President Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/3MG0fVa
The disclosure of the tab so far came after a visit by five senators to the offshore operation, who condemned it as a waste of resources. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/PkRlLKc
Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Bqmktgu
Democrats are hoping to do better in Florida’s Sixth District than they did in November, when President Trump won it by 30 points. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/EbLyeP5
President Trump, in an interview with NBC News, said there were “methods” that would allow a third term. The 22nd Amendment prohibits a person from being elected to more than two terms as president. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QWSRuZz
Representative Victoria Spartz, a Republican, defended Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts to the federal government, drawing jeers from the crowd. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mB6Kntd
The comedian Amber Ruffin had been slated to perform at the event in April. The correspondents’ association said it wanted to avoid focusing “on the politics of division.” from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/A0kHigU
Nearly all of the institute’s U.S.-based staff members were fired and asked to sign a separation agreement, according to notices reviewed by The Times. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/R4thIOn
In public, President Trump has defended his national security adviser. But behind the scenes, he has been casting around for advice. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/d1pYLAN
The trip was both a reconnaissance mission and a passive-aggressive reminder of President Trump’s determination to fulfill his territorial ambitions, no matter the obstacles. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/kopf6Fu
Kristi Noem’s trip to a prison in El Salvador drew social media attention for the homeland security secretary’s choice to wear a gold Rolex in such a setting. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/p6SVwJ8
Experts had said that his pledge to hand out two $1 million checks to people who had already voted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race seemed to run afoul of state law. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/EWXm1qD
The agency’s acting director told senators of the new policy after it was revealed that tracking technology had been disabled before a deadly midair collision in January. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/TOZUzFt
The president said he wanted the New York Republican to stay in Congress to bolster the party’s slim House margin and protect her seat. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Tv9q8HE
The drop reflected market volatility fueled by President Trump’s whiplash on trade and concern that sweeping tariffs could reignite inflation and slow the economy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/j2y0G4M
Dark pronouncements by Republicans about a “communist agenda” espoused by public media were intercut with lighter references to “Sesame Street” and “Curious George.” from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mp2SQ8F
The administration is invoking an extraordinary national security power, the state secrets privilege, under highly unusual circumstances. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/fhnZkmg
A few G.O.P. lawmakers said they would look into the breach, but party leaders largely tempered their criticism of the Trump administration. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mT8YAMw
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZHCzWLq
The president threatened to wield tariffs like financial sanctions, saying that countries that buy Venezuelan oil would see tariffs put on their exports to the United States. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/DEzPN9f
The White House has moved to turn its Easter Egg Roll, a tradition that stretches back to Rutherford B. Hayes, into a chance to showcase brands. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/cGNiqCH
Brad Karp, the managing partner of the elite New York law firm, sent an email to its lawyers defending a highly criticized arrangement reached with the Trump administration last week. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/sX6YlFC
President Trump and Elon Musk took in the Division I wrestling championship in Philadelphia on Saturday. But some of Mr. Trump’s supporters expressed complicated feelings about his billionaire adviser. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/wLBF6o1
The tax agency is nearing an agreement to verify whether ICE officials have the right address for people they are trying to deport. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/PURNbA3
Children’s Health Defense, founded by the health secretary, had published online a vaccine-safety page that looked like the agency’s but that suggested links to autism. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/mbkLiZ5
The Venezuelan government attributed a willingness to receive the flights to the plight of Venezuelan migrants sent to notorious prisons in El Salvador with little to no due process. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/wlWoTSn
The president also denied a report that such a briefing had been planned to be held at the Pentagon on Friday. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/YuJOvM2
The National Treasury Employees Union said there had been no advance notice for the employees, who work in consumer protection, equal opportunity and research units. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/k42wnNC
The question of whether the deported Venezuelans actually have ties to Tren de Aragua could be raised at a hearing set for Friday in Federal District Court in Washington. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/AVa9eqR
President Trump’s oldest son visited Belgrade, the site of a Trump International Hotel project, and pushed back on calls for the country’s president to resign. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/8hDumcQ
As the center goes through changes after President Trump’s takeover, Gianandrea Noseda is extending his tenure at the National Symphony Orchestra, one of the center’s main groups. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/JOl7fPM
In a deeply conservative district and a more liberal one, two Republicans found uncertainty and anxiety about the Trump administration’s agenda and their support of it. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/SiqWT60
President Trump’s approach to tariffs has unsettled many corporate leaders who believed he would use the levies as a negotiating tool. As it turns out, he sees them as an end in themselves. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/gCvjc5K
President Trump and most members of his administration steered clear of the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday, where politicians and the press usually toast and lightly roast one another. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/L4x6gZh
Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, continued to face criticism from members of his own party after he reversed course and allowed the stopgap spending bill to come to a vote. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9SY4BO7
The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9soDj5b
