Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has paused until at least Thursday a federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration that would restrict access by mail to mifepristone.
State officials asked the justices to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a congressional map, a major defeat for Democrats.
The Biden-era measure was intended to protect millions of acres from industrial development and the effects of climate change.
Beijing has hacked America, but we have all the tools we need to fight back.
Congress would have to agree to any suspension, and dropping federal taxes would not make up for the steep increase in prices since the war began.
A las naciones asiáticas les preocupa que el presidente de EE. UU. pueda sacrificar compromisos de seguridad por mejores condiciones económicas con China.
Readers discuss the effects of cellphone bans in school and screen time limits. Also: Close “Alligator Alcatraz”; President Trump’s vulgar language.
Patrick Healy, an assistant managing editor, explains how The Times reports on social media posts by the president that can be erratic and even profane, but are often consequential.
The delegation includes business leaders across a wide range of industries, including Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla.
Estados Unidos e Irán han estado discutiendo una prórroga de 30 días de su alto al fuego y una reapertura del estrecho de Ormuz.
As the government has been devising plans to keep the dollar dominant, China has been making its own moves to increase global influence of the renminbi.
Cole Tomas Allen faces four counts in what prosecutors say was a plot to kill President Trump and other top officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.
Las terribles condiciones en Venezuela provocaron un éxodo. Tras el atentado que derrocó a su máximo dirigente, la cuestión es si las cosas han cambiado lo suficiente como para que el retorno resulte atractivo.
Las apariciones recientes del vicepresidente JD Vance y el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio han generado nuevas especulaciones sobre una contienda por la candidatura presidencial republicana.
Se espera que la guerra en Irán, el comercio, la inteligencia artificial y Taiwán estén en el orden del día. Pero las expectativas son moderadas.
A group of civilians in Taiwan are stepping up defense training amid rising tensions with China. Beijing’s claim to the island is expected to be discussed by China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Trump this week.
The Trump administration has held up the sale for months ahead of President Trump’s meeting this week with President Xi Jinping of China.
The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.
Beijing is signaling that it is ready for a trade showdown, and it is building up a legal arsenal in preparation.
Students say they have been passed over for jobs and interviews because of visa restrictions. Some have a Plan B: leaving the United States.
With peace talks on ice and Ukraine now more self-reliant, President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to be stepping away from the United States.
Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development.
A doctor and senator who voted to confirm Robert Kennedy still was snubbed by Trump in the Republican primary in Louisiana.
If Americans knew what Cuba was enduring, they would demand an end to the U.S. blockade.
Asian nations worry that the president might trade security commitments for better economic terms with China during his planned meeting with Xi Jinping this week.
The Trump administration said last week that the war had run its course, but the U.S. president and Israel’s prime minister in interviews on Sunday did not rule out renewed combat.
The two countries have been discussing a 30-day extension to the cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Readers discuss artificial intelligence and writing in the classroom. Also: President Trump’s latest assault on science; election workers.
When we’re talking about which allies to support or which communities we defend, our principles shouldn’t shift.
EE. UU. ha presionado a Argentina y Chile para que revisen dos proyectos de telescopios chinos en los desiertos andinos. A los astrónomos les preocupa que esto suponga un revés para la investigación.
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are boosting their profiles, generating speculation about who’s lining up for the 2028 presidential nomination.
A gunman’s attack at the April dinner has spurred more debate than usual about one of Washington’s most dissected rituals.
The Russian military has yet to solve a fundamental problem: how to make big advances in eastern Ukraine when drones are everywhere.
The U.S. has pressed Argentina and Chile to review two Chinese telescope projects in the Andean deserts. Astronomers are worried about setbacks to research.
As a new generation of chronically online oversharers runs for office, many find themselves tripped up by past statements. Their response? Delete, distance, disavow.
Dire conditions in Venezuela prompted an exodus. In the wake of the attack that ousted its top leader, the question is whether things have changed enough to make a return appealing.
We are entering a more perilous era where China no longer sees U.S. strength as something to fear.
