In the days before President Trump announced that he would send troops to what he called a “war-ravaged” Portland, Ore., federal officers had described the protests there as “low energy.” Anna Griffin, who is reporting in Portland for The New York Times, describes what she’s seen there.
Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners.
El presidente de Colombia dijo el miércoles que la lancha bombardeada era colombiana y llevaba pasajeros de su país. “Espero que aparezcan sus familias y denuncien”, escribió en X.
The Pentagon has deployed 10,000 U.S. troops to the region, most of them to bases in Puerto Rico, a senior military official said.
For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.
Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution. But her grant was canceled.
“Fundamentally, we were trying to learn about these systems to prevent people from dying unnecessarily from heat,” said Kevin Gurney, an atmospheric scientist.
The Trump administration has said that it is attacking boats and killing their occupants because they are smuggling drugs from Venezuela to the United States.
State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image.
The president’s comments and a note from Marco Rubio hinted that the two-year-long conflict may be about to pause, if not end.
The judge found that ICE had violated a 2022 consent agreement and demanded agents have probable cause for their arrests.
Online skeptics wondered if Mr. Miller had caught himself saying something he did not mean to. CNN says there was a technical glitch.
Health care premiums are expected to double for millions of Americans on Obamacare next year if the law doesn’t change in time. Neera Tanden walks Ezra Klein through the policy stakes of the government shutdown.
Health care premiums are expected to double for millions of Americans on Obamacare next year if the law doesn’t change in time. Neera Tanden walks Ezra Klein through the policy stakes of the government shutdown.
Union leaders representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers urged both parties to negotiate as their members prepared to receive their last paychecks until the standoff is resolved.
As the federal closure slides into a second week, Republicans are working to peel off five more Democratic senators to join them in voting to reopen the government.
The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago.
As New York and other states tally the damage, a leaked document suggests more Energy Department cuts may be coming.
Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black.
Readers respond to a guest essay about vaccine debates. Also: Attorney General Pam Bondi’s performance; wildfire smoke and our health.
Oregon officials say the atmosphere outside an ICE building that has drawn daily demonstrations since June has grown worse since the president’s threats.
In an early morning Truth Social post, the president said Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago should be jailed for failing to protect ICE officers.
In a rare interview, the justice bemoaned vulgarity in public life, discussed his family’s ties to President Trump and reflected on his own history and legacy.
Public parks are vital for children’s health.
Los lectores enviaron consultas para Peter Baker sobre la cobertura del presidente Trump y el papel cambiante de Estados Unidos en el mundo.
President Trump said he would consider using the Insurrection Act to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and other places.
Obamacare premiums could double for millions of Americans if the law isn’t changed. Neera Tanden walks Ezra Klein through the shutdown’s policy stakes.
The case against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, was deemed too thin by a previous federal prosecutor, who quit under pressure from President Trump.
Remember when Republicans loved small government?
Can Donald Trump end the “worst war” with the latest round of peace talks?
People and institutions of civil society must coordinate against him.
Higher education leaders and public-school superintendents say they depend on skilled foreign workers to fill critical roles.
Col. Daren K. Margolin, who retired from the Marine Corps, was fired from a command position as head of security at Marine Base Quantico in 2013 for negligently firing a gun into the floor of his office.
The Canadian prime minister came to Washington determined to take the heat out of the relationship. He mostly succeeded, at least for now.
The session before a Senate panel featured more fireworks than facts as Democrats and the attorney general repeatedly clashed.
Even President Trump has conceded that he and his party could face political pain from rising premiums, stiffening Democrats’ spines as they demand a subsidy extension.
President Trump has long spoken of seeking vengeance against his political enemies. Here’s a list of whom he is targeting.
Peter Baker answers questions from readers about covering President Trump and the changing U.S. role in the world.
The Trump administration has a long way to go.
Judge April M. Perry is a Biden appointee who has been a federal judge for less than a year.
Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services.
The Guard has been federally mobilized around the country at least 10 times since World War II, with presidents using it to respond to civil unrest.
Until the recent U.S.-backed peace deal, Israel has continued to use force without engaging in any viable diplomacy. It must change to save itself.
Elon Musk’s electric car company said the new versions would start at around $37,000 and $40,000, prices that bring its cars closer to comparable gasoline vehicles.
The world generated more electricity from renewable energy than coal for the first time ever, a new report finds. The United States is lagging behind.
The government shutdown fight has spotlighted a debate between Republicans and Democrats about whether and how much the government should subsidize health care.
It’s a prickly time for comedy, but one show is going harder than ever. The comedian Wyatt Cenac joins Wesley Morris to talk about the latest season of “South Park.”
At a Senate committee hearing, the attorney general avoided answering pointed queries by repeatedly laying into her questioners and casting her responses as a defense of the Trump administration.
La jueza expresó su exasperación ante la incapacidad de los abogados del gobierno para responder a “preguntas básicas” sobre el destino del hombre salvadoreño.
Union leaders and Democratic lawmakers say the move would run afoul of a law adopted under President Trump’s first term.
El gobierno dijo que una ley de acuñación de monedas coleccionables de 2020 permite que una persona viva aparezca en la moneda estadounidense.
As the administration’s top advocate before the justices, D. John Sauer has notched several recent Supreme Court victories.
The World Trade Organization said trade growth had proved more resilient in 2025 than expected, but would slow next year as result of President Trump’s tariffs.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, both architects of President Trump’s plan to end the war, are expected to join mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas.
Plus, a new way to fight robocalls.
The president’s claims about cities don’t hold up.
The court’s ruling in the Colorado case will have implications for more than 20 other states with similar laws.
President Trump on Tuesday is hosting Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, who is seeking relief from U.S. tariffs. Few people expect any major concessions.
As it did in 2018, the White House plans to dole out relief funds to struggling U.S. farmers who have lost their biggest customer.
Here are five lessons for cities in the president’s sights, like Chicago and Memphis, drawn from the one city targeted by Mr. Trump in his first term, Portland, Ore.
Xinyue Lou is accused of funneling foreign campaign donations to President Trump’s campaign. The president has said the justice system has been used against him and his supporters.
El gobierno de Donald Trump está aumentando la presión sobre Nicolás Maduro, presidente de Venezuela, mientras ataca barcos en el mar Caribe.
The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.
Under new guidelines, journalists will not need approval from the Defense Department before publishing articles containing information not officially released.
La medida allana el camino para una posible escalada militar contra los narcotraficantes o el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro.
On Monday, the president said that he was considering invoking the Insurrection Act to send National Guard troops to American cities. The act would grant him emergency powers to deploy troops and bypass court rulings.
President Trump said he was open to making “the right deal” on health care with Democrats. Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, denied any talks were underway.
The president said he would invoke emergency powers to deploy the National Guard if “people were being killed, and courts were holding us up.”
The move paves the way for a possible military escalation against drug traffickers or the government of Nicolás Maduro.
Parents are standing guard at schools. Some restaurants have stopped delivering food or simply closed. “Every single person who looks brown is scared,” a lawyer said.
The Treasury Department said that a 2020 collectible coinage law allows a living person to appear on U.S. currency.
The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, while attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea.
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.
It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.
The judge expressed exasperation at government lawyers’ failure to answer “basic questions” or produce evidence during what she called a “topsy-turvy, inside-out day.”
President Trump’s attempts to politicize the military have become more overt as he makes the case for having troops at his disposal in American cities.
As the president cancels projects in Democratic-run states, he is cutting money that benefits his own party’s lawmakers in some of the most competitive House districts.
Mr. Hunt, a U.S. House member, and Senator John Cornyn will be competing for voters who dislike the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, who has led in many polls.
