The presidential protection agency detailed how it would use a proposed $1 billion as Republicans asked for more detail and Democrats went on the attack.
David Venturella’s expected appointment is in line with a push by Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, to keep his department under the radar and out of headlines.
NATO should overcome its distaste for President Trump and sends its navies to help open up the Strait of Hormuz.
Politicians are fighting viciously for power, said Shane Massey, leader of the State Senate. “To what end?” he asked, warning of eroding fundamental American values. “I’m voting no.”
Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.
With talks at an impasse, both sides are holding to positions their opponents call unacceptable, while the economic pain caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues to grow.
Asked whether Americans’ financial situation was motivating him to make a deal, President Trump said bluntly, “Not even a little bit.”
A rundown of the problems at the pool and what President Trump is trying to do to fix them.
From his hospital bed in Chicago, Kevin Gonzalez had a final wish to see his parents. But they were in immigration detention in Arizona after illegally crossing to see their son.
Rather than pleas to save the planet, the billionaire, a Democrat is pushing a message of affordability in his campaign to become California’s governor.
History shows there is no more productive national asset than freedom.
The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship.
Work on the iconic National Mall basin appears behind schedule. President Trump initially said he had picked the contractor, then said he did not know it.
The action, initiated by the U.S. attorney’s office in North Texas, could set up a showdown between NYU Langone and the Justice Department.
The agency’s top food official will step in to the role after Dr. Makary privately said he opposed the administration decision to approve flavored vapes.
Durante décadas, Estados Unidos representó riqueza, sofisticación tecnológica y confianza institucional para muchos chinos. El volátil segundo mandato del presidente Trump hizo añicos esa imagen.
Defense secretaries have previously traveled with presidents on overseas trips, to provide advice and represent the U.S. military.
On “The Interview,” Ramit Sethi, a personal finance adviser, explains why he has been public about his revulsion for President Trump, and why he talks about the structural systems that add to many Americans’ financial problems.
The French president visited Kenya this week for a summit designed to build stronger ties with Anglophone African countries.
Si los estadounidenses supieran lo que está sufriendo Cuba, exigirían el fin del bloqueo estadounidense.
“He sees fossil fuels as manly and renewables as woke.”
President Trump has declared the American cease-fire with Iran is on “life support,” and investors are taking a cautious approach as the lack of progress in peace talks weighs on the markets.
From politics to influencers and beyond, the hormone is being used not just for medical reasons but in pursuit of a new masculine ideal.
Facilities tied to Coca-Cola, Cargill, Mondelez and others appear to have been deliberately hit. The Trump administration’s muted response has raised concerns.
President Trump said he expected to speak to the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, about a range of issues at a summit in Beijing, from the war in Iran to Jimmy Lai, an imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul.
Con las conversaciones de paz congeladas y Ucrania ahora más autosuficiente, el presidente Volodímir Zelenski parece alejarse de EE. UU.
Pedro Sánchez has established an alternative governing philosophy to Trumpism.
Beijing has called Taiwan the “core of China’s core interests.” Xi Jinping is likely to focus on getting President Trump to slow approval of more weapons for the self-governing island.
Before this week’s U.S.-Chinese summit, Beijing reached a milestone in its quest for technological self-sufficiency.
Critics raised concerns over press freedom after The Journal disclosed receiving subpoenas related to an article on deliberations on the risks of military action in Iran.
Democrats are trying to stoke public opposition to the project as they take aim at legislation to provide nearly $72 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown.
President Trump told reporters the Iran cease-fire was “on life support” on Monday after he rejected Iran’s counterproposal for a peace deal this weekend.
The cost to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is now over seven times more than what President Trump initially said, according to federal records.
President Trump chose Cameron Hamilton to direct federal disaster response. As acting head of FEMA last year, he had opposed abolishing the agency and was ousted.
President Trump said the fragile cease-fire was on “life support,” and India’s leader urged residents to cut back on purchases and travel.
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.