Trump Confirms Plans to Use the Military to Assist in Mass Deportations
Mr. Trump’s top immigration policy adviser has discussed using military assets to build detention centers and...
Trump Chooses Linda McMahon, a Longtime Ally, for Education Secretary
A friend and financial backer of Donald J. Trump’s, Ms. McMahon, who led the Small Business...
Trump Defies the #MeToo Movement With Cabinet Picks Facing Accusations
Donald J. Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse last year, appears determined to force...
Trump Picks Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid
The celebrity physician would run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency in...
House Republicans Target McBride With Capitol Bathroom Bill
G.O.P. lawmakers whose leaders have pressed to roll back transgender rights around the country moved to...
How Trump Can Earn a Place in History That He Did Not Expect
The president-elect has a starting point: the plan for a two-state solution that he put out...
What a School Performance Shows Us About Japanese Education
A look into the Japanese educational system’s delicate balancing of teamwork, discipline and personal growth.
Bob Love, Chicago Bulls All-Star, Dies at 81
Love was a cornerstone of the franchise’s success in the early 1970s. He struggled with a...
Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.
As revolutionary new weight-loss drugs turn consumers off ultraprocessed foods, the industry is on the hunt...
Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz
The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex...
Two Bee Gees Drummers Die Within Four Days
Colin “Smiley” Petersen, 78, was the group’s original drummer, and Dennis Bryon, 76, played during the...
Arthur Frommer, 95, Dies; His Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses
After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an...
Jon Batiste Can’t Stop Thinking About Beethoven
Batiste’s latest album is a return to his classical music roots — on his terms. Hear...
The U.S. Response to Bird Flu is Not Reassuring the World
The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.
What Is Trump to Putin? A Harbinger of America’s Collapse.
To the Kremlin, the president-elect is a harbinger of American collapse.
Texas Education Board to Vote on Bible-Infused Lessons in Public Schools
A new curriculum would focus on Christianity more than other religions. A kindergarten lesson on the...
The Dollar Still Has Its Mojo. X, Not So Much.
Ruining a network is hard, but Elon Musk shows it’s possible.
Trump Admits Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed. He’s Pushing His Nominees Anyway.
The president-elect is taking a flood-the-zone approach to his cabinet nominations, betting that the Senate won’t...
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Northeast Is Burning
We are being reminded the hard way that we share this world. Smoke knows no boundaries,...
Trump Can Speed Up the Inevitable in Ukraine
He should force a settlement to save lives and avoid more destruction.
Russia Bombards Power Grid in One of War’s Largest Attacks, Ukraine Says
The attack lasted hours and involved around 120 missiles and 90 drones, officials in the country...
When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?
Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.
Betty White Stamp to Be Released in 2025, Postal Service Says
The U.S. Postal Service announced it would honor the actress known for her comedic work on...
I’m 16. On Nov. 6 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.
On the day after the election, it seemed boys and girls woke to a new reality.
Cher Can, and Does, Turn Back Time
In the first volume of her memoir (which she hasn’t read), she explores her difficult childhood,...
Pat Koch Thaler, Sister to a Famed Mayor, Chose to Die on a Saturday
Ms. Thaler, a former dean at N.Y.U., used her last interview to reminisce about her brother,...
How Kamala Harris Burned Through $1.5 Billion in 15 Weeks
Her frenzied spending has led to second-guessing among some Democrats and questions as she has pressed...
Trump Boosters Expect Big Returns on Their Investment: ‘The Shackles Are Off’
Wealthy donors to the president-elect’s campaign anticipate a more business-friendly atmosphere, including the firing of Biden-era...
Shen Yun’s Longstanding Labor Practices Attract Regulators’ Scrutiny
The New York State Department of Labor has opened an inquiry into the global dance group...
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Nominee, Paid Settlement to an Accuser
The Trump transition team was only recently alerted to the payment by Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald...
Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Panned in Washington, Thrill Many of His Voters
Where Donald J. Trump’s critics see underqualified nominees with questionable judgment, his voters described them as...
Vladimir Shklyarov, Star Russian Ballet Dancer, Dies at 39
The Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, which announced the death, did not say how or where...
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Could Destroy One of Civilization’s Best Achievements
Let’s not make child mortality great again.
Matt Gaetz Is the Perfect Man for the Job
Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department is a flagrant provocation that is, like a pulpy...
A Big Climate Goal Is Getting Farther Out of Reach
A new report forecasts global temperature increases well above the level that world leaders have pledged...
With Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth, Trump Takes on Pillars of the ‘Deep State’
The Justice Department, Pentagon and intelligence agencies were the three areas of government that proved to...
Universities Like Yale Need a Reckoning
We must look in the mirror to know why we have already lost some battles and...
Trump Picks RFK Jr. to Be Head of Health and Human Services Dept.
Whether the Senate would confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who has unorthodox views...
Here’s How Trump Could Lose the Coming Trade War
Economic conflict is coming. He is utterly unsuited to manage it.
Why We Got It So Wrong
It turns out a lot of people don’t behave like ambassadors from this or that group....
Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed...
On Transgender Issues, Voters Want Common Sense
Rather than pushing Americans in a direction they oppose, Democrats should endorse nuanced and humane alternatives.
What a Trump Presidency Could Mean for Social Security Benefits
Readers are concerned that his campaign proposals would put Social Security’s finances on thinner ice, endangering...
Israeli Right, Pushing to Annex West Bank, Sees Allies in Trump’s Picks
Arab Americans and liberal Jewish voters, however, have ample reason to fear the naming of pro-settlement,...
Trump Picks Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
Ms. Gabbard, a former congresswoman who left the Democratic Party, would hold a top job in...
House Ethics Panel Was Set to Vote to Release Report Critical of Matt Gaetz
The committee has been investigating allegations that Mr. Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for attorney...
Senate Republicans Alarmed by Trump Nominating Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
Many Republican senators were stunned that Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, had been chosen as...
John Thune of South Dakota Elected as Next Senate Majority Leader
The institutionalist South Dakotan emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of...
