United States Politics and Government
- Clintons Capitulate on House Epstein Inquiry, Agreeing to Testify - Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the ex-secretary of state, agreed to depositions they had long resisted days before the House was to vote to hold them in contempt.
- Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance - The Trump administration has lowered the bar for a deal with the university, backtracking on its insistence on a $200 million payment to the government, The New York Times has learned.
- Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections - The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections.
- Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects - The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.
- Gabbard Arranges Trump Call With FBI Agents After Georgia Election Center Search - The phone conversation was arranged by the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who met with the agents a day after the search for reasons that remain unclear, The New York Times has learned.
- After His Democratic Victory in Texas, a New Working-Class Star Rises - Taylor Rehmet, a machinist and union leader, pulled off a stunning State Senate win in Fort Worth and its suburbs. He is among several political outsiders seeking office.
- A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations - A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.
- How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive - Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.
- Why The Times Is Expanding Its Supreme Court Coverage - How four reporters are examining the most secretive branch of government — and the nine justices who shape the law.
- Epstein Victims Outraged Over Unredacted Info, and the Supreme Court Made Itself More Secretive - Plus, big firsts at the Grammy Awards.