Con el regreso de Donald Trump, todos estamos a punto de descubrir cuán vulnerables somos.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.
The bill, known as the PRESS Act, would codify protections against federal investigators seizing reporters’ records. It is now less likely the legislation would clear the Senate before the current session ends.
In an opinion column in The Wall Street Journal, the heads of the new Department of Government Efficiency said taxpayers shouldn’t pay federal employees “for the Covid-era privilege of staying home.”
Las sobrecargadas fuerzas ucranianas carecen de efectivos y artillería frente a las fuerzas rusas dispuestas a absorber bajas impresionantes.
His first term was marked by backlash and protest. But the president-elect has found new streams of embrace and approval.
Edward Kelley was found guilty of conspiring to murder the agents two weeks after he was convicted at a separate trial of assault and other charges related to the Capitol attack.
A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.
The heart surgeon turned TV star has championed healthy lifestyle habits. But he’s also promoted sham diet pills and ineffective Covid-19 treatments.
El presidente electo de Estados Unidos tiene un punto de partida: el plan para una solución de dos Estados que sacó en enero de 2020.
El presidente electo Donald Trump se unió a Elon Musk en el sexto vuelo de prueba del prototipo del cohete de su empresa que podría llevar personas a la Luna, o incluso a Marte.
Back taxes, youthful pot smoking and undocumented nannies scuttled previous presidential choices. Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s candidates face bigger questions.
Mr. Whitaker briefly served as acting attorney general in Mr. Trump’s first term.
Readers respond to a guest essay about ... reading (in college). Also: What Ukraine needs; “profiles in cowardice”; who we are as Americans.
McMahon, amiga y financiadora de Donald Trump, es una ejecutiva sin formación docente ni mayor experiencia profesional en la dirección de la política educativa.
In the aftermath of the presidential election, voters are reaching for merchandise and political symbols either to celebrate the results or to make clear their opposition.
Before Donald J. Trump takes office, the West wants to call out Iran for failing to adhere to treaty obligations to be transparent about its nuclear past and present.
President-elect Donald J. Trump is assembling a team of aides bent on confrontation with China. But he also has advisers who do business there, including Elon Musk.
El famoso médico dirigiría los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid, una poderosa agencia encargada de programas que dan cobertura a más de 150 millones de estadounidenses.
How to avoid a contentious family holiday after the big election.
The Winklevoss twins, Rebekah Mercer, allies of Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and top Trump campaign aides recently joined a conclave of right-wing donors who are suddenly flush with power.
Readers had questions about individual retirement accounts, distributions and access to brokerage accounts if they moved away from the U.S. Here are some answers.
I love that for them.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Commerce Department would have a big say on American industrial policy and tariffs.
We explore recent events in the war — and what could come next.
Plus, this musical wants France to love it back.
The city’s art and fashion worlds are keeping an eye on President-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda, especially tariffs and tax cuts.
Are there ways to bring the left and the center together without sacrificing either?
Public health advocates worry that Donald Trump could unravel federal clean water efforts, including restrictions on lead pipes and chemicals known as PFAS.
Kamala Harris left Donald J. Trump’s anti-transgender attack ads largely unanswered. Some Democrats call it political malpractice.
With Trump’s return, we are all about to find out how vulnerable we really are.
Overextended Ukrainian forces lack manpower and artillery against Russian forces willing to absorb staggering casualties.
Robert Lighthizer has championed plans to revive American industry and transform the global economy.
The U.S. was never going to save Ukraine, but the incoming president could stop the suffering.
As the nation’s top health official, he could discourage vaccine research and production, and dissuade Americans from getting shots.
Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of Elon Musk, the leading social media platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda.
A second Trump administration could alter the lives of all sorts of animals, whether they live in laboratories, zoos, fields or forests.
Para el Kremlin, el presidente electo es un presagio del colapso estadounidense.
The return to power of President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has vowed to confront China on tariffs, has created deep uncertainty about the U.S. role in avoiding global conflicts.
