The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.The addendum to the federal government’s settlement with President Trump flirted with a grave question: Can the president pardon himself?
The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.Officer Daniel Hodges of Washington’s Metropolitan Police, left, and Harry Dunn, then an officer with the U.S. Capitol Police, at a congressional h
The possibility that people who ransacked the Capitol could get money from the government they attacked is the latest head-spinning twist in President Trump’s effort to rewrite the history of Jan. 6.The pro-Trump mob at the Capitol in 2021. If all of the Jan. 6ers sought money from the fund and rece
Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuba’s ambassador to the U.N., in New York on Wednesday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a message directed to the Cuban people.
An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran registering as a candidate in the presidential election in Tehran in 2024.
The warning was issued as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance say progress is being made toward a deal, while keeping open the threat of renewed strikes.Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stand near a drone display at a government-organized march in Tehran last month.
Often voted the “brainiest,” “funniest” and “most eloquent” member of the House, he was also the first to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office.
Mr. Frank speaks about the missteps of the Democratic Party and his hope for its future. “Frankly, if I weren’t dying, people wouldn’t be paying as much attention.”Former Representative Barney Frank in Ogunquit, Maine, in 2017. Mr. Frank, who has congestive heart failure, is speaking out on the futu
A humpback that became stuck in the Baltic seemed to unite a nation in hope. Rescue efforts followed, and then finger-pointing.The humpback whale, nicknamed Timmy, trapped near the island of Poel, Germany, in April.
The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in an election year.The first major housing legislation in 36 years passed in the House, 396 to 13, on Wednesday.
The Justice Department accused Carmen Lineberger of emailing records related to the special counsel’s investigation to a personal account.In the indictment, prosecutors said Carmen Lineberger emailed an internal memorandum and a report — an apparent reference to the report by Jack Smith — to a perso
The health secretary has undermined the work of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force over the past year.
The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.
OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive. The company is facing challenges from the tech giant Google and an A.I. rival, Anthropic.
The chip maker said its profit in its most recent quarter jumped 211 percent from a year ago thanks to extreme demand from other big technology companies.Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, made a bet years ago on computer chips that would be useful for building artificial intelligence.
The New York Times profiled young job seekers in 1991. Today, their own children are entering a work force in flux.
Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The company, which renamed itself for the metaverse, is tr
Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.After losing his primary race to a Trump-backed challenger, Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, voted with Democrats
The president’s preferred candidate ousted an incumbent in Kentucky, while a Democratic primary in Pennsylvania was a win for the democratic socialists.Ed Gallrein, a farmer and former Navy SEAL, defeated Representative Thomas Massie on in the Republican primary race in Kentucky’s Fourth Congression
The president has spent a great deal of political capital this spring trying to unseat fellow Republicans he sees as disloyal, and he has succeeded.President Trump’s first conquest this month was helping to defeat five Indiana state lawmakers who had opposed his effort to draw new congressional maps
Muslims pointed to a rise in overt hatred online, political attacks and harassment in the months before the killing of three people outside an Islamic center.Families outside the Islamic Center of San Diego where shooters killed three people this week.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director general, said the outbreak in central Africa was “not a pandemic emergency.”Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, speaking in Geneva on Wednesday.
Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.Monitoring visitors in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Ebola cases have been confirmed, on Monday.
