With a Nobel Prize Nomination, Netanyahu Is the Latest to Use Flattery to Woo Trump
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel handed a letter to President Trump nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. But it’s not clear whether stroking the president’s ego has long-lasting effects.Read More
Trump and Bondi, Confronted Over Epstein Files, Tell Supporters to Move On
A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.Read More
U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.Read More
Should New York City Ditch Its Party Primaries in Favor of Open Races?
A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to consider using an “open primary” system for elections in New York City. Here’s how the plan would work.Read More
What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.
The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.Read More
Why the Texas Floods Were So Deadly
Scientists say a hotter planet is driving more intense storms. But experts say the U.S. is also not doing enough to adapt to increasingly intense floods.Read More
Two Found, Two Missing: An Agonizing Search After the Texas Floods
Four friends, all 21, planned to spend the weekend in the Hill Country. Then the rains came.Read More
California Rejects Trump Demand to Remove Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports
The Trump administration signaled that it would pursue enforcement actions against the state and previously threatened to cut federal education funds.Read More
Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers
The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government.Read More
State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Says
A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.Read More