The U.S. Navy’s blockade continued to intercept ships trying to leave or enter Iranian ports, while fear of Iranian attacks kept other ships from attempting passage through the narrows.
How the economic shock waves of Trump’s Iran war will be felt globally.
Trump’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025.
Ramit Sethi wants everyone to have a healthier relationship to money, and thinks he knows how to get us there.
Hay gente que tiene creencias que no son negociables. Trump se siente desconcertado cuando se encuentra con posturas así de firmes.
The president has reworked his tariffs repeatedly — sometimes because they have been declared illegal — with more updates still to come.
Republicans are charging ahead in the nation’s redistricting race, and showing new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears.
The Trump administration’s focus on the show is testament to the enduring influence of an old-fashioned broadcast TV program started 29 years ago.
A staff member on the House China Committee was promised $10,000 for U.S. policy insights, on issues like Venezuela and rare-earth minerals.
The landlocked body of water has taken on new significance, with Russia shipping military and commercial goods to bolster Tehran’s ability to withstand the U.S. assault.
El presidente de EE. UU. dijo que decidió pintar el icónico lugar cerca del monumento a Lincoln de azul, y dirigió un contrato del gobierno a alguien que dijo que había trabajado en sus albercas.
The country’s exports surged and its trade surplus with the United States widened ahead of President Trump’s scheduled visit next week to Beijing.
Con su cruzada desreguladora, Javier Milei se convirtió en una figura estelar del universo MAGA. Pero en Argentina, su experimento de ajuste extremo enfrenta un momento decisivo.
The former opposition leader, who won a landslide election, now faces the formidable job of dismantling what his predecessor called an “illiberal democracy.”
The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.
Of the 57 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against boats accused of drug trafficking, there have rarely been survivors.
King Frederik X has appointed a right-leaning politician to try to form the next government.
The new measures are focused on Chinese companies that supply Iran’s military with materials to make drones.
State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.
President Trump has upended the U.S. refugee program to prioritize mainly white Afrikaners. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs reports he is now is now considering doubling the amount he allows into the country.
Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts, under its new secretary, to stay under the radar.
The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.
Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.
The police in Greenland are investigating the case of a lone man from Las Vegas who goes by Cliff. Locals said he had offered money to Greenlanders to join the United States.
A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.
Readers respond to an essay about old people preparing (or not) for the end. Also: Antisemitism online; Trump the destroyer; two types of dreaming.
President Trump handpicked a firm he said had worked on his swimming pool to repair the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial.
Señor presidente, por favor, no tome esta carta como una defensa de la política de EE. UU. hacia Cuba, y mucho menos como un llamado a la intervención militar estadounidense.
Mientras el país se prepara para el Día de la Victoria, la economía se estanca, aumentan las restricciones de internet y el Kremlin teme ataques ucranianos.
For the president, a major legal defeat could undercut his leverage as he prepares to head to Beijing next week for high-stakes trade negotiations.
El Departamento de Estado declinó dar detalles sobre lo que implicaría esa revisión, pero dijo que podría conducir al cierre de algunos consulados.
Forced to fight for political survival because of redistricting, Ken Calvert and Young Kim, both Republicans, are accusing each other of being insufficiently MAGA.
What Trump’s monuments look like to a British architecture writer.
The American economy and the climate would both benefit from permitting reform.
People return to work for many reasons, but the biggest is financial need. As costs remain high, more retirees could be looking to re-enter the job market.
President Trump on Thursday said the cease-fire with Iran was still intact after the two countries exchanged fire. He dismissed Iran’s attacks as a “trifle.”
Pekín dependía del líder saliente de Hungría, Viktor Orbán, para afianzarse en Europa. Una gigantesca fábrica de baterías resultó ser un paso demasiado audaz.
Chinese automakers do not belong on American soil.
America’s ability to deter China in a war over Taiwan is weakened, Chinese analysts say, giving Beijing leverage in an upcoming summit with President Trump.
