Why chatting with your barista could help save America.
The National Archives require additional time to work on redactions, a White House statement on Friday said.
In the era of modern polling, only Donald J. Trump has had a lower approval rating than President Biden’s at this early stage of his term.
The former president will attempt to build his own version of the social media giant.
Migrants were encountered 1.7 million times in the last 12 months, the highest number of illegal crossings recorded since at least 1960.
This week, the late-night hosts riffed on news about vaccine boosters, the American labor market, Facebook’s name change and Donald Trump’s new social network. Here’s what they had to say.
The investor Boaz Weinstein moved to abandon a blank-check fund that announced a deal with the former president.
Hackers tied to the group Anonymous defaced a private version of the former president’s app, Truth Social, posting images of defecating pigs and explicative-laced rants.
The Pentagon’s inspector general found no undue influence in Michael Ellis’s appointment, but recommended a new review of his handling of classified material.
The selection of a new secretary of state arrives as Gov. Greg Abbott is facing pressure to allow an expanded 2020 election audit in Texas.
A merger with a so-called blank check company is poised to give the former president access to hundreds of millions of dollars.
Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee for governor, is encouraging early voting despite catering to the Trump base that believes the former president’s election conspiracies.
The vote came after a bitterly partisan debate over the Capitol attack and as Republicans sought to deflect questions about Donald J. Trump’s role in the violence.
Readers react to an account of 90 seconds of violence at the Capitol. Also: Voting rights; Parler; the Jefferson statue; older drivers; filing cabinets.
A merger could give the former president access to nearly $300 million in cash — and perhaps a new platform.
The investigation, by the Westchester County district attorney’s office, increases the legal scrutiny of the former president and his family business.
The former president was deposed as part of a lawsuit accusing his security guards of roughing up protesters in 2015.
Colaboradores de seguridad nacional de alto rango del expresidente Trump también lo disuadieron de incursionar en México en operativos contra los cárteles.
The committee scrutinizing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot said the former White House counselor had “multiple roles relevant to this investigation.”
Financial disclosures show who has the early money edge in key races, as well as the value of a Trump endorsement.
Top national security aides to former President Trump also talked him out of launching military raids against drug cartels inside Mexico.
Ross Wilburn, the first Black person to lead Iowa’s Democratic Party, said he received several racist messages after writing a column in The Des Moines Register.
Agents investigating whether Oleg Deripaska violated U.S. sanctions searched homes he has used in New York and Washington, D.C.
The tight governor’s race in Virginia is a proving ground for strategies that could help determine control of Congress next year.
Schiff’s “Midnight in Washington” is that rare memoir by a politician that actually has something to say.
A new lawsuit by the ex-president and a move to hold Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress are raising untested issues about secrecy powers.
The case raises novel constitutional questions about the scope of an ex-president’s executive privilege powers if the current president disagrees.
An Afghan American and a rare Trump appointee who survived into the Biden administration, Mr. Khalilzad played a central role in the U.S. exit from the country.
And apparently no one from his party is going to explain it to him.
Donald Trump is the Republicans’ greatest asset in mobilizing voters. But some fret that his obsession with false claims about the 2020 election could cost the G.O.P. in 2022.
The downfall of Austria’s onetime political Wunderkind put a spotlight on the cozy, sometimes corrupt, relationship between right-wing populists and parts of the news media.
Sampling the responses to Ezra Klein's column. Also: Children who've lost caregivers to Covid; an exercise ethic.
Inside, the violence was winding down. But outside, seven men found themselves at the center of breathtaking brutality.
Republicans in Virginia are saying what their nominee for governor will not: The governor’s race is a proxy for Mr. Trump’s grievances.
Among other things, Adam Laxalt, a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada, described his suspicions about a donation to his run for governor in 2018.
Though the state is getting bluer, voters’ exhaustion is imperiling the former governor’s comeback attempt against his Republican rival, Glenn Youngkin.
The former president had long avoided being questioned in the case, and it is not clear whether his testimony will become public.
For some, it’s not enough to go to an event in the name of Donald J. Trump — their attendance also requires wearing something that embraces some of his political calling cards.
Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director, will receive his pension and other benefits after settling his lawsuit with the Justice Department.
Trade Representative Katherine Tai outlined her vision for the battered World Trade Organization, saying the U.S. wanted to re-engage and address working people’s concerns.
The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot will vote next week to recommend a criminal contempt of Congress charge against Stephen K. Bannon after he defied a subpoena.
The committee asked for testimony and documents from the little-known former official who pressed his colleagues to pursue Donald J. Trump’s election fraud claims.
Was Lev Parnas a businessman who cared about energy independence and marijuana legalization? Or a conniver who flouted campaign finance laws?
Readers discuss how to combat Trumpism. Also: The F.D.A. decision on e-cigarettes; the port crisis; parents and teenagers; decluttering responsibly.
Nor would that be totally advisable.
The change comes during a labor shortage in the United States, offering reassurance that undocumented workers are not at risk of being deported en masse.
Los intercambios de obsequios entre líderes estadounidenses y extranjeros, un proceso muy regulado, se convirtieron en un desastre durante el mandato de Trump.
Liberals need to go beyond what polls well.
Though Mr. Parnas played a key role in the events that led to the former president’s impeachment, the charges he faces involve accusations of campaign finance violations.
Moderates of both parties will need to build trust and cooperate in campaigning.
Gift exchanges between U.S. and foreign leaders, a highly regulated process, devolved into sometimes risible shambles during the Trump administration.
Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What happened next ruined his life.
What does “popularism” look like in practice?
House investigators released data revealing that the hotel in Washington lost $74 million from 2016 to 2020, a figure disputed by the Trump Organization.
Jennifer Medina interviews her subjects multiple times — sometimes spending as many as 50 hours with them — to understand their complex political attitudes.
Lawmakers almost never act until they absolutely must — and even then, they usually punt.
A lawyer for Stephen K. Bannon said he was refusing to comply with a subpoena from the committee on the directive of the former president.
Former President Donald J. Trump’s unwillingness to cede the spotlight has cast doubt on the political futures of several Republican politicians.
Here is the draft lawsuit that Michael P. Farris, chief executive of a group known as Alliance Defending Freedom, sent to the South Carolina attorney general, as he searched for a Republican state attorney general willing to file the lawsuit with the Supreme Court.
John Eastman, a lawyer who advised Donald Trump, and others discuss Jan. 6. Also: A non-coup pledge; missing Yazidis; clerical celibacy; taxing the ultrarich.
The 14th Amendment offers a way out.
Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania all have Democratic governors and G.O.P.-led legislatures. And in all three battlegrounds, Republicans are pushing hard to rewrite election laws.
Should all our political choices be organized around the former president?
After a Trump donor accused Corey Lewandowski of making unwanted sexual advances, allies of the former president formed a new super PAC.
The change reversed a policy meant to deter abortions under the Trump administration.
The Biden administration said it would not immediately remove the Trump administration’s tariffs and would require that Beijing uphold its trade commitments.
Interrupting a speaker: rudeness or cooperation? Also: Work and values; a presidential age limit; Trump's response to a tell-all book; plastic waste.
John Eastman was a little-known but respected conservative lawyer. Then he became influential with Donald Trump — and counseled him on how to retain power after losing the election.
The Electoral Count Act needs to be fixed.
“There Is Nothing for You Here” recounts the story of Hill’s coal-mining family and her unlikely path to serving in the administrations of three American presidents.
When it comes to policy, the president is finding that it is not always easy to draw a clear line separating himself from his predecessor.
The new priorities, which also give agents broad case-by-case discretion, attempt to undo the broad immigration arrest policies of the Trump administration.
Telling the truth about the 45th president now doesn’t make up for enabling him then.
The move came after a donor to former President Donald J. Trump said that Mr. Lewandowski had made unwanted sexual advances and touched her inappropriately.
The second round of subpoenas issued by the House select committee investigating the attack signaled that it was moving aggressively to go after crucial witnesses.
In “I’ll Take Your Questions Now,” the former press secretary under President Trump makes some withering assessments and compares her and the first lady to Thelma and Louise.
