The Constitution is not a word game.
The country’s new president rolled out the red carpet for China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Trump this week, but the superpower rivalry is making it harder to balance relations.
As Andrew Cuomo tries to gain ground in the New York City mayor’s race, he is trying to splinter some constituencies with natural affinities for the front-runner, Zohran Mamdani.
Five Republicans just voted with Democrats to block Trump’s tariffs. This proves Congress can act. So why isn’t it using that same power to address hunger, health care costs or undeclared wars? The New York Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, explains.
This is what happens when no one wants to govern.
Touting new weapons tests, Moscow signals to Washington that it must contend with the Kremlin’s power and negotiate.
In a wide-ranging interview, Stephen I. Miran discussed why he thinks concerns about inflation are overblown and his worries about the economy if the Federal Reserve does not rapidly lower interest rates. Here is a full transcript.
Enrollment for A.C.A. health coverage begins Nov. 1, with some staggering price increases. Here is a guide to help you choose a plan while Congress is at an impasse over tax credits.
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is pushing for a security pact and a nuclear deal with the United States yet is not expected to recognize Israel soon, despite President Trump’s wishes.
Federal officials say overhauling the process is necessary to ensure that only fully qualified immigrants become citizens.
The Canadian prime minister also said that he had asked the province of Ontario not to air the ad that later prompted the president to end trade talks.
The president said a lapse in SNAP funding would “largely” hurt Democrats. But interruptions to the program will also affect Republicans.
The president attended a Halloween party Friday and called attention to the marble renovation of a White House bathroom.
President Trump said the new look was “totally in keeping” with the era of Abraham Lincoln.
El Pentágono dijo que una persona sobrevivió a un ataque militar estadounidense contra una embarcación en el Pacífico, pero tras días de búsqueda, las autoridades mexicanas están a punto de darse por vencidas.
More SNAP recipients live in Democratic districts. But the program touches every corner of the country.
He’s not on the ballot, but the results could carry hints about the future of his movement.
The world seems unable, or unwilling, to do much to stop a new struggle on an old battlefield, as atrocities sweep villages and towns.
The Pentagon said one person survived a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Pacific, but after searching for days, Mexican officials are about to give up.
We urge the administration to allow millions of Americans to receive food aid.
El movimiento MAGA utiliza ideas de la izquierda para destruir a la izquierda.
El secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, y otros funcionarios de Trump ahora habitan residencias del área de Washington construidas para altos cargos del ejército.
Insufficient numbers of air traffic controllers, a byproduct of the government shutdown, were affecting travel hubs across the country.
Proponents say voters are motivated by stopping President Trump. Republicans have already begun pointing fingers over lackluster fund-raising and coordination.
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Chris Hayes. Also: Reining in President Trump; a risk to the Trump library; healing America.
With President Trump making inroads with Black and Latino voters, the path to the governor’s office runs through regions Democrats can no longer take for granted.
El presidente Trump dijo que otras naciones no identificadas estaban probando sus propias armas nucleares, aunque ningún país las ha probado desde 2017.
Senators opposed the president’s plan to import beef from Argentina and voted three times this week to end his power to enforce sweeping tariffs.
The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the government.
The U.N.’s human rights chief condemned deadly military attacks on vessels near South and Central America and called for an independent investigation.
States have sued to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefits starting on Saturday, after the Trump administration said it would not fund them.
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.
It’s a very effective costume.
Amid skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence systems, the chip-making giant has been thrust into the economic feud between Beijing and Washington.
The two biggest U.S. oil companies increased production in the third quarter and reported lower but still robust profits.
Tras meses de amenazas y guerra comercial, Estados Unidos y China finalmente han llegado a un acuerdo.
At an Asia-Pacific summit, the Chinese leader urged countries to “resist unilateral bullying,” an appeal that seemed at odds with his country’s recent actions.
El manejo descuidado del caso de Alejandro Juarez pone de relieve la sobrecarga en una agencia que enfrenta exigencias crecientes para acelerar la deportación de millones de personas.