Seeking to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration, a flurry of mostly blue states has created initiatives — and ad campaigns — to lure federal employees to state government jobs. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/T6HIbOR
The move means almost all top agents in the field will no longer answer to the deputy director, a significant departure from the way the F.B.I. has worked. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/y7XJpT1
Writing on his own and for Washington Monthly and Mother Jones, he earned a reputation as a serious policy thinker. He also invented Friday cat blogging. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ZAoPInK
The measure, which passed with bipartisan support and minor changes, now heads back to the House. It is just the second legislative victory for the new Republican-controlled Congress. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/VX6So4f
The justices requested responses by early April from the states and groups who had challenged the executive order. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/liU6a2c
The Ph.D. Project works with universities to increase the racial diversity of professors in business schools. Schools like Yale and Ohio State were named in the investigation. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/zeYk9LH
Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that had issued nationwide pauses on the policy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/pk4XOql
The largest federal employees union is suing the Homeland Security Department to stop the Trump administration from canceling its contract with T.S.A. workers. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/t2Z15bf
With signs made from crayons and colored markers, children rallied on Capitol Hill with their parents on Thursday, protesting layoffs and spending limits. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/imnjQLa
The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending measure to pass ahead of a March 14 midnight deadline. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QHpGohF
Here is what we know about the billions in funds that have led to federal investigations, lawsuits and frozen bank accounts for climate nonprofit groups. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/ibe0pNx
Economists are bracing for intensifying price pressures and slower growth, posing a challenge for the Federal Reserve. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/jtLceUr
House G.O.P. leaders tucked the provision into a procedural measure needed to pass a government spending bill. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/cVR7oAj
The United States had not been enforcing the rule for Canadians who entered via land borders. That is changing amid an escalating fight between the North American neighbors. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/4ye3bqo
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/Svi4aH9
The secretary of state, heading to talks with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, said future talks with Moscow will be needed to determine what Russia is willing to give up to end the war. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/iqNFTrP
Progressive and moderate Democrats criticized a protest by Representative Al Green as a distraction, and the party leadership tried to refocus attention on economic issues. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/XyOwrh8
President Trump said that Americans would be better off in the long run from his tariffs, which he said would prevent the country from being “ripped off.” from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/QJxucKC
Democrats decried the measure as a White House power grab, leaving it unclear whether the legislation could pass. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/dhqyPBk
In 1968, he became the first Black citizen to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, he became a political force in the state. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/M98Qwc1
Together with recent firings and resignations, the new cuts could hamper the National Weather Service’s ability to produce lifesaving forecasts, scientists say. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/S5VeP7Q
With prices still high, the Trump administration is heeding the risks of fanning inflation with import duties. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/5EVlrjF
Claims that people who participated in the attack on the Capitol were mistreated by agencies like the Justice Department are part of efforts to cast the rioters as victims rather than perpetrators. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/vUiJhja
President Trump’s family business accused the bank of violating consumer protection laws by closing its accounts in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/9QfHJ3Y
Organizations funded by the United States helped keep dangerous pathogens in check around the world. Now many safeguards are gone, and Americans may pay the price. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/SEJBngj
Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around Congress and set funding levels himself. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/nvAjeVI
American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/6JnyhDw
President Trump set the U.S. on a path to sending astronauts back to the lunar surface during his first term. Lately he has expressed more interest in Mars. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/XOBhmaK
The suspects were charged as part of what U.S. officials called a “hackers for hire” system whose primary customer was the Chinese government. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/TJ5pvy1
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the H.H.S. secretary, claimed that doctors had successfully treated children with unconventional remedies, including cod liver oil. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/RfZ1vse
The European Commission’s president unveiled a sweeping plan to help Ukraine and boost defense spending, but it won’t be easy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/HI12ciu
Attacking the Democratic Party’s leadership as he declared his candidacy to run the nation’s largest city, he clearly had a wider audience, and his own ambitions, in mind. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/cvO8uwX
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the outbreak in West Texas last week as a “top priority.” But he did not explicitly encourage Americans to get vaccinated. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/KD4SHIT
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/6ad28mr
Facing a wave of criticism from his former Senate colleagues, Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed the complaints lobbed by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance against Ukraine’s leader. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/AXJOjNZ
After the White House began to handpick pool reporters, Brian Glenn of the conservative Real America’s Voice network got to be front and center for the Ukrainian president’s visit. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/0Rn3ATC
The new case, which for now is asking for a court to block the transfer of 10 men to the offshore base, is the first to directly challenge the policy. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/neRZIsK
The president has rescinded a Biden-era system that required high-level approval for certain drone strikes and commando raids, reverting to a more permissive system. from NYT > U.S. > Politics https://ift.tt/WHz9XeB