The funding, approved by Congress and overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, had been blocked since January, when President Trump ordered a pause and review of climate and clean energy programs.
The senator worries that too many Democrats remain reluctant to shake up the system. But he does not regret defending Joseph R. Biden Jr. until the very end.
President Trump arrived at a packed White House celebration alongside Tiger Woods to a roaring crowd. The event came as he has eviscerated federal programs aimed at combating inequality in America.
The decision is the latest in President Trump’s sweeping crackdown on immigrants, including people whom the Biden administration had authorized to remain in the country.
Riyadh is hosting U.S., Russian and Arab officials for high-stakes talks on Ukraine and Gaza, more proof of its regional clout and warm relations with President Trump.
With the Trump administration reversing support for low-carbon power, the business case for making wind, solar and electric vehicle parts gets weaker.
Janno Lieber, head of the M.T.A., has helped steer the tolling program through lawsuits and a last-minute pause. He now will face off with President Trump.
Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist, returned to North Dakota, where, under home confinement, he will serve the remainder of his life sentence for the murders of two F.B.I. agents.
The suit, filed in Alaska, is likely to be the first of many challenging the administration’s goal of expanding fossil fuel production.
Mr. Peltier’s murder conviction and two life sentences, stemming from a 1975 shootout with F.B.I. agents on a reservation, have been widely criticized.
El programa encubierto, iniciado durante el gobierno de Joe Biden y ampliado por el presidente Donald Trump, busca ubicar laboratorios de fentanilo.
Mr. Peltier was convicted in the killing of two F.B.I. agents. An order from former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will allow him to serve his remaining time under home confinement.
The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.
Por qué el nuevo gobierno debilitará inexorablemente la seguridad económica del país.
The state will no longer require some truckers to shift away from diesel semis but hopes that subsidies can keep dreams of pollution-free big rigs alive.
Why the new Trump administration will inexorably weaken the country’s economic security.
The Trump administration is quietly upending government rules and policies.
The agency issued an internal memo saying it would “pause” a regulation directing that schools, libraries and other public facilities damaged by disasters be rebuilt safely.
President Trump has made it clear that he is pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine. The move has left Europe worried that it, and Ukraine, could be left out as he negotiates with Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin.
In his first few weeks, President Trump has frozen climate spending, shaken up staffing at agencies like the E.P.A. and set off a wave of legal challenges.
A rapid-fire array of directives by the Trump administration have left farmers and businesses in rural America reeling.
Mr. Fogel, who had lived and taught in many countries, including Russia for nine years, spent 3 ½ years in Russian custody for having cannabis for medical use, and is in poor health.
After taking office, President Trump rescinded a policy that instructed immigration agents to steer clear of sensitive locations like churches, schools and hospitals.
The lawsuit by advocacy organizations aims to bring back the resettlement of refugees in the United States after President Trump halted the program.
The new administration may transform our constitutional order fruitfully yet again, or it may accelerate a final degeneration into Caesarism.
About 80 percent of manufacturing investments spurred by a Biden-era climate law have flowed to Republican districts. Efforts to stop federal payments are already causing pain.
Dozens of suits have been filed that seek to stop some of President Trump’s executive orders. Here’s a brief rundown.
Ed Martin, a loyal Trump soldier, oversees the U.S. attorney’s office, which is likely to help turn the investigative powers of the government on several of the president’s perceived enemies.
Some have halted work on the Biden-era $5 billion program to build E.V. charging stations. Others plan to keep building. Most are confused.
An administration lawyer said a Tennessee law barring some medical treatments for transgender youths is constitutional and urged the justices to say so.
Para evitar los aranceles estadounidenses, México acordó desplegar 10.000 soldados en su frontera norte. Analistas y exfuncionarios cuestionan que estos puedan detener el flujo de fentanilo con eficacia.
Recklessness will not get us to a revitalized government, but neither will excessive caution and addiction to procedure.
How do Democrats build trust and faith in them and effectively counter Trump?
Prosecutors in New York had spent years pursuing a case against the conservative group over its role in the theft of a diary kept by Ashley Biden.
The order, called “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” is based on the Trump administration’s interpretation of Title IX.
Even aside from his stunning Gaza proposal, President Trump gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel nearly everything he wanted, signaling a renewal of their close alliance.
In interviews, Palestinian Americans said that it was surreal and horrifying to hear the president talk about expelling millions of people from the Gaza Strip and placing it under U.S. control.
The president’s far-fetched proposal to take over the enclave caused a new wave of recriminations after an election in which the Mideast war tore Democrats apart and pushed some voters to the right.
This is not a Sputnik moment. It’s way past that.
The move cast uncertainty on the leadership role of the United States in the global body. The president also withdrew from the U.N.’s Human Rights Council and stopped funding UNRWA.
President Trump’s return has emboldened supporters of Israeli annexation of the occupied territory who want to mandate the use of language reflecting that view. Opponents of annexation say the term reflects a political agenda.
