Elon Musk plans to file a financial disclosure report to the White House, but it will remain confidential, a White House official said Tuesday. There has never been a White House staffer with the vast potential for conflicts like Mr. Musk, the world’s richest person and the head of leading companies in electric vehicles, space … Read more
In one post, a rioter pardoned by President Trump after taking part in the storming of the Capitol expressed his “joy and happiness” at just how badly prosecutors who worked on cases like his own were “hurting right now” after some of them were fired. In a different post, another pardoned rioter taunted agents who … Read more
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday accused Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for F.B.I. director, of improperly directing a wave of firings at the bureau before being confirmed. In a letter to the Justice Department’s inspector general, Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois cited “highly credible information from multiple sources” that … Read more
A federal judge in Washington will consider a legal challenge on Tuesday against the Education Department, which is seeking to bar Elon Musk and his team from gaining access to its data systems. The lawsuit, brought by two legal groups representing the University of California Student Association, sought to restrict Mr. Musk’s associates from combing … Read more
On a recent weekday afternoon, a group of Latino university students near the Southwestern border draped themselves in flags festooned with President Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan, carried pro-Trump signs and set out to recruit new voters — like Victor Ibarra. “This area is no longer just for Democrats,” Mr. Ibarra, an exuberant 20-year-old … Read more
Deb Haaland, the former secretary of the Interior who was the first Native American to serve in a presidential cabinet, on Tuesday announced a bid for governor of New Mexico. Ms. Haaland, a Democrat, previously served as a congresswoman from the state. She is widely seen as a favorite to succeed Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, … Read more
On his first day back in office, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order declaring that there are only two sexes, male and female, that a person’s sex is established at conception and that it cannot be changed. Then, through a series of executive orders, he issued a raft of policies targeted at transgender … Read more
In July 2021, the first time that King Abdullah II of Jordan met with President Joseph R. Biden Jr., he was greeted warmly as a reliable American partner whose country is a bulwark for security in the Middle East. “You live in a tough neighborhood,” Mr. Biden said as they sat in the Oval Office. … Read more
President Trump on Monday ordered a pause in the enforcement of a federal law aimed at curbing corruption in multinational companies, saying it creates an uneven playing field for American firms. The law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, was enacted in 1977 and makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to … Read more
In July 2021, the first time that King Abdullah II of Jordan met with President Joseph R. Biden Jr., he was greeted warmly as a reliable American partner whose country is a bulwark for security in the Middle East. “You live in a tough neighborhood,” Mr. Biden said as they sat in the Oval Office. … Read more