The G.O.P. banded together to shelve impeachment articles against the defense secretary, sparing him from a damaging rebuke and potential ouster.
As he braces for Democrats to assume legislative control in Washington, President Trump has sought to take back center stage with some discordant maneuvers.
Before Jensen Huang boarded Air Force One en route to Beijing, the president was reminded of intelligence showing that he was in a relationship with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy.
The state’s Office of Attorney Ethics recommended discipline for her role in brokering a sexual harassment settlement involving a waitress at the president’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
President Trump refused to send an American delegation to the United Nations climate summit in Turkey.
The former Trump lawyer had signed the contract with a family company weeks before the president gave the family’s patriarch a pardon.
Trump administration officials had accused the district of allowing boys on girls’ teams, which they said violated a ban on sex discrimination in schools.
The legal filing argues that the arch would cast a shadow on Kennedy family graves and disrupt the sightline from the eternal flame memorializing the former president.
Many Republican and moderate voters who chose Democratic candidates did not do the same on transgender and other social issues.
The Treasury secretary, who is leading an economic pressure campaign against Iran, is the latest Trump official to leave his home over security concerns.
The former Trump administration adviser has been urged to preserve his records, as part of Democrats’ bid to rein in the Department of Homeland Security.
Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, is retiring at the end of his term after losing to a primary challenger backed by President Trump.
The letter, which former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. details in a new book, is remarkable for a warm tone starkly at odds with his predecessor’s public comments.
The Iranian immigrants in the plane were scheduled to be flown to Pakistan and then transferred to Iran, lawyers for the group said.
If these projects come to fruition, Washingtonians will lose access to sports fields, fishing spots and other tent poles of everyday city life.
The U.S. midterm election results should be a lesson to the Israeli opposition in rallying against Netanyahu.
The unanimous ruling upheld a lower-court decision and was the latest setback to the Trump administration, which has sought to shutter the independent news group.
The automaker plans to sell Americans “Kei” pickup trucks, which are very popular in Japan and with U.S. auto enthusiasts. Even President Trump is a fan.
As top Trump aides clash over a strategy to end the war, the administration is weighing escalation, narrower strikes and diplomacy.
The U.S. secretary of state said that American economic pressure is doing sufficient damage to the leadership in Tehran.
No one is safe when Miller is the guiding hand behind the president’s agenda.
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay about whether artificial intelligence can be conscious. Also: Justice in California; the White House ballroom.
A federal judge ordered Mayor Zohran Mamdani to comply with a federal subpoena for information about some migrants with serious criminal records.
Ahead of last week’s midterm elections, Dallas rapper Lil Texxan released “Talafreako (Ken Paxton Diss),” a shouty freestyle celebrating the Texas Democrat James Talarico, who defeated the Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton in the state’s Senate race. Our music critic Jon Caramanica unpacks how the track captures grassroots political sentiment in a novel way.
President Trump on Monday said the Nvidia C.E.O. Jensen Huang told him he did not know that the businesswoman he was having an affair with was an operative for China’s government.
The rule would limit a policy that allows states to authorize participation in the program if a person qualifies for a different type of assistance.
Contra the vice president, the cause of last week’s G.O.P. debacle is a conservatism of fools.
Analysts and investors are asking whether the chipmaker needs to consider a successor to Jensen Huang, its C.E.O., as the company is engulfed in a spy scandal.
The president has defended his defense secretary and called the impeachment drive the effort of “a stone cold loser.”
A U.S. Army unit in Germany is not sure what’s next as the Pentagon considers a major drawdown of forces in Europe.
Despite knowing about the relationship between one of the president’s closest allies and a woman later identified by U.S. officials as a Chinese spy, the Trump administration took no action.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has shown a willingness to endure a high price to get what he wants in Ukraine, and he sees little reason to stop fighting now, analysts say.
What happens now that Republicans can’t take the South for granted?
Having bought a populist vision, the American people expected a populist president.
President Trump told reporters Monday that he believed Jensen Huang’s account and said he did not recall receiving a briefing warning him about Mr. Huang’s liaison.
