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As Trump’s Untested Emissary to Putin, Witkoff’s Role May Bring Risk

When President Trump appointed his friend Steven Witkoff to be his Middle East envoy last November, the choice prompted head-scratching in diplomatic circles.Many foreign officials had never heard...

Putin, in No Hurry for Cease-Fire, Demands Ukrainian Concessions

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday did not rule out a...

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court

Lawyers for President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a...

Trump’s Tariff Threat Sends French Wine and Champagne Makers Reeling

French wine producers have typically had a love-love relationship with the United States,...

Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to Leave

A number of immigration judges have accepted government payout offers to leave, a union official said on Thursday, further depleting an overwhelmed system...

Judge Reinstates NLRB Member Fired by Trump

A federal judge on Thursday reinstated Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board, declaring that President Trump’s attempt to...

Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance

When the White House finally released the text of Mr. Trump’s orders on Thursday evening, it appeared that some of the tariffs —...

Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?

Two months after the Education Department officially opened its doors in 1980, Republicans approved a policy platform calling on Congress to shut it...

Elon Musk Proposes Privatizing Amtrak, Calling Rail Service ‘Sad’

Almost since Amtrak’s creation in 1971, the 21,000-mile U.S. intercity passenger rail service has been fighting calls that it should be privatized.Now it...

‘I’m Freaking Out’: New Texts Detail Key Minutes of Idaho Murders

On the night that four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed in a house near the campus, two roommates began urgently texting...

Trump Says Future Job Cuts Will Be Done With ‘Scalpel’ Not a ‘Hatchet’

President Trump said on Thursday that the next phase of his plan to cut the federal work force would be conducted with a...

U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path to End War

Senior U.S. and Ukrainian officials are planning to meet next week to discuss the first steps of a deal that could seek an...

Trump Administration Prepares to Revive and Expand Travel Bans

The Trump administration is finalizing a new ban on travel to the United States for citizens of certain countries that would be broader...

Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules

Adnan Syed will not return to prison after prosecutors in Baltimore withdrew a motion last week to vacate his murder conviction despite efforts...

Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency

Federal marshals on Thursday escorted officials from the Department of Government Efficiency into the U.S. African Development Foundation, a day after its employees...

Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday seeking to severely punish the law firm Perkins Coie by stripping its lawyers of security...

Medical Plane That Crashed in Philadelphia Lacked Cockpit Recorder

In the weeks after a medical transport plane crashed in northeast Philadelphia in January within a minute of takeoff, killing seven people, investigators...

As Trump Seeks New Air Force One Planes, Security Requirements Are Eased

The Trump administration has eased security requirements for some of the Boeing staff working on building new Air Force One jets, as part...

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