Under the proposal, the government could block a citizen or legal resident’s entry if an official “reasonably believes” the person had been exposed to or was infected with the communicable disease.
If he accepts his nomination at the Civil War battlefield, the president will be conducting partisan business on federal property.
The Secret Service stopped President Trump in the middle of a coronavirus briefing and escorted him to the Oval Office. He returned several minutes later, and said there had been a shooting nearby.
During Monday’s virus briefing, President Trump abruptly left the news conference and was escorted out by the Secret Service.
Businesses are grappling with difficult legal and logistical questions about how to respond to the president’s payroll-tax holiday order.
Now he’s prescribing hydroxychloroquine to fight recession.
The reversal is the latest move in the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to weaken environmental rules, but it could be quickly undone after the November election.
Readers offer their theories, including lack of funding for public health services.
With Congress at an impasse on stimulus talks, disarray over resuming negotiations bodes poorly for reaching a deal this week.
Lawyers for the president said a subpoena seeking eight years of tax returns amounted to illegal “harassment.”
It’s unclear whether the measures he signed will have any immediate effect, but the president pressed ahead anyway: This is your morning tip sheet.
"I’m just looking to say — and this may be arrogant — how can I solve this problem?"
Despite boosting younger voters, the effects are negligible when races aren’t razor-thin.
China wants to swallow up Hong Kong’s remaining freedoms. But it can’t be allowed to arrest, on American soil, a U.S. citizen.
The new referees in American politics are Facebook, Google and Twitter, and they would be wise to pay attention to lessons the old media tried to learn.
Because Congress controls federal spending, at least some of the measures will almost certainly be challenged in court. Or they may become moot if Congress reaches a deal.
Some of what we saw was people cosplaying consciousness — symbolism that cost nothing and shifted no power.
Businesses and the unemployed faced uncertainty as administration officials defended the president’s directives and Democrats criticized them.
In this country, as in Lebanon, everything is now politics.
Donald Trump made a promise to white evangelical Christians, whose support can seem mystifying to the outside observer.
Many Latinos in low-income communities say they are hearing a message about the 2020 census: Your participation is not wanted.
A series of executive actions will provoke lawsuits but is unlikely to stoke faster growth in an economy that has cooled this summer.
President Trump signed the directives after two weeks of stalemate with Democrats over a recovery package, using legally dubious measures to try to restore lapsed benefits.
As the two parties clash over how to conduct an election in a pandemic, President Trump’s litigiousness and unfounded claims of fraud have increased the likelihood of epic postelection court fights.
“Wicked Game” is slated for release in October, at the height of the presidential campaign, but Mr. Gates says, “It’s not a salacious book.”
The solutions to combating the coronavirus are no mystery. It’s time to do this right.
After Ms. Noem, the South Dakota governor, flew to Washington on Air Force One, rumors about her ambitions ensued. She made a second trip to smooth things over with Mike Pence.
Emboldened by Republican divisions and a favorable political landscape, the speaker is refusing to agree to a narrow relief measure, unbothered by charges that she is an impediment to a deal.
Though it’s unclear whether he has the authority to do so, President Trump said on Friday that if Congress did not reach an agreement, he would act unilaterally to extend a coronavirus economic aid package.
Officials told The New York Times Magazine that the draft of a classified document reporting that Russia favored President Trump in the 2020 election was changed to soften its assessment.
The president has repeatedly called for a big payment to the Treasury Department if a Chinese company sells the app to Microsoft, but there is no provision in the law for that.
Last year, intelligence officials gathered to write a classified report on Russia’s interest in the 2020 election. An investigation from the magazine uncovered what happened next.
President Trump wants to brand Joe Biden as a doddering gaffe machine. But the incumbent’s own rhetoric causes so much controversy it is overwhelming the strategy.
The president held what was billed as a news conference. But there was almost no news, he again said the virus would disappear and his audience seemed at times less the nation than his golf club members.
The man, Milton Ayimadu, allegedly hoarded 200,000 face masks and sold them for double what he paid, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The Trump donor who runs the post office pledged that such changes would not affect the ability to deliver ballots on time this fall.
