Politics
Iowa Democrats Question Their Identity Without First-in-the-Nation Caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa — Every four years since 1972, Iowa has stolen the national spotlight as presidential aspirants infiltrated its...
Biden Signs Legislation to Avert Nationwide Rail Strike
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed legislation on Friday to impose a labor agreement between rail companies and workers who had...
How Army Bases Were Named for Defeated Confederates
WASHINGTON — Nine southern Army bases are named for treasonous Confederate generals who fought against the United States to preserve...
How Steny Hoyer, Pelosi’s No. 2, Decided It Was Time to Step Aside
Instead, Democrats lost narrowly and had a civilized and seamless transition, which culminated this week with the uncontested election of...
Biden Says He Is Willing to Talk to Putin About Ukraine, With Conditions
WASHINGTON — Standing beside the French leader who has championed the need for dialogue with Moscow, President Biden said on...
Trump Embraces Extremism as He Seeks to Reclaim Presidency
Franklin Pierce, another former president and a friend of Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, was seen as a Southern sympathizer...
Arizona County Backs Off Protest, Certifies Election Results
An Arizona county whose Republican supervisors had refused to certify last month’s election results relented on Thursday under court order,...
With Senate Vote, Congress Moves to Avert Rail Strike
With a railway strike possible in the coming days, Mr. Biden turned to Congress to intervene. He stressed his reluctance...
US Eyes $156 Million Yacht in Dubai Linked to a Russian Oligarch
At the Mina Rashid Marina, soon after Aggreko was contacted by The Times, workers removed the generator. “Having identified that...
What to Know About Biden’s and Congress’s Involvement in the Rail Strike
WASHINGTON — The House took the first step on Wednesday to prevent a nationwide rail strike by approving legislation that...
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