Administration Bypasses Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan
Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The Trump administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.Read More
Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are divinely sanctioned.Read More
How a Civil Rights Icon Used His Power to Abuse Girls and Women
For five years, our reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes followed allegations that the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez had sexually abused girls and women at all levels of the United Farm Workers movement. Manny Fernandez takes us inside their investigation.Read More
Chuck Norris, Action Star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Dies at 86
He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles in films like “The Delta Force” and “Missing in Action” and in the long-running TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger.”Read More
Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.Read More
Fed Official Urges Caution on Rate Cuts as Iran War Drags On
Christopher J. Waller, a Federal Reserve governor, said he would support rate cuts later this year if the labor market continued to weaken.Read More
Deferring to Trump, G.O.P. Lawmakers Resist a Public Accounting on Iran
Nearly three weeks into a war that polls show is unpopular, top Republicans have yet to call administration officials to testify about it, arguing that hearings would put divisions on display.Read More
Trump Sues Harvard Over Accusations of Antisemitism
The administration had spent months investigating the Ivy League school. The two sides had been in talks to negotiate a settlement.Read More
U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Colombia’s President, a Onetime Trump Foe
The Justice Department is examining whether President Gustavo Petro of Colombia has ties to drug traffickers.Read More
U.S. Military Ramps Up Assaults on Iranian Drones and Vessels to Clear Strait of Hormuz
Warplanes and attack helicopters are “hunting and killing” Iran’s fast-attack watercraft in contested sea lanes, Gen. Dan Caine said.Read More