As the country heads into Victory Day, the economy is stalling, internet restrictions are growing and the Kremlin is fearing Ukrainian attacks.
Already having faced an energy crisis five years ago, more European consumers believe they are “one Trump-ignited war away” from crushing costs.
The State Department said it would review all Mexican consulates in the United States, following claims in conservative media that the consulates interfere in politics.
The president dismissed Iran’s firing on U.S. vessels in the strait as a mere “trifle.”
The university’s leader bumped into students as he drove away following an evening of debate over the long-running conflict in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia’s refusal of support suggests that President Trump’s unpredictable approach to Iran has strained ties with one of his closest allies in the Middle East.
The tussle put a spotlight on the administration’s attempt to replace the United States Agency for International Development with a new, “America First” alternative.
The exchange was the latest twist in a week of mixed signals in the region and tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump searches for an off-ramp in the war that he started.
The request comes after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a Food and Drug Administration regulation that has greatly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
The escalating attacks raise the threat that the cease-fire could break down.
The project would transform the granite exterior of the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which dates to the 1800s.
A panel of federal judges found that President Trump could not legally impose the tariff on most imports.
Despite a previous order, the administration has continued to follow guidance from January empowering immigrations agents to widely make arrests without probable cause, judge says.
“I think we know that we are in increasingly disorderly times,” the billionaire investor Ray Dalio says on “Interesting Times,” where he tells the columnist Ross Douthat why he’s pessimistic about America’s future.
The United States and its partners have burned through an enormous amount of air defense missiles in the Iran war, and production is slow.
The plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and give the two countries 30 days to hammer out a comprehensive deal, according to three Iranian officials.
States are recognizing the ecological benefits of ripping out dams and reconnecting rivers.
The Bureau of Land Management will allow the use of the spring-loaded traps, which can kill coyotes and other animals that prey on livestock.
After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.
The move would further solidify the U.S. refugee program as a pipeline for the white minority from South Africa.
A White House task force also called for speeding up aid, but some of its ideas would require action by Congress to become reality.
Representative Tom Barrett, a Michigan Republican facing a tough re-election race, introduced a bill to impose limits on the use of military force in Iran and end the fighting this summer.
The Fifth Circuit, reversed more than any other appeals court, has a reputation for taking extreme positions.
The debt is outgrowing the size of America’s economy. The president’s policies could accelerate the country’s fiscal headaches, experts say, unless policymakers intervene.
Our national political correspondent Lisa Lerer explains the impact of President Trump’s spate of attacks against Pope Leo XIV ahead of the closely contested midterm elections.
The immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.
An Iranian official said that Tehran would convey its reply through Pakistan, a key mediator. Another Iranian official earlier dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.”
Beijing depended on Hungary’s outgoing leader, Viktor Orban, to gain a toehold in Europe. A giant battery factory proved a step too far.
Los presidentes de los dos países más poblados de América se reunirán el jueves en Washington para discutir asuntos de seguridad, comercio y minerales críticos.
Our most transactional president is having trouble processing.
President Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have had a rocky relationship, will meet on Thursday for talks on security, trade and critical minerals.
We are living in an ugly era of ugly choices.
The ruling is the latest in a saga driven by President Trump’s desire for redemption in the state, which he lost in 2020. The county is likely to appeal.
The Trump administration has eliminated more than 350,000 federal jobs. But an annual effort to inspire talented people to serve the public continues.
The administration’s latest shifts on the status of the conflict show how treacherous it is to speak for a president who cultivates an erratic style.
Low approval ratings? MAGA divisions? The president was able to turn out party loyalists in an Indiana primary to help him oust Republican state lawmakers who had crossed him.
El presidente apoyó a los adversarios de siete legisladores republicanos que se opusieron a su iniciativa de redistribución de distritos. Al menos cinco ganaron sus elecciones.
El presidente Trump intenta dejar atrás la mayor crisis política de su presidencia. Pero proclamar el fin de la guerra no lo convierte en realidad.