Miles de pacientes de la COVID-19 han sido tratados con plasma sanguíneo de personas que se han recuperado del virus. Sin embargo, el tratamiento aún no ha sido probado en ensayos clínicos rigurosos.
The restrictions on the two Chinese-owned apps followed a familiar model for other policy announcements on China from the Trump administration.
But a new assessment says China would prefer to see the president defeated, though it is not clear Beijing is doing much to meddle in the 2020 campaign to help Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The American spirit gets a Lebanese makeover.
Even as the White House moves against the Chinese social media app, the intelligence agencies do not see it as a major issue along the lines of Huawei.
Democrats said the talks had been “disappointing,” and President Trump promised to use executive orders to provide relief if no agreement could be reached.
A court endorsed the House Judiciary Committee’s ability to pursue testimony from the former White House counsel as part of its oversight responsibilities.
The A.C.L.U. of Oregon says the police “are making a mockery of the First Amendment.” Also: Planned Parenthood and Black women; a free pass for Russia; universal internet; weekends in a pandemic.
Does this forum make sense for evaluating the candidates? Readers weigh in.
A judge rejected President Trump’s bid to delay a defamation suit by Ms. Carroll, pointing to the recent Supreme Court ruling over his tax returns.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is said to have sternly discussed payouts and red lines in a telephone call with Sergey V. Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister.
The sanctions are the first punishments brought against officials in China and Hong Kong for suppressing pro-democracy protests.
The Census Bureau’s move to cut its collection period short by one month in the midst of an already challenging pandemic has unnerved pollsters.
The government cited national security concerns in announcing sweeping restrictions on two popular Chinese social media networks, a move that is likely to be met with retaliation.
The fractious race to replace the outgoing Lamar Alexander signified an end to the moderate tenor that has long defined Tennessee Republicanism.
The president came into 2020 considering the state a lock, but his performance in managing the pandemic and delivering on his promises from four years ago could put it in play.
As senators left Washington without a deal on an economic rescue package, economists warned of new signs of a lagging recovery
It seems that the United States is plunging into a new arms race without learning the lessons of the last.
The suspension of federal benefits would create damage almost as terrifying as the economic effects of the coronavirus.
Washington sent offers to cellphones in Russia and Iran of rewards of up to $10 million for information on hackers trying to attack American voting systems.
The tariff, which prompted dollar-for-dollar retaliation from Canada, was imposed just one month after a new trade deal between the two countries went into effect.
Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, has found herself a woman without a country, denounced by Democrats and called “pathetic” by the president.
The Trump campaign had argued that the current schedule would render the debates useless to the many Americans who will vote by mail before they take place.
The former New Republic editor writes about the two-state solution. Also: Donald Trump and Joe McCarthy; the theater industry, in dire straits.
The exit of Brian Hook, the State Department’s special envoy for Iran, most likely rules out nuclear diplomacy with Tehran before November.
Senators from both parties say President Trump cannot be allowed to help drone technology proliferate, and they want it to be kept away from Saudi Arabia in particular.
Slowing the coronavirus has been especially difficult for the United States because of its tradition of prioritizing individualism and missteps by the Trump administration.
His next book, “Liberal Privilege,” comes with an unusual distribution plan and no publishing house behind it, making it something of a curiosity in the industry.
Washington’s police chief took the blame. But Nixon was behind the decision.
Republicans and Democrats agree that schools need billions of dollars to reopen, but policy fights have the parties at loggerheads, with educators growing desperate.
Los latinos no deben dejar que el presidente de Estados Unidos los intimide.
Conservatives Helen Andrews and Daniel McCarthy join Ross for a reelection roundtable.
Seth Meyers says the president returned “to safe ground” — that is, Lou Dobbs and “Fox & Friends” — after enduring tough questioning from an Axios journalist.
“The game will go on without his eyes on it,” James, the Los Angeles Lakers star, said after President Trump said he turns off games when players kneel during the national anthem.