President Trump’s tariffs could threaten supply chains in the renewable energy industry and disrupt oil and gas markets.
After three and a half years, my newsletter is wrapping up.
Democratic lawmakers had expressed concerns to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the rifles possibly going to settler militias or being misused by the police.
The guidance bolsters the rights of students accused of sexual misconduct and scraps Biden-era rules extending protections to L.G.B.T.Q. students.
The party needs to seize the opportunity to present fresh vision and leadership.
President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.
The disbanding of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities came amid a flurry of executive orders touching on art, culture and history.
Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.
Under three minutes of questioning from Senator Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, Kash Patel conceded only that Joe Biden was “certified” as the president.
Gross domestic product grew by 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter, capping a more robust year than expected. Policy uncertainty clouds the outlook.
Legislation that goes into effect on Thursday bars UNRWA from operating in the country. That will affect aid delivery to Gaza and beyond.
What does it means to have someone apparently handpicked for loyalty to head an institution as important, and potentially dangerous, as the F.B.I.?
Early in his first administration, President Trump noted the general’s “brilliance and fortitude.” And then the president got angry.
El gobierno de Biden había ampliado las protecciones para más de 600.000 venezolanos. La cancelación de la prórroga podría exponerlos a la deportación en los próximos meses.
The order is the latest Trump administration effort against Biden-era initiatives that intended to promote electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Biden administration had extended protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans. The cancellation of the extension could open them up to deportation in the coming months.
The remarks from Karoline Leavitt, the new White House press secretary, echoed earlier remarks by the Biden administration about the sightings.
DeepSeek’s A.I. models show that China is making rapid gains in the field, despite American efforts to hinder it.
Todo parece indicar que ambos líderes planean examinar a fondo la relación entre Moscú y Washington. Esto podría incluir la reanudación de las conversaciones sobre armamento nuclear.
Oil and gas executives welcomed President Trump’s early moves on energy policy, but many said they did not plan to increase production unless prices rose significantly.
States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive, environmentalists say. A federal tax could be coming.
The South Carolina Republican told CNN that he “did not like” how Trump pardoned people who “beat up cops,” and suggested he would be open to curtailing the presidential pardon power.
Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.
A new analysis that began under the Biden administration is released by the C.I.A.’s new director, John Ratcliffe, who wants the agency to get “off the sidelines” in the debate.
The directive came in a letter to the U.N., after the Israeli Parliament banned the relief agency that has aided Palestinian refugees for decades.
The State Department has ordered that diplomatic outposts fly only U.S. flags.
With two G.O.P. senators opposed, Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick for defense secretary, can afford to lose only one more. If he is confirmed, it is likely to be by the smallest margin for that post in modern times.
Un memorando parece permitir a los funcionarios del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas centrarse en los dos programas que dejaron entrar a más de un millón de personas.
Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David Sanger join us for a roundtable discussion about Trump’s first week in office. They’ll delve into the ramifications of his mass Jan. 6 pardons, examine how he’s reshaping the government through personn...
In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.
La gestión de Biden estará en los libros de historia como un interregno entre dos mandatos de Donald Trump, una pausa en medio de un periodo caótico de cambio, para bien o para mal.
Biden’s disastrous debate performance highlighted age concerns.
He didn’t get the credit he deserved on the economy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other candidates for top health posts are at odds with the drug industry, setting the stage for tense battles over regulatory changes.
What we learned from interviewing nearly 700 Americans over almost three years.
Podrían pasar días hasta conocer al ganador, como ocurrió en 2020, pues el recuento de los votos por correo lleva tiempo.
It could take days to know the winner, as it did in 2020, because counting mail ballots takes time. But returns on election night could also offer clarity.
Thanks to human nature, we misunderstand the pain, and sometimes the purpose, of rising prices.
La Casa Blanca informó que el presidente de EE. UU. viajaría de Las Vegas a Delaware, donde se aislará y “seguirá desempeñando todas sus funciones”.
The president defended his debate performance with exaggerations about polling, his recent appearances and his opponent.
Millions of people are overdue on their federal loans or still have them paused — and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.
John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon were the last presidential candidates to debate with no live audience during a general election.
Some voters blame the American Rescue Plan for fueling price increases. But the growth it unleashed may be helping the president stay more popular than counterparts in Europe.
Responses to a guest essay asserting that the pandemic likely began with a lab leak. Also: President Biden’s image problems; “junk fees” in restaurants.
An interview with America’s top public health official about new challenges and the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.
President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.
Four years later, the shadow of the pandemic continues to play a profound role in voters’ pessimism and distrust amid a presidential rematch.
A report found that large firms pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors. It also concluded that some retailers “seem to have used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices.”
The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.
Readers discuss the special counsel’s decision not to prosecute. Also: Covid and the “nocebo effect”; New York’s primary; Black English; journaling.
Four years after the pandemic began, parents continue to struggle with a broken child care system, but there’s reason to hope for a better future.
Americans’ economic pessimism.
And he made the nightmare much worse.
