The contest between Senator Luther Strange and Roy Moore, an evangelical firebrand, is the most significant test yet of President Trump’s power to sway the party’s conservative base.
The highly charged remarks, made during a rally in Alabama, led to criticism from the league’s commissioner and an outcry from players.
With tensions rising between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea’s neighbors are finding diminishing room for diplomacy.
The war of words between President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, raised concerns on Friday that it could escalate into a new and more volatile phase.
President Trump said Senator John McCain had let his state down and been deceived by Democrats into abandoning a promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Tehran said that its new missile had a range of 2,000 kilometers, or about 1,200 miles, and that it would continue to develop its “defensive capacity.”
Stopping Kim Jong-un from conducting a nuclear test over the Pacific may be as dangerous as letting him go ahead.
The president lent his support to Alabama’s incumbent senator in a Republican runoff campaign, but risked alienating core anti-establishment voters.
An erratic U.S. president can do a lot of damage in four or eight years.
Meetings with powerful foreigners — including the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates — signal that President Trump’s former strategist still holds global interest.
In the Trump era, tradition of post-White House exposure and opportunities appears to be alive and well.
It is useful to look at Trump’s apocalyptic leanings through this different lens.
Speaking at a rally in Alabama, the president also said that spectators should walk out of games when players refuse to stand for the anthem.
A Russian news outlet called the actor an “American propaganda loudspeaker” after he appeared in a video accusing Russia of undermining last year’s election.
A reader warns against the bellicose talk.
The new restrictions could go into effect on Sunday and would prevent people in those nations from traveling to the United States or prompt increased scrutiny if they seek visas.
Kim Jong-un turns the standoff with Washington into a personal duel, while warning of more dangerous weapons tests.
At a military parade, the Iranian president vowed to “strengthen our missile capabilities,” a point the American president has cited as a reason to scrap the nuclear deal.
An obscure insult from North Korea’s leader inspires dictionary searches and online jokes.
The president’s national security advisers have advised relaxing certain Obama-era rules outside war zones, laying the groundwork for counterterrorism missions in more countries.
Weapons manufacturing is a big source of economic growth in the United States, where new factories are so automated that they create fewer jobs.
As the president went low, the pope went high.
After President Trump threatened to “totally destroy” his country, Kim Jong-un vowed countermeasures and called the American leader a “frightened dog” and a “dotard.”
A quarter century ago, Sam Francis was championing the things that got Donald Trump elected last year.
The sitting senator, Luther Strange, took every opportunity to mention the president’s endorsement, and the candidate he trails, Roy Moore, needled him for it.
Angela Merkel finally seems to understand that she is not just the leader of Germany, she’s the defender of internationalism.
The president has dropped no hints of what he might do, leaving the field wide open for expert guesswork.
Sticking to a speech or veering off script, the president often seemed like a fish out of water at the General Assembly gathering.
The French president wants Trump to understand that sovereignty is best wielded through multilateralism
The 2015 agreement cannot be selectively “revisited” to address American complaints, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told The New York Times.
The Center for Health and Gender Equity criticizes a Trump administration proposal.
An executive order that the president announced suggested that for now at least he was still committed to economic pressure, rather than military action.
In Nassau and Westchester Counties, where candidates for county executive are squaring off on taxes and ethics, President Trump casts a big shadow.
Yes, of course,Trump was “only joking.” At least sometimes, we have to hope so.
A plan Republicans say will help small businesses would really benefit hedge fund managers and real estate developers.
A policy to scuttle the nuclear deal would be the height of folly.
Threatened by President Trump with destruction, North Korea likens the American leader to a yapping canine and worries for his aides.
Bill Cassidy is selling his bill by telling one falsehood after another, because the truth would scare away his colleagues.
President Trump’s former campaign chairman has continued soliciting international business even as his past international work is under investigation.
“As president of the United States, I will always put America first,” President Trump said.
Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, is interested in Mr. Trump’s firing of his F.B.I. director and national security adviser and other events.
The least we deserve is a less exciting finger on the trigger.
The United Nations rings with bombast and braggadocio.
Many Republican voters support DACA, especially G.O.P. elites, and he could always change his mind. He’s done it before.
Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer hold no formal reins of power, but the Democratic leaders have emerged as a surprising force.
The secretary of defense has been deft at leveraging the president’s respect for him into room to maneuver on his policy goals.
Jeffrey Gerrish, the president’s nominee to be deputy U.S. Trade Representative, is drawing Senate scrutiny for a vote cast in Virginia after he moved to Maryland.
Fourteen states have vowed to uphold the Paris climate pact with or without the federal government, and a new analysis suggests their efforts are having an impact.
Readers criticize his speech for promoting the “dark alleys of nationalism” and threatening to destroy North Korea.
With a deadline looming, the president seeks support from allies to toughen provisions of the pact rather than scrap it, with mixed reaction from Europeans.
The president calls the Iran nuclear deal an “embarrassment,” but ending it would destroy his credibility in any talks over North Korea’s arsenal.
