Politics
Biden Creates Federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention
President Biden on Friday announced a new office dedicated to gun violence prevention, his latest effort to combat a growing...
What We Lose When We Loosen Dress Codes
Responses to the Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer’s new relaxation of Senate dress codes have so far fallen along partisan...
Across Washington, Officials Brace for Government Shutdown
Representative Sean Casten, Democrat of Illinois, is offering pay advances to staffers who would stop receiving paychecks if the government...
UAW President Invites Biden to Picket Lines
Shawn Fain, the United Automobile Workers president, escalated pressure on the White House on Friday with a public invitation to...
Biden Sharpens Focus on Trump as He Tries to Re-Energize Democrats for 2024
This spring, as the Republican presidential primary race was just beginning, the Democratic National Committee commissioned polling on how the...
Rupert Murdoch Turned Passion and Grievance Into Money and Power
The polite way to describe the legacy of a man like Rupert Murdoch is to leave aside whether his accomplishments...
9/11 Defendant Not Fit for Death-Penalty Trial, Judge Rules
A military judge ruled on Thursday that a defendant in the Sept. 11 case who was tortured by the C.I.A....
U.S. Judge Denies States’ Bid to Block Biden Rule on E.S.G.
A Biden administration rule that allows employee retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance issues in investment decisions survived...
Inside the Deal to Free 5 American Prisoners in Iran
The prisoner swap was all arranged, or so the American negotiators thought.After years of painstaking negotiations with Iran, secretly mediated...
Jimmy Carter’s Final Chapter: Peanut Butter Ice Cream and His 99th Birthday
Maybe it’s the peanut butter ice cream he still enjoys. Or the fact that his first-place Atlanta Braves are cruising...
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