In August 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appointed Heather Honey, an election conspiracy theorist, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Election Integrity.

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”

President Trump personally directed the use of taxpayer money for ads praising his presidency, according to people familiar with the matter. Our White House correspondent, Maggie Haberman, explains.

The Trump administration may have just signed up your child — and more than 60 million others — for a 530A savings account (if you haven’t already done so).

The founder of SpaceX, with billions of dollars in military contracts, joins several other defense industry executives on a Pentagon advisory board.

A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

When leaders ignore people’s lived experience, their political messaging collapses.

A Republican measure to limit, but not bar, congressional stock trading faltered in the Senate as Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. bid to show progress on an issue that has rankled voters.