Category : Politics
Tough Sanctions, Then a Mysterious Last-Minute Turnabout
WASHINGTON — In early December, an Israeli billionaire named Dan Gertler made an unusual request to the Treasury Department. A mining magnate who had been...
Garland Says as Attorney General He Would Combat Domestic Extremism
WASHINGTON — Judge Merrick B. Garland plans to tell senators on Monday that he will restore the Justice Department’s commitment to equal justice under the...
Democrats Beat Trump in 2020. Now They’re Asking: What Went Wrong?
Democrats emerged from the 2020 election with full control of the federal government and a pile of lingering questions. In private, party leaders and strategists...
Biden Tells Allies ‘America Is Back,’ but Macron and Merkel Push Back
President Biden used his first public encounter with America’s European allies to describe a new struggle between the West and the forces of autocracy, declaring...
The Virginia G.O.P. Voted on Its Future. The Losers Reject the Results.
“To be four months away from the nomination and not have a process is terribly embarrassing and shows an unwillingness to compromise for the good...
Global Chip Shortage Challenges Biden’s Hope for Manufacturing Revival
WASHINGTON — President Biden came into office with plans to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic and spur a domestic manufacturing revival for...
Biden and Netanyahu Finally Talk, but No Details Are Revealed About What
President Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel had an hourlong phone conversation on Wednesday, four weeks after Mr. Biden took office and at...
Promotions for Female Generals Delayed Over Fears of Trump’s Reaction
WASHINGTON — Last fall, the Pentagon’s most senior leaders agreed that two top generals should be promoted to elite, four-star commands. For then-Defense Secretary Mark...
Trump, in Scorching Attack on McConnell, Urges G.O.P. to Replace Him
Former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday made a slashing and lengthy attack on Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, calling him a “dour,...
Don’t Care for This Impeachment? Wait ’til Next Year.
WASHINGTON — The second season of impeachment had ended less than a day earlier, but Republicans were already talking about next season. It sounded ominous....