Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.Demonstrators outside the Capitol last week. As Republicans gear up for midterm elections and some begin to plot a fut
New emails showed that Dr. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.Dr. Summers, a former treasury secretary, had sought money from Mr. Epstein for a poetry foundation led by his wife, Elisa New, an emerit
The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.President Trump said on Monday that he would sign a bill related to the release of the full Epstein files should i
Russia and China abstained in the vote, which provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.The American resolution passed in the U.N. Security Council on Monday with 13 votes in favor.
The president told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that he planned to sell the advanced fighter jets to Riyadh.President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, watch an F-35 fighter jet during a demonstration off the coast of Norfolk, Va., last month.
A little-known group sold passage to desperate Palestinians who didn’t know their destination, catching the South African government by surprise.A Palestinian man, one of those granted entry to South Africa, with his child at an undisclosed location in Johannesburg, on Friday.
The judge said the case “raises important questions concerning the use of the state’s military forces for domestic law enforcement purposes.”Tennessee National Guard troops patrolling in Memphis in October.
President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has “to take care of Venezuela” as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. Last month, Mr. Trump called off efforts to reach a diplomatic
The magistrate judge raised the question of whether “government misconduct” in the case might require dismissing the charges against the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, altogether.Lindsey Halligan, who had never worked on a criminal case until she was thrust into the Comey prosecution, has f
New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has attacked political enemies on social
The regulator is cutting staff and easing oversight in ways that critics say might make supervisors less equipped to spot a crisis in advance, risking deeper damage to the economy.Michelle W. Bowman has vowed to overhaul the division she was tapped by President Trump to lead.
Speaking at a gathering of McDonald’s franchise owners and operators, the president boasted that he had “normalized” inflation.In his remarks at the McDonald’s Impact Summit on Monday in Washington, President Trump made only fleeting reference to the issue of beef prices, after boasting about gettin
Decades ago, a Chinese village became an official symbol of revolutionary “self-reliance.” The slogan hasn’t changed, but nearly everything else has.Jia Tianlian tending his tiny plot of land in Dazhai, a village in northern China that Mao Zedong once hailed as a model for the nation. In the backgro
Recent oil and gas deals in Europe suggest that the growing demand for energy may be leading companies to adopt a more pragmatic approach.TotalEnergies uses facilities like gas-fired power plants and this battery farm on the site of a closed refinery near Dunkirk, France, to balance the power grid.
The proposal could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, some of which feed drinking water systems.The new definition could strip federal protections from up to 55 million acres of wetlands, or about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide.
Marshawn Kneeland spent nearly all of his 24 years working to get to the N.F.L. He died two days after scoring his first touchdown.Friends of Marshawn Kneeland, pictured here in September, said he had told them he hoped to play his entire career for the Dallas Cowboys.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, trying to get a grip on a feverish immigration debate, is introducing a hard-line, contentious policy on refugees.Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain walking out of 10 Downing Street on Monday. Some members of Mr. Starmer’s Labour Party object to Britain’s new restric
If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization.As of Nov. 13th, the C.D.C. had confirmed 1,723 measles cases nationwide.
Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.
Andy Baraghani’s bright, brilliant menu is a feast for the eyes, too.
Even if the Epstein files never come out, it’s increasingly clear that a Trump coalition is fragmenting.
Thinking through the case for intervention in Venezuela.
Also, it’s a big week for the art market. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., with Israel’s ambassador, Danny Danon.
A man was charged with manslaughter after a woman was shot through the front door of a home before dawn this month in suburban Indianapolis.Investigators work at the site of the fatal shooting of María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, a house cleaner who went to the wrong address in Whitestown, Ind
