To counter President Trump’s first major address of his second term, Democrats in Congress selected a middle-aged woman senator with a background in national security […]
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Trump’s Decision to Halt Aid to Ukraine Could Reorder the Battlefield
On the battlefields of Ukraine and western Russia, a stalemated war has ground on, with Ukrainian troops defending against Russian progress that can be measured […]
Department of Government Efficiency Deletes a Claim and Resurrects an Error
The Department of Government Efficiency has deleted one of its more bizarre claims: that it had saved taxpayers $53.7 million by “canceling” a federal contract […]
Democrats Wore Pink to Protest Trump’s Congress Speech. But Was It a Moment?
Forget white suffragist pantsuits, the political uniform of the female Trump opposition during the president’s first term. On Tuesday night during President Trump’s address to […]
Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, Set to Host Fundraiser for Democrat Senator
Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, has spent the last few months cozying up to the Trump administration, attending his inauguration and launching a […]
Afghan Charged in 2021 Kabul Attack That Killed 13 U.S. Service Members
The F.B.I. arrested an Afghan national charged with playing a role in the deadly 2021 attack on U.S. service members as they carried out a […]
Sylvester Turner, Congressman and Former Houston Mayor, Dies at 70
Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston who was sworn in as a U.S. representative in January, died on Wednesday in Washington. He was 70 […]
Justice Dept. Indicts 12 Chinese in Hacking Plot Against U.S. Targets
The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed charges against a dozen Chinese citizens accused of being part of a sophisticated hacking ring that steals data from […]
Trump Administration Is Frustrated Over Pace of Deportations
Just about every week since taking office, President Trump has called Thomas D. Homan, the enforcer of his immigration agenda, looking for an update on […]
What 6 Americans Thought of Trump’s Speech
In an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump denounced Biden-era policies, mocked Democrats and lauded his administration’s early hailstorm […]