Treasury Defends Minting a $1 Trump Coin Despite 1866 Law
The Treasury Department said that a 2020 collectible coinage law allows a living person to appear on U.S. currency.Read More
U.S. Air Travel May Soon Feel Shutdown’s Impact, Official Warns
The Essential Air Service, which subsidizes flights to small airports, will run out of money on Sunday, and air traffic controllers who have been working without pay have begun calling in sick.Read More
Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans
The judge expressed exasperation at government lawyers’ failure to answer “basic questions” or produce evidence during what she called a “topsy-turvy, inside-out day.”Read More
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.Read More
Wesley Hunt Enters Texas G.O.P. Senate Race, Complicating Path for Cornyn
Mr. Hunt, a U.S. House member, and Senator John Cornyn will be competing for voters who dislike the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, who has led in many polls.Read More
Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition
The Democratic representative-elect won her Arizona seat overwhelmingly. But so far, the Republican speaker will not swear her in.Read More
Who is Judge Immergut? Trump Appointee in Oregon Blocks Troop Deployment.
Judge Karin Immergut worked on Ken Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton. Now she’s ruled against Trump’s attempt to send troops to Portland.Read More
Trump Gave Partisan Speech to Navy Troops, as He Deployed Troops to U.S. Cities
President Trump’s attempts to politicize the military have become more overt as he makes the case for having troops at his disposal in American cities.Read More
Trump Aimed Shutdown Cuts at Democrats, but G.O.P. Districts Are Hit, Too
As the president cancels projects in Democratic-run states, he is cutting money that benefits his own party’s lawmakers in some of the most competitive House districts.Read More
Processing the Government Shutdown in a Divided America
As the government shutdown entered its first full week, emotions across the country ranged from uneasy to unconcerned.Read More