An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce Department officials.
President Trump, who initially said he would accept the midterm results, renewed his unsubstantiated claims that voting was manipulated.
Congressional leaders raise concerns in a letter as Nvidia investigates its chief executive’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
A handful of Democrats scored improbable victories in races against Republican incumbents who were favored to win.
The chief executive has a tight grip on his company, presenting a challenge for Nvidia’s board, which is investigating his affair with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy.
It’s the first drop in planet-warming pollution since the pandemic in 2020. But researchers cautioned that the decline could be short-lived.
In the past two weeks, prosecutors in the capital have failed to secure indictments in at least three cases, an acceleration of the problems the Justice Department has had with grand juries.
The agreement brings the biggest U.S. oil company a step closer to pumping oil again in Venezuela, nearly two decades after it left the country.
Despite its win, the administration signaled it had adjusted construction plans in the national park with an aim to “preserving the unique landscape and public access.”
The global benchmark price is down roughly $20 a barrel since late October, when it traded for around $113.
Voter backlash could threaten the data center boom. Some economists think that could be a good thing.
History tells us that constitutional oversight can be a powerful tool — if wielded correctly.
An impeachment vote on the defense secretary, a spending deal and several major bills are in play in a post-election session that will be shaped by last week’s electoral earthquake.
Vice President JD Vance is among Republicans calling for change. Many Democratic lawmakers have been driving a campaign to restrict military aid to Israel.
The suit claims that any payments to Alex Bruesewitz, a Republican strategist, could have violated federal law. He has denied ever taking such funds.
The party is debating how, and how hard, to push back now that it has power.
Readers react to the appointment of Stephen Miller as the White House chief of staff. Also: President Trump’s arch; a wish for success, not failure.
Stephen Miller is the wartime consigliere Trump always wanted.
The fate of Nvidia’s chief executive, who was romantically involved with a suspected Chinese spy, has wide implications for Silicon Valley, Washington and beyond.
Republicans must determine what they stand for other than fealty to an aging, out-of-touch, lame duck.
In “Department of Fate,” the MS NOW pundit Rachel Maddow shows how federal prosecution turned into a political tool.
Following their midterm victories, Democrats are preparing to open wide-ranging investigations into President Trump, his family and his administration. Michael Gold, a Times congressional reporter, identifies the Democrats’ biggest targets.
The president was asked in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired on Sunday whether his deportation policies went too far. “I think it might be too tough,” he said.
There are no good choices facing President Trump as he tries to find a way out of the deeply unpopular conflict. But there are choices.
The president said on Sunday that the U.F.C. chief executive “loves the idea” of being the White House spokesman but that his public offer of the job was “just a little fun.”
Democrats have begun laying the groundwork for an aggressive oversight agenda aimed at the Trump administration. But a political reckoning could come before the new Congress begins.
As Americans absorb a stunning new political reality, they face a gap between the time they effectively decided to be done with the president and the time he is actually done.
American forces are helping Colombia and Venezuela hunt the ELN. This weekend, the group attacked a Colombian military base with drones, officials said.
Democrats have said they will hold Trump officials accountable when they take control of Congress after huge wins in the midterms. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s impeachment may be on the agenda.
After last week’s midterm losses, the Republican Party entered its most uncertain moment in years. Some Republicans called for moderation and cleaning house, but that will be difficult with President Trump still in the White House.
The midterm elections in the United States and recent votes in Europe show how blowout victories can make results impossible to deny.
War, artificial intelligence and the Trump era have overshadowed climate change. But officials from nearly every nation are meeting to confront global warming.
Negotiators and leaders are gathering for annual United Nations climate talks. They come as global temperatures are set to breach a key threshold.
The secretary of state’s role in drafting a secret memo highlights how top officials were concerned by last spring about Jensen Huang’s relationship with a woman tied to Chinese intelligence.
For the most part, young men want to be good men.
Realignment is so 2024.
Readers respond to a report on the administration’s campaign to defund and eliminate crucial scientific research.
