Tag: United States Politics and Government

Arizona Officials Warned Fake Electors Plan Could ‘Appear Treasonous’

Two Arizona Republicans recruited by allies of former President Donald J. Trump to join an effort to keep…

Justice Dept. Subpoenas Pat Cipollone, Trump White House Counsel

Pat A. Cipollone, the White House counsel under former President Donald J. Trump who tried to stop some…

‘I Want You to Hear This’: A Sandy Hook Mother Confronts Alex Jones

AUSTIN, Texas — For 90 searing minutes in a courtroom on Tuesday, a Sandy Hook mother brought the…

Schmitt Defeats Greitens to Win Missouri’s G.O.P. Senate Primary

Eric Schmitt, the Missouri attorney general, easily captured the Republican nomination for an open Senate seat on Tuesday,…

White House Retrofits Infrastructure Bill to Better Help Poor Communities

The Biden administration is starting a new initiative this week to ensure that the poorest communities in the…

A Fed Pivot? Not Yet, Policymakers Suggest, as Rapid Inflation Lingers.

Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday made clear that they expected to continue raising rates to try to choke…

Analysis Deems Biden’s Climate and Tax Bill Fiscally Responsible

After more than a year of trying — and failing — to pack much of President Biden’s domestic…

Top Democrats, Alleging Cover-Up, Seek Testimony on Secret Service Texts

WASHINGTON — Two influential House Democrats called on Monday for two officials at the Department of Homeland Security’s…

Liz Cheney Is Prepared to Lose Power, and It Shows

If you start clicking these binaries together, you can trace logical paths to wildly different arguments about the…

First Capitol Rioter to Face Trial Gets 7 Years, Longest Sentence So Far

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday sentenced Guy Wesley Reffitt, the first defendant to go on trial…

U.S. Warns China Not to Turn Pelosi’s Expected Trip to Taiwan Into a ‘Crisis’

WASHINGTON — The United States warned China on Monday not to respond to an expected trip to Taiwan…

Democrats’ Climate Deal Isn’t Done Yet. Here Are the Remaining Hurdles.

“We have a good, balanced piece of legislation. It’s taken me eight months to get here,” Mr. Manchin…