United States Politics and Government
- One Year In, Searching for a Strategy Behind Trump’s Unpredictability - One great truth of Trump II so far is that nobody has any idea what tomorrow holds.
- Bessent Attended a Supreme Court Argument. Now He’s Telling Powell Not to. - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a mistake for Jerome Powell to attend arguments in a case on Fed independence. But Mr. Bessent attended a tariff case.
- Stocks and Bonds Fall on Trump’s Greenland Threats - The S&P 500 dropped over 1 percent Tuesday morning, its lowest decline at the start of the trading day since April, when President Trump first announced his sweeping tariffs.
- Fact-Checking Trump’s Misleading Claims After One Year Back in Office - The president has justified many significant moves of his second term with inaccurate claims and overstated boasts.
- One Year in Trump’s America, and the Fed’s Big Moment at the Supreme Court - Plus, the struggle to finish a major Olympic arena.
- With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest - After a century of defending other countries against foreign aggression, the United States is now positioned as an imperial power trying to seize another nation’s land.
- Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism - Civil rights groups had criticized President Trump for failing to issue a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and not attending commemorative events.
- Trump Administration Asks Judge to Reject Minnesota’s Call to Block ICE Surge - Lawyers for the state and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have sued over the deployment of some 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota.
- Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities - The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.
- Trump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance to the Brink Over Greenland - As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?