The tycoon, who testified at his national security trial, rejected accusations that he had used his newspaper and political connections to undermine Beijing’s authority.
Trump found new voters across counties and demographics to win the election. But Harris’s failure to match Biden’s 2020 performance was just as consequential.
A friend and financial backer of Donald J. Trump’s, Ms. McMahon, who led the Small Business Administration during his first term, remained close to him during the campaign.
“Esta es mi última cumbre del G20”, dijo el mandatario el lunes en la cumbre del Grupo de los 20 en Brasil. Los líderes mundiales parecían estar dispuestos a seguir adelante sin él.
The nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight has been trying since last year to get the documents related to the sex-trafficking investigation into Matt Gaetz.
The swift action, two weeks after Donald J. Trump’s presidential win, signaled a sense of urgency from city leaders.
President-elect Donald Trump joined Elon Musk in Texas and watched the launch from a nearby location on Tuesday. While the Starship’s giant booster stage was unable to repeat a “chopsticks” landing, the vehicle’s upper stage successfully splashed ...
Trump’s cabinet picks are the latest instance of normalizing political abhorrence.
The billionaire has rapidly transformed parts of the state, shocking even development-friendly officials: “It was like, ‘Voilà, Elon is here.’”
The celebrity physician would run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency in charge of programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.
The president-elect has a starting point: the plan for a two-state solution that he put out in January 2020.
The president-elect’s appearance in Texas demonstrates the growing closeness between the two billionaires, and Mr. Musk’s increasing influence in Mr. Trump’s orbit.
The billionaire executive and leader of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team will be charged with promoting U.S. industry and overseeing technology controls on China.
El abogado habló con varios medios de comunicación sobre el testimonio de su clienta ante el Comité de Ética del Congreso, que estaba investigando acusaciones contra el exrepresentante republicano.
A handful of startups are racing to usher in an era of near-limitless fusion energy, but big questions remain.
The Constitution allows the president to circumvent the Senate and put appointees in place while the chamber is in recess, a loophole created back when Capitol commutes involved long treks by horse.
With President-elect Donald J. Trump’s sentencing on hold, his lawyers are pushing to dismiss the case. The district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, is opposing the effort.
The U.N. climate conference, held in a petrostate, is a surreal moment. This darkly funny novel about Baku, oil companies and climate change in the first Trump term helps make sense of it all.
President-elect Donald J. Trump joined Elon Musk, as his company’s prototype moon and Mars rocket carried out a sixth test flight that showed a mix of progress and setbacks.
The president-elect is considering a conflicting mix of qualities as he decides who will steer his economic agenda.
Republicans are juggling complex political and tactical questions as they plan their congressional agenda next year.
La designada por el presidente electo Donald Trump para ocupar el cargo de directora de inteligencia nacional ha hecho saltar las alarmas entre los responsables de seguridad de EE. UU.
Donald J. Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse last year, appears determined to force a fight over the role of such allegations in society.
The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.
Questions about the president-elect’s plan, and a call for protests. Also: Tears after the election; funds for education; a roofless stadium in Buffalo.
When Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, it prompted an outpouring of protests. What will happen this time?
Why it can’t fix our messy politics.
Naomi Beinart, 16, on the gender divide that the election revealed at her high school.
Anne Applebaum on how to think about autocracy and authoritarianism in a second Trump term.
Some women are stocking up on the medications, saying they are concerned that the new administration could take steps to restrict access.
In scores of interviews throughout 2024, Latino, Black and Asian American voters, many of whom voted for Donald Trump, said they no longer trusted Democrats to improve the economy.
To the Kremlin, the president-elect is a harbinger of American collapse.
The lawyer told multiple news outlets about the testimony, before the House Ethics Committee, in which the client described witnessing Matt Gaetz having sex with the girl at a party in 2017.
In other testimony, law enforcement witnesses placed the suspect, José Ibarra, at the scene of Ms. Riley’s killing, mainly through cellphone and GPS tracking data.
