United States Politics and Government
- Opinionated Lists for an Overwhelming Year - As the year drew to a close, we reached out to Opinion columnists and contributors for personal lists.
- Another Front in the Trump Immigration Crackdown: Import Warehouses - Workers at facilities that stock shipped goods say customs officers who inspect merchandise are helping immigration agents arrest migrants.
- How Oil, Drugs and Immigration Fueled Trump’s Venezuela Campaign - New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela.
- Karoline Leavitt Says She’s Expecting Her Second Child - The White House press secretary announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with a daughter who is due in May. She and her husband have a 1-year-old son.
- In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up - OK, 2025 wasn’t the best year ever. But we’re arguably still in the best decade in the history of humanity.
- Trump’s Second-Term Promises: What He’s Done So Far on Immigration, Trade, DEI and More - President Trump has driven illegal crossings at the border to record lows, helped bring about an uneasy cease-fire in Gaza and upended the global trading system.
- California Drops Lawsuit Over $4 Billion Federal Cut to High-Speed Rail Project - California sued after the Trump administration cut grants for the long-planned project. The state says it will seek private investors instead.
- Karoline Leavitt Says She’s Expecting Her Second Child - The White House press secretary announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with a daughter who was due in May. She and her husband have a 1-year-old son.
- Zelensky Says He’ll Meet With Trump in the ‘Near Future’ - There was no immediate confirmation from the White House about a meeting, which President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has sought since the latest U.S.-.led push for peace got underway.
- Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger - It’s become easier to imagine the moment when Trump’s mystique finally evaporates.