Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick
The European Union’s so-called Trump task force spent 2024 preparing for a possible trade dispute. Specifics are secret, but guiding principles are becoming clear.Read More
Shirley Temple King, Leo Kelly, Has the Power to Change Menus
Leo Kelly is an 11-year-old beverage critic, and he already has the power to change restaurant menus.Read More
Trump’s Executive Orders Leave Imprint on the Fed
The central bank has halted hiring to align with a White House directive and pulled back its work on climate change.Read More
Trump’s Gaza Plan Complicates Hoped-for Saudi-Israeli Deal
President Trump wants to broker normal ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but his proposal to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza just made that a lot harder.Read More
Justice Dept.’s Weaponization Group Underscores Trump’s Quest for Retribution
The memo signaled the most significant first step in deploying the levers of government to carry out President Trump’s repeated suggestions that he will pursue those he perceives to be his enemies.Read More
Trump’s Power Grab Defies G.O.P. Orthodoxy on Local Control
New York City traffic. California water rules. Middle school sports. Few local policies are outside the reach of Donald J. Trump’s federal government.Read More
Trump Signs Order to Fight ‘Anti-Christian Bias’
The president convened a task force to “prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism.” Critics said he’d turned religious freedom on its head by singling out one faith.Read More
Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff
Officials for the agency were notified of the planned cuts on the same day they learned that about 800 awards and contracts administered through U.S.A.I.D. were being canceled, three people said.Read More
Trump Imposes Sanctions on the ICC, Accusing It of Targeting the U.S. and Israel
The president signed an executive order that said the I.C.C.’s actions against Israel and preliminary investigations into the United States “set a dangerous precedent.”Read More
Trump Vows to Improve Air Traffic Control System After D.C. Plane Crash
The president said he would work with Congress to improve aging technology used by the Federal Aviation Administration.Read More