The vice president, a skeptic of the war, made his first visit of the cycle to the state that will kick off the 2028 nominating process.
At a private event in Washington last month, Mr. Smith, the former special counsel, accused Justice Department leaders of targeting people for prosecution to please and impress the president.
The U.S. military is essentially on standby as officials give contradictory signals about the status of the Iran war effort.
Top federal prosecutors in New York withdrew from an annual event hosted by the City Bar Association, which has been critical of President Trump’s policies.
Nothing was disclosed about the peace plan, and there were conflicting signals from the Iranians about how seriously they were taking it.
The war in Iran has added to a tectonic shift in public opinion — a bipartisan swing away from Israel. Some on the far-right are fighting to keep President Trump’s movement aligned with the Jewish state.
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Christine Emba about a possible Catholic revival. Also: A woman’s face.
In a lawsuit, an Air Force veteran says that the federal government is sending a “chilling message” to people demonstrating against the immigration crackdown.
The former president was critical of President Trump, without ever naming him. Mr. Obama also urged Democrats to be plain-spoken, and talked about aliens.
Disney parks are closely watched as a bellwether for consumer confidence.
After deep cuts last year, the agency is hiring hundreds. But fears linger that it isn’t equipped for imminent tornado and hurricane threats.
President Trump changed course on the U.S. mission to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz just a day after it began. Oil prices fell and stocks rose as he cited “great progress” toward an agreement with Iran.
Trump administration officials are weighing a plan that would allow wealthy individuals to donate shares in their companies to the investment accounts.
Plus, a visit to the “Gates to Hell.”
If OPEC can’t manage oil markets, the world is in for a wild ride.
El presidente de EE. UU. intenta aumentar la presión económica sobre Teherán, pero es poco probable que el gobierno iraní acepte negociar sin un acuerdo significativo y digno.
El gobierno de EE. UU. debate una orden ejecutiva para crear un grupo de trabajo que reúna a ejecutivos tecnológicos y funcionarios del gobierno para examinar procedimientos de supervisión.
Please do not take the fact that I am writing this letter to you as a defense of U.S. policy toward Cuba, much less a call for American intervention.
El gobierno de Trump está desalojando a manadas de bisontes de las praderas federales, después de ponerse del lado de los ganaderos y los líderes republicanos enfrentados a los ecologistas y los líderes tribales.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is attempting to raise Japan’s profile at a time when China’s clout is rising and doubts about the United States are spreading.
The president helped unseat most of the state lawmakers he targeted after they rebuffed his call to draw new House maps to help Republicans.
The attack was the second in two days, and the latest in an ongoing campaign against people the United States says are engaged in drug smuggling at sea.
The White House is turning to rhetorical leaps as President Trump tries to put the biggest political crisis of his presidency behind him.
The fake image of Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York was similar to a post from September that was widely denounced as racist.
President Trump endorsed primary opponents against seven Republican lawmakers who opposed his redistricting push. At least five of the Trump-backed candidates have won their races.
In a close race, Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee, and Dr. Amy Acton, the Democrat, bring distinctive potential liabilities: his wealth and her time leading Ohio’s pandemic response.
A grand jury approved a fourth count against Cole Tomas Allen, who prosecutors say wounded a federal officer while attempting to kill President Trump.
M.I.A. made the comments at a concert in Dallas, drawing boos from the audience and criticism online.
The American effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping is still on course, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, even as Iran’s state broadcaster dismissed it as a failure.
A new level of global disorder will face the American and Chinese presidents at their summit. Like Mao and Nixon, they face a common threat.
The Trump family won’t profit from branded merchandise sold at the airport. But it will have control over any biographical material presented about President Trump there.
With Ukraine, you can glimpse the shape of success.
The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a system for designating certain “critical infrastructure” sites off limits to unmanned aircraft.
Las declaraciones del presidente en un acto en la Casa Blanca contrastan con la realidad económica en la que el aumento de los precios de la energía afecta tanto a familias como a empresas.