Intelligence agencies are scrutinizing whether the kingdom’s work with China to develop nuclear expertise is cover to process uranium and move toward development of a weapon.
The subpoena, sent to Deutsche Bank, suggests that the inquiry into President Trump’s business practices is more wide-ranging than previously known.
White House officials and Democratic leaders continued to dig in on crucial points of any potential deal, jeopardizing additional relief for small businesses and laid-off workers.
Joe Biden raised $140 million last month. A record-setting pace of money continues to flood into the presidential campaign.
It was the first time Facebook took down a post by Mr. Trump’s campaign for spreading virus misinformation, but it did not signal a change to the company’s defense of free expression.
The competition among his cabineteers is fierce.
The former deputy attorney general criticized the Justice Department’s decision to drop its prosecution of Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser.
A new government report avoids direct discussion of American election interference by Moscow, despite lawmakers’ call for more information.
Do we really need the spectacle of the traditional political conventions? We’re about to find out.
By his calculations, the fewer people of color and noncitizens who are counted, the better.
Instead of a member of the White House press corps, the role of pool reporter was filled by Robert B. Bluey, a vice president at the Heritage Foundation.
Athletes have joined workers who believe legal protections for corporations are not warranted. Senate Republicans support a shield but the White House has been noncommittal.
On Wednesday, during a meeting with President Trump, Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona said the state was showing improvements after telling business to shut down again after reopening.
The move toward opening the Pebble Mine has surfaced a rare dispute between Donald Trump Jr. and his father’s administration.
Readers respond to a front-page article about the president’s assault on the Postal Service and attendant voter fears.
The resignation of the State Department’s acting inspector general was the latest upheaval in a series of actions by President Trump challenging the system of independent government oversight. Here’s a look at what has happened.
Stephen J. Akard became the State Department’s internal watchdog after his predecessor was fired by President Trump at the urging of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has been under investigation.
Three new books analyze what the Trump presidency has meant for American politics and American society.
Jeffrey Toobin’s “True Crimes and Misdemeanors” examines the battle over Robert Mueller’s report and how President Trump prevailed.
TikTok’s most valuable assets, a hyper-effective algorithm and a community of popular creators, may not be as easy to acquire as the company itself.
By far the biggest reservation of the 2020 race by either campaign, it is a sign of the swift turnabout in Joe Biden’s finances since he became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Two investigations appear to be potential fodder for pre-election political machinations.
By far the biggest reservation of the 2020 race by either campaign, it is a sign of the swift turnabout in Joe Biden’s finances since he became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Most historians just study the past. But Allan Lichtman has successfully predicted the future.
The trip by Alex M. Azar II, a rare high-level U.S. visit, is being billed as an opportunity to highlight Taiwan’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would have shown whether the therapy worked.
The president selectively highlighted statistics, falsely claimed New York and New Jersey were solely responsible for high national death rates and again wrongly asserted that a rise in cases was because of testing.
White House officials and top Democrats reported some movement in their talks on a pandemic relief package as the talks reached a crisis point on Capitol Hill.
Game designer Adrian Hon says the conspiracy theory parallels the immersive worlds of alternate reality games.
After going dark on the TV airwaves last week, the Trump campaign has returned, targeting early voting states.
The bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act guarantees funding for federal land use efforts. The president claimed credit for Republicans.
Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would have shown whether the therapy worked.
The president’s assertion undercuts diplomats who have said withdrawals will depend on the Taliban’s commitment to its peace deal with the United States.
With 60 million households still uncounted, the bureau said it would wrap up the survey a month early. Critics called it a bald move to politicize the count in favor of Republicans.
Running a social media service brings headaches and scrutiny.
The federal court ruled that the Trump administration’s so-called public charge rule for green card applicants could not go into effect in New York, Connecticut and Vermont.
During a routine bill signing of the Great American Outdoors Act, President Trump appeared to pronounce Yosemite as “Yo Semites.”
Without a broader diplomatic effort, the newest and toughest penalties will worsen a humanitarian crisis without forcing a leadership change, experts say.
Readers respond to an article about how empathy was a sign of weakness in the Trump family and to revelations by the president’s niece.
