The president said he would bypass Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even…
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White House List of Donors for President Trump’s $300 Million Ballroom
The list includes major tech and crypto companies.
Read MoreArchbishop of U.S. Anglican Church Is Accused of Sexual Harassment
Another leader in the breakaway denomination has been accused of responding slowly to accusations of abuse and grooming against a…
Read MoreA Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
Mourners are outraged over President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others…
Read MoreTrump’s Sanctions on Russian Oil Sector Ratchet Up Economic War
After months of restraint, President Trump’s move to blacklist Lukoil and Rosneft will hit Russia where it hurts.
Read MoreNBA injuries, x-ray poker tables and the mafia: What we know about gambling arrests
Authorities said the “mind-boggling” fraud involved tens of millions of dollars and included members of organised crime.
Read MoreThey Jumped Off a Burning Boat and Were Rescued After 30 Hours on a Remote Island
The Coast Guard rescued three family members who were stranded on Naushon, a sparsely populated island off Martha’s Vineyard. One…
Read MoreTrump Calls Off Federal Operation in San Francisco
President Trump said he had called off a planned federal deployment of immigration agents to the city. It was not…
Read MoreTrump Supporters Are Uneasy About Military Actions Against Venezuela
Some conservative policy advisers and commentators, including Laura Loomer and Stephen K. Bannon, are raising questions about the administration’s policy…
Read MoreDemocrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On
A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of…
Read MoreBay Area Protesters Try to Block Base Entrance Before Immigration Operation
About 200 people stood in an intersection outside the Coast Guard base in Alameda, Calif., where federal agents were arriving…
Read MoreVirginia Democrats Plan to Redraw House Maps in Redistricting Push
The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple…
Read MoreHarvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students
The shift mirrors trends at other elite schools after a ban on affirmative action. The Trump administration has said it…
Read More4 Members of Illinois Politician’s Family Are Killed in Helicopter Crash
Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate for governor, lost his son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren, ages 12 and 7, in a…
Read MoreUnlike Trump, Most Who Seek Money for Official Misconduct Face Long Odds
The Federal Tort Claims Act, the law the president invoked to try to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars, is…
Read MoreA Curious Collaboration Between Prisoners and the Military at Guantánamo
The portraits fill a visual vacuum during a ban on media access to the operation that holds the last 15…
Read MoreA Costly Radio System Faltered When Texas Needed It Most
Motorola won a $7 million contract to modernize Kerr County’s emergency radio system. When a devastating flash flood swept through…
Read MoreInside Our Reporter’s Collection of Guantánamo Portraits
Carol Rosenberg, a reporter who has covered the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay since it opened in 2002, describes…
Read MoreIn Seattle as in New York, a Mayoral Race Turns on Generational Change
Mayor Bruce Harrell of Seattle, 67, is facing a challenge from Katie Wilson, 43, who has a penchant for social…
Read MoreA Girls Basketball Team Gives Up Its Title After Spotting a Scoring Error
The team in Oklahoma City forfeited its district championship earlier this year after the coach verified that a scoring error…
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