President Trump traveled to Asia to be a statesman, a showman and a traveling salesman, depending on the audience.
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
The Texas attorney general has escalated the pace of high-profile legal actions, raising concern that his Senate campaign is influencing his law enforcement work.
Why liberals need a plan and promise to make Congress great again.
The keepsake, a new design, will go to all 50,000 runners. The winners also get a gold medallion and a trophy.
President Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping just had a highly anticipated meeting in South Korea. David Pierson, a New York Times foreign correspondent covering China, breaks down what they accomplished and how they de-escalated a major trade war.
The president said it was time for G.O.P. leaders to get rid of the longstanding rule requiring most Senate legislation to have 60 votes to pass.
The leaders of Canada and China will meet for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.
President Trump, who did not wear a costume, and the first lady handed out candy at the annual Halloween celebration at the White House.
Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe.
Frank Bisignano, who holds top jobs at the Social Security Administration and the I.R.S., sold his stake in Fiserv before the company’s stock cratered this week.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved into a home at Fort McNair traditionally reserved for the Army’s vice chief of staff. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others also now live in military housing.
The court filings added to the legal challenges that James B. Comey’s defense team has already raised against the indictment.
The state has vowed to step in and provide food assistance for many who face a cut-off in federal SNAP aid. But there is still fear and anxiety about how to get by.
Al retener las compras de soya y las exportaciones de tierras raras, China obtuvo una tregua comercial con Estados Unidos, sin conceder mucho a cambio.
Xi Jinping secured concessions from Donald Trump in exchange for returning to the status quo.
Some analysts say Beijing won a major victory in its trade talks: Getting the U.S. to withdraw a national security measure that previously was not under discussion.
MAGA is using left ideas to destroy the left.
President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.
On Wednesday, President Trump threatened to resume testing nuclear weapons again after more than 30 years, claiming that other countries had nuclear testing programs. The president suggested that Russia and China’s nuclear programs could match that of the United States in the next few years.
The company’s revenue rose to above $100 billion in the quarter for the first time and profit soared 86 percent.
The president’s ambiguity on nuclear testing is worrisome not only because America’s public can’t know what he means, but because America’s adversaries don’t.
The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly intensifying and surprising some meteorologists.
Senator Mark Warner said the administration’s decision to hold a Republicans-only briefing on the campaign was “corrosive to our democracy.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom has attracted support for his redistricting ballot measure from voters outside of California. He could reap the benefits for a 2028 presidential run.
The Trump administration put out a call Thursday for imaginative proposals for turning the busiest transportation hub in North America into a world-class gateway to New York City.
In a major shift from the Biden administration’s policy, the United States will accept up to 7,500 refugees this fiscal year, down from 125,000.
A new rule could disqualify certain employers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that are deemed to be engaged in “illegal activities.”
Shirish Dáte, corresponsal de HuffPost, provoca reacciones extraordinariamente hostiles por parte de los funcionarios del presidente Trump.
The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program will run out of money on Saturday. Some governors are shifting state money to cover part of the shortfall, bolster food pantries or both.
El nuevo acuerdo comercial fue una victoria para la economía mundial, pero se negoció bajo la sombra de una nueva y repentina amplificación de las amenazas nucleares entre las potencias mundiales.
Neither President Trump nor Chinese officials indicated any new developments for the popular video app. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously suggested they could “consummate” transfer of control from its Chinese owner.
El secretario de Defensa dijo que el ataque más reciente fue en el océano Pacífico el miércoles, dos días después de la serie de ataques más mortíferos de una campaña que ya lleva semanas en Latinoamérica.
States have sued the federal government to force the release of aid during the shutdown, with a key hearing set for Thursday.
President Trump said China would end its boycott and resume buying millions of tons of American soybeans.
Dmitri S. Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, told Russian news agencies that recent drone and missile tests were not nuclear weapons tests.
Europe’s largest automaker said that a shortage of semiconductors could further hurt productivity.
The highly anticipated event covered a lot of ground on tariff and trade barriers, but questions remain about reaching a lasting accord.
