Deficit Politics Returns in Debate Over Trump Tax Cuts
The legislation that Republicans are trying to push through Congress could swell the very fiscal imbalance that party leaders have promised to tame for years.Read More
Musk vs. Trump, and a Surge in Whooping Cough
Plus, a Friday news quiz.Read More
Trump and Musk Trade Threats, From Broaching Impeachment to Cutting Contracts
The sudden fallout ended a nearly yearlong partnership, during which Mr. Musk helped propel Mr. Trump to the White House and became one of the president’s top advisers.Read More
Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Rife With Contradictions
The Trump administration appears to have relied on a variety of considerations as it put together its latest restrictions.Read More
Trump Administration Live Updates: President’s Travel Ban Brings Contradictions and Concerns
The order, which primarily targets countries in Africa and the Middle East, revives an effort from President Trump’s first term that led to chaos and court battles.Read More
How NASA Would Struggle Without SpaceX if Trump Cancels Musk’s Contracts
If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle to achieve many goals in orbit and beyond.Read More
8 Ways Elon Musk and Trump Could Inflict Pain on Each Other
The falling-out between Elon Musk and President Trump went into overdrive on Thursday. Both men have powerful ways to keep it going.Read More
As Ousters Continue, F.B.I. Singles Out Employee Over Friendship With Trump Critic
Threated with demotion, a veteran agent with ties to a former official on the F.B.I. director’s so-called enemies list opted to resign. Two others were forced to move and retire.Read More
Trump’s Travel Ban Prompts Fear and Frustration for U.S. Immigrants
Immigrants from the targeted countries said the ban would upend their lives. “I don’t understand why the president has to target us nonstop,” one Haitian asylum seeker said.Read More
Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Built on Lessons From First-Term Fights
The addition of visa overstays as a rationale could provide an opening for new legal challenges, migrant advocates say.Read More