Judge Karin Immergut worked on Ken Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton. Now she’s ruled against Trump’s attempt to send troops to Portland.
Readers object to President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. Also: ICE at the Super Bowl.
La exempleada y amiga de Jeffrey Epstein argumentó que un acuerdo secreto entre unos fiscales y el multimillonario financiero invalidaba su condena.
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.”
Smoke rose above Gaza, where fighting has continued as Hamas and Israel planned to hold indirect talks in Egypt on the war in Gaza. Significant issues remain to be hashed out.
The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction.
Approaching the milestone for the first time, the precious metal is on course for its best year since the 1970s, highlighting unease among investors.
Plus, when Silicon Valley comes to the farm.
Republicans’ exploitation of government’s closure is the tell that they prefer it this way.
A conservative’s vision for MAGA beyond Trump.
This is worse than putting all your eggs in one basket.
As the justices return to the bench Monday, the court will confront a series of cases central to the president’s agenda.
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.
Before the election, we surveyed the legal establishment about what a second Trump term could mean for the rule of law. A year later, they’re very, very worried.
Though significant issues remain to be hashed out between Israel and Hamas, some are saying that after two years of death and destruction, a breakthrough may be near.
El primer ministro israelí se adjudicó el mérito de un acuerdo que se estaba gestando, pero quedó claro que era Donald Trump quien llevaba las riendas.
The president, speaking aboard an aircraft carrier off Norfolk, Va., repeated his claims that the boats were trafficking drugs bound for the United States.
La ampliación del diagnóstico del espectro autista a lo largo de los años se ha convertido ahora en el punto álgido de un largo debate sobre cómo debe definirse el autismo, que ha dividido a padres y activistas por igual.
Senator Chuck Schumer and Speaker Mike Johnson each accused the other of not being “serious” about talks to end the shutdown as the government was closed for a fifth day.
The move follows a judge’s order on Saturday blocked the Oregon National Guard from deploying there. California’s governor said the state would sue.
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said he had ordered state agencies to investigate a raid on a Chicago apartment building where there had been reports of “nearly naked” children zip-tied by federal officers.
Republicans, who hold a governing trifecta, have adopted a mostly passive stance while Democrats dig in for a fight, with both feeling they have the political upper hand.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took credit for an emerging agreement, but it was clear that President Trump was calling the shots.
Readers respond to a guest essay by Roxane Gay. Also: A Canadian’s lament.
Saudi Arabia, the de facto leader of the oil cartel, sees advantages in increasing output despite market risks.
Indirect negotiations through mediators are planned for Monday in Egypt and are expected to focus on one main issue, swapping hostages for Palestinian prisoners. That may leave talks on other obstacles to ending the war until later.
If Democrats don’t win the shutdown fight, millions of young Americans may lose coverage because of higher prices.
Under a new state law, public schools can no longer sponsor gay and gender clubs or “assist” with transitioning, but implementation appears to be varying by the politics of the districts.
By sending troops to U.S. cities that are not in active crisis, President Trump is breaking with military tradition. Helene Cooper, who covers national security issues for The New York Times, compares his recent actions with earlier domestic military deployments.
El fallo fue una sorprendente reprimenda tanto al Departamento de Justicia como a algunos de sus funcionarios de alto rango, incluido Todd Blanche, fiscal general adjunto.
A federal judge appointed by President Trump issued a temporary restraining order, siding for now with Oregon and Portland lawyers who called federalizing the guard a presidential overreach.
Hamas said it would release all Israeli hostages but wants to negotiate elements of President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Adam Rasgon, a reporter for The New York Times in Jerusalem, explains where negotiations stand.
Along with optimism that President Trump can lock Israel and Hamas into a deal, many expressed anxiety about being disappointed once more.
La jueza María Antongiorgi-Jordán, del Tribunal Federal de Distrito de San Juan, consideró que la Casa Blanca incumplió una ley de 2016 por la que se creó la junta de siete miembros.