China has suspended export controls announced this month, but was conspicuously silent about rules imposed earlier, which are snarling global supply chains.
The leaders struck a deal this morning in their first meeting since Trump opened a trade war against China
The two leaders reached an agreement on fentanyl, some tariffs and rare earths, at least for a year. But even as the global trade picture cleared a little, Mr. Trump spurred new worries about nuclear proliferation.
Los países isleños sabían que llegaría un día como este.
Plus, goodbye to “milk chocolate”?
By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return.
China agreed to suspend for a year some of its limits on exports of rare earth metals, while the U.S. halved its fentanyl-related tariffs.
The menus on the president’s tour of three countries in Asia reflected the culinary acrobatics the host nations performed to accommodate his palate and foreign policy goals.
After a lifetime of scandal, the president expresses doubt that he will be admitted to paradise. But he appears increasingly intent on finding other paths to eternity.
An off-year governor’s race will test the durability of the gains President Trump made in 2024, when the state’s majority-Hispanic townships all swung in his direction.
The cumulative damage done to the agency is so profound that it may not regain any semblance of its former self in our lifetimes.
The U.S. has long believed that unspecific laws threaten democracy. So why is the administration being so vague?
Beijing has been expanding its arsenal, and distrust between China and the United States over nuclear weapons has deepened, with little hope of an agreement.
Derek Lopez, 27, defended his posts as performance art and free speech, according to an affidavit. The F.B.I. said he continued to use threatening language despite a warning from agents.
The Daily News headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead” stunned the city at a time of budgetary peril. New York’s finances are far stronger today, but antagonism from Washington poses a fresh risk.
When Alejandro Juarez was returned to his homeland, federal agents told him that they were just following orders. Those orders were wrong.
El fabricante de chips para inteligencia artificial se ha convertido en una pieza clave en las negociaciones comerciales del gobierno de Trump en Asia.
President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, shook hands in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Just minutes before he was scheduled to meet President Xi Jinping of China, the president threatened on social media to resume nuclear testing “on an equal basis” with other countries.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the latest strike took place on Wednesday in the eastern Pacific. It came two days after the deadliest set of strikes in the weekslong campaign in Latin America.
The Federal Reserve didn’t comply with President Trump’s wishes.
More paychecks aren’t going out, and nutrition benefits may lapse. The government shutdown is growing more painful, and the fight over why is intensifying.
President Trump and the Chinese leader Xi Jinping are being described as “irreplaceable” and “world class leaders” before a meeting seen as critical for shoring up a trade truce.
State Department officials have asked the Pentagon to join the U.S. response to Hurricane Melissa, in a test of the Trump administration’s disaster-response capabilities after major cuts to foreign aid.
President Trump has ordered troops to Portland, Ore., Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago over the objections of state and local officials.
The brief deployment of troops hours after a judge forbid it marked the second time this week government lawyers had to come clean to courts considering President Trump’s designs on Portland.
In a scathing order, a judge in Washington State said the government’s real purpose was to intimidate providers into dropping or paring back transgender care.
Xi now sees our weakness and will try to exploit it, perhaps leaving America a diminished presence in Asia.
The president signaled he would discuss the sale of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips in a summit on Thursday, a move U.S. officials warned would be a “massive” national security mistake.
The Biden White House press secretary seems to be everywhere promoting her memoir, including an “absolute train wreck’’ of an interview with The New Yorker.
The A.I. chip maker has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.
The move benefits the Serbian politician Milorad Dodik, who had received support from Rudolph W. Giuliani, Michael T. Flynn, Laura Loomer and high-priced lobbyists.
The layoffs at factories in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee follow the elimination of a $7,500 federal tax credit for electric cars.
Significant milestones over the next few weeks could shuffle the status quo. For now, both sides remain dug in as the closure heads into a fifth week.
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.
Readers respond to the senator’s Opinion guest essay about the possible cutoff of SNAP benefits.
El presidente de EE. UU. dice que a pesar de tener “la mejor economía que hemos tenido”, hay que respetar lo que establece la Constitución.
