President Trump said a Russian proposal to extend by one year the limits on long-range nuclear weapons sounded “like a good idea to me.”
Dismissing candidates like Zohran Mamdani simply because of their youth is no longer viable. Millennial and Gen Z Americans will only gain more political influence.
Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.
The California politician on his “wake-up call” at an earlier moment of political upheaval, and the one he’s experiencing today.
Suzette Noble wakes up to the sound of airplanes taking off, then makes time for her children and cheesecake as she strolls around the airport all day.
Survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel accused the United Nations Relief and Works Agency of helping fund Hamas. The federal judge in Manhattan found that the agency has immunity.
The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.
On an almost daily basis, thousands of words pour forth from the president’s mouth. Sometimes, he tucks in a wildly revealing insight about the direction he is taking the country.
The president leveraged the meeting as his chance to trumpet his domestic and foreign policy moves.
Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law.
La campaña de represalias del presidente Trump abre la posibilidad de iniciar un ciclo en el que cada gobierno nuevo apunte al anterior.
Without a deal in Congress by Tuesday, the government will run out of funding.
The end of a federal tax credit is expected to push sales of battery-powered cars down but auto experts believe the market will eventually recover.
Three Opinion writers break down the former vice president’s book of excuses.
Business leaders and trade organizations have been especially worried by attempts to stop work on wind farms that had already secured federal approval.
A prosecutor’s drive to indict James Comey trampled over the Justice Department’s long tradition of keeping a distance from politics and the White House, and raised the prospect of more arbitrary charges.
The president has ping-ponged between boasts about jobs and crime and attacks on their data sources. Here’s how he is threatening trust in public data.
The president has spent his first months in office freezing out Democrats, who have in turn opposed him routinely. Now they need each other to keep the government open.
A report said DNA collected at checkpoints from about 2,000 Americans, mostly during the Biden administration, was sent to an F.B.I. database. Hundreds were not charged.
President Trump has used his position of authority to dole out flawed medical advice dating back to his first term, when he mused about injecting bleach to kill off the coronavirus.
The president made inaccurate claims about the economy, renewable energy and the mayor of London.
President Trump has given liberals an opening on a tough issue.
Trump’s first presidential eulogy made no effort to unite the country, which is the traditional goal of a presidential eulogy.
Many presidents and vice presidents fall out by the end of their tenures, a fraught dynamic that goes back to the early days of the republic.
And how Republicans harnessed it instead.
“107 days” is not merely the duration of Harris’s campaign; it is also her excuse for losing the election.
In an interview ahead of her new book’s release, former Vice President Kamala Harris warned that President Trump would only grow more emboldened in crushing dissent.
The new memoir by the former vice president defends her campaign and allows others to criticize Joe Biden and his team for her failure to win.
In her book, coming out next week, she revisited her breakneck campaign, explaining her choices and outlining missteps — of hers and others. She hinted at a return to politics.
Ahead of the Climate Forward conference on Sept. 24, Times readers sent us their most urgent questions about climate change.
The voluble former senator, now retired from politics, appears to miss the arena and is mulling a return to it.
A lucrative transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected in ways that have not been previously reported.
Donald Trump no suscribe la noción tradicional de ser el presidente de todos los estadounidenses.
President Trump does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all Americans.
The second Trump administration has filed roughly the same number of applications so far as the Biden administration did over four years. But they have fared quite differently.
President Trump dismissed a suggestion that there were extremists on both sides of the political spectrum.
A guide to the military prison, the prisoners, the costs and what else goes on at the U.S. naval base.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris also accused White House aides, without naming names, of not defending her from right-wing attacks about her competence.
In a quest to bolster a long-running claim from President Trump concerning undocumented immigrants illegally voting, the Justice Department is seeking detailed voter roll data from over 30 states.
A Chinese man crossed dangerous jungles to enter the United States, in a failed bid for asylum. After being deported home in 2023, he faced a choice: stay or try to leave again?
Foreign manufacturers were already dealing with tariffs and the end of E.V. tax credits. Now, they face greater scrutiny of their workers’ immigration status.
Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage.
The federal government has taken a reactive approach to aviation policy, often leading to delays in modernization efforts and inadequate staffing and funding.
El fármaco se ha convertido en una especie de símbolo de resistencia a lo que algunos en el movimiento MAGA describen como una élite corrupta.
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
It feels as if the pandemic is behind us. But we’re living in the world it made.
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.
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.
The program, which will include a partnership with pharmacy chains, will help cover the cost of vaccinating patients when the shots move to the commercial market later this year.
This is the best job market in a generation.
Cecilia Rouse says lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue to haunt the recovery from recession — and drag on Americans’ optimism for the economy.
The president has promised a veto, but Republicans scored another win in their campaign to put Congress on record against White House policies.
Or maybe more than a word.
Rollbacks on child labor protections are happening amid a surge of child labor violations.
The restriction was put into place as the end of China’s “zero Covid” policy prompted a surge of cases in the country.
Djokovic, the world No. 1, who is unvaccinated against Covid-19, has lobbied the Biden administration for an exemption so he can play at Indian Wells and the Miami Open. So far, he has come up short.
The administration faced a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress.
Scientists and spy agencies have tried to determine where the coronavirus originated, but conclusive evidence is hard to come by and the nation’s intelligence agencies are split.
The conclusion, which was made with “low confidence,” came as America’s intelligence agencies remained divided over the origins of the coronavirus.
Some medications, like Ritalin and Vicodin, would require an in-person doctor’s visit under the new rules, a reaction to the pandemic-era rise of telemedicine.
The justices, who had been set to hear arguments on March 1, acted after the Biden administration filed a brief saying that the measure would soon be moot.
The outcome of a case in federal court could help decide whether the First Amendment is a barrier to virtually any government efforts to stifle disinformation.
The president’s speech contained no outright falsehoods, but at times omitted crucial context or exaggerated the facts.
But there were also reminders of the forces that can’t be mastered by infrastructure spending, China bashing and appropriations of populist themes.
The justices are set to hear arguments on March 1 on whether Republican-led states may seek to keep in place the immigration measure, which was justified by the coronavirus pandemic.
Readers react to an editorial urging employers to consider skills and experience, not just degrees. Also: Long Covid; Trump, RINO; online romance scams.
The president plans to use his first State of the Union address since Republicans took control of the House to call for bipartisan cooperation. Neither he nor many others expect that to happen.
The chapter is closing on three years of special public health measures, but that doesn’t mean Covid is over.
Republicans in Congress are seeking to capitalize on discontent about the federal coronavirus response while the party’s presidential contenders are vying to be the biggest foe of restrictions.
The end of the emergency, planned for May 11, will bring about a complex set of policy changes and signals a new chapter in the government’s pandemic response.
Enrollment in plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces broke last year’s record, with particularly high growth in Florida, Texas and Georgia.