Justice Dept., Under Pressure From Trump, Fails to Build Autopen Case Against Biden
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.Read More
What to Know About Iran’s Drones, Which Are Cheap to Launch but Expensive to Intercept
What to know about Iran’s cheap, noisy Shahed drones and the expensive defense systems trying to stop them.Read More
High Turnout, Unusual Coalitions: Lessons From the Texas Primary
Talarico’s victory got a lot of attention, but Cornyn’s showing may be the most consequential result.Read More
Kristi Noem Review Delayed FEMA Aid by Weeks, Senate Finds
A report by Senate Democrats found that scrutiny of large FEMA expenditures slowed housing and employment assistance for victims of fires and storms.Read More
Trump Justice Dept. Seeks to Stall State Bar Discipline of Its Lawyers
The administration has no control over the disciplinary authorities of state bar associations, but a new proposal would let the attorney general ask them to suspend proceedings involving department lawyers.Read More
John Cornyn’s Biggest Challenges as Republican Senate Primary Heads for Runoff in Texas
The veteran Texas senator faces what promises to be a bruising runoff with the state attorney general challenging him from the right. But he had a stronger showing than expected.Read More
Did You Know These Oscar-Nominated Actresses Started in Reality TV?
Hollywood careers don’t always begin where you expect them to, as Jessie Buckley, Teyana Taylor and Emma Stone could tell you.Read More
Did Andrea Fraser’s Career Bloom Because Her Mother’s Career Died?
Andrea Fraser had long felt that she was to blame for the years her mother, Carmen de Monteflores, was overlooked. Now Carmen is 92. Can the Whitney Biennial make amends?Read More
Bessent Says Global Tariffs Will Rise to 15% This Week
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also predicted that overall tariff rates, which fell after a Supreme Court ruling last month, would be back to previous levels within five months.Read More
How Trump Decided to Go to War
President Trump’s embrace of military action in Iran was set off by the determination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to end diplomatic negotiations. Our investigative reporter Mark Mazzetti describes how few of Mr. Trump’s advisers voiced opposition.Read More