The Democratic senator-elect from Texas popped up to turn the tables on the show’s Trump impersonator, James Austin Johnson, in an episode hosted by the comedian Druski.
There’s an opportunity for the side that takes the time to understand young men and helps them achieve their American dreams.
Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was one of the top astrophysicists in the country until President Trump’s policies affected every part of her work.
On social media, the president offered the now-vacant job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the organization’s C.E.O., and told him to bring along fighters as aides.
The president’s new chief of staff has already demonstrated his intention to forge ahead with an agenda that many voters rejected.
White voters without a college degree, a cornerstone of the Republican base in the Trump era, moved left this year. Some cited high prices, the war with Iran and more in their decisions.
Some blamed President Trump for backing the novice candidate after the death of her brother, Lindsey Graham. Others accused Mr. Graham’s team of pushing her to run despite her lack of experience.
Judge Ana C. Reyes wrote that she intended to pick a former U.S. attorney in Washington to investigate whether officials misled the court about changes to the East Potomac Golf Links.
The contest to replace António Guterres as U.N. secretary general has been jolted by last-minute entrants and deep divisions among members of the Security Council.
The Justice Department’s intervention in the Texas lawsuit could signal that the administration is ready to challenge newly elected Democrats in state offices.
Stephen Miller has replaced Susie Wiles as President Trump’s White House chief of staff. Miller is the hard-line policy adviser responsible for many of Trump’s most aggressive immigration policies.
Republicans violated the Notorious B.I.G.’s fourth crack commandment.
8 writers and experts on the legislation Democrats should consider.
Five signals from the Democrats’ extraordinary string of victories.
A Norma Desmond crash-out to end all crash-outs.
Jeffrey Wigand, who took on Big Tobacco, counsels insiders who think they have a story about wrongdoing. There are quite a few of them.
While U.S. voters largely oppose the trade war with Canada, many Democrats and their supporters have protectionist leanings.
Following an election-year rout for Republicans, Trump castigated lawmakers for not passing the Sunshine Protection Act. Some scientists have warned against the change.
A wave of high-ranking women have left the Trump administration in the past year. Many were replaced by men.
The president has bulldozed through obstacles as he has sought to remake the face of Washington. But newly empowered Democrats and angry judges are setting up a high-stakes showdown.
A looming impeachment push could put President Trump’s polarizing defense secretary in a standoff with Democrats and Republicans.
The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, Mr. Miller has been the public face of many of Mr. Trump’s immigration policies.
The new White House chief of staff is responsible for some of the most provocative policies of President Trump’s second term, as well as an aggressive approach to executive power.
Plus, a surprisingly good jobs report. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
Behind the scenes, the world’s richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country’s politics to his will. He couldn’t.
A memo that circulated among U.S. policymakers cited intelligence that Alice Huang, a Chinese executive who developed a relationship with Nvidia’s leader, was an asset of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security.
Jason Reding Quiñones joins what is expected to be a succession of departures at the Justice Department after the midterm elections, including that of the leader of the national security division.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited President Trump, while homeless advocacy groups said that so-called Housing First policies of his predecessors played a part.
The commanding victory of the Democrats has brought private relief to some Europeans but no official glee, with Ukraine, Iran and NATO all hanging in the balance.
Victory for Democrats could alter the course of peace negotiations and a war nearing its fifth year.
Anger over tariffs and higher costs because of the war in Iran led many Republican farmers and ranchers to vote blue — or stay home.
Democrats’ wins in the Lone Star state exceeded their wildest dreams.
Four cabinet officials left their positions in the Trump administration earlier this year
A judge has twice tossed the president’s defamation complaint, which centered on an article about a birthday greeting to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The documentary, which the first lady executive produces, will debut on Nov. 20. Brett Ratner directs.
By leaning into nativist absolutism, Netanyahu almost doubled the Arab vote, creating a political — and foundational — crisis for Israel.
Readers discuss the blue wave midterm elections, looking back and ahead. Also: Applying to New York City high schools.
The Republican provocateur is trailing her Democrat challenger, Eileen Laubacher, by less than a percentage point in a normally red district.