When one party in our two-party system goes completely rogue, it falls on the other party to protect democracy.
The president promised a “humane” immigration policy. Images of U.S. agents menacing Haitians at the border tell a different story.
“My loyalty to this nation, its people, and the Constitution hasn’t changed and will never change as long as I have a breath to give,” Gen. Mark A. Milley said.
Donald Trump had filed the case against Ms. Manigault Newman, a former White House aide and “Apprentice” star, after she wrote a tell-all book about serving in his administration.
The former press secretary is reflective in her tell-all: “I should have spoken up more.”
Readers respond to an opinion essay about tenure. Also: The C.D.C. director and boosters; Joe Biden and Donald Trump; the spending bill.
Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, is the former president’s choice to take on his leading G.O.P. critic. But five years ago, she tried to overturn his victory in the party’s primary race.
Gen. Mark Milley will appear in what could be the most significant televised congressional hearing involving senior military leaders in years.
“What the country really needs is some sort of Biden-Get-Your-Groove-Back campaign.”
Biden can definitely float his way back up. Clawing his way up might be a different story.
We can fix American politics. Just add more parties.
Your political representatives want to know if you’ve been paying attention.
“If you’re scared to tell the truth to people, I understand, but you need to find a different line of work.”
Since Facebook and Twitter banned him, Donald J. Trump, the former president, has posted statements online far less often. But some of his statements have traveled just as far and wide on social networks.
“What the Romans are teaching is always at that meta level of what it might be like to take a view different from your own.”
An interactive, street-level tour of America’s full political landscape.
Nuevos videos obtenidos por The New York Times muestran al público por primera vez cómo fue atacado con spray químico el agente de la Policía del Capitolio que murió tras enfrentarse a los asaltantes el 6 de enero.
New videos obtained by The New York Times show publicly for the first time how the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after facing off with rioters on Jan. 6 was attacked with chemical spray.
The suit from Representative Eric Swalwell accuses Mr. Trump and several allies of inciting the attack and conspiring with rioters to try to prevent Congress from formalizing President Biden’s victory.
Prosecutors have highlighted two militant groups — the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys — as being the most organized in last month’s assault.
We tracked how six men associated with the far-right Oath Keepers went from providing security for Roger Stone to participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
See how each senator voted on the conviction of former President Donald J. Trump.
New York Times reporters covered former President Donald J. Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial. The Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald J. Trump of the impeachment charge brought by the House, finding him not guilty of inciti...
New York Times reporters covered the fourth day of former President Donald J. Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial. The proceeding began Tuesday with a debate about the constitutionality the impeachment trial, followed by the prosecution’s case...
New York Times reporters covered the third day of former President Donald J. Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial. The proceeding began Tuesday with a debate about the constitutionality the impeachment trial, followed by the prosecution’s case against the former president.
New York Times reporters covered the second day of former President Donald J. Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial. The proceeding on Wednesday included the beginning of the prosecution’s case that the former president incited violence at the Capitol.
After Trump, will we ever look at these things the same way again?
Donald J. Trump’s lies and calls to action were embraced by his supporters, then amplified by rioters at the Capitol.
New York Times reporters covered the first day of former President Donald J. Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial. The trial began Tuesday with a debate about the constitutionality of putting a former president on trial.
The House managers took one final shot at Donald J. Trump on Tuesday morning before his impeachment trial got underway, telling the Senate in a written brief that the former president’s lawyers were relying on “flawed legal theories” because they had “no good defense” for his conduct around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial started today. Only three presidents before him faced impeachment even once.
A detailed look at each stage of the impeachment process of former President Trump.
The House impeachment managers filed a five-page memo rebutting former President Donald J. Trump’s effort to dismiss the charge against him.
In a 78-page brief submitted to the Senate, former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers put forward their first sustained legal defense since Mr. Trump was impeached by the House for the second time.
Taking aim at a key plank of the former president’s impeachment defense, the lawyers argued that the constitutional protections do not apply to an impeachment proceeding.
