How The New York Times Covers the SOTU Under Intense Deadline Pressure

The editor who oversees White House coverage for The Times talks about the challenges of tracking a major speech by a president who regularly goes off script.Read More
House Rejects Air Safety Bill After Pentagon Opposition

The bill would have required aircraft to carry advanced location-tracking technology that officials said might have prevented a midair collision near Washington last year.Read More
Guest List for State of the Union Includes Epstein Victims, Erika Kirk and U.S. Olympic Hockey Players

Democratic lawmakers invited victims of Jeffrey Epstein and of President Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.Read More
Providence, R.I. Digs Out From Three Feet of Snow

A day after the city got a record-breaking amount of snow, some residents clung to the magic. Others were gearing up for endless shoveling.Read More
Snowball Fight in New York Turns Chaotic After Police Arrive

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said officers had been attacked at a snowball fight at Washington Square Park during Monday’s blizzard.Read More
A Blizzard With Record Snowfall Slams the Northeast and Leaves NYC Snarled

The worst of the storm had passed by Tuesday, but about a quarter million customers in Massachusetts were still without electricity.Read More
Spanberger Will Stress Affordability in Democratic Response to Trump’s State of the Union

Abigail Spanberger, the newly elected governor of Virginia, was chosen to deliver her party’s response to President Trump’s State of the Union address.Read More
Trump Leans on Congress to Address His False Claims of Voter Fraud

The State of the Union gives the president a high-profile chance to issue a call to action on election security legislation he has pressured Republicans to ram through over Democratic opposition.Read More
Backers of Aviation Safety Bill Cite Recent Near Miss to Make Their Case

The legislation’s advocates say a close call between two private planes near Teterboro, N.J., on Feb. 13 underscores the need for more collision prevention technology.Read More
What to Know About the Cartels Operating in Mexico

Other criminal groups in Mexico may try to take advantage of the death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, who ran the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.Read More