Trump Signs Order Seeking Federal Control of Mail Voting as He Promotes False Claims
Election experts and Democratic officials called the order legally invalid, and Arizona and Oregon pledged to immediately challenge it in court.
Justice Dept. Struggles to Respond to Trump’s Suit Against IRS
Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump’s lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.President Trump filed a lawsuit demanding at least $10 billion from the I.R.S.
Trump Says He Halted Nuclear Threat From Iran, Despite Evidence to the Contrary
For the second time in recent days, President Trump declared that one of the key objectives of the war had been accomplished.President Trump has narrowed his Iran war objectives in recent days.
Trump Seeks to Redefine ‘Regime Change’ in Iran War
President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during his news conference on Tuesday that “this new regime, because regime change has occurred, shoul
U.N. Peacekeepers in Lebanon Were Killed by Roadside Bomb
U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon earlier this month.
Backdoor Funding of Homeland Security Agency Could Weaken Congress Anew
An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis in early January. Using the complex budget process known as reconci
Who Is Getting Paid During the Department of Homeland Security Shutdown?
At least 120,000 law enforcement officers who work for the agency have continued to collect paychecks throughout the funding lapse. But tens of thousands of workers have gone without pay.A T.S.A. agent checks passengers at the security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday.
Stocks Recover Sharply Amid Hope for Iran War’s End
Investors weighed the news that the owner of a Kuwaiti tanker loaded with oil said it had been hit in an Iranian attack near Dubai.
Will $4 Gas Hurt Trump’s Approval Ratings? Here’s What History Shows.
Presidents since at least the Carter administration have seen their approval ratings tied to gas prices. But there are signs the correlation may be weakening.
A New Jersey Teen Finds Treasure, and More, in Abandoned Storage Units
Michael Haskell, 17, set out to make some money from his locker dives. He ended up learning about life.Driving back home to Bergen County, N.J., with the latest haul.
South Dakotans React to Daily Mail Article on Bryon Noem, Kristi Noem’s Husband
In the tiny town of Castlewood, S.D., where everyone knows the Noems, the prevailing sense was that people can’t help but feel bad for Bryon Noem after a tabloid photo leak.Castlewood is not far from the Noem family farm in South Dakota.
Gavin Newsom Suggests His Conservative Critics Are Gay in Online Insults Criticized as Homophobic
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aides said that their online insults were meant to ridicule figures on the right. But some critics say they are homophobic.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is attracting criticism for social media posts taunting his opponents by suggesting
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Challenged Ban on Endorsements by Churches
Conservatives had expected a victory in the case after the I.R.S. agreed to a settlement that allowed churches to voice support for candidates.A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 70-year-old ban on political activity by churches.
Supreme Court Rejects Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors
The state and more than 20 others restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under 18.Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor, at her office in Colorado Springs in September. Mrs. Chiles filed suit in 2022 over Colorado’s ban on conversion
TMZ Goes After Members of Congress Living It Up Amid DHS Shutdown
After lawmakers left Washington for a two-week spring break with the Department of Homeland Security shut down, the Hollywood tabloid began publishing photographs of them living it up around the country.
Cesar Chavez Was a Voice for Mexican Americans Like Me. Now, We Grieve.
The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.A mural dedicated to Cesar Chavez, among others, was covered in San Juan, Texas, after allegations that the United Farm Workers co-founder
On What Was Once Chavez Day, Some Try to Highlight a Movement, Not a Man
The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.Cesar Chavez speaking in New York City in 1971.
How Cesar Chavez Abused His Power
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years uncovering. They spoke to “The Daily” about their investigation, and one woman affected shares her story.Cesar Chavez speaks to farmworkers and other u
At the National Archives, the Declaration Gets More Company
The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes there in nearly 75 years.Visitors looked at the original copy of the 19th Amendment this week. The document was recently added to the permanent display in the rotunda at the Na
Yes, This Is Your War, Too
Even opponents of the conflict should want to see Iran defanged and defeated.
Trump Has a Way Out of the Iran War
Trump should set aside his 15-point peace plan and reduce it to these two points.
Supreme Court Rejects a Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for Minors
Also, a judge halts construction on the White House ballroom. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
What Was Your Mom’s Favorite Mantra?
Share the go-to motto or oft-repeated bit of advice that has stayed with you throughout the years.
Tugboat Captain Is Charged in Miami Beach Crash That Killed 3 Children
Six people, including a camp counselor, were thrown into the water on July 28 when their sailboat was struck by a barge that was being pushed by a tugboat, the authorities said.An aerial view of Biscayne Bay surrounding Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach, where a barge struck a sailboat in July, killing