An interactive map that lets readers explore in new detail how most states voted in the 2020 presidential election.
Several members of the far-right paramilitary group the Oath Keepers have been arrested for a Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol. Who else may have participated, and how do they connect to the militia’s leader Stewart Rhodes?
Here’s what it sounded like.
See what senators have said about the article of impeachment against the former president.
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New York Times reporters provided live coverage of Inauguration Day, as former President Donald J. Trump departed the White House and President Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
This list documents all the verbal attacks Mr. Trump posted on Twitter, from when he declared his candidacy in June 2015 to Jan. 8, when Twitter permanently barred him.
In one handy graphic.
When Joe Biden takes office, there will be several children's book authors and subjects in the White House.
Here is a moment-by-moment timeline of events on Jan. 6, when a mob assaulted the U.S. Capitol.
Late-night hosts were put to the test this week. Here are their takes on the fallout from President Trump's impeachment.
See how each House member voted on the article of impeachment charging President Trump with inciting violence against the country.
Lawmakers in the House voted to impeach President Trump for a second time on Wednesday, with 10 Republicans joining Democrats in rebuking the president.
In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Vice President Mike Pence rejected the possibility of stripping President Trump of his powers through the 25th Amendment.
We analyzed the alternating perspectives of President Trump at the podium, the lawmakers inside the Capitol and a growing mob’s destruction and violence.
The handoff from Obama to Trump was fraught and unprecedented in ways the public didn’t see at the time. It was a prelude to so much that followed.
House Democrats on Monday introduced an article of impeachment charging President Trump with “high crimes and misdemeanors” for inciting the mob that assaulted the Capitol on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people barreled past fence barricades and clashed with police officers in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College results.
The debate in Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory has renewed hours after the proceeding was disrupted by a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol. We covered the evening’s events as they unfolded.
A normally perfunctory joint session will be more dramatic than usual on Wednesday as some Republican lawmakers plan to object to the electoral vote count. Their effort, based on spurious claims of widespread voter fraud, is all but certain to fail.
The New York real estate titan was in some ways a foil to the president — and was on his mind as he went to Walter Reed.
These maps show how areas with Latino and Asian residents shifted the vote in a way that may scramble the future of electoral politics, according to a New York Times analysis of 28,000 precincts.
Vaccines, Joe Biden's victory and bombshells from Trump's world provided a perfect recipe for late night. Here's what the hosts had to say.
Climate change is propelling enormous human migrations, transforming global agriculture and remaking the world order — and no country stands to gain more than Russia.
See how the 538 members of the Electoral College voted for president.
Late-night hosts enjoyed this bit of comparatively lighter fare this week before returning to Trump. Here are some highlights.
This week, the late-night hosts crunched the numbers from the so-called Million MAGA March in Washington and pondered Rudy Giuliani’s worth and his hair dye. Here are some of the best moments.
Georgia’s vote audit found more than 5,000 new votes but left Joe Biden’s victory intact.
Though turnout was explosive for both candidates, President Trump found 10.1 million new supporters across the country, allowing him to expand his base.
The week since Joe Biden’s victory was announced, things have not exactly been smooth sailing — giving the late-night hosts plenty to work with. Here are some of their best moments.
See full results and maps for the 2020 presidential election in North Carolina.
See how well President Trump fared among his most ardent supporters from four years ago.
The presidential race in Arizona remains close, but Joseph R. Biden Jr. was able to draw voters in Phoenix who could help him flip the state.
As eastern counties shifted left, Joe Biden was propelled into victory in a state that President Trump narrowly won in 2016.
Joe Biden was propelled to victory in this historically Democratic battleground with the help of increased turnout in Detroit and its wealthy suburbs.
Rural voters continued to support President Trump, but some counties that swung far to the right in 2016 moved left in 2020.
Rural voters continued to support President Trump, but some counties that swung far to the right in 2016 moved left in 2020.
The Rio Grande Valley shifted decisively toward President Trump, cancelling out votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr. in urban and suburban areas.
President Trump held a lead in North Carolina, as he appeared to gain traction with Black voters while maintaining support from his base.