President Trump’s blunt message after a whirlwind week of executive orders and presidential proclamations may boil down to this: Take me at my word. During […]
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Adam Schiff, Trump’s Favorite Foil, Tries to Insulate California From His Wrath
Senator Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, is better known among Republicans as “pencil neck,” “shifty Schiff” and just plain old “scum.” Ever since his […]
Pence Wages Lonely Crusade Against Kennedy as Abortion Opponents Avoid Fight
Former Vice President Mike Pence, a longtime leader of the anti-abortion movement, has taken up a lonely crusade to defeat the nomination of Robert F. […]
Contenders to Lead the Democratic Party Scramble to Show Momentum
A week before the Democratic National Committee chooses its next leader, the two leading candidates are racing to show their momentum in the secretive race […]
Interior Department Says Gulf of Mexico Is Now ‘Gulf of America’
The Trump administration said on Friday that it had followed through on the president’s promises to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to […]
Education Dept. Ends Book Ban Investigations
The Education Department said on Friday that it would no longer investigate schools that remove books from their libraries, emphasizing its new stance by dismissing […]
Samantha Hegseth Is Bound by a Nondisparagement Clause
The second wife of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee who has been accused of threatening and abusive conduct toward her, is bound by a […]
New Luxury Hotel in Serbia Will Be a Trump-Kushner Joint Project
More than a decade after Donald J. Trump first floated the idea of developing a Trump hotel on a government-owned site in Serbia, his family […]
Hegseth Is Second Cabinet Secretary to Need Tiebreaker Vote, After DeVos
Nearly eight years ago, another Trump administration cabinet secretary barely survived her confirmation vote, advancing only after a vice president’s tiebreaker vote. That nominee was […]
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
President Trump fired 17 inspectors general, the internal watchdogs who monitor federal agencies, on Friday night, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal […]