The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.The pardons from President Trump continue a trend in which he has used the unfettered presidential clemency powe
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, this week tapped a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.The overwhelming defense of Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is the product of something President Trump may have underestimated: Mr. Powell’s popularity.
After the institution’s board declared it the Trump Kennedy Center, a lot of signage around the building is in the midst of a makeover.A sign in an entryway to the parking garage of the Kennedy Center. Since the board voted to change the center’s name to include that of President Trump, black tape h
Officials denounced the Trump immigration crackdown in Minneapolis at an unofficial congressional hearing, while the president said he no longer saw a need to send in military forces.Three congressional representatives from Minnesota tried to inspect immigration facilities at a federal building in M
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provide a frame-by-frame look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapolis.
From Iraq to ICE, Jonathan Ross’s career reflects a 20-year government effort to reshape immigration enforcement with a military mind-set.
Temperatures are expected to plunge to around zero degrees this weekend. Minnesotans say they will be out in the street, using the weather to their advantage.Federal agents contend with icy sidewalks as they try to contain protests in a Minneapolis January.
President Trump has María Corina Machado’s medal, but he is not recognized as the prize laureate. Ms. Machado did not win Mr. Trump’s endorsement to become Venezuela’s president.María Corina Machado’s decision to present her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump has been met with mixed reviews
The Soviet Union was Cuba’s benefactor for decades. Venezuela took up the slack, and Mexico has supplied “humanitarian aid.” But the world is changing rapidly, our columnist says.A street in Havana. Cuba is reported to have less than two months of imported oil on hand.
Videos show U.S. forces descending quickly from helicopters onto the tankers, two years after a tragic boarding attempt.The oil tanker Marinera, previously known as Bella 1, was seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and seen off the coast of Scotland this week.
After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.Virginia’s governor-elect, Abigail Spanberger, will be sworn in on Saturday.
Michael Saylor’s financial alchemy thrust an ordinary software company, Strategy, into the center of the crypto frenzy. It all worked spectacularly, until now.
Seeking to calm tensions, Republicans and Democrats affirmed that they supported Denmark’s control of Greenland as President Trump vowed to buy it or take it over.Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, led a delegation of American lawmakers on a visit to Denmark on Friday.
President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s announcement comes after days of deadly clashes between government and Kurdish forces that have underscored the difficulty he faces in uniting the country.People crossing a bridge as they flee from a Kurdish-controlled area, in Rasm al-Harmal, east of Aleppo, on Friday.
“There is massive disappointment and disillusionment,” one Tehran resident said. A human rights group acknowledged that demonstrations had been subdued since Sunday, with thousands of people detained.A burned bus at Sadeghieh Square in Tehran on Thursday, after the protests were largely subdued.
The president also tapped a U.S. general to lead an international peacekeeping force that will be deployed to disarm Hamas and occupy Gaza.Gaza City on Tuesday. Most of Gaza has been destroyed by Israeli bombardment over more than two years of war.
China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada meeting on Friday with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.
The definition is tricky, but the effects of poor metabolic health are clear — and can wreak havoc on the body.
The sale of the apartments, whose residents had complained of neglect by management, to a troubled firm is an early test of the new mayor’s ability to deliver for tenants.Mayor Zohran Mamdani, from a building owned by the Pinnacle Group, signed a series of executive orders to protect tenants on his
The New York City comptroller, Mark Levine, said that poor budgeting practices by the previous mayor, Eric Adams, had left the city with looming deficits.Mark Levine, who took office as New York City comptroller in January, warned that absent significant financial growth, city programs would need to
Several of the past year’s films center on confused, bumbling protagonists — surrounded by women who are anything but.
The conservative political analyst Yuval Levin gives Ezra Klein his review of Trump’s first year back in office.
In the MAGA imagination, white women are supposed to be helpmeets, not harpies.