Anthony Constantino, a self-funded sticker magnate who recorded a rap album in tribute to President Trump, defeated Blake Gendebien, a second-generation dairy farmer.
He will need to sell voters on a tarnished Trump brand.
Democrats have a chance to rewrite the rules of the economy. Here’s how.
The country needs a careful, restrained government — and always has.
There’s a big difference between a midterm election and a presidential election.
He’s the country’s top Democrat now. He needs to act like it.
The Trump administration is scaling back or stalling investments that help vulnerable places harden themselves to rising flood and fire threats.
“When he feels cornered, when he feels attacked, he fights back,” the columnist Carlos Lozada says of Donald Trump, who is now entering the lame-duck phase of his presidency. Columnists from across Times Opinion share their predictions for what the final two years of Trump’s term might look like — and they’re not pretty.
A summit could bolster Xi Jinping’s stature. But talks about Ukraine’s future and limits on nuclear weapons pose uncomfortable choices for China.
Democrats are on track to win the largest House majority since 2008, when they won 257 seats.
Millions of Americans cast their ballots on Tuesday in an election that showed the resiliency of democracy. The president said he would accept the results.
In a new video, the defense secretary vowed to “finish what we have started.” Some Republicans say the Iran war was a big factor in their party’s midterm losses.
The justices took just hours to reject Trump’s bid to meddle in the election.
The president’s announcement reinforced his post-midterm elections preoccupation on White House renovation projects.
Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more focused on France’s elections in the spring.
President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser said he intended to stick with the administration to the end.
President Trump said the deal “might involve all of Europe.” He indicated he had met with a Kremlin envoy whom Melania Trump hosted at the White House on Thursday.
Investigators, using subpoenas and other law enforcement powers, are accelerating an inquiry that takes the Trump administration into the inner workings of the court.
The Pentagon said that the decision by Pete Hegseth to widen the patrols was made on Oct. 29, just before a landslide defeat for Republicans in the midterm elections.
The move came after conflicts with Justice Department leaders, including disagreements over legal strategy in the midterm elections, people familiar with the matter said.
President Trump’s 250-foot arch project is expected to win approval on Thursday from a federal planning board. Court action and Democrats’ upcoming control of Congress could halt the plans.
From Miami, Flávio Bolsonaro is making unfounded claims of a stolen election and plotting to sway his nation’s politics from afar, even though his party is not challenging the results.
Plus, how K-pop controls its stars.
The midterm results laid bare the deep unpopularity of the war of choice that President Trump started and is now struggling to end.
Some Democrats quickly signaled they could try to roll back the president’s tax and trade policies, ignoring his early veto threats.
Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trump’s team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out a series of steps the United States wants to see before Venezuela holds free elections.
A ballot-counting issue in the key suburban district delayed the official result, but even before the race was called, Mr. Lawler conceded to Ms. Conley.
The prime minister’s second budget repeatedly stresses diversifying Canada’s economy away from the United States.
The G.O.P. cannot allow itself to be defined by its radicals.
The artist, who has been facing sexual misconduct allegations, became a single father in May and returns to the gallery world this week with a new show, “What the Light Becomes.”
Readers respond to articles about Vice President JD Vance. Also: Votes not for sale; the Iran war; air pollution and cancer; benefits of exercise.
Two Times reporters were the first to get ahold of the president Tuesday evening, when a blue wave was crashing across the country.
The Ozymandias election.
After his party suffered its worst election results in decades, President Trump emerged before the cameras for the first time to talk about his White House ballroom project.
In the days after Republicans suffered massive midterm election defeats, President Trump appeared unmoved. The New York Times’s White House correspondent Maggie Haberman explains how Trump’s public demeanor compares with what he has shared behind closed doors about voters’ frustration with some of his policies.
The New York Post used a Hokusai work to depict Donald Trump being swept away by Democrats’ midterm election win. Some in Japan were bothered by the imagery.
The Times’s chief political analyst breaks down the results of the midterm elections.
What an amazing election night.
Our reporter Emily Badger visits the site of President Trump’s proposed 250-foot-tall triumphal arch.