Writers from across the political spectrum discuss President Trump’s bellicose address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
As he meets President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, President Moon Jae-in appears isolated in opposing military options against North Korea.
Senator Lamar Alexander gave up on his effort to shore up health care markets as his fellow Republicans pressured lawmakers to back the latest Affordable Care Act repeal.
The United Nations General Assembly is convening for its second day, in the wake of President Trump’s combative remarks on North Korea and Iran. Here are the highlights.
Politics dominated the awards show on Sunday, and two days later, the president finally reacted.
The president declared that nations should respect each other’s sovereignty. But he threatened to act aggressively against some nations, like North Korea and Iran.
In a bellicose speech before world leaders, President Trump framed differences with North Korea, Iran and Venezuela as a battle of good versus evil.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said a group of asylum seekers being held in camps on Nauru and Manus Island would be resettled in the United States.
President Trump, unlike Barack Obama, brought lots of fury to the General Assembly and hardly a hint of compromise or interest in negotiating.
We look at President Trump’s bellicose address to the United Nations General Assembly, and the man who crafted its message.
A Swedish graduate student infiltrated far right groups in the United States and Europe. This is what he saw.
A reader sees a significant shortcoming.
Kenneth P. Vogel overheard a conversation at a Washington steakhouse that led to a story on the White House legal team’s internal discord over the Russia investigations.
The 193-member United Nations is gathering for the 72nd session of the General Assembly. Here are the highlights.
The health insurance of millions may rest on the senator’s willingness to stand firm.
Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has aggressively used warrants and subpoenas for the Russia investigation, sending a message in Washington.
With President Trump’s first address to the United Nations on Tuesday, here’s a look at past presidents’ first speeches.
A draft report by the Department of Health and Human Services contradicts a central argument made by advocates of deep cuts in refugees.
H.I.V. infection rates are falling in Africa, a sign that the AIDS epidemic could be brought to an end.
If applicants do something they failed to mention in their application in their first three months in the United States, it would jeopardize their status.
We look at the tactics being used to investigate Russia’s election interference. And a Times reporter overhears the president’s lawyers at a steakhouse.
Separately, Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to the president, is losing her protection after a revision in the assessment of threats against her, an official said.
The defense secretary also said the United States had not shot down any missiles so far because they did not directly threaten American territory or allies.
At a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron of France at the United Nations, Mr. Trump said he got the idea after watching the Bastille Day parade.
At the Emmys, Mr. Spicer made light of his tenure as press secretary. In an interview, he said he regretted his infamous briefing on the inaugural crowd size.
An Egyptian court acquitted a high-profile Irish prisoner on Monday, but handed a five-year sentence to an American arrested at the same time.
An Egyptian court acquitted a high-profile Irish prisoner on Monday, but handed a five-year sentence to an American arrested at the same time.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has proposed that President Trump make changes to 10 national monuments, including Bears Ears in southern Utah, according to a memo addressed to the White House.
A reader writes that Trump has an opportunity he will not likely seize.
“We pledge to be partners in your work,” the America First president told a room full of world leaders in New York. He even tweeted nice.
In this morally addled country, fame matters more than the reasons for it.
The debate, which led to an angry confrontation between two members of the legal team, could shape the course of the special counsel’s investigation.
But practical-minded utility executives are still shutting down coal-fired plants in favor of more affordable energy sources.
Accounting for Trump and those who surround him.
Gary D. Cohn, the White House economic adviser, said at the United Nations that the Trump administration would pull out of the Paris deal unless it was revised.
Ms. Haley has cast herself as someone who can sway President Trump on important foreign policy issues — including the value of the United Nations itself. This week will test her influence.
Although he wasn’t in the building, President Trump had a large presence at the Emmy Awards.
In a series of eclectic Twitter posts, President Trump also appeared to refer to Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, as Rocket Man.
Representatives from 193 nations are set to gather for the 72nd annual General Assembly. All eyes will be on President Trump as he juggles diplomatic tensions in countries like North Korea and Iran.
An Interior Department memo has proposed lifting restrictions on seismic surveys in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which may open it to drilling.
The stalemate strategy didn’t work there. It won’t in Afghanistan either.
The text of the Interior Department memo.
Humor is a policy tool that leaders from both parties deploy. But not Trump.
A secret transcript of a recent conversation between the Almighty and a televangelist.
All eyes will be on the new American president at his first United Nations General Assembly as international leaders take his measure.
The remaking of the Afghan capital almost triples the footprint of a fortresslike Green Zone to take in nearly all ministries and Western compounds.
Hatem El-Gamasy often appears as a pundit for Egyptian television news programs. His viewers don’t know his day job: He owns a bodega in Queens.
President Trump has reason to worry about China, but he should seek areas of agreement with Beijing and enlist it in addressing global problems.
In a city where common ground has been uncommon, there has been some bewilderment over the lost art of reaching across the aisle.
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, who sees himself as a steward of taxpayer dollars, slashed the number of diplomats attending the United Nations General Assembly next week.
