Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.

A new study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology reveals that jokes, memes, and punchlines are significantly funnier when they are easy to process. This cognitive fluency helps our brains ...

Most Americans think of themselves as working class, and Republicans are more likely to do so than Democrats.

Support for labor unions is at its modern-day peak in the U.S., both in approval and in Americans' desire for unions to gain influence.

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

If you’re one of the people who had their voter registration suspended, there’s still time to fix it.

Some Republicans welcome his involvement, but whether voters will is another question.

The world is currently experiencing what is expected to become the strongest El Niño on record – dubbed a “super El Niño” by many.

The administration delivers a win for financial crooks at the expense of honest businesses.

The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.

In Texas, there’s one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They don’t want cameras trained on their cars.

Narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them?

The 250-foot-tall edifice would alter views across Washington and Arlington Cemetery.

We’ve seen this before.

Anthony Fauci and the politics of retribution

Trump’s attorneys asserted a 2024 high court decision granting presidents sweeping immunity for actions taken in office shields him from liability in the case.

The demand suggests the intense personal involvement of President Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.

The American president could accept his own team’s findings, but he wants to double-check with the suspected Russian war criminal and former KGB agent.

The appeal to the justices is part of a high-stakes push by President Donald Trump and his allies to put fresh limits on voting ahead of pivotal elections where control of the House and the Senate is ...

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.