Obama Took On Recession, Health Care and Iraq. What He Didn’t See Coming Was Trump.

A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” “clown” and “laughingstock.”Read More
Trump Sought Vast Budget Cuts. Congress Granted Few.

In a series of deals over the past three months, lawmakers rejected some of the president’s most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government.Read More
The Expanding Fallout From the Epstein Files, and Jesse Jackson Dies at 84

Plus, drones at the Olympics.Read More
Jesse Jackson: A Life in Pictures

The civil rights leader was one of the country’s most influential Black figures.Read More
Questions Swirl Around Russian Figure Skater in Her Olympic Debut

Adeliia Petrosian, 18, has the résumé of a medal contender — and ties to coaches and a skater who were at the center of a doping scandal at the last Winter Games.Read More
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”Read More
U.S. and Iran Gear Up for Nuclear Talks Amid Rising Tensions

President Trump has called on Iran to reach an immediate accord or else face the threat of a possible U.S. attack.Read More
Memorials for Iran’s Slain Protesters Wil Test of State Crackdown

Ceremonies commemorating the 40 days after protesters were killed are planned this week, challenging the authorities’ ability to restrain them.Read More
U.S. and Iran Gear Up for Nuclear Talks Amid Rising Tensions

President Trump has called on Iran to reach an immediate accord or else face the threat of a possible U.S. attack.Read More
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass

The chairman, Casey Wasserman, has faced criticism ever since his name surfaced in the Epstein files. Mayor Karen Bass is the latest official to call on him to step down.Read More