Now that federal pandemic-era funds are shrinking, states like Indiana are ending or curtailing programs that finance home care by relatives of seriously ill children and adults.
Infection control lapses, severe staffing shortages and lowering vaccination rates have continued to plague many facilities beyond the pandemic.
Republican cynicism seems to have no bottom.
Responses to an article in the “Uncharted Waters” series. Also: Paxlovid and Covid; Taylor Swift’s fans; Democratic vice-presidential choices.
His candidacy and message are likely to be about restoring a prepandemic order and a sense of security in an unstable world.
The great Medicaid unwinding of 2023 is doing real damage.
This isn’t the recession they were looking for.
Five months into her tenure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen is trying to put a human face on public health.
Households may now order another four at-home tests, or eight if they have not placed an order since the program was revived in September.
The case is the second one this term asking the justices to decide when government activity crosses the line to become coercion forbidden by the First Amendment.
His four years as the senior military adviser to two presidents spanned an unusually chaotic period.
The Biden administration is restarting a program that has provided hundreds of millions of free tests through the Postal Service.
A Fifth Circuit panel partly upheld restrictions on the Biden administration’s communications with online platforms about their content.
The first lady’s brief Covid episode had threatened to upend President Biden’s trip to a Group of 20 summit in India.
Jill Biden was experiencing mild symptoms and recovering at the family home in Delaware, the White House said. President Biden returned to Washington after her diagnosis.
Stuart Delery, who has been President Biden’s chief official lawyer since last year, helped develop strategies to distribute Covid-19 vaccines, forgive student loans and revamp immigration rules.
The presidential bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has tested the bonds of an iconic Democratic clan that does not want him to run and does not know what to do about it.
Dr. Paul Friedrichs, a military combat surgeon and retired Air Force general, will lead the new office, which was created by Congress.
We got our economic response to the coronavirus right. Why would we let go of that success?
A memo said an official suspension of funding to the lab, which has not received any U.S. money since 2020, was necessary to “mitigate any potential public health risk.”
The order came in a lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, who claim the administration is trying to silence its critics.
Dr. Cohen will replace Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, an infectious disease expert who has overseen the agency since the beginning of Mr. Biden’s term and started a broad effort to reorganize it.
Dr. Jha, who oversaw the Biden administration’s pandemic response as it wound down, will return to his post as dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University.
Mr. Kennedy, a long-shot Democratic presidential candidate with surprisingly high polling numbers, said he wanted to close the Mexican border and attributed the rise of mass shootings to pharmaceutical drugs.
The legislation would prevent President Biden from issuing another last-minute extension on the payments beyond the end of the summer.
Also, a reader-made playlist.
The Biden administration has prioritized preserving a $5 billion vaccine development program in discussions with House Republicans on clawing back unspent Covid-19 funds.
The justices acted after the Biden administration announced that the health emergency used to justify the measure, Title 42, was ending.
International travelers entering the country are no longer required to be vaccinated, removing the last of the restrictions on travel put in place beginning in 2020.
El gobierno estadounidense intenta restringir los cruces fronterizos que podrían aumentar al vencer una política implementada por la pandemia, pero tiene poco control sobre las crisis que han trastocado las vidas de millones en América Latina.
The United States is trying to curtail border crossings as a Covid-era immigration policy lifts this week, but it has little control over the crises in Latin America that have upended the lives of millions.
The United States’ struggle to respond to the virus has highlighted the importance of communicating with the public, sharing data and stockpiling vital supplies.
Honest reflection is essential to ensure that the nation’s response to the next pandemic is better.
The coronavirus public health emergency, declared by the Trump administration in 2020, will expire on Thursday. Interviews with senior health officials suggest the nation is not ready for a new pandemic.
After making little progress with Republican leaders at the White House on Tuesday, the president previewed two possible endgames to resolve a debt-limit standoff.
An emergency health rule used to swiftly expel migrants is about to expire, and a spike in arrivals is expected at the southern border.
La política que ha permitido la rápida expulsión de muchos inmigrantes en la frontera sur se levantará el jueves. Las autoridades se preparan para un nuevo aumento de la inmigración.
Una regla sanitaria implementada durante la pandemia, y que se utilizaba para expulsar inmediatamente a los migrantes, pronto dejará de estar vigente.
Title 42, the rule used to immediately expel migrants, will end this week. U.S. officials expect illegal crossings to increase, placing additional strain on an already overtaxed system.
Title 42, the policy that has allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants at the southern border, will lift on Thursday. Officials are bracing for a new immigration surge.
The requirements helped end the public health emergency. But they also prompted a politically charged debate.
Three years ago we were caught flat-footed, and many people died.
The president omitted key context when discussing the federal deficit, exaggerated his approval ratings and misstated his family history.
While fingers are pointed at Trump and Fauci, the virus was an unbeaten foe.
Mothers continue to work around the clock. The pandemic didn’t change that.
President Biden has acknowledged that he has not accomplished all he wished to. But that, he maintains, is an argument for his re-election.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.