One month out from a deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republicans in Congress are struggling to find the votes to extend federal funding, and Democrats are issuing a stark warning: Don’t look at us this time. After two years of coming to the rescue to keep the government running when Republicans could not get … Read more
An octogenarian who shot and injured a teenager who rang the wrong doorbell in Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty on Friday to second-degree assault, resolving the case just days before a trial was set to begin. The man, Andrew D. Lester, 86, had been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the April … Read more
Before joining The New York Times last year, I had never covered a wildfire. I knew a lot, though, about a different kind of disaster: hurricanes. My first full-time reporting job was at The Sun Herald in Biloxi, Miss. I started in 2020, during one of the most active hurricane seasons on record. As the … Read more
During President Trump’s first term, employees at the Education Department would regularly be reminded of the value of a diverse workplace from their highest-ranking leaders. Orientation presentations for new employees devoted more than half a dozen slides to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, and encouraged new hires to join affinity groups, become “diversity and inclusion … Read more
Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi and the chairman of the panel that oversees the Pentagon, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for recent remarks about Ukraine’s future, saying the newly confirmed secretary made a “rookie mistake” by ruling out a return to the country’s prewar borders. Mr. Wicker, who helped salvage Mr. Hegseth’s chances of … Read more
President Trump is pursuing a far more aggressive trade policy than he embraced in his first term, allowing his unfettered instincts about how to put America at the forefront to guide him with little pretense of investigations or extended deliberations. Since taking office, Mr. Trump has threatened punishing tariffs on goods from every global trading … Read more
The Trump administration could not have gotten off to a better start for people accused of violating foreign lobbying and bribery laws. In the days after President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi issued directives limiting the enforcement of those laws, lawyers for people accused of such violations — including Trump allies — have scrambled … Read more
A slew of actions taken by President Trump during his first month in office bear the fingerprints of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for overhauling the federal government. During his campaign, Mr. Trump distanced himself from the plan, saying it was largely unfamiliar to him. But The New York Times found more than 60 major … Read more
The best-selling author based “The Notebook” and other heart-tugging novels in New Bern, where he lives. But what makes the town so romantic? WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. One city in eastern North Carolina has many people falling head over heels for its old-fashioned charm. By … Read more
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday night to unfreeze foreign aid spending President Trump halted during his first week in office, the latest of several legal roadblocks to Mr. Trump’s aggressive first-month agenda. The ruling by Judge Amir H. Ali of the Federal District Court in Washington found that Mr. Trump’s executive … Read more