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  1. Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 03:14:05 -0000

    The Justice Department’s investigation is a major escalation in the state-federal battle over the conduct of immigration agents in Minneapolis.
  2. Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 05:19:54 -0000

    Officials denounced the Trump immigration crackdown in Minneapolis at an unofficial congressional hearing, while the president said he no longer saw a need to send in military forces.
  3. Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:20:06 -0000

    The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
  4. Trump Administration Delays Forced Collections on Student Loan Defaults

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:17:02 -0000

    The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans.
  5. Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes On Trump

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:32:38 -0000

    Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, this week tapped a groundswell of support that has been years in the making.
  6. As Kennedy Center Rebrands It’s Mired in Black Tape

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:23:58 -0000

    After the institution’s board declared it the Trump Kennedy Center, a lot of signage around the building is in the midst of a makeover.
  7. Trump Has Machado’s Nobel Prize, but Neither Got What They Really Wanted

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:58:21 -0000

    President Trump has María Corina Machado’s medal, but he is not recognized as the prize laureate. Ms. Machado did not win Mr. Trump’s endorsement to become Venezuela’s president.
  8. Trump Announces Members for Gaza ‘Board of Peace,’ Including Rubio and Kushner

    Sat, 17 Jan 2026 01:17:25 -0000

    The president also tapped a U.S. general to lead an international peacekeeping force that will be deployed to disarm Hamas and occupy Gaza.
  9. Canada Strikes Tariffs Deal With China, as Carney Looks to Diversify From U.S.

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:43:36 -0000

    China will in turn cut its own tariffs on Canadian canola products, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said in Beijing on Friday.
  10. No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, a New Study Finds

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 23:30:06 -0000

    The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.
  11. A Conservative Critiques Trump’s First Year

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:09:42 -0000

    The conservative political analyst Yuval Levin gives Ezra Klein his review of Trump’s first year back in office.
  12. The Right Is Furious With Liberal White Women

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:33:00 -0000

    In the MAGA imagination, white women are supposed to be helpmeets, not harpies.
  13. Trump Sets Convicted Fraudster Free for a Second Time

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:51:08 -0000

    Also, the C.I.A. director met Venezuela’s new leader in Caracas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.