Trump will meet Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, on Tuesday (10/28). A look at how she will approach President Trump in order to rekindle the close relationship he had with her mentor, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Over the course of four years, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist spoke with dozens of elite military personnel about misconduct in Afghanistan by their peers.
The test comes days after President Vladimir V. Putin announced the previous trial of another Russian nuclear weapon.
About 700 troops are expected to be withdrawn as Trump administration officials shift resources to the Indo-Pacific region.
President Trump lamented not being able to speak with Mr. Kim, the North Korean leader, but vowed to end the decades of hostilities between the two Koreas.
It needs the United States for defense and has spent billions building factories in America. But a Trump trade deal this week with China could erase a Korean edge in the U.S. market.
The government website now shows consumers how much their health insurance costs will increase next year, as Congress remains at an impasse over the plans’ subsidies.
President Trump received a replica of a golden crown excavated from an ancient royal tomb in Gyeongju. He called it “very special.”
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on the way to South Korea, President Trump said it was “too bad” that he couldn’t run again in 2028.
Until this month, Radio Free Asia had successfully resisted Trump officials who had tried to render it obsolete.
Además: el huracán Melissa, elecciones en los Países Bajos y más para estar al día.
Seoul will invest $200 billion, or as much as $20 billion a year, and set aside another $150 billion to invest in its American shipbuilding operations, a South Korean official said.
Japanese officials have called into question some elements of the flurry of big new investments announced by President Trump during his Japan visit.
Why the country’s move to restrict exports of rare-earth minerals is so powerful that it cannot be countered by the United States.
President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea gave President Trump a national medal and a replica of an ancient crown. Crowds gathered nearby to protest his visit.
The administration often criticizes journalists, but the treatment of Shirish Dáte, a reporter for HuffPost, stands out.
State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”
A federal court says Republican legislators diluted Black voter strength. New maps may help Democrats break the G.O.P. supermajority in Jackson on Nov. 4.
President Trump vowed to bring factories back. Is he succeeding?
Times Opinion convened a panel to weigh in on who is best equipped to lead the city.
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, is betting that Trump supporters will turn out and support him, even without Mr. Trump atop the ticket.
China’s leader signaled in its next five-year plan that he is committed to competing in manufacturing and technology despite tensions with Washington.
Reagan would not have approved of Trump’s tariffs.
Despite the Constitution’s two-term limit, Trump had mused for months about a third term.
La madrugada del martes estalló el tiroteo entre la policía y los miembros de una banda en una región de Río controlada por un grupo criminal conocido como Comando Vermelho.
Judges in the Ninth Circuit voted to have a larger panel reconsider a decision that could have allowed President Trump to use soldiers at the Portland, Ore., immigration building.
The departures of the head of the Agriculture Department’s Food and Nutrition Service and a senior policy adviser spurred worries on Capitol Hill as food aid benefits could halt.
Michele Beckwith was ousted by President Trump less than six hours after instructing a top immigration official to abide by the Constitution in his immigration raids.
A handful of Republicans crossed party lines to side with Democrats in the first of several votes this week aimed at challenging the president’s trade war.
The country has yet to respond to President Trump’s overtures to meet again with Kim Jong-un, its leader.
The authorities have been scrambling to accommodate this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, which is known for tombs, temples and pagodas.
The president’s intervention on behalf of Argentina’s leader fits into a long history of American involvement in the elections of other countries.
The authorities said the deadliest operation in Rio’s history had killed four police officers and at least 60 other people. It was an attack on “narco-terrorists,” the state governor said.
President Trump’s military campaign has killed at least 57 people in the waters off Central and South America. The strikes have been widely criticized as illegal.
An inquiry by Joe Kent, who leads the National Counterterrorism Center, is said to have alarmed Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director.
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general who worked closely with slave-owning Native American tribes, is the only monument of its kind in the nation’s capital.
In a closed-door meeting with the vice president, Republicans vented about a White House plan for Argentine beef they said would hurt ranchers in their states.