Ruining a network is hard, but Elon Musk shows it’s possible.
The president-elect is taking a flood-the-zone approach to his cabinet nominations, betting that the Senate won’t dare to turn them all down.
Greg Abbott in Texas, sending busloads of migrants to blue cities, helped put the border crisis more fully into view for the nation.
El equipo del presidente electo dijo que ha desarrollado un plan multifacético para aumentar de manera significativa el número de deportaciones, y cree que podría lograrse sin nueva legislación.
The president-elect’s decision to witness the liftoff is another example of his close ties to the world’s wealthiest entrepreneur.
Jon Jones punctuated his U.F.C. win with the president-elect’s shimmy. Numerous N.F.L. players, and a U.S. soccer star have followed suit.
La Constitución establece un límite de dos mandatos para los presidentes. Sin embargo, Trump ha insinuado en repetidas ocasiones que le gustaría permanecer más en la Casa Blanca.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the director of national intelligence has raised alarms among national security officials.
If they’re not careful, they could make the government’s efficiency problems worse.
The key adviser to Donald J. Trump is accused of cheating people who donated to build a border wall. Mr. Trump pardoned him when he faced similar federal charges in his first term.
Mr. Trump’s top immigration policy adviser has discussed using military assets to build detention centers and support civilian immigration agents.
Los expertos afirman que la liberación de algunos presos políticos puede ser un intento del autócrata de Venezuela de enviar una señal al presidente electo Donald Trump.
Voters in the Virginia suburbs shifted toward Trump. Some said they were still frustrated by pandemic closures and fights over gender, race and testing in schools.
La decisión sobre armar a Ucrania con ATACMS ha sido un tema delicado desde la invasión a gran escala de Ucrania por parte de Rusia en febrero de 2022.
La medida supone un cambio importante en la política estadounidense y ha dividido a los asesores presidenciales a dos meses de la toma de posesión del presidente electo, que ha prometido limitar el apoyo a Ucrania.
Readers discuss the president-elect’s staff selections. Also: A bill to fight obesity; teaching core skills; Social Security math; alcohol and fine art.
Experts say the release of some political prisoners may be an attempt by Venezuela’s autocrat to send a signal to President-elect Trump.
Un detallado memorando enviado al equipo de transición de Trump afirma que el incidente ocurrió cuando Pete Hegseth hizo una intervención en un evento en California en 2017.
Economists are trying to guess at how Trump policies could affect growth and inflation. The uncertainties are huge.
Despite endorsing a transition away from fossil fuels last year, Saudi officials have since worked to undermine it in at least five U.N. forums, diplomats said.
Nueve años después de que Trump empezara a alterar las normas políticas de EE. UU., puede ser fácil subestimar lo extraordinarios que son sus primeros movimientos de transición.
Senior ministers are arriving in an effort to break a deadlock over the summit’s main goal: funding to help lower-income countries hit hard by global warming.
We explore Musk’s agenda and ideology.
The choice of Matt Gaetz shocked Washington and raised questions about whether the Senate would approve him.
President Biden has granted permission for Kyiv to carry out long-range strikes, but looming over Ukraine’s newfound latitude is the ascent of President-elect Trump.
The president approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles inside Russia, but that decision, among others, may soon be reversed.
En una serie de entrevistas poco frecuentes, la líder de la oposición venezolana afirmó que Trump podría obtener una pronta “victoria en política exterior” expulsando a Nicolás Maduro de la presidencia.
Autocrats have a playbook.
The Constitution sets a two-term limit for presidents. Still, Donald J. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea that he might like to stay in the White House beyond his next term.
In a series of rare in-depth interviews, Venezuela’s opposition leader called life in hiding “a difficult test” and asserted that Mr. Trump could gain an early “foreign policy victory” by pushing Nicolás Maduro from office.
Pete Hegseth may not be qualified, but his nomination at least represents a legitimate policy change after over 20 years of failed wars.
Democrats hoped to lose by less in blue-collar areas that had drifted toward Donald Trump. In many places, they may have lost by more.
