Four years ago, Senator Jon Ossoff was sworn in using a book of Hebrew scripture as he proudly became Georgia’s first Jewish senator. Now, some of his fellow Jewish Democrats have not only turned on him — they are also encouraging the most formidable Republican who could challenge him in next year’s marquee Senate race, … Read more
On Sunday, Vice President JD Vance laid out his version of the relationship between the presidency and the courts. “Judges aren’t allowed to control the limits of the executive’s legitimate power,” he wrote, in a post on X. Mr. Vance’s post was “as wrong as it is reckless,” responded 17 attorneys general from 17 states … Read more
Tali Jackont put aside her liberal beliefs to vote for Mr. Trump, but now she worries. After four years away from the White House, Mr. Trump seems less temperate than ever. “Too much ego,” she said on Thursday, adding, “It feels like a tantrum of a four-year-old boy.” Speaking from her home in the Los … Read more
Over galaxy-themed beers at InnerSpace Brewing in Huntsville, Ala., Stewart Money has heard it all recently from government engineers and contractors winding down after work: anxiety about how cuts to the federal work force could affect their own jobs in the city’s aerospace and related industries, and speculation that defense investments under President Trump might … Read more
While Planned Parenthood is synonymous with abortion, the organization also provides basic health care to millions of Americans who have few other options. Financial strains now undermine those services. A New York Times review found that the clinics have been in decline for decades, undermined by structural and political headwinds and left to make do … Read more
A federal judge declined on Friday to block the access of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to records systems containing personal information at the Health and Human Services Department, the Labor Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a setback for unions and nonprofits trying to fight Elon Musk’s effort to cut and reshape … Read more
A multivehicle crash in a highway tunnel in southwestern Wyoming on Friday killed at least two people, injured several others and caused a fire that raged for hours as officials rushed to evacuate the passage, the authorities said. The crash occurred at 11:37 a.m. under a snow-dusted hill in Green River, Wyo., according to the … Read more
Layoffs are ramping up across the federal government. Yesterday, the Trump administration told agencies to cut most of the 200,000 workers who are on “probation” or new enough to their jobs that they don’t have permanent status yet. It’s part of an effort to cut deep — and to empower Elon Musk at the newly … Read more
National Transportation Safety Board officials said on Friday that they were investigating what appeared to be confused communications inside the cockpit of an Army Black Hawk helicopter moments before colliding with an American Airlines jet last month near Ronald Reagan National Airport. N.T.S.B. investigators are still trying to determine whether and how the miscommunications contributed … Read more
Some people binge-watched shows during the Covid pandemic. Others picked up pickleball. But according to federal prosecutors, one Las Vegas woman prepared and filed false tax returns for her business and others at a busy average rate of nearly 80 per month. Over a 16-month period beginning in June 2022, the Justice Department said Friday, … Read more