecutors and portray himself as a victim of political persecution.
The Biden administration wants to lift damaging oil sanctions but is caught in a political bind with Venezuela’s dictator.
Los migrantes indocumentados que llevan años en EE. UU. se sienten excluidos por las políticas del gobierno de Biden que permiten trabajar legalmente a muchos de quienes acaban de cruzar la frontera.
Lawyers chose seven jurors to help decide the case against the former president, who is accused of falsifying business records to cover up a sexual scandal involving a porn star.
In a speech about his tax plan, President Biden compared Scranton, Pa., to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago to highlight the different economic and social values between America’s middle class and its wealthy.
Speaking in Scranton, Pa., his hometown, the president used a speech about economic fairness as a new avenue of attack against his Republican rival, who was in a courtroom two hours away.
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A Democratic strategist explains how the Electoral College math could shape up.
In Scranton, his hometown, the president discussed tax policy in terms of economic fairness, arguing that Donald Trump’s tax cuts benefited billionaires.
President Biden successfully assembled a coalition to defend Israel against Iran’s aerial attack, but the cycle of retaliation could continue, challenging the White House’s efforts to avert a sustained conflict.
Major Republican donors have begun to open their checkbooks for Donald Trump now that he is the presumptive nominee, as he struggles to keep pace with President Biden.
The couple’s tax return showed a 7 percent jump in income from 2022, a result of higher taxable interest income this year.
Long-term undocumented immigrants — and their employers — are feeling left out by Biden administration policies allowing most who just crossed the border to work legally.
Though much has been made of the president’s age, his tailoring tells another story. There are lessons to be learned here.
Mr. Gore spoke at a climate leadership conference hosted by his nonprofit organization.
The U.S., Europe, Russia and China worked together on a 2015 deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program. The arrangement’s unraveling and the spike in superpower tensions make this a dangerous moment.
The president’s campaign and other Democrats believe that the court proceedings will do their work for them and that messaging should focus on Mr. Biden’s record.
Global equities and oil prices were stable following Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel, but analysts warn that the calm may not last.
A team conducted new interviews to address lingering questions about the bombing in the final days of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.
Iran’s retaliation for Israel’s killing of senior military leaders was a highly choreographed spectacle. But fears of a wider war still loom.
The federal grants will support Samsung’s new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, along with the expansion of an existing site in Austin.
Frustrated by higher prices, many Pennsylvanians with fresh pay raises and solid finances report a sense of insecurity lingering from the pandemic.
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In an unusual statement, the news organizations said “there is simply no substitute” for a face-to-face debate, a campaign staple since 1976.
What we know about the assault — and what it means.
The president told Israel that the interception of nearly all of the Iranian drones and missiles used to attack it constituted a major victory, and so further retaliation might not be necessary, U.S. officials said.
A new poll by The New York Times and Siena College finds that voters think highly of the former president’s record on the economy, but memories of his divisiveness largely remain intact.
The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could alter hundreds of prosecutions for the assault on the Capitol and help define its meaning.
The killing, which Israel called a “terrorist attack,” prompted rioting by Israeli settlers that killed one Palestinian and raised fears of a broader escalation.
As civilian casualties in Gaza spiral, some nations are suspending sales amid accusations of abetting genocide and war crimes.
There’s a difference between being aware of your base and being its prisoner.
Israel’s leader has turned his back on America’s entreaties.
An average of recent surveys, including the Times/Siena poll, finds President Biden inching closer to Donald Trump.
The president’s popularity has ticked up slightly, though voters still view Donald J. Trump more favorably and have dour views of the economy.
The income-driven plan known as SAVE has reduced payments for millions of borrowers. Lawsuits by Republican-led states are seeking to upend it.
In “New Cold Wars,” David E. Sanger tracks the shifts in U.S. foreign policy as competition among the great powers re-emerges in the 21st century.
Judge Maryellen Noreika declined to dismiss the charges against the president’s son, saying Mr. Biden’s lawyer failed to show prosecutors had been motivated by animus.
Under Section 702, the government is empowered to collect, without a warrant, the messages of Americans communicating with targeted foreigners abroad.
At a rally in Tucson, Ariz., days after the state’s top court upheld a near-total ban on abortion, Vice President Kamala Harris placed the blame directly on former President Donald J. Trump.
Across the country, fractures are emerging among conservative and centrist women, as they confront a steady drumbeat of new abortion restrictions and court rulings.
In anticipation of the Iranian strikes, several countries, including the United States, issued new guidelines to their citizens about travel in Israel and the surrounding region.
Lisa Lerer, a political correspondent for The New York Times, explains how protests over the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war are disrupting the activities of Democratic officials from city halls to Congress to the White Hou...
The fossil fuel industry says higher rates will harm the economy. The administration says they will pay for the environmental costs of drilling and mining.
Retaliation by Iran is expected on Israeli soil in the next few days, but officials say Iran does not want to draw the United States deeper into the conflict.
For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.
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President Biden is hoping to shore up support with young voters who are disproportionately affected by soaring education costs. So far, he has canceled $153 billion in debt.
The money spent paled in comparison to the amount Donald J. Trump has used in supporters’ donations to pay his own legal bills, but it was laid out even as aides for Mr. Biden attacked Mr. Trump for the practice.
Mr. Johnson met with former President Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, where they found common cause in stoking unfounded fears of election fraud.
Prices and mortgage rates are climbing as Wall Street bets that interest rates will remain higher for longer.
China seeks to project military power in the seas around its coastline, yet also faces pressure to mend relations with neighbors for the good of its economy.
The Electoral College as we know it is less a product of the insight or design of the framers and more a contingent adaptation to the political world.