President Trump was asked by an interviewer to reflect on the late congressman’s contributions to the civil rights movement. He talked up his own record instead.
At every step in her political career, the California congresswoman had to be coaxed to run for a higher office. Now she’s a top contender to be Joe Biden’s running mate.
New York prosecutors may be circling the president’s business practices: This is your morning tip sheet.
What we’ve learned from the very different experiences of two states, Georgia and Montana.
Chad F. Wolf joined the Department of Homeland Security in its infancy to help prevent another 9/11. Now he is helping President Trump use it to achieve his political ambitions.
Government of the minority, chosen by a minority, on behalf of a minority, is not what Lincoln had in mind at Gettysburg.
The coronavirus relief debate has Republicans falling back into pre-Trump grooves.
As his top advisers met with Democratic leaders to try to hash out a compromise, President Trump hurled insults at Democrats and mused aloud about short-circuiting the talks and acting on his own.
The president’s interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm’s-length approach of predecessors of either party.
Merritt Corrigan, the former deputy White House liaison for the U.S. Agency for International Development, had drawn scrutiny shortly after being named to the position.
The president has been raging against voting by mail for several months, claiming without evidence that the process is plagued by fraud.
Members of a congressional oversight panel want to know how YRC Worldwide won a $700 million loan from the Treasury Department.
The president and his aides are holding out hope for ambitious convention programming, and have considered a return to Mount Rushmore or a speech by Melania Trump from Seneca Falls, N.Y.
The pandemic is particularly dangerous for older Americans, and Trump is losing their support.
The cruelty and ignorance of Trump and his allies are creating another gratuitous disaster.
The president sidestepped Congress when it became clear that his nominee for a top Defense Department position would not win Senate approval.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, an electric utility, quickly said it would reconsider its move to shift some work to contractors outside the United States.
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing Mr. Trump’s accountants should turn over his tax returns.
During a news conference on Monday, President Trump set a deadline for the social media app TikTok to be sold to a U.S. company or risk being shut down.
The chief executive of a big tech company negotiated directly with the U.S. president over an app. Say what?
Buying one of the largest and most influential social networks in the country could change the perception of the tech giant.
Nearly six weeks later, two congressional races remain undecided, and officials are trading blame over the mishandling of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots.
Money for the Postal Service and mail voting is one sticking point: This is your morning tip sheet.
They’ve become unrevealing quip contests.
Besides delaying the election, what else could alter his political trajectory?
Operation Warp Speed has moved along at a rapid clip. But some people involved in the process fear pressure to deliver an October surprise for President Trump.
The uncertainty over the future of the wildly popular video app has brought chaos to its user community — and to the entertainment and advertising industries as well.
We may not know the results for days, and maybe weeks. So it’s time to rethink “election night.”
In the president’s world, he is never to blame for failure.
The announcement came after the company consulted with President Trump, who has threatened to ban the app and expressed national security concerns about it in recent weeks.
Millions of dollars of Paycheck Protection Program loans went to China-backed businesses in critical sectors, a study found.
The polarizing former sheriff of Maricopa County, a stylistic doppelgänger to President Trump, is running for his old office in a state where approval of both men has slid.
The bank will examine a 2013 transaction between the banker, Rosemary Vrablic, and a company part-owned by Jared Kushner.
President Trump does not always watch her briefings, and even his allies say she risks being known more for “hitting the press with a two-by-four” than advancing his priorities.
She and other top health officials in the Trump administration warn states of a deepening spread of the coronavirus, in both rural and urban areas.
Readers urge vigilance against threats to the democratic process.
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman’s retirement from the Army after more than 21 years of service took effect on Saturday, the same day his sharply critical op-ed of the president was published.
Especially amid the pandemic, it’s the surest path to a more inclusive, more accurate and more secure election.
Especially amid the pandemic, it’s the surest path to a more inclusive, more accurate and more secure election.
The couple’s investments, mostly in real estate, were worth at least $204 million and as much as $783 million.
Demon sperm meets alien D.N.A., as President Trump teeters.