Tag: United States Politics and Government
U.S. to Lift Tariffs on Ukrainian Steel
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Monday that it would lift tariffs on Ukrainian steel for one…
A Blood Feud in West Virginia Involves a Familiar Figure: Trump
The Republican-on-Republican blood feud developing in West Virginia is only over a single House seat, but the outcome…
Head of U.N. Agency Resigns After Questions Arise About Loans
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, asked a top official at a U.N. agency to resign on…
Senate Democrats Warn of G.O.P. Effort to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
WASHINGTON — Democrats rang alarm bells on Sunday about the likelihood that Republicans would try to restrict abortion…
If Roe Falls, Is Same-Sex Marriage Next?
“Roe’s defenders characterize the abortion right as similar to the rights recognized in past decisions involving matters such…
Battle Over Abortion Threatens to Deepen America’s Divide
One study found that Democrats and Republicans in Congress are further apart ideologically than at any point in…
G.O.P. Lawmakers Recast Abortion Stance, Wary of Voter Backlash
WASHINGTON — Republicans have spent decades attacking the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, but with…
Pelosi Increases Pay Scale for House Staff, Setting a New Wage Floor
WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California on Friday announced she was instituting a higher pay scale for…
The Stroke That Nearly Broke the Democratic Majority
When Senator Ben Ray Luján got out of bed at 6:15 on the morning of Jan. 27, the…
Giuliani Pulls Out of Interview With Jan. 6 Committee
WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, who helped lead President Donald J. Trump’s effort to overturn the results of…
In Ohio Senate Race, Democrats Pin Their Hopes on the Suburbs
LORAIN, Ohio — J.D. Vance’s convincing victory Tuesday in the Republican Senate primary in this red-tinged state may…
Trump Proposed Launching Missiles Into Mexico to ‘Destroy the Drug Labs,’ Esper Says
In Mr. Esper’s telling, Mr. Trump seemed more emboldened, and more erratic, after he was acquitted in his…