Blinken Plays Guitar During Visit to Ukraine
The secretary of state, a longtime guitarist, strummed along to a song chosen to underscore a central message of President Biden’s foreign policy. Share full article VideotranscriptBackbars0:00/0:55-0:00
May 2024
Cohen Day 2: It’s Trump’s Lawyers’ Turn
The one-time fixer faced a furious pushback from the defense. Share full article Michael Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness, faced cross-examination today. It was — and remains — the ultimate…
Blinken Visits Ukraine Amid Russian Military Gains
The Biden administration had warned for months that Congress’s delay in approving an aid package would leave the Ukrainians vulnerable. Share full article Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivered…
How Has Trump Changed the G.O.P.? His Criminal-Trial Guest List Tells the Tale.
The former president’s trial has become a staging ground for aspiring allies to prove their fealty, the latest litmus test in a party increasingly defined by loyalty to Donald Trump.…
New York Travel Disruptions Loom As Air Traffic Controllers Balk at Move
The F.A.A. is clashing with workers over efforts to relocate them from New York to Philadelphia. Senator Chuck Schumer has denounced the plan. Share full article Managing the New York-area…
House G.O.P. Defunds L.G.B.T.Q. Centers by Banning Earmarks for Nonprofits
Under pressure from the right to stop funding L.G.B.T.Q. projects but wary of alienating Democrats, Republicans have a new solution: bar lawmakers from steering any federal money to individual nonprofit…
R.F.K. Jr. Is 2024’s X Factor, New Polls Show, Fueled by Young Voters and Social Media
Half of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s supporters said they were voting chiefly for him, and nearly half said their support was mostly a vote against President Biden or former President…
How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s
The president is trying a targeted approach, with allies, to beat Beijing in the race to own the clean energy future. Those weren’t his predecessor’s goals. Share full article By…
Nevada, Newly Trump-Friendly, Poses a Challenge and a Mystery for Biden
President Biden appears especially weak in Nevada, where Hispanic voters have soured on him and economic pessimism abounds. But Democrats note that the state has rallied for them in the…
Biden Will Raise Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles, Chips and Other Goods
The president is set to announce increased taxes on Chinese imports in strategic industries, building on former President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs. Share full article President Biden will quadruple tariffs…