Hamás aceptó algunos elementos de la propuesta del presidente Trump para poner fin a la guerra en Gaza, pero no está claro si sus condiciones serán suficientes para la Casa Blanca o Israel.
Conflicting court rulings have plunged hundreds of thousands of people with temporary protection from deportation into uncertainty.
“We’ll see how it all turns out,” President Trump said after Hamas agreed to portions of his cease-fire plan, with conditions.
Trump’s exclusionary view of the country strains the bonds of union.
Trump’s dispatch of National Guard troops to Portland is another dangerous step toward politicizing America’s military forces.
Getting past the urge to reduce all politics to existential conflict.
Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens pointing out examples.
The California politician on his “wake-up call” at an earlier moment of political upheaval, and the one he’s experiencing today.
The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.
Messages on official government channels blaming Democrats for the shutdown are one of the most significant hits yet to the longstanding wall between federal workers and politics, historians said.
The defense secretary cites a ‘Trump bump.’ But the Army’s recruiting surge wouldn’t have been possible without the program started three years ago at Fort Jackson.
A West Coast version of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign is playing out in Portland. But the socialist city councilors, who say the city has been “run by the rich” for too long, are facing significant opposition.
The Fort Lauderdale museum, one of the country’s oldest L.G.B.T.Q. institutions, is looking to its rich archives for lessons in how to survive a crisis. Here’s a look inside its collection.
Israel said it would cooperate with the White House to end the war, but much remains unclear about Hamas’s future and whether it will agree to disarm.
Hamas’s statement inspired optimism for an end to the war, but did not address several elements of the plan that it has deemed unacceptable.
Residents are protesting a planned housing facility for foreign workers, exposing the conflict between Japan’s need for labor and anxieties over immigration.
A man in a vehicle displaying a handwritten sign referring to President Trump refused to exit his car as the authorities shut down surrounding streets. The man was taken into custody.
Many of the slots would go to white South Africans and others facing “unjust discrimination,” according to people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The New York Times.
Durante meses, el gobierno de Trump ha intentado poner fin a las garantías de 300.000 migrantes venezolanos.
In a short video statement posted on Truth Social, President Trump thanked several Arab and Muslim nations and expressed hope that the hostages would return home soon.
The coin, bearing President Trump’s face, would honor the 250th birthday of the United States.
Is it “fun” and an “unprecedented opportunity,” or is it “madness” that must end? Depends who’s talking.
A federal judge found that the president failed to comply with a law Congress passed in 2016 to restructure the debt of the bankrupt government.
Se trata del cuarto ataque de la campaña del gobierno de Donald Trump contra presuntos narcotraficantes en el mar Caribe.
Stephen A. Schwarzman, the leader of the Blackstone Group, one of the world’s largest investment firms, has taken a direct role in Harvard’s negotiations with the White House.
The Trump administration has tried to end deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants.
From what little we do know about the airstrikes in the Caribbean, the operation doesn’t make much sense.
El grupo militante respondió a la propuesta del presidente Trump para poner fin a la guerra en Gaza.
The agency is demanding certification that population counts, used to determine grant allocations, exclude people who have been recently removed from the country.
Aaron Siri is leading legal efforts on policies that dovetail with parts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s government agenda.
Hamas has agreed to some elements of the proposal by President Trump to end the war in Gaza, but it’s not clear if its conditions would satisfy the White House or Israel.
The suit argues that the new fee would harm schools, hospitals, churches and small businesses across the country.
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada will travel to Washington next week to meet with President Trump to try to ease some of the tariffs imposed by the United States.
A statue depicting President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein was reinstalled near the Capitol after it was briefly removed by the National Park Service last week.
It was the fourth strike in the Trump administration’s legally disputed campaign targeting suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.
The Democratic front-runner for mayor of New York said that “these are the actions of one who is cruel to this city.”