Compassion for young immigrants? Dream on. When he does the right thing, he’s only playing the angles.
Senate Judiciary Committee leaders are growing frustrated with what they see as stonewalling from the Justice Department over their Russia probe.
Few of Hatem El-Gamasy's customers know that he also appears on Egyptian television news programs, holding forth on subjects from immigration policy to North Korea.
The administration’s refusal to turn over the names of people who met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s private club, escalates a legal battle.
Mixed messages, backtracking and a bit of verbal combat after a bipartisan meeting between President Trump and Democratic Party leaders have added confusion to the fate of DACA. Three New York Times reporters, Maggie Haberman, Peter Baker, and Gle...
Londoners like to “keep calm and carry on.” But there’s a problem with such insouciance.
Trump’s move toward Democrats is about betrayal, not pragmatism.
A Connecticut statute provides free-speech protections beyond the First Amendment, making it illegal for ESPN to punish Hill, according to some labor lawyers.
Enter my contest for poems about our times and the Trump presidency.
Enter my contest for poems about our times and the Trump presidency.
A reader humorously imagines crepes named for people in the news, including Trump, Putin and Bannon (recently taken off the menu).
The president suggested British intelligence officials were aware of whoever was behind a terrorist attack on in the London subway.
The C.I.A. is pushing for expanded powers to carry out its own drone strikes, and the White House is said to favor the proposal despite Pentagon objections.
The president, who did not take action that could have scrapped the nuclear deal, is moving toward using military and economic leverage to push back on Iran.
He has an opportunity to expand the country’s domestic economy and global leadership.
President Trump’s tentative deal with Democrats has elevated the one issue that most fiercely divides Republicans, threatening the party’s broader agenda.
Writers across the political spectrum consider the potential deal struck by President Trump and Democrats to replace the program that shields some young immigrants from deportation.
For the moment, at least, a kitchen-table approach to congressional deal-making seems to have broken a legislative stalemate.
President Trump’s dressing down of his attorney general at a meeting in May was the beginning of a tumultuous summer for the two men.
The test is the 15th such one this year and the first since the country detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb to date.
President Trump thrust himself back into the racial storms of Charlottesville, repeating his charge that those resisting neo-Nazis and white supremacists were as much to blame as the alt-right.
We discuss the president’s latest surprising alliance with Democrats, and call Senator Bernie Sanders to get his take on this moment.
In both the United States and Europe, far-right voters are far more likely to express concerns about immigration and race than trade.
Mr. Meyers said, “The last time somebody changed positions that much on Twitter, Ted Cruz liked it.”
Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah warned that a tax overhaul promised for the week of Sept. 25 may be only “guidance” or “signposts” for tax legislation.
The White House has set a deadline of Oct. 5 for immigrants to reapply for protected status under DACA. A Brooklyn judge said the deadline was too soon.
The celebrated artist says her new work isn’t “activist.” Indeed, it is far more than that.
Readers expect that the president’s tax plan will benefit himself and other wealthy people.
President Trump said there would need to be a larger agreement on border security for any deal on young undocumented immigrants.
President Trump came under sharp attack on Thursday for appearing to set aside a border wall fight while reaching a deal on DACA immigrants.
President Trump said there would need to be a larger agreement on border security for any deal on young, undocumented immigrants.
The result is a stark contrast to Pew’s survey of 2015, when 66 percent of Mexicans had a generally positive view of the United States.
The president praised the government’s response to the Hurricane Irma.
Despite friction with rabbinical groups, President Trump will hold a conference call on Friday with Jewish leaders ahead of the High Holy Days.
Deep divisions have led to a war over our core beliefs.
The Federal Reserve doesn’t do enough to restrain out-of-control prices for stocks, houses and other assets. It should, and Donald Trump can help.
Many Republican voters appear to be ready to follow the president wherever he goes.
Who’s who on the president’s naughty and nice list. And why.
Cut those taxes! No, raise them! No, just ask Chuck and Nancy.
The president invited Senator Tim Scott to the Oval Office for what Mr. Trump’s staff described as a demonstration of the president’s commitment to “positive race relations.”
None of this is normal.
The rare move by the White House to block a deal for Lattice Semiconductor could signal more aggressive scrutiny of China’s deal-making ambitions.
The young are typically much less likely to vote, but signs suggest participation levels could soon rise.
On “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Mr. Spicer admitted that President Trump was never a big fan of Ms. McCarthy’s impersonation.
Visa sanctions were imposed on Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Mexico rescinded an offer of aid for American hurricane victims, saying it needed to pay for earthquake recovery. But its reversal also came after President Trump stayed quiet over the disaster.
Hill, who co-hosts the 6 p.m. edition of “SportsCenter,” posted a series of disparaging statements about President Trump on Twitter.
In a joint statement, the Democratic leaders said that they would also work toward a package of border security measures that does not include the border wall.
In a battle between Republican isolationists and interventionists, the Senate rejected Senator Rand Paul’s push to end the military force declaration passed after 9/11.