All eyes on Trump and his cabinet picks.
Slashing the original $15 toll raises questions about whether a smaller revenue stream could delay projects or lead to higher costs for New York’s public transit agency.
After the U.S. election, auctioneers are looking to woo reluctant bidders back. Watch these 6 bellwether artworks to see how the market performs.
Donald Trump’s re-election to the American presidency is a threat to global peace and security.
La búsqueda de una solución a la crisis se hace más urgente a medida que las pandillas ganan territorio y miles de personas más huyen de sus hogares.
Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry.
In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia.
President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to invite the contenders for the role, including Kevin Warsh and Marc Rowan, to Mar-a-Lago this week.
A detailed memo sent to the Trump transition team claims the incident occurred when Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary, spoke in Monterey, Calif., in 2017.
The F.B.I. is investigating messages that told people they would be deported or transported to a “re-education camp.” They came after racist texts were sent to Black people.
With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.
A vendetta over the congressional ethics investigation into Matt Gaetz helped sink the last speaker. The new speaker has moved to quash it.
The president-elect is planting the seeds of his own political demise.
The governor’s embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may be no less significant to his success than his attention to affordability.
President-elect Donald J. Trump arrived at Madison Square Garden for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, which for a brief moment resembled one of his campaign rallies.
A search for a solution to the crisis in Haiti is growing more urgent as gangs gain territory and thousands more flee their homes.
The president-elect’s early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.
Her frenzied spending has led to second-guessing among some Democrats and questions as she has pressed for more cash since the election.
Brad Plumer is reporting from Azerbaijan, where the annual U.N. climate summit got underway this week.
If the election underscored anything about the internet, it was the ascendancy of social platforms for the right. That puts Democrats at a disadvantage.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s agenda in the region is not yet clear, but the geopolitical landscape has changed significantly since he was last in office.
He should force a settlement to save lives and avoid more destruction.
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
The Trump transition team was only recently alerted to the payment by Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for secretary of defense.
Mr. Trump has criticized the Biden administration for what he calls its lax handling of the border — but it has left him with tools he can use to shut down the border.
Where Donald J. Trump’s critics see underqualified nominees with questionable judgment, his voters described them as mavericks recruited to shake up Washington.
Donald J. Trump has promised a more aggressive approach, after the Biden administration worked to avoid open conflict with Beijing.
Chris Wright is a TV-ready evangelist for fossil fuels who lacks government experience.
Even as Democrats rebuked Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts for saying he didn’t want his daughters “getting run over” by “formerly male” athletes, he defended his remarks.
Mr. Kennedy, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, could wield considerable influence over the nation’s food supply. Here’s what we know about his own habits.
In the backing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald J. Trump found the kind of name-brand validation he covets. But polls suggest Mr. Kennedy’s supporters didn’t race to the ballot box.
President-elect Trump has indicated the entity will operate outside the government, a position that comes with legal limits.
Who’s taking Melania’s place at Trump’s side?
On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality.
The post-Cold War era has ended, and we’re not going back.
Readers discuss a David Brooks column about how the less educated are being left behind.
Accusations of betrayal have already tarnished the movement once led by Aleksei Navalny. Now, the election of Donald J. Trump, a Putin admirer, further complicates the opposition efforts.
President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty.
The party’s early preparations to oppose the next Trump administration are heavily focused on legal fights and consolidating state power, rather than marching in the streets.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has tasked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with identifying ways to cut the budget. The hard part comes next.
The election made clear that America’s gender divide is stark. What’s a heterosexual woman to do?
President-elect Donald J. Trump has vowed to end the sweeping scrutiny of the police that President Biden used to uproot abuse.
Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for health secretary opposes fluoride in water, promotes unproven Covid therapies and has threatened to prosecute medical journals.
El presidente dijo que los lazos con Corea del Sur y Japón están funcionando, pero no abordó el enfoque que adoptará el presidente electo Donald Trump al asumir el cargo en enero.