Category : Politics
Justice Jackson, a Former Law Clerk, Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court
Less than two hours after the Supreme Court ended a wrenching term last month, it welcomed a new member. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who had...
As Russia Runs Low on Drones, Iran Plans to Step In, U.S. Officials Say
WASHINGTON — The White House disclosure last week that Russia is seeking hundreds of armed and unarmed surveillance drones from Iran to use in the...
As the Planet Cooks, Climate Stalls as a Political Issue
Summers in Maricopa County, Ariz., have become at times unbearable, Kyle Hawkinson said on Friday. Smog and haze hung heavily over Phoenix, and residents were...
Little-Known Lawyer Pitched Trump on Extreme Plans to Subvert Election
Around 5 in the afternoon on Christmas Day in 2020, as many Americans were celebrating with family, President Donald J. Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago...
Manchin Dangles Hopes of a Future Compromise. Democrats Revolt.
WASHINGTON — It was a familiar, if excruciating, position for Democrats. A day after pulling the plug on his party’s plans to pass a climate,...
Manchin Pulls Plug on Climate and Tax Talks, Shrinking Domestic Plan
WASHINGTON — Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, pulled the plug on Thursday on negotiations to salvage key pieces of President Biden’s agenda,...
Young Voters Are Fed Up With Their (Much) Older Leaders
Alexandra Chadwick went to the polls in 2020 with the singular goal of ousting Donald J. Trump. A 22-year-old first time voter, she saw Joseph...
Tears, Screaming and Insults: Inside an ‘Unhinged’ Meeting to Keep Trump in Power
The meeting lasted for more than six hours, past midnight, and devolved into shouting that could be heard outside the room. Participants hurled insults and...
Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds
As Donald J. Trump weighs whether to open an unusually early White House campaign, a New York Times/Siena College poll shows that his post-presidential quest...
F.D.A. to Weigh Over-the-Counter Sale of Contraceptive Pills
WASHINGTON — More than 60 years after the approval of oral contraceptives revolutionized women’s sexual health, the Food and Drug Administration has received its first...