The Iran hostage crisis became a symbol of a failed presidency, but for some of those who lived it, Jimmy Carter was the one who brought them home at the expense of his own political career. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/S8jO2m9
In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and warned against defiance of court rulings. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/RAsLWc0
The department notified lawmakers of the episode, which it said was linked to a state-sponsored actor in China. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QWj2Pph
For much of the period since Election Day, the billionaire has been staying at a $2,000-a-night cottage at Mar-a-Lago, giving him easy access to the president-elect. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/n4ZPAG7
Jimmy Carter’s daughter had an extraordinary and well-documented childhood in the White House. Since then she has for the most part lived a very private life. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/j0HeR6G
Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/h4s31Rd
Frank Kendall, who grew up on an apple farm and then rose to the pinnacle of the U.S. military, has preached the need for better preparation for the next big fight. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Xu8lTsF
He said in an interview that he had used the visas for skilled workers “many times.” But he has mainly used visas for unskilled workers like housekeepers. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/IX0K5l6
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/iUqJNE1
Marc Fogel was convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced in 2022 to 14 years in prison by the same court that handled the case of Brittney Griner. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/a2qg51C
The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZjOQsYC
The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/KJc1rBL
A fierce dispute erupted in the president-elect’s camp between immigration hard-liners and tech industry leaders including Elon Musk. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/YmAzVNi
The North Korean losses amount to almost 10 percent of the country’s deployment to Russia, the Biden administration said. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/tNM9R7F
Past U.S. presidents have used their holiday messages to inspire the nation to overlook their differences and face hard times by coming together. President-elect Donald J. Trump had his own idea. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/1PlYhHg
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/PnKQMGo
The selection of Mr. Cabrera, a Miami-Dade County commissioner, comes a few days after Mr. Trump called for the United States to regain control of the Panama Canal. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/dEY8QDG
President Biden will seek solace and “relief” during a visit with Pope Francis next month, according to people familiar with his plans. His public comments have offered a glimpse into what is on his mind. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/snzxHU3
President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/opJGmD6
Communities are divided on how much to cooperate with immigration agents. In San Diego, the sheriff has vowed to defy a new policy protecting migrants. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/x3sFLUP
The Obama-Romney race in 2012 was the last in a familiar pattern in U.S. politics, which has since become defined by Donald Trump’s conservative populism. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/VaPEUDR
In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mqcfzSG
A federal judge found Lt. Shane Lamond guilty of lying to investigators and undermining police work by sharing tips with Enrique Tarrio, the group’s leader. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/cD96fCy
There is no one factor that causes autism — or explains its growing prevalence. Researchers are seeking explanations for the surge. Here are some possibilities. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ku7epho
In announcing his choice of various envoys, including ambassador to Denmark, the president-elect again floated the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/vVoZhq3
President-elect Donald J. Trump repeated false claims about immigration and the border, slammed diversity initiatives and discussed the Panama Canal in the 90-minute address. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/OFCAVrn
Two bills on pediatric cancer research and a football stadium site had been left out of the main spending package, but passed early Saturday as separate legislation. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/DopuRiA
In his books about Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater and other figures on the right, he was, one observer said, “a keeper of the flame and spreader of the gospel.” from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/BgjTPtN
It was not the first online intervention by Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and adviser to Donald Trump, on behalf of once-fringe anti-immigrant parties in Europe. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/8XTG2gV
The S&P 500 jumped after a November inflation reading helped ease worries. A partial government shutdown, analysts said, wouldn’t have a lasting economic impact. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/xYP58io
A Republican backlash to the speaker’s plan to temporarily fund the government has sparked new talk of ousting him, and highlighted the challenges he will face if he manages to keep his job. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QuXvJG5
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, and Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, ate with President-elect Donald J. Trump. Both have courted Mr. Trump. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/X2uH4Us
The mammoth year-end federal funding measure congressional leaders agreed on does far more than just keep the government running. It is stuffed with all manner of policy and other changes. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/FbScovI
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter said. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/5OrSULt
John Hasenbein, who has escorted Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary to meetings on Capitol Hill, said he was unjustly prosecuted for the 2019 episode. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/B1TQ3GI
Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the president-elect announced a $100 billion investment from SoftBank, a Japanese company. He also jumped from one topic to another in an hourlong appearance. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/GUWh7Ns
President-elect Donald J. Trump said on social media that the time change is “inconvenient” and that the Republican Party would try to put an end to it. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/3KqGPT7
Numerous sightings of flying objects in recent weeks have raised alarm, but federal law enforcement officials say that at least some were manned aircraft, such as airplanes or helicopters. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/kDM7wYA
The outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for President-elect Donald J. Trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/aFpUOem
The justices agreed to decide whether industry groups have suffered the sort of injury that gave them standing to sue over an unusual waiver. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/krE4wxU
Donald J. Trump’s pick to be the next F.B.I. director has both exaggerated his importance in the government’s criminal inquiry into the 2012 attack and misleadingly distorted its conduct and results. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/P6TGwaA
The farewell address is a Senate ritual that reflects the culture of the chamber, which prizes tradition, individual relationships, lofty debates and long-winded speeches. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/EKarpYC
The two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said prospective nominees should be prepared to testify about any discussions with Boris Epshteyn about their selections. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/i53jB4l
The review acknowledged that several informants were in Washington on Jan. 6, but said that only a handful were collecting information for the F.B.I. that day, contrary to conspiracy theories. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/nYxilgp
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said she questioned President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon on the misconduct allegations against him and other topics. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0BFQrlt
President-elect Donald J. Trump had already signaled his intention to replace Mr. Wray with a longtime loyalist, Kash Patel. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/FgQpM21
Several justices indicated that a federal agency had complied with a federal law by issuing a 3,600-page report on the impact of a proposed railway in Utah. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/IAfQ3TD
Some young climate activists, who galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency, are taking a different approach to his second. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/faX8J2n
At a gathering of Democratic governors, many were reluctant to discuss the issue that sank President Biden’s campaign: age. Others are ready for a Gen X president. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/FkMnT2K
Conservative justices voiced objections and concerns about the court’s failures to take up a series of cases on major social controversies. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/zdCtmhR
The overthrow of the Assad government could mean Russia’s bases in Syria are closed and Iran’s pathway to Hezbollah is cut off. Now Iran, newly vulnerable, will have to decide between negotiation and the bomb. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/RWhe15t
The president-elect has promoted the theory for more than a decade and said on Sunday that he was “open to anything” to address a nationwide rise in autism. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ExaTrOc
Applicants for government posts, including inside the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, say they have been asked about their thoughts on Jan. 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/gqKZu80
Europe’s new pact with South America, its largest deal to date, could be a sign of how countries will diversify trade relationships as Donald Trump threatens tariffs. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/GuF4pjw
That figure, which includes totals from the three presidential contenders’ main allied groups, emerged in the final federal filings of a staggeringly expensive campaign. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/7AC2WIK
Elon Musk has mocked the Air Force for continuing to purchase expensive traditional fighter jets instead of drones. But military officials say human pilots are still needed. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/1v3fSXr
The post amounted to a public dare to Republican senators, a number of whom have expressed private concerns about Mr. Hegseth, to vote against Mr. Trump’s wishes. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/LYyntBz
The agreement, opposed by some victims’ families, would have required the aviation company to pay a fine of up to $487 million and invest in additional safety measures. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/lnz4SEc
The criticism of the president’s pardon of his son from within his own party underscores how far gone his relationship with Democrats in Congress already was. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/GA5CFt7
The shake-up is a sign that the new administration may see the same chaos and infighting that so often plagued President-elect Donald J. Trump’s first term in office. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/apWhNx3
The post-Watergate norm that political leaders should steer clear of criminal cases is being tested from opposite ends of the political spectrum. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/T74J3PC
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s investigative unit highlighted intelligence about Chinese athletes possibly using a banned medication, but were kept out of the loop when 23 swimmers tested positive for it. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/W2PsUuz
The Biden administration has hailed South Korea as a model democracy and bolstered military ties as it relies on the country as a bulwark against North Korea, China and Russia. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/f8auCK6
Lawmakers in the president’s own party, many of them moderates, said his decision to pardon his son was selfish and would further damage Americans’ waning faith in democracy and the rule of law. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/jaDGHp5
President-elect Donald J. Trump said in a social media post on Monday that the hostages must be released before his inauguration in January. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/MpHCTw5
The director, Dinesh D’Souza, who is facing a lawsuit over the documentary, admitted that an analysis used to make claims about election fraud that were later debunked had been faulty. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/fkm8O1p
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to run the F.B.I. has a record in and out of government that is likely to raise questions during his Senate confirmation hearings. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/7yBFoxZ
In Angola on likely his last overseas trip in office, the president will tour a slavery museum and spotlight a rail corridor that is part of his administration’s strategy in the region. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/S0G6yXI
Sheriff Chad Chronister, who has spent decades in Hillsborough County, Fla., is likely to face an array of challenges should he be confirmed as the agency’s administrator. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/rabz75E
The announcement on Sunday was the second time this weekend that President-elect Donald J. Trump offered an influential post to an in-law. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/leOR6nB